Corp dev / strategic buyer
Integration is a deal workstream — not a Day-1 surprise.
Corp-dev teams usually win or lose the deal in the 100 days after close. The diligence question isn't only 'is this target healthy', it's 'can our org absorb this stack, this team, and this roadmap without breaking our own?'
We'll walk your existing playbook and flag where it leaks value across deals.
Written by The Beyond M&A team
Practitioners across Tech DD, integration, and AI-native deal tooling
Last reviewed 20 May 2026
How we researchWhat you're actually trying to do
- 01Repeatable DD playbook across deals, owned in-house, not rebuilt per advisor.
- 02Early read on integration risk — stack, team, and roadmap absorbability.
- 03Translating DD findings into a credible PMI plan IT and product can run.
- 04Aligning internal stakeholders (CFO, CTO, BU heads) before they push back at signing.
Start here
Core guides for this path.
post merger integration
The 100-day integration plan
What the integration workstream actually owns from signing to Day 100.
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tech due diligence
Integration readiness assessment
Reading the target's stack for absorbability before the deal closes.
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deal process
LOI → close mechanics
Sequencing confirmatory DD, signing, and Day-1 inside a strategic process.
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ai in dd
AI in DD — augmenting an in-house process
Where AI accelerates a repeatable corp-dev playbook without replacing judgement.
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Flagship asset
Corp Dev DD + PMI Playbook
Single-page deal blueprint with columns for pre-LOI, confirmatory DD, signing/closing, and first 100 days — and rows for tech, product, people, and regulatory tracks.
Advisory
How Beyond M&A supports corp-dev teams
- ·Designing a repeatable Tech DD framework you own across deals.
- ·Translating DD findings into PMI plans IT, product, and HR can actually run.
- ·Setting expectations with internal CTOs/CFOs before they become deal-blockers.
- ·Standing in as your tech bench when in-house capacity isn't there for this deal.
Software
How Lens supports corp-dev teams
- ·One workspace per deal, with cross-deal Q&A patterns building up over time.
- ·Traceable answers — every claim links back to a source document for IC and BU heads.
- ·Removes the bottleneck of waiting on stretched internal tech reviewers.
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