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Software ages fast. Its value has to be argued just as quickly.

Software ages faster than it appreciates. A platform built three years ago can still be a firm's most valuable asset — or its most impaired — and the difference often turns on assumptions no ledger records.

The decision that matters is what the intangible is worth today — and how much of that value rests on growth and churn.

Our expertise

The firm has valued technology and intangible assets since 2008; its work today applies IVS 2025 intangible-asset guidance and IFRS/IAS to developed technology, data assets, customer relationships and brand — including purchase-price allocation and impairment. Every engagement is led by a qualified director and reviewed for independence.

Meet the team behind this work

How we work

We choose the method the asset demands — relief-from-royalty, MPEEM or incremental cash flow — and stress it against the two assumptions that usually decide the answer: growth and churn. The client brings the business plan, the product and the contracts; we set the method, test the sensitivities and own the review. It fits a funding round, an acquisition or a year-end impairment test.

How we value technologyThe method follows the asset; the review is what makes it defensible.
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  1. Scope the asset & purpose
  2. Choose the method (RFR · MPEEM · incremental cash flow)
  3. Model the cash flows
  4. Test growth & churn sensitivity
  5. Report: basis, method, assumptions

What you receive

  • A valuation report stating the basis, method and assumptions — what a board, buyer or auditor will test
  • Documented inputs and workings for the intangible — so the number can be reconstructed
  • Purchase-price allocation and impairment support (ASC 805 / IFRS 3; ASC 350 / IAS 36) — for acquisitions and year-end
  • Sensitivity analysis on growth and churn — the assumptions that decide value

Technology value rarely sits still. The measure of the work is whether the number still holds when growth and churn move — because they will.

Industry valuation snapshot

Data as of 2026-10-07 · EODHD via apdb data plane · fair-value MCP

HK median P/E17.2x
US median P/E29.6x
HK discount vs US42%
US aggregate capUS$31.4tn

Decision-support only — not investment advice. Figures are unaudited and point-in-time; they move with price and reported earnings. Verify before publication.

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