Most seed-stage companies don't need a full-time CTO. They need someone senior making the four or five calls a month that are expensive to get wrong — and standing behind them afterwards.
An advisor tells you what they'd do and leaves. This is the other thing — we make the call, put our name on it, and are still here when it plays out.
Rewrite or refactor. Build or buy. Monolith or split. Decisions get made, written down, and defended — not deferred to the next sprint.
One-to-ones, code review standards, and technical mentoring for a team that's never had anyone senior to escalate to.
Scope the role, write the brief, screen the candidates, run the technical loop. We sit on the other side of the table with you.
Cloud bills, tool sprawl, and contractor rates. Most seed-stage stacks have 30% of spend nobody has questioned in a year.
Security posture, compliance questionnaires, single points of failure, and the parts of the system only one person understands.
The technical section of the update, in language investors trust — written by someone who can answer the follow-up question.
A fixed-scope read of your stack, team, and roadmap. Ends with a written findings doc and a prioritised list of what to fix first.
Best when you suspect something's wrong but can't name it.
We embed to land one specific thing — a migration, a re-architecture, a compliance push, a first engineering hire.
Best when you know the problem and need it closed out.
A standing day or two a week. Architecture review, team support, board prep, and someone to call when a decision can't wait.
Best when the gap is permanent until you hire a full-time CTO.
Every call written down, with the reasoning.
Standing review of what's being built.
One-to-ones and code review standards.
What you're paying for and what to cut.
Technical update, investor-ready.
A team can ship for a long time without senior technical leadership. The bill arrives later, usually during a raise or a rewrite.
Two weeks, fixed scope, written findings. At the end you'll know what's actually wrong with your stack and your team — and whether you need us after that.