The tech partner for Swiss startups

Your technology partner between decisive milestones

This service is for startups that already have a prototype, a first release, or a product team and need to reach the next milestone without weakening their technical foundation. We join as a senior team for product takeover, production readiness, investor deadlines, and the transition to scale-up.

Still validating the core hypothesis and looking for a deliberately limited first release? Our 8 to 12 week MVP development service is the better starting point. If the product already exists, we handle takeover, production hardening, and technical continuity through the next milestone.

Where we create the most value

Prototype takeover and existing code

A prototype takeover starts by understanding what can be retained. We review architecture, technical debt, dependencies, security, and the deployment path before proposing a roadmap. The goal is not to rewrite everything. It is to identify the smallest set of changes that makes the next milestone dependable.

Production hardening

Moving from a compelling demo to a used product requires less visible work: authentication, error handling, observability, backups, compliance, tests, repeatable deployments, and app-store operations. Production hardening reduces risk when the first customers, partners, or investors examine the product closely.

Funding milestones and market commitments

Funding milestones impose a date and a proof point: a demonstrable V1, a customer pilot, a critical integration, or usable product data. We turn that expected result into a delivery plan with explicit tradeoffs around scope, risk, and what can wait for the next milestone.

Transition to scale-up

As usage grows, we work on performance, reliability, infrastructure cost, integrations, and architectural evolution. Scale-up is not about adding complexity in advance. It is about strengthening the parts of the system that growth is genuinely putting under pressure.

Supporting an internal team

We can co-develop with an internal team, own a clearly bounded workstream, and organize knowledge transfer. Code, decisions, and tooling remain accessible so the team keeps its ability to act after our engagement.

An engagement driven by your milestones

Instead of repeating a four-phase MVP process, we adapt the rhythm to the product that is already in place.

1. Focused assessment — next milestone, current product state, technical risk, and external dependencies.
2. Delivery plan — expected outcome, scope, responsibilities, acceptance criteria, and decisions to make.
3. Visible execution — testable increments, regular demonstrations, and documented tradeoffs.
4. Continuity — production release, monitoring, documentation, and handoff to the people operating the next stage.

This model fits an Innosuisse pilot, a commercial V1, a post-funding takeover, or a product that must become more reliable before accelerating.

Capabilities selected for the product

• iOS and Android mobile products with Expo and React Native
• Web applications and operational platforms with React and Next.js
• Backends, APIs, and third-party integrations
• Applied AI features using LLMs, computer vision, and on-device models
• Production quality through testing, CI/CD, monitoring, security, and performance work
• Co-development and handoff with an existing product or engineering team

We choose tools from the product and milestone, not from a prescribed stack. Mainstream technologies and documented code make future internalization easier.

Experience in the Swiss ecosystem

From Lausanne, we work with spin-offs, Innosuisse projects, EPFL-connected teams, and established organizations. That proximity helps us understand constraints around funding, intellectual property, data protection, and collaboration between research and industry.

Pneumoscope shows the path from medical innovation to a connected mobile product. Equipass demonstrates the requirements of an international field platform. Le Pool shows how a 100% Swiss healthcare platform can span web, PWA, and mobile, while Smatch demonstrates how to sustain a community in a recurring-use app.

Frequently asked questions

Can you take over a product built by another team? Yes. We begin with a focused assessment of the code, environments, and risks. The recommendation may be a progressive takeover, a stabilization workstream, or—only when evidence supports it—the replacement of part of the system.

Can you work alongside an existing engineering team? Yes. We define responsibilities, conventions, and review practices at the start. Co-development and knowledge transfer avoid creating unnecessary dependency.

Can delivery align with a funding round or customer pilot? Yes. We start from the result required at the milestone date, then separate what is essential, what reduces risk, and what can wait.

What happens after production release? Depending on the need, we can stabilize the launch, continue product evolution, or hand maintenance to your internal team. The collaboration model follows the roadmap rather than being imposed by default.