A senior tech lead at the table, without the CHF 200k salary.
A senior tech lead working with you a few days a week, without the cost of hiring full-time. We plan what to build. We review what you have. We hire the right people. We unblock your team. And we own the big technical decisions, including investor diligence when the questions get hard.
Sound familiar?
You're here because one of these is true.
You're raising a round without a technical voice
Investor due diligence stalls when there's no senior engineer to explain how things are built and what's coming next.
Your team is moving but drifting
Your engineers are focused on tasks, but nobody owns the bigger picture, what to build, how to build it, who to hire next.
You can't afford a full-time CTO yet
A senior CTO costs CHF 180 – 250k a year, in total. You need most of the value for a fraction of the cost, and you need it now.
What we do
Part-time senior tech lead, plan what to build, review what you have, hire engineers, unblock the team, and speak to investors like a CTO.
You need a CTO at the table, for board meetings, investor questions, hiring calls and the big technical decisions, but you don't yet need (or can't afford) a full-time one. We step in part-time as your tech lead, owning the technology side end-to-end while keeping your team accountable and moving forward.
The process
How the engagement runs.
Light on process, transparent, senior from day one.
- 01
Audit
Two-week deep dive into stack, team, roadmap and risks.
- 02
Plan
Written 90-day plan with priorities, hires and milestones.
- 03
Operate
Embedded weekly: standups, 1:1s, board updates, hiring.
- 04
Transition
Recruit and onboard your full-time CTO when the time is right.
What you get
What's in. What's out.
Built for
Seed / Series A startups without a CTO · Non-technical founders fundraising · Scale-ups between CTO hires
Not the right fit if
Pre-idea founders (start with Guidance) · Teams needing only delivery (use Monthly Support)
Every tier includes
- Weekly 1-on-1s with you and your team
- The technical parts of your board updates
- Help with investor and customer due diligence
- Senior hiring, from sourcing to offer
- Chat with same-day replies
- Quarterly strategy off-site
Intentionally not included
- Day-to-day feature work (see Monthly Support)
- Building a product from scratch (see Development)
- Hands-on coding sprints
- 24/7 on-call cover
- Recruiter or agency sourcing fees
- Equity-only deals
Plain pricing.
Common questions
Everything else.
Will you write code?
Sometimes, for prototypes or important reviews. The day-to-day work stays with your team.
Can you help us hire a permanent CTO?
Yes. We write the job description, run the hiring process, and stay on through handover so your new hire lands smoothly.
What's the minimum commitment?
Three months. Most projects run 6 – 12 months and end with us hiring our own replacement.
Do you sign as CTO publicly?
Yes, on terms that work for your cap table. We've signed board decks, investor memos and pitch sites.
Book a free intro call.
No slides, no pitch. Just a quick conversation to see if we're the right fit.
Start a conversationOther ways we help
You may also need.
Development
Websites, web apps, mobile apps, platforms & MVPs, designed and launched as one senior team, built to grow instead of rewrite.
Monthly Support
Steady monthly care for live software, bugs, speed, security, small features. WordPress & Laravel welcome.
From Idea to Product - Guidance
Weekly 1:1 guidance to turn your idea into a real, live product.