Private equity and portfolio leaders
You are evaluating an acquisition, holding a business with inherited systems, or preparing one for growth or exit, and management says the technology is fine. We give you an independent, read-only view of where the risk sits, what fixing it would cost and whether the team can carry the plan.
Artrilogic AI
Answers from our published service information
Artrilogic AI
Answers from our published service information
01 / When investors call us
The constraints are usually the same: limited time, management reporting that may be optimistic, other advisers already involved, and a business that cannot be disrupted while it is assessed.
Advising a client rather than investing yourself? See advisers and partners.
02 / The assessment
Built on the scope of our Modernisation Assessment, and written for an investment decision rather than an engineering backlog.
03 / How an engagement works
Each step is scoped and priced on its own, so you commit to one at a time.
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An independent, read-only view of technology risk, cost and capability, for an acquisition, a holding or exit preparation.
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Modernising the systems a business runs in stages, while it keeps trading, in the order the assessment recommends.
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AI connected to real processes, with authority, approvals and a record of every action, so the improvement can be defended.
04 / What we hear most
The assessment is timeboxed, and its scope and timing are agreed and quoted before it starts. If the time available limits what can be checked, the report says what was not covered.
We form our own view from the evidence, read-only: the code, the infrastructure, patch status and test coverage. Where our findings differ from management's view, we show the evidence.
Dependency mapping, patch status and test coverage are where it tends to show. We rank what we find by risk and by the cost of addressing it, so it can be weighed against the plan.
It is quoted before you commit and scoped to the decision in front of you. Its job is to turn an unknown cost into a range you can plan around.
We look at where knowledge of the systems sits, whether it depends on one or two people, and what the recommended plan would ask of the team. Gaps are described as facts about the plan, not judgements of individuals.
The engineers who assess the systems are available to fix them, scoped and priced separately once you have the report. You are under no obligation to use us for that work.
05 / Evidence
These are not investment assessments. They are completed modernisation engagements, shown as evidence of the delivery work that can follow an assessment.
Delivered client work
A .NET Framework solution built in 2011 for high data volumes, modernised to .NET Core with a controlled microservices architecture on Microsoft Azure.
Read the case studyDelivered client work
A combined AWS environment optimisation and Java platform upgrade for a platform that had outgrown its original AWS footprint, delivered without a big-bang cutover.
Read the case studySome of the engagements above have referees willing to take a call. We can broker the conversation when the fit is real.
Common questions
It is a technology assessment for an investment or portfolio business. It can inform due diligence, an acquisition decision or exit preparation. It is not a legal, financial or audit opinion, and we do not offer it as a packaged due diligence service.
It is read-only. We need access to code, infrastructure and documentation, and time with the people who run the systems, agreed in advance.
Yes. The assessment is a standalone deliverable, so it can sit beside other advisers' work. We agree at the start who we report to and how findings are shared.
That depends on the size of the estate and what the decision needs. Scope, timing and fee are confirmed and quoted before you commit.
You decide. If you want the findings addressed, we scope and price the remediation separately. If another team does the work, the report gives them a ranked plan to start from.
Evaluating a business?
Tell us about the business and the decision in front of you. We will say what an assessment would cover and quote it before you commit.
