Technical Due Diligence Advisory (TDD)

We provide the technical foundation for your decision-making

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TDD 1000 IP Protection Strategy

• Patent landscape & prior art

• Own IP rights

• Freedom-to-operate (FTO)

• Know-how & trade secret protection

• Licences & third-party rights*

*technical review only – no legal review

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TDD 1300 Sustainability & Lifecycle

• Material & resource efficiency

• Energy demand & carbon footprint

• Circularity & design for disassembly

• Durability & service life

• Maintenance, repair & end-of-life

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TDD 1400 Business Case

• Cost structure & technical cost drivers

• Manufacturing & installation costs

• Economies of scale & target costs

• Pricing & margin potential

• Economic viability & sensitivities

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TDD 1200 Roadmap, Budget & Resources

• Remaining development effort

• Milestones & critical path

• Investment requirements (CAPEX)

• Staffing & competency requirements

• Budget, schedule & resource risks

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TDD 0800 Requirements & Technical specification

• Requirements management

• Technical specification & performance criteria

• Interfaces & system boundaries

• Application & environmental conditions

• Tolerances & acceptance criteria

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TDD 0900 Verification & Approvals

• Applicable standards & technical rules

• Test & verification strategy

• Product & construction-type approvals

• Certifications & conformity

• Outstanding evidence & approval risks

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TDD 0100 Organisational maturity

• Governance & Responsibilities

• Team & Key competencies

• Resources & capacity

• Development & decision processes

• Knowledge & documentation status

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TDD 0700 Supply chain & Bottlenecks

• Supplier maturity & qualification

• Critical materials & components

• Single-source dependencies

• Availability, lead times & minimum order quantities

• Logistics, transport & capacity bottlenecks

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TDD 1100 Scalability Potential

• Technical scalability

• Production capacity & expandability

• Installation capacity & roll-out capability

• Supplier & procurement scalability

• Standardisation & modularisation

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TDD 0400 Process maturity

• Grade of standardisation

• Process stability

• Reproducibility

• Interfaces & data flow

• Change & release management

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TDD 0600 Manufacturing & Installation

• Manufacturing process & production layout

• Tooling, fixtures & equipment

• Level of automation & prefabrication

• Installation concept & site logistics

• Ramp-up & series production launch

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TDD 0300 Product maturity & quality

• Product maturity

• Manufacturability

• Installability

• Quality management & inspection concept

• Complaints & failures

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TDD 0200 Market & technology readiness

• Technology readiness level (TRL)

• Functional & performance validation

• Market validation & reference applications

• Robustness & reliability

• Technology dependencies

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TDD 1500 Risks & Red Flags

• Critical assumptions & uncertainties

• Technical failure modes

• Safety-critical issues

• Dependencies & bottlenecks

• Deal-breakers & immediate actions

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TDD 0500 Product-Market Fit

• Target customers & applications

• Customer needs & value proposition

• Technical differentiators (USP)

• Competitive differentiation

• Application limits & market entry barriers

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Your due diligence team – complemented by our technical expertise

We analyse companies, technologies, products and processes as part of your Technical Due Diligence with regard to their maturity, scalability, potential and technical risks. This includes assessing organisational, technology, product and process maturity, identifying opportunities and risks, and determining whether red flags or potential deal-breakers exist.

In addition, we analyse patents with regard to their technical core and their relevance to the technology and business model. In doing so, we provide the technical basis for your patent attorney’s legal assessment of intellectual property rights, Freedom to Operate (FTO), patent landscapes and licensing options.

This provides you with a robust technical basis for your investment decision.

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Your benefits

  • Identify risks early
  • Detect red flags
  • Assess maturity transparently
  • Evaluate scalability realistically
  • Reveal potential
  • Uncover weaknesses
  • Estimate effort more reliably
  • Verify data room information/li>
  • Ask the right questions
  • Assess patents technically
  • Support FTO assessments
  • Prioritise actions clearly
  • Make well-founded investment decisions

Our TDD services are designed for

  • Private Equity Investors
  • Venture Capital Funds
  • Family Offices
  • Commercial Due Diligence Providers
  • Transaction Advisory Firms
  • M&A Advisers
  • Corporate Investors
  • Strategic Buyers
  • Banks & Debt Providers

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