Scaleflow launches X-Ray: complete technical due diligence for VCs in a day instead of weeks
Faster, more complete due diligence and improved deal confidence helps European VCs in the race for AI investments.
Wouter Neyndorff
CEO & Co-founder, X-Ray by Scaleflow
Amsterdam, September 3, 2026. Scaleflow introduces product, tech, and AI due diligence in 1 day. With X-Ray by Scaleflow, Venture Capital funds (VCs) can obtain a full scan of the technology of the companies they wish to invest in within one business day. With this information, they can determine faster and with greater certainty which companies to invest in and under what conditions. This allows European venture capitalists to shorten their investment cycles, expand their pipeline, and significantly improve their investment speed.
X-Ray by Scaleflow
In the past six years, Scaleflow has already conducted technical due diligence more than 300 times for over 40 European VCs. The Amsterdam-based company has combined the team's expertise and insights from these 300+ analyses with AI within the product X-Ray by Scaleflow. During the technical due diligence via X-Ray, Scaleflow experts continue to monitor the process to provide guidance where necessary or to interpret the results.
Full code base vetted instead of a sample
X-Ray assesses the technology based on the full code base, not just a sample, as is common in most manual technical due diligence. The findings are presented with practical recommendations for next steps for both the VC and the tech start-up or scale-up. VCs seeking more deal confidence by conducting structurally more technical due diligence opt for a package of X-Rays they intend to complete within a year.
Technical due diligence early in the investment process
A quick and painless technical due diligence at the start of the investment process offers VCs many benefits. They can better determine whether a start-up or scale-up is worth investing in and identify hidden risks present in the technology. With the X-Ray by Scaleflow, VCs save three to six weeks compared to a standard technical due diligence. This allows venture capitalists to act faster in negotiations and reaching an agreement. It also increases their capacity to spot more interesting companies and add them to their pipeline. VCs can convert these benefits into more investments per year.
Wouter Neyndorff, CEO and co-founder of Scaleflow: “European VCs are under pressure. On the one hand, because AI has increased the risks for investors. On the other hand, because European VCs regularly lose out to their American counterparts, as the latter close deals faster. With the X-Ray, we can shift the playing field in favor of European VCs. At the same time, the X-Ray provides the assessed startups and scale-ups with valuable advice on what they need to improve. In this way, the X-Ray contributes to strengthening the European investment ecosystem.”
Venture capital investor Newion, as an existing partner of Scaleflow, is closely involved in the development, distribution, and application of X-Ray.
“Our collaboration with Scaleflow goes beyond the use of their technology. We have built a unique partnership that allows us to deploy X-Ray on a larger scale while simultaneously contributing to the further application of X-Ray within the VC market. This enables the entire market to invest faster and with more confidence, especially at a time when speed is becoming an increasingly important competitive advantage.”
Managing Partner, Newion
About Scaleflow
Scaleflow delivers complete technical due diligence in one workday. X-Ray by Scaleflow analyzes the entire code base instead of a sample and generates two reports: a report with next steps for the deal team and a report with points of attention for the startup or scale-up.
X-Ray by Scaleflow was developed by experts who have developed software themselves and built teams within technology companies. Each report contributes to the enterprise, not just to improving the code. More than forty European VCs trust Scaleflow, and the company has already conducted over 300 technical due diligences. Thanks to Scaleflow, VCs can move technical due diligence to the beginning of the investment process.
About Newion
Newion is a venture capital investor specializing in B2B software and technology companies. Since its founding in 2000, Newion has raised four funds and invested in dozens of promising European technology companies. Based in Amsterdam, Newion focuses on the Benelux, the Nordics, and the DACH region. Newion invests in Seed and Series A rounds, with investments typically ranging from 1 to 10 million euros in financing rounds up to 20 million euros. The fifth fund is scheduled for the first quarter of 2027.
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