# Daniel Molloy
> Technical expertise for investment firms. We help venture capital, private equity, corporate finance firms, family offices, secondary market investors, and portfolio teams build, evaluate, and run technology — in the office or inside the portfolio.

## Core Positioning
- Technical expertise for investment firms, delivered in the office or applied to a portfolio company.
- Engagements are scoped to the firm and the decision in front of it — a due diligence review, an AI and data platform assessment, a technology risk review, fractional CTO advisory, or ongoing portfolio support.
- Differentiators: agile senior team, fast turnaround, AI-aware technical review, and proportionate engagement scoped to the decision and available access.
- Niche focus: technical due diligence for AI, healthcare, and venture-backed software companies.

## Legal Entity
- Trading name: Daniel Molloy Technology Due Diligence
- Legal company name: Daniel Molloy Ltd
- Company number: 15228212
- Registered in: England and Wales
- Registered office: 5 Providence Court, Pynes Hill, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom, EX2 5JL
- Companies House: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15228212
- VAT number: GB452010546

## Services
- Technical Due Diligence: an independent assessment of the technical value of a company before investment or acquisition — code quality, security, technical debt, IP ownership and open-source licence compliance, AI capability verification, team and key-person risk, cloud cost and scalability, commercial defensibility.
- AI & Data Platform Assessment: verification of AI claims, data ownership, model architecture, telemetry, inference costs, and genuine capability vs marketing.
- Technology Risk Review: rapid technical screening for investors evaluating software, SaaS, healthcare, AI, or venture-backed companies.
- Fractional CTO Advisory: ongoing technical counsel for investment firms, deal teams, portfolio companies, and founders who need senior technology judgement.

## Who We Work With
- Venture Capital
- Private Equity
- Corporate Finance Firms
- Family Offices
- Secondary Market Investors
- Asset Managers
- Portfolio Companies

## Location
- Reading, UK
- Dublin, Ireland
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Remote review for cross-border engagements

## Key Pages
- [Home](https://danielmolloy.com/): Primary overview and positioning.
- [What We Do](https://danielmolloy.com/work-with-me): Capabilities, technical due diligence scope, and IP review.
- [Who We Work With](https://danielmolloy.com/#who-we-work-with): Capabilities and sectors served.
- [Fix Your Tech Fast](https://danielmolloy.com/fix-your-tech-fast): Focused rapid audit and optimisation offer.
- [Location](https://danielmolloy.com/locations): Reading, Dublin, and Amsterdam operating base.
- [Who We Are](https://danielmolloy.com/who-we-are): Team, methodology, and review capacity.
- [Blog](https://danielmolloy.com/blog): Articles on tech strategy, product, and leadership.
- [Legal DD vs Technical DD](https://danielmolloy.com/insights/legal-due-diligence-vs-technical-due-diligence): Explains where legal due diligence ends and technical due diligence begins.
- [Technical Due Diligence Checklist for Investors](https://danielmolloy.com/insights/technical-due-diligence-checklist-saas-acquisitions): Practical checklist covering source code ownership, deployment process, technical debt, security, AI claims, team concentration risk, and cloud costs.
- [How to Evaluate an AI Startup Before Investing](https://danielmolloy.com/insights/how-to-evaluate-ai-startup-before-investing): AI due diligence guide for proprietary AI, model usage, data ownership, telemetry, and unit economics.
- [Red Flags in SaaS Acquisitions](https://danielmolloy.com/insights/red-flags-saas-acquisitions): Common technical red flags before acquiring a SaaS company.
- [Why Telemetry Matters More Than Features](https://danielmolloy.com/insights/why-telemetry-matters-more-than-features): Explains why usage evidence and operational signals matter more than feature lists.
- [What Happens During Technical Due Diligence](https://danielmolloy.com/insights/what-happens-during-technical-due-diligence): Framework for discovery, architecture, code, infrastructure, risk assessment, and executive summary.
- [AI Claims in Software M&A](https://danielmolloy.com/insights/verify-ai-claims-software-ma): How to verify AI capability claims during transactions.
- [Contact](https://danielmolloy.com/contact): Contact and booking pathways.

## Related
- [Vespera Systems](https://vespera.systems): Ongoing research and software for investment intelligence, built by the same founder.

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