Performing Due Diligence on Game-Changing Internet-of-Things Networking Technology

Our Client & Their Goals

Our client, a private equity firm, was considering a major investment in a networking equipment and systems provider that had a game-changing technology portfolio relevant to the growing Internet-of-Things (IoT) sector. Our client knew that they needed expert assistance to complete their due diligence and to understand whether their investment target’s IoT technology portfolio would remain competitive over the next ten years.

Our due diligence process involved developing technology and industry forecasts of their investment target’s technology portfolio, along with an analysis benchmarking that portfolio against those of current and future competitors. Assuming that the target company’s technology portfolio still looked promising after the due diligence process, our Client would need additional guidance to capture the full value from this investment. Specifically, they wanted a roadmap detailing how to grow the target company’s portfolio to maintain a competitive position in the IoT market, identifying valuable business opportunities through the next decade.

As our Client had no experience in this technology area and urgently required expert advice, they asked CamIn to provide the guidance necessary to effectively evaluate this potential investment.

CamIn's Solution

CamIn’s leaders assembled two world-class expert consulting teams. One team focused on performing technology due diligence related to the target company’s asset portfolio. A second team focused on the broader industry landscape, identifying current and future market opportunities for growth. Each of our teams included two world-class experts with specific technology and industry knowledge in wired and wireless network equipment and systems. 

Our technology team completed a global ten-year technology forecast to identify opportunities and threats relevant to the target company’s technology portfolio. To evaluate these threats, a full benchmarking study was conducted, comparing each competing technology asset against the target company’s portfolio and determining the value of each asset for specific applications. Our team also identified opportunities to acquire technologies that would add value to the target company’s technology portfolio in the future and help them remain competitive in the IoT sector.

The industry team provided a global ten-year industry forecast for wired and wireless technologies used for IoT applications. This forecast identified potential technology development partners and key market competitors to monitor during this time period. We conducted a benchmarking study to identify the commercial strength of the target company’s technologies based on a variety of lucrative IoT applications. This analysis determined the specific applications where the target company’s portfolio would have a competitive advantage, and identified opportunities that could be pursued with subsequent investments into complementary assets.

Our due diligence study confirmed that the target company’s portfolio provided competitive solutions for lucrative IoT applications. We also developed a ten-year plan for increasing the value of the target company’s portfolio through additional investments.

The Impact

CamIn’s world-class expert consulting team provided a comprehensive set of answers to our Client’s questions regarding their investment in the target high-end network equipment and systems provider. Our due diligence study confirmed that the target company’s portfolio provided competitive solutions for lucrative IoT applications. We also developed a ten-year plan for increasing the value of the target company’s portfolio through additional investments.

Within three months, our Client pursued this investment and they are currently implementing our roadmap to create more value from their portfolio by targeting the market opportunities that we identified.