Your tech co-founder. Cash or equity, your call.
Your startup is stuck without a tech co-founder. A team of senior IIT engineers steps into the tech co-founder role and handles product, design, code, AI, cloud, launch and ongoing support, end to end. You focus on business.
✓ Pay cash and keep 100% of your company, or co-build for part cash and a small stake.
- Fixed price, in writing
- Working software every week
- Code in your GitHub
- Your cloud, your accounts
- How you pay
- Cash, or cash + equity
- First version
- Live in 21 days
- V1 Sprint
- $6k – $12k
- Then, monthly
- from $4k/mo
You focus on business. We handle tech, end to end.
Run the company
- Customers and sales
- Fundraising and investors
- Your market and pricing
- Hiring your business team
- The vision, and the final call
Build and run the tech
- Product: what to build first, and what to leave out
- Design: screens your users understand
- Code: web and mobile apps, back end, admin
- AI features that are tested before they ship
- Cloud, security and monitoring, in your accounts
- Launch, then fixes, upgrades and new features every month
A co-founder role, not a co-founder search
Finding a technical co-founder can take months, and it often ends with someone who wants half the company, a full salary, or both. Meanwhile the product waits.
We take on the job a tech co-founder would do, as a team. A named technical lead makes the product and technology decisions with you, and the engineers on your calls are the people writing your code. "Co-founder" is the role we play. Most founders pay cash and keep all of their company; for selected startups we co-build for part cash and a small stake.
How it works, from call to launch and after.
25-minute call
Your users, the three things they must do on day one, your timeline and budget.
Fixed price, in writing
A one-page scope, a fixed price and a week-by-week plan by the next day, whether you go ahead or not.
Your v1 is live
Working software on a private link every week, then launch, documentation and a walkthrough.
Your tech partner
The same team stays on: fixes, new features, upgrades and costs, every month. 30 days’ notice to stop.
Two ways to work. Cash or equity, your call.
Fixed price, in writing
No equity needed. You pay a fixed price, agreed before work starts, and keep 100% of your company. Most founders work with us this way.
- V1 Sprint
- $6k – $12kYour first version, live in 21 days.
- Then Tech Partner
- from $4k/moA named lead and senior engineers every month. 30 days’ notice to stop.
Co-build
Lower cash upfront, plus a small equity stake, so we share the risk with you.
- For selected startups, by application
- Terms agreed case by case, in writing
- Same team, same weekly demos, code in your accounts
Cash option: paid in milestones: 50% to start, 40% when you can use it on staging, 10% at launch. Two weeks of fixes after launch are included.
Questions, answered.
Do you take equity?
Only if you want to. Most clients pay cash and keep 100%. For selected startups we co-build for part cash and a small stake; we agree terms case by case.
Who owns the code and the IP?
You do. The code lives in your GitHub and runs in your cloud accounts from the first commit, so nothing has to be handed over at the end.
What happens after launch?
Two weeks of fixes are included. After that, most founders keep us on as their Tech Partner: a named lead and senior engineers who ship fixes, features and upgrades every month. You can stop with 30 days’ notice.
Why not just hire a CTO?
A good CTO hire takes months to find and usually costs a senior salary plus equity, before anything is built. We start within days at a fixed price. When you are ready to hire your own CTO or engineers, we help you hire and hand over.
Who will I work with?
Senior IIT engineers, led by a named technical lead who joins your calls and makes decisions with you. No juniors hidden behind an account manager.
How do I see progress?
Working software on a private link every week, and a short written update at the end of each week. You can try it, not just read about it.
Stop waiting for a tech co-founder.
Tell us what you are building. A 25-minute call, then a fixed price in writing the next day. Pay cash, or ask about co-building.
Prefer email? hello@v1build.com