Equity partnership
Fee plus equity: for the right business, we'll take part of our fee as a shareholding instead of cash, and stay on as your technical partner. It's never the whole fee: you pay part of the work in cash, monthly, and part in equity. Everything is agreed in writing before the build starts.
How we're different from a venture studio
Venture studios build a first version and move on to the next startup. We build it, then run it: support, DevOps and security monitoring, phone systems and numbers, and certification when your product needs them. And you own the code month by month, as it's paid for.
Why we do it
Founders tell us they've looked for developers willing to share the risk and found none. We will, when we believe in the business, because a shareholding means we're building something we want to succeed, not just billing for hours.
Who it's for
- Founders and startups building a product they intend to grow
- Scaleups that want a long-term technical partner rather than a supplier
- Established businesses launching their own software product
How it works
Free systems review.
A call with Paul about the business and the product.
Proposal.
The work, the cash element and the equity element, set out plainly.
Written agreement.
The shareholding and the build terms, signed before any work starts.
Build and stay.
We build the product and stay on as your technical partner.
Questions
Is this sweat equity?
In part. It's fee plus equity: a reduced cash fee, paid monthly, and a shareholding for the rest. We never build for equity alone.
How much equity do you take?
It depends on the business and the work. It's set out in the proposal and agreed in writing before the build starts.
Do you take the whole fee in equity?
No. Part of the fee is always paid in cash.
Who owns the code and IP?
Your company does. You own everything built so far, every month, as with any OD3X Systems build. Our stake is in your company, not in your code.
Is every business accepted?
No. We take equity only where we believe in the business. The free systems review is where we find out together.
Find out what your systems should be doing.
A free call with Paul Hanner, then a written summary of what we'd keep, change and build first.
Book a free systems review