Richard Grant
Strategic Advisor m & a Technology Due Diligence Crosslake Certified Lead Practitioner @Crosslake Technologies
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Strategic Advisor m & a Technology Due Diligence Crosslake Certified Lead Practitioner @Crosslake Technologies
I help investors and technology leaders make confident, high-stakes decisions around acquisitions, exits, and funding.Buy-side: I lead technology due diligence engagements for private equity funds and trade buyers, providing deep assessments of a target’s technology, team, and product strategy to inform investment decisions.Sell-side: I partner with Founders, CEOs, CTOs, and CPOs to articulate the value of their technology and strengthen the narrative ahead of exits or fundraising rounds, often enhancing valuation and accelerating deal timelines.My work covers the full technology landscape, including product strategy and management, technical leadership, software architecture, development practices, infrastructure/DevOps, customer support, and cybersecurity.
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ABOUT RICHARD GRANT
I work at the intersection of technology complexity and investment judgment.My focus is on evaluating technology strategy, execution risk, and the credibility of investment assumptions in software-led, innovation-driven businesses, particularly during material decision-making moments, such as acquisitions, scaling, or transformation.In due diligence contexts, I assess technical robustness, scalability, R&D allocation, and execution risk; testing growth narratives against operational reality and distinguishing technical ambition from investable logic. I contribute to value-creation planning and post-deal prioritisation, with an emphasis on risk-adjusted outcomes rather than headline projections.I have contributed to technology due diligence across transactions with aggregate enterprise value in the multi-billion-dollar range, including individual valuations approaching $1bn. In each case, my role has centred on disciplined scrutiny: interrogating assumptions, surfacing fragilities, and clarifying where technology risk meaningfully affects capital decisions.Beyond transactions, I have governed £50m of transformation spend, overseeing roadmap definition, capital deployment, and structured risk controls across complex programmes.Across all engagements, my interest lies in preserving optionality, evaluating downside exposure, and ensuring that technology strategy aligns with capital constraints and long-term value.Increasingly, I am interested in contributing independent scrutiny within innovation and investment governance environments where technology risk and capital allocation intersect—Versión en español (resumen breve)Trabajo en la intersección entre tecnología e inversión, evaluando riesgos, asignación de recursos y viabilidad estratégica en contextos de cambio relevante. Mi enfoque es práctico y centrado en disciplina de capital y riesgos reales, no en teoría técnica.
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