Technical Due Diligence Support
Successful investments depend on understanding more than market opportunity — they require confidence that the underlying technology can be developed, scaled, and commercialized. Technical risk that goes undetected before close often surfaces as cost overruns, missed milestones, or failed scale-up after the deal is done.
IMPACT provides independent technical due diligence services that help private equity investors, lenders, founders, strategic acquirers, board members, and corporate development teams evaluate technologies, identify engineering and commercialization risk, and make informed investment decisions — on both the buy side and the sell side. Our team has supported transactions ranging from several million to over $1 billion, across oil & gas, cleantech, waste-to-value, battery energy storage and grid stabilization, plastics recycling, renewable fuels, electronics and photovoltaics, and biotech and pharmaceuticals. Our engineers and scientists have also served as expert witnesses in technical litigation and arbitration matters.
- Buy-side technical due diligence — independent, investor-side evaluation of a target’s technology, process, and scale-up readiness ahead of an investment decision
- Sell-side due diligence and data room support — third-party independent technical assessments that strengthen a fundraising or exit-stage company’s data room and stand up to buyer scrutiny
- Post-close engineering support — because we develop deep technical fluency in a target’s process and technology during diligence, we’re frequently retained to continue supporting portfolio companies after close, from process optimization through scale-up
- Technology readiness level (TRL) assessment
- Process scalability and scale-up risk
- Process economics and techno-economic analysis (TEA)
- Pilot and demonstration data review
- Independent, third-party witnessed or performed demonstrations
- Technical input to IP landscape and freedom-to-operate assessment
- Development roadmap and capital planning review
- Technical and management team capability assessment
- Manufacturing and commercialization gap analysis
- Risk-rated summary (red/yellow/green flag reporting across assessment areas)
- Need an independent, third-party technical assessment before committing capital
- Want to understand technology and engineering risk ahead of an investment or acquisition
- Require technical validation during M&A, growth equity, or lending decisions
- Need confidence that pilot or demonstration data will hold up at commercial scale
- Are preparing a data room and want independent technical validation to support a raise or exit
- Need experienced technical experts to supplement internal deal-team due diligence
- Require technical expert testimony in litigation or arbitration matters
- Need continued engineering support for a portfolio company post-close
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