Partnerships with startup studios, accelerators and funds
For studios, accelerators and investors whose portfolio companies need engineering: a technical partner who builds MVPs, reviews code before an investment and stays with a company as it grows, on terms agreed with each one.
How it works
One agreement with you
A framework that sets the rates, the confidentiality and the way portfolio companies are introduced, so each one does not start from a blank contract.
An introduction to a founder
You introduce a company; we answer the founder within one business day with what we would build first and what it would cost.
Delivery with the founder
The founder owns the product decisions and the repositories; we report to them, and to you only as far as they agree.
A team that can be handed over
When the company hires its own engineers, the code, the documentation and the pipeline are ready for them, and our people can stay or hand over.
What we do for a portfolio
MVP builds
The first version of a product, scoped to what it must prove and built on foundations the next version can keep.
Technical due diligence
A read-only review of a company’s code, infrastructure and security before you invest, with the risks written down in plain language.
A fractional engineering team
A technical lead and the engineers a young company needs for a few months, before it can hire its own.
The commercial arrangement
Rates are agreed in the framework and apply to every portfolio company that wants them. Any other arrangement, such as a deferred part of the fee, is discussed with each company separately and written down before work starts.
Every company owns its code and its accounts from the first day, whatever happens to the partnership.
Other ways to partner with us
White-label development
We build, test and support software under your brand while you keep the client relationship. Your repositories, your tooling, your release notes, our engineers. One contract with a registered Ukrainian company and the intellectual property assigned onward to you.
Nearshore delivery pod
A named pod of engineers, QA and delivery people that flexes up and down with your demand, works inside your processes and tooling, and has a technical lead on our side who owns continuity, quality and escalation.
Managed application support
Second and third line support of live systems inside your SLA and your ticket queue: triage, fixes, releases, patching and on-call cover, by engineers who also build, on European or North American hours.
Build-Operate-Transfer
We recruit, contract, pay and run a Ukrainian engineering team under our companies, then transfer the people or the entity to you at an agreed point. Hiring pipeline, payroll, Diia City residency and the management platform are already in place.
Referral partners
For consultants, agencies and individuals who meet work they cannot take. Introduce the client, we scope and deliver it, and the commercial arrangement is agreed per introduction before anyone is introduced.
Technology partners
For software vendors and product companies that need an engineering team beside their own for years rather than a sprint: a module we own end to end, a platform we help operate, or a second team that carries the roadmap you cannot staff.
Recruitment agencies
For recruitment and staffing agencies whose clients ask for engineers from Ukraine: vetted specialists proposed under your brand, with their Ukrainian contracts and payroll carried by us.
IT companies
For software companies in Ukraine and abroad: subcontracting in both directions, engineers between projects joining the other side, and joint proposals, under one framework agreement.
Joint bids and tenders
For companies preparing a tender on Prozorro, a grant-funded project or a large request for proposal: we join as a subcontractor or consortium member with the people and documents the bid needs.
Resellers and sales representatives
For companies and people who sell our services on a continuing basis in their own market: a share of what your clients pay, our people on your calls and the proposals written for you.
Universities and IT schools
For universities, colleges and IT schools in Ukraine: student practice, guest lectures and project briefs for coursework, with mentors from our engineers, at no cost to the institution.
Questions studios and investors ask
Do portfolio companies have to use you?
No. The framework only means a founder who wants to work with us starts from agreed terms rather than a negotiation.
Can you review a company before we invest?
Yes. With the founder’s consent we review the code, the infrastructure and the security in read-only mode and give you a written report, usually before the term sheet is signed.
Running a studio, an accelerator or a fund?
Tell us about your portfolio and what its companies usually need first. You get an answer within one business day.