Fractional CTO & Technical Founding - Your Technical Co-Founder On-Demand
Your business is an adventure. We are there to accompany you in this journey by providing hands-on technical leadership and development expertise when you need it most.
Whether you're founding a technology company without a technical co-founder, scaling rapidly and need CTO guidance, or navigating critical growth periods, we handle the complete technical side of your startup so you can focus on building your business.
Core Technical Services - We handle the complete technical side of your startup
Technical Strategy
Define your product vision, create a technical roadmap, and make a technical architecture that aligns with your business goals. Our technical decision supports your growth trajectory.
Includes: Product vision, Technical roadmap, Technology selection, System architecture
Product Development
Build your MVP and iterative features. We write production-quality, scalable code that gets you from idea to the market, ensuring the software you ship stays maintainable as you grow.
Includes: MVP development, Feature implementation, Code review
Infrastructure & DevOps
Design, build, and maintain scalable infrastructure. From CI/ CD pipelines to cloud architecture, we create reliable and cost-efficient systems that empower your product goals smoothly and can scale with traffic.
Includes: Cloud architecture, CI/CD setup, Security implementation, High availability, cost optimization
Team Building
Source and recruit exceptional developers, establish engineering culture, conduct technical assessments and set up structures, knowledge transfer and collaboration.
Includes: Hiring strategy, Team structure, Knowledge transfer
Investor Relations
Present to technology investors, prepare technical due diligence materials, evaluate your technical progress and demonstrate your tech stack capabilities to show investors your tech is an asset.
Includes: Tech due diligence preparation, Investor Q&A
CTO Transition
Smoothly transition to an internal CTO or technical leader. Document everything, train your technical leader, and ensure seamless handoff of responsibilities when you're ready to take full ownership of operations.
Includes: Documentation, Handoff process, Ongoing support
Your Growth Journey
We adapt our involvement to match your stage and needs
Pre-Seed → Seed
Typical duration: 3-6 months
Validate & Build
Transform your idea into a working product. We build your MVP, get you to market faster, iterate based on user feedback, and position just enough to prove your concept and secure seed funding.
Expected Outcomes:
- →Product launch to customers
- →Technical foundation documented
- →Basic analytics & monitoring set up
- →Investor-ready pitch deck (tech section)
- →Clean codebase ready to scale
Seed → Series A
Typical duration: 6-12 months
Grow & Refine
Find product-market fit and scale. We help you iterate faster, hire your team, establish development processes, and build the features your customers need to achieve revenue milestones.
Expected Outcomes:
- →Product-market fit confirmed
- →Core open head and trained
- →Scalable architecture in place
- →Ready to scale revenue
Series A → B
Typical duration: 12-18 months
Optimize & Expand
Build for enterprise scale and reliability. We architect for growth, optimize performance and cost, add enterprise features, and prepare your technology for due diligence and Series B fundraising.
Expected Outcomes:
- →Enterprise-grade platform
- →Full engineering team in place
- →Advanced analytics & reporting
- →Ready for internal CTO
Our Process -
Discovery Call
A short conversation to understand your startup, business goals, and technical needs
Technical Assessment
Deep dive into your requirements, architecture, objectives and technical roadmap
Proposal & Planning
Clear proposal with milestones, deliverables, timeline, and monthly pricing
Execute & Deliver
Start building within 48 hours with weekly updates, complete transparency
Flexible Engagement Models -
Advisory
8-16 hours/month
Strategic guidance without the technical oversight. Perfect for teams with existing technical leadership who want expert guidance on key decisions.
Best for:
Architecture reviews, CTO mentorship, leadership
Part-Time CTO
40-80 hours/month
Embedded technical leadership for companies managing and building. We act as your CTO while recruiting a permanent hire or alongside your founding team.
Best for:
Early-stage startups, companies with development teams, interim leadership
Interim CTO
Full-time commitment
Complete CTO ownership for critical periods. We act as your CTO during transition, managing your recruiting, while mentoring a permanent technical leader.
Best for:
CTO transitions, pre-Series A companies, rapid scaling periods
No long-term contracts. Month-to-month flexibility. Start with a discovery call to determine the right fit for your needs.
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