The technology decisions that decide your exit multiple
Scott Darby, a PE operating partner and Gorilla Logic board member, joins Gorilla Logic CEO Drew Naukam to cover how buyers actually price technical risk, where AI moves your velocity numbers, and when modernization stops being optional.
Inside the conversation
Engineering Velocity for PE-Backed Companies
We help private equity firms and their portfolio companies accelerate technology value creation, from acquisition through exit.
Gorilla Logic is PE-backed. We know the hold period, the EBITDA pressure, and what it actually takes to scale a technology organization in a 3–5 year window. Our AI-enabled engineering teams embed directly into portfolio companies and produce measurable outcomes at every stage of the investment lifecycle.
20+ years engineering for global brands
8.5-year average client tenure
90%+ AI-enabled across active clients
PE-backed we understand the lifecycle from the inside
Technical debt has become a pricing mechanism, not a footnote. Buyers underwrite the worst case and discount the deal accordingly.
Velocity targets get set before the plan to hit them exists. Scott walks through why closing that gap is where value creation actually happens.
AI amplifies whatever operating model it's placed into. Strong fundamentals compound the gains, weak ones compound the gaps.
Most of the exit story gets written in the first 12 to 24 months of the hold. What gets decided early rarely gets revisited later.
Watch this if any of these decisions are yours
You're heading into diligence and need to know how a buyer will price your technical risk before they tell you.
You're setting or inheriting a velocity target and need a straight read on where AI moves it, and where it won't.
You're timing a modernization program and need to know how much runway you have before it shows up in your exit valuation.
Investor meets operator
Scott brings the investor's lens on risk and multiple. Drew brings the operator's lens on what it actually takes to deliver. Together, they cover both sides of the same decision.
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Scott Darby PE Operating Partner & Gorilla Logic Board Member 20+ years scaling technology-driven businesses.
Drew Naukam CEO Gorilla Logic Leads the team that builds and modernizes platforms for PE-backed portfolio companies
