What Every Investor Wants to Know: Technical Due Diligence After Builder.ai

Before Builder.ai collapsed, investors mostly asked: “How fast can you build?” 

Now they ask: 

• “Do you own your code?” 
• “Where is your infrastructure hosted?” 
• “Can you show your Git activity?” 
• “What happens if your vendor disappears tomorrow?” 

Welcome to the new era of technical due diligence, where trust is tied not to buzzwords but to infrastructure, ownership, and code clarity. 

Why Builder.ai Changed the Due Diligence Game

Dozens of startups built on Builder.ai lost access to: 

• Codebases. 
• Deployment environments. 
• Roadmaps. 
• Teams. 

As a result, investors lost confidence in: 

• Platforms with black-box operations. 
• Founders without visibility into their products. 
• Pitch decks built on “we outsourced it all”. 

Now, diligence means proof of control, not just speed of execution. 

The 5 Things Investors Now Demand 

1. Full Repository Ownership 

Investors want to see that your GitHub/GitLab is: 

• Active. 
• Accessible. 
• Owned by you. 
• Shows real commit logs. 

2. Documentation & Roadmap Artefacts 

Even in the MVP stage, you’re expected to show: 

• Sprint logs. 
• Feature tracking. 
• Architecture diagrams. 
• API documentation. 

3. Infrastructure Transparency 

You should know: 

• Where your app is hosted. 
• Who has access? 
• What backup and rollback measures exist? 

4. Team Continuity 

They want to know: 

• Are your developers stable? 
• Can you scale them? 
• What happens if one leaves? 

5. Exit-Readiness 

Investors want code that can outlive the founding team, portable, readable, and modular. 

How Founders Can Proactively Prepare 

It’s not about perfection. It’s about ownership and clarity. 

Here’s how to pass the audit before it starts: 

• Set up private Git repos with a clear commit history. 
• Maintain README, env config docs, and a basic dev guide. 
• Use cloud infrastructure with named access keys (not shared passwords). 
• Align on sprint structure, even a basic Notion board works. 
• Know your team: who does what, and how they work. 

The message is simple: 

“We’re in control. We didn’t outsource responsibility.”

A Real Case: How One Founder Saved a Deal Post-Builder.ai 

A founder had a term sheet signed. Then their investor asked: 

“Where’s your Git repo?” 

The answer? “Builder.ai has it. We don’t.” 

Deal paused. We stepped in. 

In 21 days, we: 

• Rebuilt their product’s backend on Node. 
• Set up GitHub under the founder’s organisation. 
• Delivered documentation, admin rights, and sprint summaries. 

Deal closed. Funding landed. Confidence restored. 

Quote: “What almost lost me $500K was a repo I didn’t even own.” 

The HireDeveloper.dev Audit-Ready Advantage 

Here’s how we keep every founder investor-ready from day one: 

• All code is pushed to your repository. 
• You control the cloud, not us.
• You meet every dev, and we document their output. 
• We help you keep delivery logs, demo cycles, and artefacts. 

We don’t just build. We back your pitch, with the kind of delivery that earns capital. 

Pitching Investors? Let’s Make Sure Your Tech Isn’t the Weak Link

HireDeveloper.Dev helps you own your product and prove your roadmap, with the confidence investors demand. Our seasoned developers ensure your platform is scalable, secure, and investor-ready, so your pitch deck stands on solid technical ground.

Book your free audit-ready consultation with HireDeveloper.Dev today.

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