Due Diligence

Maximising acquisition value with technology, operations and change due diligence.

Pre-Deal

Domain Matters provides pre-deal due diligence services to the Private Equity and software industries. Our capabilities complement Private Equity’s traditional strengths in financial and legal due diligence, adding:

technical architecture, future state design and business case reviews
technology and change delivery maturity assessments
programme management and operations health checks.

Our work demonstrates clear traceability from the acquirers’ strategic requirements to actionable advice and business value. We bring practical knowledge of the latest software delivery methods and architectural patterns, complemented by traditional, well-proven approaches.

Additionally, our advice is not theoretical but draws on our experience of having designed and built world class software, run commercial software companies and worked directly on acquisitions.

Finally, we partner specialist firms to provide niche capabilities, such as digital marketing and e-commerce.

Post-Deal

Increasingly, our clients ask us to follow up our pre-deal advice with post-deal support. This can range from periodic assurance and assessment reviews, through non-executive oversight to taking interim COO/CIO positions.

As with our other delivery services, this allows us to demonstrate our ability to deliver against our own advice and we enjoy the accountability.

Pre-deal assignments typically last 3-5 days and deliver a structured, tailored report. Post-deal services can be 1-2 days per month for assurance oversight through to 6-9 months full-time interim assignments with the outcomes linked to the business’ tactical and strategic plans.