FoundationState helps investors, acquirers, and boards evaluate two distinct dimensions of risk: the resilience of the technology platform and the product organisation's ability to deliver future growth.
Deep-dive code & system review
Risk identification & mitigation
Cloud, resilience & scalability
Growth potential & market fit
Investor-Grade Outputs
Structured diligence reporting
Independent Review
Objective analysis
1-8 Week Delivery
Scoped to transaction complexity
Two Core Assessments
Technical Due Diligence + Product Due Diligence
Technical Due Diligence evaluates platform, security, and engineering risk. Product Due Diligence evaluates product strategy, roadmap feasibility, and delivery capability.
Assess whether the technology platform can be owned, secured, and scaled without hidden operational or engineering risk.
Assess whether product strategy, platform structure, and delivery execution can realistically support the company's growth plan.
Technical Due Diligence is available in Small, Medium, and Large tiers. Product Due Diligence is scoped as a single tailored engagement around the target business.
Focused assessment for early-stage companies or smaller technology platforms. Ideal for seed-to-Series A transactions.
Comprehensive evaluation for growth-stage companies with established technology platforms. Suited for Series B+ and mid-market transactions.
Enterprise-grade assessment for complex, multi-product technology organisations. Designed for large-scale PE and strategic transactions.
FoundationState now separates platform diligence from product diligence so investors can assess the specific risk profile that matters most to the transaction.
Technical Due Diligence focuses on whether the platform can be operated, secured, and scaled without hidden engineering or infrastructure risk.
Platform design, environment resilience, cloud setup, and recovery readiness.
Identity, access, security controls, incident exposure, and operational hygiene.
Engineering capability, testing discipline, release maturity, and remediation readiness.
Product Due Diligence focuses on whether product strategy, roadmap ambition, and delivery capability can support future growth.
Product vision, market opportunity, differentiation, and strategic positioning.
Roadmap realism, sequencing discipline, dependency risk, and platform constraints.
Product-engineering collaboration, delivery maturity, and customer growth readiness.
Each engagement produces investor-ready outputs designed to clarify platform risk, roadmap feasibility, and post-close priorities.
A preview of representative work showing how FoundationState supports leadership teams with independent diligence on platform risk, product strategy, and delivery readiness.
Technical Due Diligence
Technical due diligence focused on security posture, hosting resilience, scale risk, and the remediation priorities needed to support growth with confidence.
Primary Contact
Tim Earnshaw
Chief Operating Officer
Technical Due Diligence
Technical due diligence covering security posture, marketing-site resilience, email security, tooling decisions, and the operational improvements needed to support growth.
Primary Contact
Matt Gilmour
Managing Director
Technical Due Diligence
Technical due diligence spanning server migrations, security hardening, integrations, backups and monitoring, plus the website and SEO improvements needed to support a more resilient operating environment.
Primary Contact
Chris Wayne
Managing Director
Technical and Product Due Diligence
Combined technical and product due diligence spanning server migrations, security hardening, integrations, backups and monitoring, plus application strategy, roadmap direction, development support, and website and SEO improvements.
Primary Contact
Vicky Wayne
Managing Director
Product Due Diligence
Product due diligence focused on roadmap strategy, tooling choices, discovery, GTM activity, and the operating discipline needed to turn an offer into a scalable product.
Primary Contact
James Lawson
Founder
Both services follow a structured diligence workflow. The specific evidence and focus areas change by assessment type, but the reporting cadence stays consistent for deal teams and investors.
Define whether the transaction requires Technical Due Diligence, Product Due Diligence, or both, then align scope to the business and deal timeline.
Review platform materials, product artefacts, roadmap inputs, security documentation, and other diligence evidence.
Assess the selected risk profile: platform resilience and engineering risk, product strategy and roadmap feasibility, or both together.
Interview technology, product, and operational stakeholders to validate documentation and surface execution risks.
Synthesize the key risks, investor implications, and post-close priorities into structured diligence outputs.
Present findings, explain material risks, and outline the priority actions for investment committees and deal teams.
Contact us to discuss platform risk, roadmap feasibility, and delivery capability before your next investment, acquisition, or growth decision.
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