Design + engineering for startups, seed to Series B

Ship the product your next round is betting on.

StratCorp is a small team of senior designers and engineers. We join founders for a few focused months to shape the product, build the hard parts, and leave behind a team that can carry it.

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Services

Three ways we help.

Most clients start with one and grow into another. Every engagement is led by a partner who has shipped at a startup before.

Product design

From a napkin sketch to a tested, buildable product. We run research with your real users and design what your engineers can ship this quarter.

Discovery and user interviews
UX flows and prototypes
Design systems in Figma and code

Engineering

We build the parts that are hard to get right the first time: core architecture, data models, payments, and the infrastructure under them.

MVP and v2 builds
Architecture and code reviews
Cloud, CI/CD and observability

Fractional CTO

A senior technical partner for founders without one. We help you hire, set the roadmap, and talk credibly to investors during diligence.

Technical due diligence prep
Hiring loops and first hires
Roadmap and build-vs-buy calls

How we work

A fixed timeline, sized to your runway.

Every engagement follows the same three phases. You get a weekly demo and a written update, and you own all the code from day one.

1 · Diagnose1–2 wks

Find the real problem

We audit the product, the codebase and the metrics, then agree on one goal and what success looks like.

2 · Build6–12 wks

Ship in small, weekly slices

Designers and engineers work inside your repo, your Slack and your standups. Work goes to production every week behind feature flags, so you see progress with real users instead of a big reveal at the end.

3 · Hand off2 wks

Leave you stronger

Runbooks, architecture docs and pairing sessions so your team owns what we built.

Typical engagement: 10–14 weeks · 2–4 people · fixed monthly fee, agreed up front

Selected work

Recent engagements.

Five teams we partnered with on product design and engineering.

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Tell us what you're building.

A partner replies within one business day. The first call is free, and we'll tell you honestly if we're not the right fit.

Email: hello@stratcorp.xyz
Where we work: Brooklyn · Madrid · Paris · Seoul · Tokyo
Time zones: ET · CET · KST · JST
Next availability: November 2026