Digital Transformation
Technology due diligence in PE: the red flags that now move price
With deals needing faster growth to hit target returns, buyers now price the cost to modernise. Here is what technology and cyber findings change, and how sellers prepare. The report sets out the considerations and practical implications discussed in the article.
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- PDF · 14 pages
- Published
- Published Oct 2026
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What's inside
- 01Tighter deal maths means technology drag is priced, not tolerated
- 02Technical debt is the largest line in the diligence adjustment
- 03Cyber findings are priced as a probable cost, and they cluster in the basics
- 04Supply chain and third-party exposure are the blind spot on both sides
- 05AI introduces two new diligence questions: governance and disruption