Build With Us
Come build something worth owning.
Hellion is a two-person venture studio. If you've got an idea worth building — or a business worth scaling — we'd rather partner with you than sell you services. Two lanes below. Pick the one that fits.
For solo founders and operators.
You have an idea.
You've spotted a wedge but don't want to build it alone. We take the build. You take the front. We split the equity. We won't build your side project — we'll build your company.
Good fit if
- •You have a real customer or market in mind
- •You want a technical co-founder, not just a dev shop
- •You want a real cap table, not a work-for-hire contract
For operators of existing businesses.
You have a business.
You're already running the business that we'd build software or infrastructure for. We take a stake in exchange for the platform, systems, and traffic. You keep operating — we make it scale.
Good fit if
- •You have paying customers and real revenue
- •You need software or infrastructure to scale further
- •You'd rather trade equity than pay full cash rates
Not a clean fit for either lane? Tell us anyway. We're open to a lot of different structures.
What we bring
A real co-founder, not just a dev team.
→ Full-stack build
Next.js, Supabase, Stripe, mobile (Flutter/React Native), whatever the product actually needs. We've shipped the whole stack — Attribase, Locals Club — and can ship yours.
→ SEO + AEO from day one
The same web, SEO, and AI-engine optimization we sell as a service, applied to your product from the moment it exists. Discoverable in Google and in ChatGPT.
→ Ops infrastructure
Billing (Stripe), analytics (GA4 + Search Console), conversion attribution (Attribase), workflow automation (n8n), all the plumbing that makes a product actually operable.
→ Public-signal validation
Gap Finder — our proprietary market-gap engine — runs on your idea before we start. If the evidence isn't there, we tell you before we take your time. If it is, we go.
What we look for
Three things, non-negotiable.
01
Real customer.
You can name the person or business who has this problem. Not "companies like X" — the specific one.
02
Real problem.
It costs someone money or time today. Not "wouldn't it be cool if..." — the pain is provable now.
03
Real distribution edge.
You have some reason to believe you can reach the first 100 customers faster than anyone else — relationships, community, existing platform, expertise.
How the deal works
Plain-English cap table.
Hellion owns the IP and operates. The code, the brand, the customer relationships, and the ongoing infrastructure sit with Hellion. This is what lets us commit real build time — not weekend hours.
Operating partners earn equity through performance. You start with a founding grant and vest based on the metrics we agree on up front (revenue, customer count, milestone shipping — depends on the deal).
No traditional fund. We don't take LP money. We don't need to. Which means no arbitrary 10x return pressure and no exit-in-5-years timeline — we build things worth owning long-term.
Every deal is bespoke. The dual-lane framing is a starting point, not a template. If your situation doesn't fit either lane cleanly, tell us — we're open to a lot of different structures.
The application
Tell us about it.
Six questions. Under 10 minutes. We reply to every serious pitch within a week.