Commercial scale
£18m+
revenue
revenue
Scaled a RegTech business from early startup team to PE-backed scale, serving Tier-1 global banks with 250+ employees.
OPERATOR-LED DILIGENCE. INVESTOR-GRADE CLARITY.
Technology Due Diligence &
Value Creation for PE and
growth investors
We help investors underwrite technology and execution risk in regulated, compliance-heavy and mission-critical software businesses.
TRACK RECORD
Operator experience behind the diligence.
DueDelta is founder-led by a former Group CTO who has operated through the same scaling, assurance, transaction and integration realities investors need to understand.
That background shapes how we assess technology risk: growth capacity, control maturity, integration complexity and execution reality. Not just architecture diagrams or generic checklists.
Transaction
£42m PE investment
Led technical workstreams through rigorous private-equity diligence scrutiny.
M&A
6 successful acquisitions
Directed technical diligence and integration planning across multiple acquisitions.
Assurance
ISO 27001 + SOC 2 Type II
Led assurance programmes in high-stakes data environments where evidence quality mattered.
WHEN TO ENGAGE
Engagements across the investment lifecycle.
DueDelta supports investors, vendors and portfolio teams at the points where technology risk affects valuation, execution and value creation.
Prepare
Vendor Exit Readiness
Before a sale or fundraise, identify and fix diligence risks before buyers or investors surface them.
Screen
Red Flag Sprint
Fast, focused technical risk review for a new target, IC deadline or early investment decision.
Diligence
Technical Due Diligence
Confirm architecture, product, security, data, delivery and operating-model risk before investment.
Plan
Value Creation Plan
Turn findings into a practical 100-day technology plan aligned to the investment thesis.
Benchmark
Portfolio Benchmarking
Benchmark technology maturity across the portfolio and identify repeatable value-creation levers.
WHAT WE ASSESS
A structured view of technology risk, mapped to the investment thesis.
The scope is adapted to the deal stage, available access and what is material to the investment case. Each assessment links technical findings to valuation, execution risk and post-deal priorities.
01
Product & roadmap
Product maturity, roadmap realism, customer needs, implementation dependencies and delivery constraints.
02
Architecture & infrastructure
Platform architecture, cloud setup, deployment model, scalability, resilience and infrastructure maturity.
03
Code quality & technical debt
Maintainability, complexity hotspots, test coverage, dependency risk and open-source exposure.
04
Team, process & delivery
Team structure, SDLC, throughput, release process, support model and execution bottlenecks.
05
Security, compliance & controls
Security posture, auditability, regulatory obligations, key controls and material gaps.
06
Data, privacy & AI
Data flows, privacy exposure, data quality, AI/ML claims and model or automation risk.
Operator-built assessment framework
DueDelta uses a proprietary assessment framework and toolset built from over a decade of operating, scaling and transaction experience. It helps turn interviews, repositories, infrastructure, documentation and product evidence into structured findings, risk themes and value-creation priorities.
PROCESS
From scope to decision-grade output.
Each mandate is scoped to the deal context, available access and what is material to the investment case. The work is structured to move at transaction pace while keeping findings evidence-led and commercially grounded.
Step 1
Scope & priorities
Align on the deal context, timeline, thesis and the questions that matter most.
Step 2
Access & evidence
Review available materials such as documentation, product artefacts, infrastructure evidence, data points and, where relevant, source-code access.
Step 3
Assessment & interviews
Assess the target across the agreed workstreams and test key assumptions with management and technical stakeholders.
Step 4
Findings & readout
Deliver concise, decision-grade output covering key risks, what must be true, remediation complexity, and post-deal priorities where relevant.
PRINCIPLES
Evidence-led, commercially grounded, built for decisions.
Evidence before opinion
Findings are tied to interviews, artefacts, source repositories, infrastructure evidence, documentation and observed operating reality. Where access is limited, uncertainty is stated explicitly.
Materiality over checklists
The assessment focuses on what can affect valuation, execution, integration or the investment thesis, not exhaustive technical commentary.
Independent operator judgement
We challenge assumptions rather than simply confirm them. Technology risk is interpreted through the lens of someone who has scaled teams, platforms, controls and integrations under board-level scrutiny.
Decision-grade output
The output is concise, prioritised and actionable, designed to support investment decisions, negotiation, post-deal planning and value creation.
ABOUT
Founder-led technology diligence for regulated software.
DueDelta is a specialist advisory firm focused on technology due diligence, exit readiness and post-deal value creation for investors and operators in regulated, compliance-heavy and mission-critical software businesses.
The firm is built for situations where technology risk can affect valuation, execution, integration or the investment thesis.
Joris Limousin
Founder, DueDelta
Joris brings over a decade of operating experience across engineering leadership, architecture, information security, technical diligence, acquisitions and post-deal integration.
Based in Dubai, serving clients across MENA, the UK and Europe.
Former Group CTORegTech, compliance and financial servicesPE diligence, M&A and value creation
CONTACT
Scope a mandate or start a conversation.
For acquisition targets, vendor readiness or post-deal technology planning, contact DueDelta with the deal context, timeline and level of access available.