VC Due Diligence
Security and technical due diligence for investors evaluating portfolio companies
What this engagement covers
The service
When you're writing a check, security posture matters. Our VC Due Diligence service gives investors and acquirers an independent, expert assessment of a target company's security risk. We evaluate the security of their product, infrastructure, code, and practices - and translate findings into clear risk ratings and deal-level recommendations your investment committee can act on.
What we test
Our due diligence assessment covers external attack surface and perimeter security, application security and architecture review, cloud infrastructure configuration and hardening, software supply chain and dependency risk, security policies and governance maturity, compliance posture (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI-DSS), incident history and response readiness, data handling and privacy practices, and engineering team security awareness.
How we run it
Engagements begin with a scoping call to understand deal timeline and primary risk areas. We conduct passive and active reconnaissance, request access to relevant documentation and architecture diagrams, and run targeted security testing against agreed-upon scope. All findings are triaged and rated by business impact - not just technical severity. We deliver a confidential report to the investor with an executive summary, risk ratings by category, a deal recommendation, and a remediation roadmap the target company can act on post-close.
Scoping call and deal timeline alignment
Passive reconnaissance and OSINT
External attack surface assessment
Application and API security review
Cloud configuration and IAM audit
Dependency and supply chain risk analysis
Policy, governance, and compliance review
Risk-rated findings report with deal recommendation
What you receive
Findings land in your tracker as you go, not only in a PDF at the end. Retest is in scope, not a change order.
- Confidential executive summary with deal-level risk rating
- Security posture scorecard across 8 categories
- Attack surface and vulnerability findings report
- Cloud and infrastructure configuration review
- Compliance gap analysis against relevant frameworks
- Software supply chain and dependency risk assessment
- Remediation roadmap for post-close integration
- Optional: follow-up call with investment committee
What we usually find
The issues this engagement surfaces most often. Yours will differ, but this is the shape of it.
Who this is for
Findings are mapped to SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, NIST CSF, GDPR, so the report drops into an audit package rather than needing to be translated first. If you need the readiness work behind one of those, that is a separate engagement.
Scope it in one call
Tell us what is in scope and we come back with a fixed price and a start date. No discovery-call maze, no hourly estimate that moves.
