HR / Human Capital SaaS
Investment readiness for an HR SaaS firm raising £9m
A decade-old, profitable SaaS firm had never been formally diligenced. Tech DD became the most valuable workstream of the raise — surfacing the gaps that would otherwise have killed valuation.
- Client
- Established self-funded Enterprise SaaS
- Service
- Tech Due Diligence + Readiness
- Stage
- Pre-raise
01
The challenge
- —No accountable technical leadership (CTO/VP Eng gap)
- —Incomplete IT budget and no investor-grade financial roadmap
- —Insufficient scalability around IaaS and partner onboarding
- —Cyber vulnerabilities despite ISO certifications; unmanaged estate
- —No strategy for managing complex code at scale
- —Over-reliance on third-party vendors without a robust app architecture
02
Our approach
01
Leadership recruit
Recruited senior technical leadership to bridge the credibility gap with investors.
02
IT budget rebuild
Built a complete, defensible IT budget aligned to the growth plan.
03
Scalable onboarding & infra
Designed a partner onboarding model and IaaS posture able to absorb growth.
04
Cyber & code remediation
Hardened cyber posture, brought the estate under management, instituted a code maintenance strategy.
03
Outcomes
- ✓Three-month structured remediation programme delivered
- ✓Investor-ready technology narrative and evidence pack
- ✓Successful £9m investment closed
Takeaway
"Profitable does not mean investable. Founder-led SaaS firms typically need 90 days of focused work to clear an investor-grade Tech DD."
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