Due Diligence
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Venture Building Mentor-Coaching Private PlacementsFour questions guide every mandate: does the technology work as claimed, is it defensible, does it scale to commercial volumes, and can the team deliver? Everything else serves those four answers.
We analyze opportunities based on technical maturity—TRL 3 to 9—across any geography, technology stack, or industry sector. We follow the problem, not the trend.
From proof-of-concept to deployment.
Expert contributors across the Western Hemisphere.
Broad spectrum deep tech evaluation.
Guided purely by commercial opportunity.
— We do not review TRL 1–2 (initial concept and basic research stages).
Checklists, scoring rubrics, and IP maps are designed to deliver a single outcome: a clear, defensible investment decision.
Is the technology as mature as claimed? We benchmark performance statements against empirical evidence, not the pitch deck.
Defensibility in deep tech is largely binary: you either have a protectable moat or just a first-mover advantage.
For deep tech and biotech ventures, underlying mechanisms matter as much as ultimate results.
In software-driven assets, code quality and system architecture determine whether the product scales or breaks.
The costliest bottleneck in deep tech. We anticipate the exact regulatory frameworks and realistic timelines.
Identifying key talent required to ensure the technical thesis holds true.
In hardware and biotech, supply chain vulnerabilities often dictate operational velocity.
We translate qualitative findings into a defensible recommendation for your investment committee. Typical weightings shown for early-stage deep tech; for software-first transactions, weight shifts toward architecture, security, and unit economics.
A comprehensive report mapping every finding directly to its impact on the core thesis, complete with weighted rubric scores and an unequivocal investment committee recommendation: proceed, proceed with conditions, or pass.
We assemble a custom team of domain specialists across geographies depending on the asset's technical requirements. Workflows move rapidly; core synthesis—code reviews, founder interviews, and final recommendations—is handled directly by us.
Fully credited toward any retained service.
A tailored proposal is provided following the Discovery Call.
Targeted consultations without a full diligence mandate.
Formal proposals are issued after the Discovery Call based on asset scope, geography, and technical complexity.
It is the systematic investigation of a target company's technology, intellectual property, scientific evidence, and engineering risks prior to investment. In software, it evaluates code quality, security, and scalability; in deep tech and biotech, it reviews technical readiness, IP defensibility, scientific reproducibility, and regulatory pathways. The goal is to uncover hidden technical risks that could break the investment thesis.
Technical diligence answers whether the technology works, scales, and is protectable. Commercial diligence evaluates market size, customer demand, and go-to-market dynamics. Institutional investors typically run both in parallel to reconcile findings before issuing a final decision.
VC and PE deal teams, family office investment directors, corporate development teams, and external specialists—technical firms, scientific advisors, and patent attorneys. At Altiplano, we organize and lead an on-demand network of domain specialists tailored to each mandate. Scope and depth scale with cheque size and asset complexity.
Lightweight screening reviews for VC pipeline filtering take 1 to 2 weeks. Deep tech due diligence mandates typically require 3 to 6 weeks. High-level human synthesis—codebase audits, founder interviews, and final IC recommendations—is always conducted directly by our senior team.
No. We specialize exclusively in technical due diligence for software, deep tech, biotech, and science-backed investments—an institutional investment discipline executed for venture capital and private equity investors, distinct from real estate surveys.
Technology either works as claimed, or it doesn't. Our job is to know which it is before your investment committee commits capital.
We maintain active collaborations with a global network of over 50 independent PhD specialists. We deploy them on demand, tailored to each due diligence mandate, with active contributors across four key geographic hubs.
Begin with a 30-minute Discovery Call. We will review the asset and scope the precise technical due diligence required.
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