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Equipping investors with evidence-based, comprehensive technical due diligence, ensuring each investment is positioned for the greatest chance of financial success.
"They guided us through several complex due diligence processes, ensuring everything was in place for a smooth acquisition." Divyang Mistry - Non-Exec CFO
Why Technical Due Diligence Matters
When investing in technology companies, commercial due diligence is a well-established process - but technical due diligence remains an overlooked yet critical layer of insight. Read more…

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Mitigate Risk
CB Insights reveal that technology-related shortcomings are a major contributor to startup failures. This underscores the importance of Technical Due Diligence in mitigating risks and ensuring successful investments.

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Investor Prioritisation
68% of venture capital investors consider Technical Due Diligence as a crucial factor in their investment decisions. This demonstrates the increasing focus on technology risk as a key element in the investment process.

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Reduced Operational Failures
Research shows target companies that undertake comprehensive Technical Due Diligence experience significantly fewer post-investment operational issues, proving the tangible benefits of thorough technical assessments.

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Enhance Confidence
A company's technology stack, scalability, security, people and development practices directly impact its long-term viability, competitive edge and growth potential. Structured due diligence identifies potential technical challenges and helps investors avoid costly surprises.
Why Choose Us
We understand the financial implications of technical decisions and deliver actionable insights for investors.
Experienced Team
We bring together seasoned professionals with a deep understanding of technology, delivering comprehensive technical due diligence.
Data-Driven Insights
We combine quantitative measurement with rigorous analysis to uncover valuable insights, assess the technical feasibility, identify hidden red flags, validate the growth market potential and provide actionable recommendations.
Independent Analysis
Our objective reporting provides a comprehensive understanding of a company's technical maturity and deep insights to contextualise and enhance your commercial due diligence to increase investment confidence.
The Benefits of Our Services
Our Technical Maturity Assessment (TMA) is a crucial step in assessing a company's technology, helping investors make informed decisions and mitigate risks.
De-risking Investments
By integrating our structured technical maturity assessment into your decision making process, you will gain a deeper understanding of risks, operational efficiency, and innovation capability, ensuring a well-rounded evaluation before committing capital.
Maximise Your Returns
By eliminating surprises and strengthening the tech foundation, we help qualify and safeguard your investment and improve return potential.
Competitive Advantage
By embedding technical due diligence into investment decisions, you can make more informed, risk-adjusted investments, ensuring that portfolio companies are not just commercially promising but technically sound.
Our Proven Methodology

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Discovery & Definition
Broader initial analysis designed to cut across current technical and commercial planing & delivery. Outputs define and highlight key areas of focus.

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Deep Dive Assessment
We analyse a company's technology stack, infrastructure, security & compliance check, people-skills and development processes.

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Risks & Recommendations
We provide a detailed report outlining findings and potential areas of concern.

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Remediation planning
If required, we provide development, remediation and refactoring plans.
Services
Our in-depth, proprietary Technical Maturity Assessment (TMA) enables precise recommendations to reduce risks and improve operational efficiency, ensuring a more secure and successful investment. By incorporating technology evaluation into your decision-making, you gain a competitive edge and invest in opportunities that are both financially sound and technologically robust.
Code & Infrastructure Review
We analyse codebase, infrastructure and DevOps practices to assess technical debt, maintainability, and performance. Our expert evaluations highlight potential blockers to scalability and efficiency.
Product & Technology Roadmap Evaluation
We assess the feasibility and scalability of a product roadmap, ensuring alignment with business objectives. Our insights help investors determine whether the technology can support long-term growth and competitive advantage.
Security & Compliance Audits
We conduct thorough security assessments to identify vulnerabilities, ensuring compliance with GDPR, SOC 2, HIPAA, and other industry standards. Our audits help investors mitigate legal and financial risks before investing.
Engineering Culture & Team Capabilities Assessment
We evaluate an engineering culture, team structure, and technical leadership to determine their ability to execute and scale. Our insights help investors understand whether the team has the right skills, processes, and mindset to drive long-term success.
Project Management & Collaboration Process Review
We assess how effectively teams plan, execute, and communicate within projects, ensuring alignment with industry best practices. Our evaluation helps investors identify inefficiencies in Agile, Scrum, or Kanban workflows and collaboration tools.
Post-Investment Technical Advisory
We support investors and their portfolio companies by optimising technology, improving engineering processes, and reducing technical debt. Our strategic guidance helps startups scale efficiently, increasing valuation and exit potential.
Contact Us To Get Started
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About Us
At Tempus Consultancy, we specialise in technical due diligence and engineering advisory services to help investors and VCs make smarter, risk-free investments. Our expertise lies in assessing technology stacks, scalability, security, people and development practices, ensuring your target companies have the technical foundation needed for long-term success and high-value exits.

We create lasting partnerships with family offices, venture capital firms and investors to uncover hidden risks, optimise tech strategies and enhance portfolio growth. Working as your technical partner we provide actionable insights and strategic recommendations, alongside learning your investment strategies and risk appetite, we help de-risk investments and ensure that your capital is directed toward scalable, high-potential companies.

With years of experience in scaling engineering teams, modernising architectures, and improving development processes, we bring a deep, hands-on approach to technical evaluations.
Whether you’re making an initial investment, preparing for an acquisition, or ensuring a startup’s growth trajectory, Tempus Consultancy is your trusted partner in driving value through technology.
Client Testimonials
"Tempus professionally handled a rapid transition from an underperforming external software development company. The team helped us build a high-performing hybrid in-house and offshore engineering team, working within budget constraints and ensuring GDPR compliance.
Their expertise not only transformed our software engineering operations but also streamlined processes, linking technical development to corporate objectives and significantly adding commercial value.
They guided us through several complex due diligence processes, ensuring everything was in place for a smooth acquisition. Thanks to their support, we achieved a successful exit for the founders."
Divyang Mistry: Non-Executive CFO
"I've had the pleasure of working with Tempus Consultancy on several projects. As well as being great people to work with, they have an incredible ability to deeply understand their customers' vision and goals, identifying key requirements, and tailoring their services accordingly.
They approach every situation with a results-focussed perspective, paying attention to the details to find creative solutions. With a keen eye on the future, they are always forward-thinking and looking at ways to harness emerging technologies for the benefit of their projects.
Tempus Consultancy is trusted partner in business, and I highly recommend bringing them into your organisation to review, build and develop your engineering capabilities and optimise your delivery processes."
Chris Blunt: Director - Plymouth Software
"I had the pleasure of working with Tempus Consultancy from 2022 to 2024. Their vision, strategic insight, and execution skills and meticulous attention to detail, created a powerful synergy that helped us build an effective full-stack engineering team that was really enjoyable to work in. Together, they led the effort to deliver a high-quality survey and analytics product, under challenging conditions with significant business and legacy technology constraints.
One thing that really stood out to me was the culture Tempus Consultancy fostered within the team. From the moment I joined, it was clear that they had already earned the trust and respect of both our existing engineers and offshore development partners. When it came to hiring, they made sure new team members were seamlessly integrated, focusing not only on their skills but also on how well they fit into the team’s culture.
I hope to get the opportunity to partner with them again very soon!"
Paul Swail: Fractional / Consulting CTO