Whether you're pre-idea, mid-build, or scaling past Series A, you get the same thing: operators in the room, not just capital on a cap table.
Most of our companies start inside the studio, not outside it. A partner and an EIR spend weeks living inside a market before a founding team ever forms — so by the time you join, the wedge is already tested against real customers.
You bring an early product or a sharp insight; we bring shared infrastructure, weekly operating reviews, and a room full of founders solving the same problems a few weeks ahead or behind you. It ends with a demo day in front of our investor network.
For teams past product-market fit who need help with the unglamorous part — hiring a real go-to-market org, fixing onboarding, or raising the next round from a position of strength. We embed for the specific problem, not indefinitely.
This is the process behind every Studio-Built company — repeatable process is what makes studio economics work.
Partners and EIRs spend 4–6 weeks inside a market, interviewing operators and mapping where the current tools break.
A founding team forms around the sharpest wedge. We run paid pilots before a line of production code is written.
Studio capital and shared infrastructure — legal, recruiting, finance — let the team ship product instead of admin.
Once there's repeatable revenue, we bring in outside lead investors and step back to a standard board seat.
No. Studio-Built and Accelerator Track founders often join with nothing more than a sharp insight and relevant experience in the market. Growth Partnership assumes an existing product with paying customers.
It depends on the program and how early we're involved — Studio-Built engagements start earlier and look more like true co-founding. We'll walk through specifics once we understand your situation.
Most cohorts and Studio-Built teams work in-person from one of our locations for at least the early stages — see the Contact page for where we operate.
Companies that hit their milestones typically raise a seed round at demo day and either graduate to independence or continue with studio support through the Build and Scale stages.