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Find hidden ROI-draining digital risks before you invest

Maximize value. Minimize risk. Invest with confidence. Discover how digital due diligence is reshaping investment strategies, by mitigating risk and surfacing untapped opportunity.

Why It Matters to Investors

Digital Blind Spots = Missed Millions‍

Whether you’re navigating bull markets or protecting positions in bear phases, digital insights provide clarity where others assume.

Our methodology uncovers:
- Hidden Costs eroding ROI
- Growth Signals missed in standard diligence
- Digital Leverage Points that impact valuation and post-acquisition strategy

Take the 3-minute investor assessment to discover if your strategy aligns with Digital Due Diligence and unlock exclusive briefings and industry reports highlighting growth signals and strategic risks in the automotive and football sectors.

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The problem

Traditional Due Diligence Is No Longer Enough
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The traditional three-pillar model of due diligence has a missing fourth pillar: the digital layer. We call this process Digital Due Diligence (DDD). Relying solely on conventional due diligence today means more than overlooking red flags. It often means operating without full visibility. The good news is that these digital blind spots are identifiable, and the financial risks they pose are avoidable.

Private equity and family office leaders lose value every year from one hidden factor: digital blind spots.
‍Tech debt, underleveraged digital assets, brand risks, weak data infrastructure - all of these can erode performance, sometimes before the ink dries.

The $300M Assumption:
When Brand Equity Replaces Digital Demand
What’s missed in the pre-investment phase becomes costly in the post-investment phase.
It’s time to elevate your diligence process and protect your portfolio from invisible risks - and missed digital upside.

Fake Users, Real Losses:
A $175M Mistake JPMorgan Could Have Avoided

These two cases highlight how ignoring digital signals can lead to costly misjudgments, even at the highest levels of business and finance.

Take the Investor Qualification Assessment

Start with a quick, 3-minute assessment to discover how well your investment strategy aligns with our Digital Due Diligence methodology.

This brief, investor-only form helps us understand your investment approach and level of digital exposure. Once submitted, you'll gain exclusive access to exclusive strategic resources.
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What Happens Next?
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Once you complete the assessment, you will receive

  • A 1:1 Strategic Briefing with our senior advisors
  • An Investor-Focused Industry Report on the Automotive Sector
  • An Investor-Focused Industry Report on the Football Sector
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How Digital Due Diligence (DDD) Adds Value in the Pre-Investment and Post-Investment Phases

Pre-investment phase

Accenture
Powering Smarter Investments through Digital Due Diligence

Cognitive Creators strengthens Accenture’s ecosystem to further amplify value creation for clients by identifying growth opportunities and mitigating investment risks across their digital adoption and scaling ambitions.

By analyzing market dynamics, growth feasibility, and ROI potential, the collaboration provides data-driven insights that shapes strategic decisions. Our assessments uncover high-value investment directions while eliminating costly dead ends, enabling management boards to make informed, low-risk decisions with high-impact outcomes. With a structured approach - market validation, technology assessment, and investment scenario modelling - we deliver compelling digital-first business cases and  unlock scalable digital transformations across industries.

Identicare
Ensuring a seamless scaling through Technology Due Diligence

In preparation for its next stage of scaling, Identi conducted a Technical Due Diligence (TDD) to assess potential risks that could hinder growth and identify opportunities to accelerate expansion. Cognitive Creators’ 360º TDD approach provided a comprehensive audit of API performance across internal and external systems, cloud infrastructure efficiency, and overall data strategy and scalability.
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Using a structured risk assessment framework, findings were categorised by urgency and impact—from critical growth blockers to long-term reliability improvements. These insights enabled Identi to prioritise remediation efforts, ensuring technology investments aligned with business growth and operational excellence.

GreenChem
Enhancing Strategic Partnership Decision-Making Through Digital Media Screening

Greenchem sought to evaluate a potential investment or joint venture thus required a clear understanding of public sentiment surrounding its target. To support this, Cognitive Creators conducted a comprehensive Digital Media Screening, leveraging thousands of datapoints and also AI-driven analytics to assess sentiment across social media, digital platforms, and employee feedback.

The analysis provided Greenchem with a clearly defined public perception, identifying both strengths and emerging concerns. Equipped with sentiment data, Greenchem was able to make an informed investment decision, mitigating reputational risks and ensuring strategic alignment with market expectations.

AlphaVet
Validating ROI before a strategic investment decision through Digital Due Diligence

Alphavet, a leader in the B2B pet care segment, sought to expand into the B2C market either by acquiring a company or by entering with a newly created brand. Cognitive Creators conducted a Digital Due Diligence to assess potential acquisition targets and to model the cost of building the new B2C brand from scratch, ensuring Alphavet made an informed investment decision.

Our evaluation analyzed the digital performance, market positioning, and growth potential of multiple brands. Scenario modeling and our performance scoring revealed the most suitable M&A target and showed how acquiring an established digital-first brand would drive 3x faster market penetration and higher ROI compared to building a new B2C presence from the ground. The findings validated the acquisition, showcasing how a data-driven approach can de-risk investments and accelerate growth.

LAT Nitrogen
Unveiling the power of Data in Agriculture through Digital Due Diligence

L.A.T Nitrogen, a key player in the agricultural sector, recognized the potential to leverage its data from different digital tools and platforms. Through digital due diligence, Cognitive Creators mapped from short-term opportunities to the long term vision of how the company can leverage a unified data front over a deeper integration that connects the field of marketing and agronomy.

This audit led to the development and integration of a robust data engine designed to enhance operational efficiency and unlock strategic insights. By connecting and processing internal and external data points the company embarked on a journey of improving marketing efficiency and further shaping an increasingly digital-first agricultural landscape.

Featured Industry Reports

Get a sneak peek into other industry insights
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Ebook

Beauty Retail Brand Analysis

The DDD analysis, conducted between July and September 2024, examines how leading beauty retail brands with a strong European market presence.

Dec 12, 2024
Ebook

Automotive Industry DDD 2024

The automotive industry's rapid transformation is driven by digital innovation. Our Automotive Industry Digital Due Diligence 2024 offers strategic insights to navigate change and seize new opportunities.

Nov 15, 2024
Ebook

Football Club Brand Analysis 2024

In football's fast-paced world, a strong digital presence is as vital as on-field success. Europe's top clubs now rely on digital strategies to boost brand value and engage fans worldwide.

Sep 19, 2024

About

Cognitive Creators is a digital advisory that helps leaders of family offices, private equity and corporate venture funds increase ROI on their investments through proprietary digital due diligence and digital value creation services.
We have been challenging conventional business thinking and identifying new digital horizons by developing frameworks that make digital adoption intuitive and sustainable. Our approach makes building the path of change possible where others struggle to decipher the challenges that the digital world brings. 

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