Good technology deserves to become a great company.
We help founders get there: test the idea, fund it, lead it, and take it to market. Every startup has gaps a small team can't cover yet. These are the ones we fill.
Who we work with
Founders from the first idea through Series C, in sectors where we've built, led, or advised.
- Idea
- Pre-seed
- Seed
- Series A
- Series B
- Series C
Sectors
- AI and data products
- Logistics and delivery
- Defense and manufacturing
- Developer tools
- E-commerce
- Legal tech
- Space and aerospace
- Energy, including oil and gas
- Science and R&D
- Nonprofit and social impact
Strategy and validation
Is this worth building, and for whom?
Before you commit time and money, we test the idea against real buyers, real alternatives, and real market data, and tell you plainly what we find.
- Problem and customer discovery
- Market sizing from real data
- Competitive landscape maps
- Positioning and business model review
- Go / no-go recommendations
Fundraising
Capital of every kind, from grants to venture rounds.
We help you raise the right money at the right time, whether that's a priced round, a SAFE, or non-dilutive funding. Because we also work with investors, we know what their diligence looks for.
- Pitch narrative and deck review
- Investor-ready technical story
- Technical diligence and data room prep
- SBIR and STTR, Phase I through III
- Grants, OTAs, and state programs
- Fundraising strategy and sequencing
Leadership
Technical, product, and business leadership while you grow into it.
We step into the seat you can't hire for yet, whether it's technology, product, or running the business itself, with our bench behind us when the work needs more hands. We've played these roles for more than 15 startups.
- Fractional CTO and CPO
- Fractional president or COO
- Operations and back-office setup
- Finance and accounting processes
- Building your first engineering team
- Hiring your first product manager
- Roadmaps and planning
- Board and investor reporting
Technology
Senior hands on the technical work.
From AI strategy to cloud bills to a physical prototype, we cover the technical problems early teams run into, and bring in specialists from our network when a project calls for them.
- AI and data strategy
- Model and data pipeline reviews
- Architecture and code reviews
- Cloud and AWS cost reduction
- LLM cost and quality audits
- 3D prototyping and design for manufacturing
- Hands-on builds with our bench
- Technical due diligence prep
Go-to-market
Find the first customers, then the next hundred.
We help you decide who to sell to first, what to say to them, and which channels to test, then adjust as the market answers back.
- Ideal customer profile
- Positioning and messaging
- Pricing and packaging
- Launch and channel plans
- Sales collateral
Security and compliance
Pass the review that stands between you and a bigger customer.
Enterprise and government buyers ask hard questions before they sign with a startup. We help you answer them honestly and put the right program in place.
- SOC 2, from scoping through audit
- Security questionnaires and vendor reviews
- CMMC and NIST SP 800-171
- Government and defense compliance
- AI use policies and governance
- AI risk management (NIST AI RMF)