You have the conviction, the insight, maybe the first customers. What you don't have is a team that can validate, design, build and fund the thing in one motion — without assembling it from scratch and hoping it gels.
That's us. We co-found: rolling up our sleeves on product and engineering, putting capital behind the build, and bringing operators who've done the climb before. You stay the founder. We're the team that helps you leave the ground.
What we
look for
Four things, firstBefore terms, before timelines, these are the four things we're really listening for on a first call.
A problem worth a decade
Big and real enough that you'd happily spend ten years on it. Small problems don't survive the climb.
An unfair insight
Something you understand about this market that most people don't — earned, not googled.
A sector we know
Inside our six. Shared domain conviction turns a good build into a winning one.
A founder we'd back
Someone we'd run through a wall with — who wants hard truths early, not comfortable ones late.
Is this
for you?
An honest filterYou want a co-builder
You'd rather have a team in the trenches than a contractor on a clock. You want hard truths early, you move when the evidence says move, and you're building in one of our six sectors with real conviction behind it.
You want a code shop
You've already got it fully spec'd and just need hands, you'd rather not part with any equity, or the idea sits outside what we know. That's a real need — it's just not what a studio is for, and we'll tell you so on the first call.
The shape
of a deal
Straight terms, up frontWhen we co-build a venture, this is the usual shape — but nothing here is rigid. We also work hourly, by fixed project, for equity, or any blend that fits your stage and goals. We're here to help you get off the ground, not to box you in.
We co-found and co-own
We take equity and earn it alongside you — aligned to the company's altitude, not a fee.
We put capital into the build
Our own money behind the venture, so validation and v1 aren't gated on a raise you haven't run.
You stay founder and CEO
It's your company. We're the team behind you, and we design our own exit from day one.
Clear terms, agreed early
Equity, scope and the plan are settled before a line of production code gets written.
Your first
60 days
If we say yesFrom the day we agree to build together, here's roughly how the first two months go. Fast where it should be fast, deep where it counts — because the sooner you're in market, the sooner you learn.
Frame
Problem, market and the riskiest assumptions on the table. Terms signed. The bet is written down.
Validate
Customer conversations, demand signals, the economics. An honest go / no-go — together.
Design & build
Roadmap, a clickable prototype, then real software in tight sprints with demos along the way.
Beta
In the hands of design partners, moving real work — with the usage data that starts your raise.