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Your startup needs a CTO.It doesn't need a full-time one yet.

We've helped startups go from napkin sketch to IPO. As your fractional CTO, we embed into your team — making architecture decisions, hiring engineers, and shipping product alongside you.

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75+

Products shipped

15+

Years operating experience

$140M+

ARR built

IPO

Guided to public listing

Common Challenges

Problems we solve for startups.

No technical co-founder

We embed as your CTO — owning architecture, hiring, and technical strategy. We attend your standups, sit in board meetings, and are accountable for outcomes.

Dev team building but nobody steering

We provide the senior oversight your engineers need — architecture reviews, code quality standards, and technical direction — without the full-time executive cost.

Scaling past the MVP

The architecture that got you to product-market fit won't get you to $10M ARR. We re-architect for scale while keeping the team shipping.

Preparing for fundraising

Investors ask hard technical questions. We prepare your technical documentation, run internal due diligence, and represent technology in investor conversations.

By Stage

Leadership matched to your stage.

Pre-Seed / Seed

Validate fast, build smart

You need to prove your concept without burning cash on the wrong architecture. We help you choose the right stack, build a lean MVP, and iterate based on real user feedback — not assumptions.

✓Tech stack selection and architecture

✓MVP build and launch

✓First engineering hire planning

✓Investor-ready technical documentation

Series A

From product-market fit to scale

You've found PMF and need to scale the product, the team, and the infrastructure. We build the engineering organization and re-architect for growth — without the 6-month CTO search.

✓Engineering team hiring and structure

✓Architecture for 10x-100x scale

✓CI/CD and DevOps maturity

✓Product analytics and data strategy

Series B+

Scale to market leadership

You're growing fast and the technology needs to keep up. We bring enterprise-grade practices — reliability, security, compliance — without slowing down innovation.

✓Platform reliability and SRE

✓SOC 2 and security compliance

✓Multi-product architecture

✓Technical due diligence preparation

FAQ

Common questions from founders.

Fractional CTO services typically cost $8,000-$25,000 per month, depending on time commitment and complexity. This is 30-50% of a full-time CTO's total compensation (salary + equity + benefits + recruiting fees) while delivering comparable strategic impact from day one.
Startups should consider a fractional CTO when they need senior technical leadership but aren't ready for a full-time hire. Common trigger points: you've raised funding and need to build, your dev team needs senior oversight, or you're preparing for the next fundraise and need technical credibility.
A fractional CTO provides embedded technology leadership — they attend your standups, make architecture decisions, hire engineers, set coding standards, represent technology to investors, and own the technical roadmap. Unlike a consultant, a fractional CTO is accountable for outcomes, not just advice.
A consultant gives you a deck and disappears. A fractional CTO is in your Slack, your GitHub, and your Jira. They're embedded in your team 2-3 days per week, attending meetings, making decisions, and shipping alongside your engineers. See how we work.

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Ready to move faster?

Book a 30-minute strategy call. Tell us what you're building and we'll tell you honestly whether a fractional CTO is the right move for your stage.

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✓ 15+ years CTO experience✓ 75+ products shipped✓ Response within 24 hours