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Technology Due Diligence for Private Equity Deal Teams

Technology should not be the surprise after close. Book a complimentary 45-minute risk-planning session on an active transaction, before it becomes a post-close problem.

How UES Scaled from 13 to 30 Acquisitions Without Collapsing Under IT Complexity

UES was acquiring companies and inheriting a different IT stack with each one: different tools, different vendors, no standardization. Security posture was impossible to measure across the portfolio. DataTel built a unified managed IT and security program across their locations: single visibility, one accountable team, one contract that scaled with each acquisition. The result: Standardized security posture across the full organization.

VP of IT | Team UES

We were growing fast through acquisitions, and our IT environment couldn't keep up. DataTel helped us consolidate 30 acquired companies onto one unified tenant with one security framework.

Where Technology Risk Hides in Private Equity Deals

Near-Zero Bandwidth

There’s rarely time or a dedicated resource to properly vet the technology stack before close, so it gets skipped, rushed, or left out of the report.

No Common Standard

Every deal looks different because there’s no consistent lens on technology risk. Some reports catch it, most don’t, and there’s no standard for what “vetted” even means.

Unknown Until It's Not

Technology risk that’s missed pre-close doesn’t disappear, it resurfaces after the deal, more expensive to fix and harder to explain.

How We Reduce Technology Risk Before and After Close

Know Before Close

  • Pre-close technology risk visibility so it’s underwritten, not discovered. Findings are structured to slot directly into a diligence report or an investment committee memo, whichever you’re building.

Sharpen the Diligence Report

  • A technology risk read that sits alongside your financial and quality-of-earnings findings, not a separate track, not a staffing lift. One 45-minute session, one clear write-up you can

Execute After Close

  • For deal teams taking the company forward: a practical value-creation plan with a responsible owner and a plan for variance, not a binder that sits unused.

What's Included in Your Technology Due Diligence Session

One call. One active deal. A clear read on the technology risk sitting inside it sized to slot into however you're already working the deal.

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45 minutes, focused on one active transaction or portfolio company

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A 1-page list of diligence questions specific to that deal

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Immediate risk flags to raise before close

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Probable post-close technology workstreams, scoped at a high level

Built for Deal Teams and the Partners Who Support Them

Whether you’re running diligence in-house or bringing in outside specialists, this is built to plug into how you already work.

For PE Deal Teams

  • Managing Partners and Principals evaluating technology risk before committing capital
  • VPs and Associates who own the diligence process end-to-end and need a fast, credible read
  • Portfolio operations teams planning the first 100 days after close
  • Firms running 2–5 active deals a year who don't have (and don't want) a full-time technology diligence function

For QoE and Diligence Partners

  • QoE and financial diligence firms who want a technology risk finding they can incorporate directly into their report
  • Partners and Directors scoping engagements who need a specialist's name behind a technology callout, without adding headcount
  • Firms running high deal volume where a 45-minute add-on has to slot in without disrupting timelines
  • Teams who want to differentiate their diligence deliverable without staffing an in-house technology practice

Don't Let Technology Be the Surprise After Close

Whether you're underwriting the deal directly or building the diligence report that informs it, a 45-minute technology risk read costs you nothing and closes a gap most deals leave open. One call, one active transaction, a clear answer before it becomes an expensive one after close.

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