Vendor DD / Exit Readiness
Fix what the buyer's due diligence would find, before it costs price or trust
Every finding a buyer's advisors discover becomes a price cut, an indemnity, or a closing condition. Every finding you fix beforehand never reaches the negotiation table. This engagement runs your IT through the same lens a buyer's due diligence will use: documentation and data room readiness, IP and license cleanliness, security posture and track record, owner untanglement, and the cost story. Then we fix it, quietly, as routine professionalization. Typical format: the owner plus one confidant. Discretion is part of the design.
Runs on the Galactus assessment platform: anchored questions, evidence-based scoring, and red flags that override averages. See how our assessments work
35 anchored questions · 5 scored domains · mirrors our buyer-side DD instrument
We run both sides of the table: buyer-side IT Due Diligence and seller-side Exit Readiness, on the same instrument. See IT Due Diligence
Clear entry point
We define the mandate, decision context, and expected outcomes before moving into analysis or execution.
Controlled risk posture
Recommendations account for governance, security, continuity, delivery pressure, and business appetite.
Executive handover
Outputs are framed for leadership decisions, operational ownership, and measurable follow-through.
What You Get
- The buyer's red-flag chapter, written two years early, while everything is still fixable
- IP chain of title on custom code verified and repaired (retroactive assignments cost far less before a deal than during one)
- License position reconciled and settled before a buyer's audit does it for you
- The registrar test passed: no domain, tenant, or recovery access hanging on the owner's personal email
- A data room that answers standard DD requests same-day
- A normalized IT cost baseline and modernization roadmap, so deferred spend reads as a plan, not a discount
Ideal For
- Owners preparing an exit 12-24 months out
- Companies already approached by a buyer and suddenly on the clock
- PE portfolio companies preparing the next sale
- Founders who built the IT themselves and know they are the single point of failure
Findings touching IP ownership, license settlements, or transaction terms are input for your legal counsel and deal team, not legal advice.
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