​What investors look for under the hood and how to fix the tech, security and AI shortcuts that could come back to bite you during a raise.

​You don’t need to be a CTO to build technology investors can trust.

​In this practical session, Tim Ng, Founder & CEO of Novidian / CTO in Your Pocket, will explain what actually gets examined during technical due diligence – and the common problems that can slow down a raise, create uncomfortable investor questions or become very expensive to fix later.

​What to expect

• ​What investors actually examine during technical due diligence

• ​The tech and security red flags that can stall a raise

• ​The foundations you need for security and data protection as you scale

• ​Which pre-seed architecture decisions become expensive problems at Series A

• ​Where AI-assisted development – from vibe coding to Claude Code – genuinely saves time, and where it quietly creates technical debt

​You’ll leave knowing what to check, what to fix and what can wait before investors start looking under the hood.

​Who is this session for?

​Pre-seed to Series A founders preparing to raise or building towards their next round.

​It’s particularly useful for non-technical founders who rely on outsourced developers, agencies or AI-assisted development and want confidence that what’s being built today won’t become tomorrow’s due diligence problem.

​Meet Tim Ng

​Founder & CEO of Novidian / CTO in Your Pocket

​Tim helps founders make better technology decisions without needing a full-time CTO in the room.

​Through Novidian and CTO in Your Pocket, he works at the intersection of technology strategy, security and scalable product development – helping founders understand what's happening under the hood and build stronger technical foundations as their companies grow.

​Win over £1,000 of CTO support

​Attendees can enter to win 3 months of CTO in Your Pocket, plus a one-to-one consultation with an experienced CTO, together worth over £1,000.

​We'll share details during the session, including how to enter and the terms.

​​About Novabook

​Novabook ​is the accountant for startups. We give founders access to the best UK accountants to handle all your payroll, book-keeping, and accounting, and we have a team based in London that you can call anytime. Alongside working with our wonderful team, we have built a software platform to automate all of the admin that we hated as founders. Think automatic invoice ingestion, receipt capture and the like. We aim to save founders time and money whilst providing the best accounting service to UK businesses.

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