Powering startups and scale-ups to launch, fund, and grow

We use our 10 years of experience building tech companies to take you from early stage, to scale and beyond.

About Founder and Lightning

Founder + Lightning powers ambitious early-stage companies and founders building high-impact, scalable ventures.

We’ve launched dozens of products, backed 40+ startups, and supported teams to raise capital, and scale faster.

What we do

Some short intro to what we do

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Strategy & Product Support

We work shoulder-to-shoulder with founders to shape ideas, validate product-market fit, and build products that scale. From defining roadmaps to hands-on delivery, we roll up our sleeves and stay in the trenches - through launch and beyond.

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Talent Infrastructure

We help startups scale faster with embedded talent and delivery support - from fractional leaders and specialist operators to full product and engineering pods. Whether it’s augmenting your in-house team or spinning up a standalone delivery unit, we tailor every solution to your stage and needs.

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Fundraising & Capital Access

Through Founder & Lightning Capital, we back tech companies with capital, strategic support, and access to our trusted network of angels, family offices, and early-stage funds. Beyond direct investment, we help founders shape and syndicate their raises — from refining the narrative and prepping the deck to structuring SPVs and making the right investor intros. We know what it takes to close a round — because we’ve done it ourselves.

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Venture Studio Design

We work with family offices, corporates, and investors to design and build venture studios. Our frameworks are based on a decade of hard-earned experience - helping avoid common pitfalls and build repeatable models for new venture creation.

Who we work with

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Startups, scaleups and founders preparing to raise, launch, or scale

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Investors looking for sharper execution across their portfolios

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Family offices or corporates spinning up new ventures or studio models

Our partners
& what we did

Boosting revenue & efficiency through an AI-enabled platform

OpenPlay

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Transforming delivery with embedded expertise, hands-on collaboration, and cost-effective scalability.

TRADEAZE

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Unlocking scalability to increase drivers, investment and revenue.

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Work with us

If you’re building something ambitious — or navigating what comes next — we bring the product, capital, and talent to help you move faster. We’ve supported 40+ startups from first build to funded growth — and we’d love to see if we can support yours.

contact@founderandlightning.com