As a specialist for technical Due Diligence, we provide customized solutions to help you achieve your goals in the areas of investment decisions, cloud environment, embedded/internet of things projects as well as software projects and business processes. Leading lenders, state banks, private investors, family offices, business angels and medium-sized companies put their trust in us.
From first impression to full understanding
As part of our Technical Due Diligence we support you with the collection and analysis of all technical information relevant to your decision on the transaction.
We scrutinize the quality of the products, analyze and review the software against industry standards, and use tried and tested methods to deliver hard facts in the form of key performance indicators for quality.
A single Due Diligence check is not enough for a positive investment decision. TZ Consulting recommends the pragmatic use of quality assurance systems for continuous auditing and monitoring. Usually, auditing and monitoring systems are initially used for during the Due Diligence process (calibration) and then continued systematically. This establishes an early warning system for the period of the investment.
Nowadays software development has changed from fabrication to assembly.
Many startups belief they know their source code – fact is: they do not know their source code.
Incompatible license and software snippets taken from a programmer from the internet can result in total loss of the investment.TZ Consultings Intellectual Property investigation is now available for startup and seed investments. Every single line of the source code is scanned, investigated and a detailed list of external Intellectual Property is produced. For every external component found the license of the external component is listed. A management report summarizes the findings and proposes solutions in case of conflicts.
This kind of software Intellectual Property due diligence was formerly available in double digit million USD investments – TZ Consulting has this service now available for investments starting even as low as half a million USD.
Software must be constantly adapted to new circumstances – such as new operating systems or new browsers.
In addition, customers always want new product features or the software manufacturer wants to earn money again with new product features and the release of new versions for updates.
At the same time, there is a high fluctuation rate among developers in the software industry, which experts believe will continue to increase.
Today, an entrepreneur cannot automatically determine which developer has programmed something and where exactly, or whether the entrepreneur will have major problems if a particular employee leaves the company.
