Stable State helps owner managed and PE backed technology businesses valued at £5m to £50m prepare for investment, acquisition or exit, 12 to 24 months before technical due diligence begins.
Find the problems now. Fix them before the buyer finds them.
Illustrative animation: a ClearView assessment scores the technology at 63 out of 100 and finds four areas that need work. Over the following months the issues are fixed, the score rises to 77 and the business is ready for due diligence.
1. Find
2. Fix
3. Ready
Technology Readiness Score63/100
4 areas need work
Strategy72
Product81
Team54
Approach61
Platform68
Security43
Illustrative example. Not client data.
Some of the teams we've worked with
What is Technology Exit Readiness?
Buyers examine the technology as hard as the numbers.
Technology Exit Readiness means examining and improving the technology that investors and acquirers will scrutinise, before formal due diligence begins. It gives management time to fix what a buyer would otherwise use in the negotiation.
Technology problems found during a deal can:
Delay the transaction.
Bring additional warranties, indemnities or conditions.
Reduce buyer confidence.
Expose remediation costs nobody had budgeted for.
Weaken your position in valuation discussions.
Raise concerns about dependence on key people or suppliers.
Increase the perceived risk of the investment.
Found 18 months before the deal: fixable.Management has time to resolve it, evidence it and present it on its own terms.
Found during due diligence: a deal issue.The same problem becomes renegotiation leverage for the other side, or a reason to walk away.
Six areas a buyer will examine, scored before they do.
ClearView assesses your business against the six areas of our framework: the same ground a technical due diligence team will cover. Each area is scored, rated green, amber or red, and backed by evidence from interviews, code and delivery history.
StrategyWhether technology decisions support the business plan and the investment case.
ProductHow the roadmap connects to customers, revenue and the capacity to deliver.
TeamSkills, structure and dependence on key people.
ApproachHow work moves from idea to production, safely and predictably.
PlatformArchitecture, code, infrastructure and data, and whether they will scale.
SecurityHow risk, access, sensitive data and third parties are managed.
Illustrative example to show the report format. Not client data. Green 70 and above, amber 50 to 69, red below 50.
Over 12 to 24 months
We get the technology ready for the transaction.
We don't hand over a report and disappear. Where it helps, we stay involved, working with management to resolve the issues and build the evidence a buyer will ask for.
Find
ClearViewA two-week assessment across six areas, scored and ranked.
Remediation planThe findings turned into a prioritised plan the board can own.
Fix
Technical Partner or fractional CTOSenior, hands-on help to resolve what matters, alongside your team.
Quarterly readiness reviewProgress re-scored so the board can see the risk coming down.
Prepare
Vendor DD preparationEvidence, documentation and answers ready before a buyer asks.
Data room preparationThe technology section of the data room, complete and consistent.
Transact
Technical due diligenceSupport for management through the buyer's technical questions.
TransactionTechnology becomes a reason for confidence, not a reason to renegotiate.
Evidence from the other side of the table.
Real engagements, described in our clients' own words.
ClearView
Asset 55, energy sector SaaS
Business context
A SaaS provider in the energy sector, scaling its business.
What we did
A technical due diligence review through team and stakeholder interviews, delivered as a ClearView report.
Outcome
A clear picture of strengths and gaps for the CTO, supporting informed decisions as the business scales.
“The ClearView report helped me identify and prioritise the key actions for the coming year.”
An executive team that needed an independent view of a complex platform.
What we did
A ClearView report assessing the platform's strengths and areas of risk.
Outcome
A clear, balanced view of strengths and risks for the executive team.
“The StableState team were able to quickly understand a complex platform, ask the right technical questions and identify both strengths and areas of risk. The final report was clear, balanced and commercially relevant, providing our executive team with the insight needed.”
A business making investment decisions about its technology.
What we did
Strategic technology advice, technical due diligence and CTO-level advisory over a number of years.
Outcome
In the client's words: informed investment decisions, reduced technical risk and opportunities for future growth.
“One of their greatest strengths is the ability to quickly understand complex technical environments and communicate their findings clearly to both technical teams and senior stakeholders. This has helped us make informed investment decisions, reduce technical risk and identify opportunities for future growth.”
Over a multi-year engagement, built a team of hardware, firmware and app developers.
Outcome
Release of V-Pro.
“StableState played a critical role in getting our product to market. Their clear, concise advice and ability to coordinate across technical and non-technical teams made a huge difference.”
