Our Team
Proof Edge is built on operator experience. We have built, scaled, and sold technology businesses. We know what good looks like - and we know what risk looks like.
Operator Expertise, Advisory Lens
The best technology due diligence comes from people who have sat in the chair. We've made architecture decisions, hired engineering teams, managed technical debt, and navigated the pressures of delivering product in fast-moving environments.
That experience means we ask better questions, spot patterns that generic reviewers miss, and give you assessments that are grounded in the reality of how software businesses actually work.
Andy Kelk
Co-Founder
Andy has spent 25+ years building and scaling technology businesses across SaaS, consumer, and enterprise software. He has led engineering and product teams through multiple growth phases, and brings an operator perspective to every assessment.
Associate Network
Proof Edge brings together a curated network of senior operators with 15–20 years of technology leadership, deep diligence pedigree across sell-side and buy-side mandates, and hands-on fluency across modern stacks, AI and a broad range of tech-enabled sectors.
Typical Profile
15–20 yrs
technology leadership
- Currently or recently practicing — close to the technology, the teams and the operating realities they are assessing
- Scaled teams of 50–200+ engineers across multiple geographies
- Experienced in due diligence engagements on sell-side and buy-side mandates across multiple sponsors
Credentials
What our practitioners bring to every engagement
- Hands-on operating experience — shipped product, led transformations, owned architecture including at CTO level
- Sector breadth — SaaS, marketplaces, fintech, eCommerce, health tech, B2B data and AI-native businesses; the practitioner is matched to the asset
- End-to-end diligence experience — experienced running and being subject to both sell-side and buy-side diligence processes
- AI & modern stack fluency — current, hands-on experience with LLMs, cloud-native architectures and modern data platforms