From Innovation to Liability: Managing Technological Risk in Portfolio CompaniesÂ
Join Software Improvement Group (SIG) for a high-impact panel discussion on how technology can shift from a competitive advantage to a material risk and what Private Equity leaders can do about it.Â
SIG partners with private equity firms to assess, manage, and de-risk technology across portfolios helping investors make more informed decisions, reduce operational risk, and unlock value through better software quality.Â
Book your meeting with our experts
Meet with SIG in Miami to discuss how Private Equity leaders can manage software and AI risk across portfolios, accelerate diligence, and protect value at exit.
Meetings are 15 minutes, and can be booked by filling out the form at the right.Â
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Leading PRIVATE EQUITY AND INVESTMENT COMPANIES Rely on us FOR THEIR IT DUE DILIGENCE PROJECTS
BUY
Pre-acquisition: Buy-side due diligence
Investing in a company means acquiring its complex IT landscape, full of hidden risks. Traditional IT due diligence often misses these, leaving you with potential liabilities. Our detailed source code analysis reveals the hidden risks and estimates the cleanup required, ensuring your investment aligns with your goals.
We assess risks in the target company's technology, down to code level, to highlight any potential IT surprises. including both primary and supporting elements.Â
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Software Risk Assessment
We assess the future adaptability, scalability, and integration potential of the target company’s software, giving you the facts to understand its future growth feasibility and the likely costs.Â
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Post-transaction roadmap Â
We use our own calibrated financial estimation models for maintenance, repair, and continued development, aligning IT investment with your business plan.Â
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Rebuild effort estimation Â
We quantify technical debt in terms of both time and money, detailing how many months of work would be needed to rebuild IT assets from scratch by an average team of software developers.Â
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Insight into other due diligence streams Â
We offer critical insights for CAPEX/OPEX projections, development team productivity, and competitive technology analysis.Â
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2–3-week turnaround Â
Our expert consultants deliver fast, focused insights within the tight timelines investors require.Â
GROW
Growth phase: Value creation
After a successful acquisition, implementing IT due diligence recommendations and achieving investment objectives can be challenging. Sigrid continuously monitors software quality and security, providing actionable insights to keep your investment on track and enhance asset value.
Sigrid measures your code against international quality standards and alerts your team when a risk is introduced that could deter your investment objectives. Â
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Software Risk Assessment
Sigrid generates concise, actionable board reports for meetings, ensuring transparency and informed decision-making.Â
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Roadmap design Â
Our experts develop a roadmap containing risk mitigating and value creating milestones, with progress continuously monitored within the Sigrid platform.Â
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Centralized insights
With Sigrid, developers, architects, and other IT stakeholders get centralized access to our findings on your applications to help you stay on top of performance.Â
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Performance tracking   Â
Within the Sigrid platform, we define the right KPIs and install performance controls to ensure your software continues to support your investment success.Â
SELL
Exit readiness: Sell-Side Due DiligenceÂ
Preparing for an exit involves uncovering risks and anticipating buyer concerns. Without independent validation of software quality, your company's value could be compromised. Our expert software assessment mitigates surprises, helping you enhance buyer confidence and secure favorable deal terms for a successful sale.Â
We provide an independent, in-depth sell-side due diligence report on the health of your software, enhancing the credibility of your sales material. Â
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Presentation for purchasers Â
We offer a session with potential buyers to walk them through our report and provide them with a clear understanding of your software assets. Â
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Fast and efficient transactionsÂ
Our comprehensive due diligence report eliminates the need for extensive buyer-side analysis, speeding up the transaction process and minimizing business disruption.Â
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Software certification Â
We certify your software according to the globally recognized ISO/IEC 25010 product quality standard, demonstrating your software’s top quality to potential buyers.Â
We are Software Improvement Group
Govern the software your business runs on.
Software Improvement Group (SIG) enables organizations to embrace AI with strategic control and to become more agile & resilient through secure, high-quality software.
Sigrid® – its software governance platform – leverages the world’s largest software metric database containing over 400 billion lines of code across more than 20,000 systems and 300+ technologies, and intelligently recommends the most crucial initiatives for organizations.
SIG complies with multiple ISO/IEC standards, including ISO/IEC 27001 and 17025, and has co-developed ISO/IEC 5338, the new global standard for AI lifecycle management.
SIG was founded in 2000 and has offices in New York, Copenhagen, Brussels, and Frankfurt, and is headquartered in Amsterdam. Sigrid®, together with expert software engineering consultants, and over 25 years of industry-leading research, positions SIG as the foremost authority on software portfolio governance.
