How it works
- Sweat equity
- We work or advise for a share — fractional, agreed upfront based on stage, scope, and fit. Hands-on building or a standing advisory seat; either way it fits around the product work, not instead of it.
- Capital
- Angel-size cheques at pre-seed or seed. We won’t anchor your round — but when we’re already in the work and the fit is strong, being on the cap table makes sense for everyone.
- By introduction
- Back isn’t a service you can cold-book. Most fits come through people who know us well. If you found this page on your own, that counts for something — reach out directly and tell us what you’re building.
What we look for
- Technical problems that need genuine engineering depth to solve — not agency work dressed up as a startup
- Founders who want a builder’s eye on the work — fractional, but real
- B2B SaaS, developer tooling, agentic systems, infrastructure — the things we already live in
- Pre-seed to seed — before the company has more process than momentum
- A clear path to the problem being real: customers, revenue, or a sharp thesis with proof of pull
Get in touch
Tell us what you’re building, where you are, and what you need. We’ll reply if it’s a fit, or point you somewhere more useful if it isn’t.
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