Diligence is coming.
A raise, a sale, or an acquisition is twelve to eighteen months out, and nobody can say what buyers will find.
Private Equity Software Development
Get your software to market faster, without adding unnecessary overhead.
Built to identify and reduce technology risks that can affect valuation, then deliver with a senior team that owns the outcome.
- Led by a senior US engineer or CTO
- A product manager, AI architect, and QA built into the team
- Your Team. Our Team. One Scoreboard.
Private Equity
Built for the moments that put delivery under a microscope
A raise, a sale, an acquisition, or a leadership change puts the software organization in the spotlight. Sonatafy finds the real constraint first, then builds the software you want with a senior team that owns the outcome. We measure our own performance against industry standards, the outcomes we recommended, and your internal benchmarks, all on the same scoreboard as your team.
You are funding an engineering organization without an instrument for seeing what it produces. The scoreboard is that instrument.
What We've Built and Supported
Work our teams have delivered for sponsor backed companies at the moments that put delivery under a microscope.
- Diligence Readiness Assessments ahead of a raise or sale
- Technology diligence readiness for a transaction
- Post acquisition integration of two engineering organizations
The Problems We See
Where Delivery Risk Shows Up
An acquisition has closed.
Two engineering organizations must become one, and the roadmap cannot wait.
Engineering spend has grown.
The return cannot be articulated, and decisions are made on anecdote because nobody can produce a number.
What's Usually Slowing Things Down
The Ownership Gap
Nobody owns the date. A technology executive leaves during the hold period, and the roadmap loses its owner when the board needs it most.
The Coordination Tax
We added people and got slower. An acquisition closes, two engineering organizations run two processes, and integration competes with the roadmap.
The Backlog Illusion
Everyone is busy and nothing reaches customers. The board sees a busy engineering team and cannot tie the activity to value creation milestones.
The AI Validation Gap
We spent on AI and cannot point to the return. The board issued an AI mandate. Is your AI real, or theater? Acquirers and boards are asking.
Senior US Leadership
A senior US engineer or CTO leads the team and owns the date.
Addresses The Ownership GapOne Accountable Team
Senior engineers from the US and Latin America work in your business hours as one team, with clear handoffs.
Addresses The Coordination TaxBacklog Ownership
End-to-end backlog ownership, with product leadership focused on what reaches customers.
Addresses The Backlog IllusionAI Architecture
An AI architect builds evaluation and measurement in before launch, so you can see whether the AI is working.
Addresses The AI Validation Gap
Our Objective
Get Your Software to Market Faster
Delivery slows when nobody owns the date, teams stall at handoffs, the backlog grows without reaching customers, and AI launches without proof it works.
We find the real constraint first. Then a senior team, led by a senior US engineer or CTO, works inside your standards, owns the backlog, and builds AI validation in from the start. Our performance sits on the same scoreboard as yours.
Keep in mind
More engineers isn't always the answer.
How We Accomplish Our Objective
Assess. Build. Deliver. & Measure.
Snapshots & Assessments
- Software Delivery Snapshot
- Delivery Maturity Assessment
- Diligence Readiness Assessment
- AI Validation Assessment
Advisory & Fractional Leadership
- Fractional CTO
- Product leadership
- Technical project management
- AI consulting
Managed Delivery POD
- Cloud modernization
- Custom software development
- AI-powered product development
- Data warehouse & analytics
- Process automation
- Product acceleration
One Scoreboard
- Nexxus shared scoreboard
- Monthly performance reviews
- Quarterly business reviews
Proof
Shaped by 60+ Client Engagements and 215+ Episodes With Software Leaders.
How a Sponsor Backed Engagement Is Structured
Your Team. Our Team. One Scoreboard.
The Diligence Readiness Assessment runs Baseline, Plan, and Implement: an independent read of source systems against named benchmarks, a prioritized, cost based plan that is defensible to an acquirer, and Sonatafy closing the gaps it found. Ideally it starts twelve to eighteen months ahead of a transaction.
After an acquisition, a Software Delivery Snapshot runs across both engineering organizations. When the work is execution, a Managed Delivery POD takes it on.
Operating partners receive a written quarterly executive briefing, and every recommendation carries its target metric, the value when made, and the value now.
Assess. Build. Deliver. & Measure. Snapshots and Assessments, advisory and fractional leadership, Managed Delivery PODs, and a shared scoreboard reviewed with you every quarter. See our services
What We Ask in a Portfolio Company Snapshot
A 30 minute executive session with a senior US based Sonatafy leader, then a one page written read within two business days. It separates what you know, what you think you know, and what your systems would need to confirm.
Start with a complimentary snapshot- When is your next transaction window, and what would a buyer's technical diligence find today?
- Can you connect engineering spend to what it has produced?
- Has a technology executive arrived or left in the last year?
- If an acquisition has closed, are both engineering organizations measured the same way?
FAQ
Private Equity FAQs
Staffing fills seats. Sonatafy owns execution. If delivery is still slipping, more engineers will not solve it.
We assess the system, not your people. Everyone works from the same findings, and the scoreboard measures us too.
Yes. The Diligence Readiness Assessment shows what buyers will find, ideally twelve to eighteen months ahead. It is built to identify and reduce technology risks that can affect valuation.
Yes. Sonatafy teams integrate into your existing development processes, coding standards, and security governance. Sonatafy can provide documentation on data handling practices, vendor agreements, and security standards. Specific requirements for your platform are reviewed and confirmed during scoping.
Yes. Teams integrate alongside your engineers rather than replacing them. You can start with one POD or one fractional role.
Teams are led by a senior US engineer or CTO, with senior engineers from the US and Latin America (Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Costa Rica, and Brazil) working in your business hours.
Fee and scope are set in a scoping conversation. Snapshots are complimentary.
Talk to Sonatafy About Your Portfolio Company
Tell us where delivery is getting stuck. We'll start with a complimentary Snapshot and a clear read on what's behind it.
Start with a complimentary snapshot