Proof before code
We challenge the brief before we build it, so your runway goes on what customers actually want.
Senior operators who help you build the right product - then build it.
A product-led development studio for ambitious pre-seed and seed founders.
Our operators have built and scaled products at
- Funding Circle
- Depop
- Spendesk
- ClearScore
What to expect
Build the right thing, with a team that stays.
Pace you can count on
Senior people and steady weekly progress, with timelines that hold long after kick-off.
A partner who stays
The same team before and after launch, with skin in the game and a stake in the outcome.
What Liftr is
A product partner, not a dev shop.
We embed senior product and engineering leadership into your build - the same calibre that scaled Funding Circle, Depop and Spendesk - so the team shaping what to build is the team that ships it.
Product judgement
We pressure-test what to build before we write a line of code.
Senior, hands-on
Operators who’ve built and scaled real products - not a junior bench.
Invested in outcomes
We can take part of our fee in equity and back our own calls.
Where to start
Prove the pain, then the demand, then the product.
011–2 weeks
Prove the pain
Validate the problem
Validate that the problem is worth solving before you commit to a build.
See the plan022–3 weeks
Prove the demand
Validate the solution
Turn your concept into a sharp, testable product and earn early validation.
See the plan033+ weeks · Bespoke
Prove the product
Build the product
Turn a validated concept into a production-ready MVP built for real users.
See the planHow we work
Senior teams, embedded and AI-native.
Embedded teams
We grow a team that thinks alongside yours - and hand skills in-house over time.
Vertical ownership
We design it, code it, ship it and grow it. Always your product - but we care about it like our own.
AI-native delivery
Modern AI tooling lets a small senior team ship at a pace a larger one used to.
Flexible ramp
Scale the team up or down around your runway and your product-market-fit evidence. No lock-in.
The alignment model
We can invest alongside you.
Convert part of our fee into equity. We reduce your cash burn, share the risk and stay invested in the outcome - not just the invoice. A development-for-equity partnership is already underway.
Three ways we protect your runway.
Leadership included
VP / CPO-level product guidance is included in every partnership.
Equity for rate
Trade 10–15% of our cash rate for an aligned equity stake - preserving runway when it matters most.
Patient exit
We come on as a long-term partner and sell down at a later round - never a drag on your raise.
Founder stories
Founders we build with, and back.
Try Liftr
Let’s build something worth building.
Senior product and engineering operators, invested in your outcome.