Startup Consulting
Expert Technical Consulting for Startups
You have funding and momentum. Now you need experienced technical guidance to ship faster, scale smarter, and avoid costly mistakes.
How we help funded startups
Architecture Review
Independent assessment of your technical foundation. We identify risks, bottlenecks, and opportunities before they become expensive problems.
Hands-On Development
We don't just advise - we build. Complex features, performance optimization, and the hard problems your team is stuck on.
Team Augmentation
Senior engineering capacity when you need it. Embedded in your team, shipping features, and mentoring junior developers.
Technical Due Diligence
Preparing for a funding round? We help you present your technical story to investors with confidence.
Performance Optimization
Slow queries, scaling bottlenecks, and infrastructure costs eating your runway. We find and fix the problems.
Security Assessment
Code review, vulnerability assessment, and security architecture. Protect your users and your reputation.
Flexible engagement options
Sprint Engagement
Focused 2-4 week sprints tackling specific challenges. Architecture redesign, feature buildout, or performance optimization.
Ideal for:
- Well-defined technical challenges
- Pre-launch or pre-funding preparation
- One-off architecture reviews
Retained Advisory
Ongoing relationship with guaranteed availability. Regular strategy sessions, code reviews, and on-call expertise.
Ideal for:
- Growing teams needing senior guidance
- Continuous technical decision support
- Long-term scaling challenges
Embedded Team
Full integration with your engineering team. Daily standups, code commits, and acting as a senior team member.
Ideal for:
- Major product builds
- Teams with gaps in senior expertise
- Time-critical delivery deadlines
Our expertise
Technology-agnostic, with deep experience across the stack. We choose the right tools for your specific needs.
Backend
PHP, Python, Node.js, Go, Ruby. RESTful APIs, GraphQL, microservices, event-driven architectures.
Frontend
React, Vue, Angular, TypeScript. SPAs, SSR, progressive web apps.
Data
PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch. Data pipelines, analytics, real-time processing.
Infrastructure
AWS, GCP, Azure. Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform. CI/CD, monitoring, cost optimization.
Mobile
iOS, Android, React Native, Flutter. Native performance where it matters, cross-platform efficiency where it doesn't.
Real-Time
WebSockets, pub/sub, message queues. High-throughput systems handling millions of events.
Let's discuss your technical challenges
No obligation, no sales pitch. Just a conversation about your project and how we might help.
Technical Insights
Why We Stopped Being an Agency
After 15 years of building products for clients, we made a fundamental shift. Here's what we learned and why we now only partner with founders on an equity or hybrid basis.
Scaling to 100 Million Users: What We Learned
When you're handling billions of messages for millions of users, you learn things that tutorials don't teach. Here are the lessons that cost us sleep so they don't have to cost you.
Equity vs Consultancy: How We Structure Startup Partnerships
Should you pay for development or trade equity? After dozens of partnerships, here's how we think about it - and what works best in different situations.