Forensic Technical Due Diligence for Private Equity, Family Offices & Businesses.

Opening the Tech Black Box. Independently.

We dig deep to give clients an independent picture of their operational and proprietary technology- what's broken, what's exposed, and what it means.


Whether you develop technology or depend on it to operate, the risks inside the Tech Black Box exist and are compounding across privacy and security, business continuity, IP ownership, and financial exposure.
These critical findings are hard to detect using standard technical due diligence.

Problem

Standard technical due diligence
is no longer enough.

The complexity and risks of modern technology require a forensic approach.
Opening the Tech Black Box independently and forensically is becoming the standard.


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Whether you manage a fund with a hard exit mandate or permanent capital with no clock running, the technical risk is identical and equally capable of destroying value post-close.

Businesses face the same blind spot from the other side. A leadership team preparing for M&A or investment, or simply protecting their proprietary or operational technology, their customers, and their valuation, rarely has an independent forensic picture into the Tech Black Box.

Service

Forensic Technical Due Diligence. Every finding evidenced and quantified.

Service A: 1–2 Days

The Redline Sniff Test

Forensic Technical Health Check Pre-LOI Early-Stage Screening

You don't need vendor or inside access to see inside the Tech Black Box. The Redline Sniff Test surfaces what's really there within one business day, without vendor access, without assumptions. Findings are evidenced and graded. Deal blockers flagged for immediate escalation. Nothing softened.

What It Surfaces
  • An Independent Read Of The Public Record- What the technology looks like from the outside: what's been built, how it's held together, and what the engineering team's footprint actually says versus what's been claimed.
  • A Forensic Look At The Live Product- What's running in production, what it's connected to, and what it quietly exposes that no one thought to mention.
  • A Structured Challenge Of The People Who Built It- A forensic interview that surfaces what documentation never captures: key person risk, undisclosed decisions, and the assumptions the whole thing is sitting on.
  • Deliverable- Executive Summary. Top 3-5 liabilities. Go/No-Go recommendation.

The fastest way to find out what's really inside the Tech Black Box.

Service B: 3–5 Days

The Deep-Dive Audit

Active Due Diligence- Final Valuation

At final valuation, the Tech Black Box has to be opened fully, forensically, and without compromise. The Deep-Dive Audit delivers the Ground Truth report: Every technical liability quantified, every finding evidenced, nothing softened.

What It Surfaces
  • A Complete Forensic Picture Of What The Technology Is Actually Worth- Every liability quantified in dollars and months, structured for price negotiation, escrow, or earn-out design.
  • An Independent Assessment Of What The Codebase Will Cost To Own- Remediation timelines, architectural risk, and the technical assumptions the valuation is sitting on.
  • A Forensic Read On The People Holding It Together- Who the technology actually depends on, what lives only in their heads, and what that concentration risk is worth in dollar terms.
  • A Verified Chain Of Title On The IP- Forensic confirmation that what the acquirer is paying for is actually owned, cleanly, by the entity selling it.
  • A Dedicated Forensic Assessment Of AI And Cybersecurity Risk- Model provenance, training data exposure, and regulatory surface area assessed as core components of the deal, not afterthoughts.
  • Deliverable- A Signed Ground Truth Report. Every finding evidenced, graded, and investment-committee ready. Deal blockers flagged. Findings structured. Nothing softened.

The most complete forensic picture of a technology asset you can get before you sign.

The Lahav Advisory IRL includes dedicated sections for AI/ML governance and Cybersecurity reflecting the risk surface of every modern technology acquisition, not just the codebase. Want to see what a finding looks like?

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About
Ken Lahav - Founder, Lahav Advisory

Ken Lahav

Founder, Lahav Advisory

Ken Lahav has spent 25 years building and operating technology across three continents - Israel, Australia, and the United States. From early-stage startups to global enterprises, across commercial, government, and non-profit sectors, he has worked at every scale and in every condition a technology organisation can find itself in.
That breadth is the foundation of the practice. Across SaaS platforms, fintech infrastructure, e-commerce, marketplaces, and AI, Ken brings the pattern recognition of someone who has built these systems, not just assessed them. He knows what good looks like. He knows what hidden looks like.

Lahav Advisory was founded on a simple observation: Standard technical due diligence is no longer enough. A forensic one is required instead.

Industries
SaaS & Cloud Platforms
AI & Data Businesses
Fintech & Financial Services
Enterprise Software & B2B Platforms
E-commerce & Marketplaces
Government & Non-Profit
Risk Domains
Technical Debt & Architecture
Cybersecurity & Regulatory Exposure
IP Ownership & Licensing
Key Person & Process Risk
AI/ML Governance & Model Provenance
Data Privacy & Compliance
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