Axiom Refract for PE Firms
Quantify technical risk in portfolio companies before it becomes a write-down
The Challenge
Your portfolio includes software companies whose valuations depend on the quality of their technology. Technical debt, architectural fragility, and key-person dependencies are material risks that affect enterprise value — but they are the hardest risks to quantify.
Traditional technical due diligence produces a consultant's narrative assessment once, at acquisition. After that, the technology evolves without structured oversight. A portfolio company's CTO reports progress in qualitative terms. Technical debt accumulates invisibly until it surfaces as a missed product deadline, a failed compliance audit, or a valuation adjustment during exit.
You need continuous, quantified visibility into the structural health of your portfolio companies' technology — the same kind of financial reporting discipline applied to architecture.
How Axiom Refract Helps
Pre-Acquisition Assessment
Run an Axiom scan on acquisition targets before the deal closes. Quantify technical debt, identify SPOFs, and factor architectural risk into your valuation model with evidence.
Portfolio Monitoring
Run quarterly scans across portfolio companies and track structural metrics over time. Catch architectural deterioration before it affects product delivery or exit valuation.
Exit Readiness
Produce a buyer-ready architectural record that demonstrates governed technology management. Reduce technical due diligence friction during exit by having the assessment already complete.
What You Get
- Pre-acquisition technical assessment — SPOF inventory, dead code volume, coupling analysis
- Quarterly portfolio health dashboards — structural metrics tracked over time
- Compliance mapping for regulated portfolio companies — SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS
- C4 architecture diagrams for investment committee presentations
- Exit-ready architectural documentation package
Imagine reviewing your portfolio dashboard and seeing that one company's SPOF count has increased from 5 to 14 over two quarters while their dead code volume grew 30%. You flag this with their CTO before the next board meeting, request a remediation plan, and track progress through subsequent scans. The risk was caught by data, not by an incident.