We co-build software products with selected founders.
WMinus is a custom software company first. Venture Build is the smaller, selective track where we put our own engineering and design into a product and structure the deal around shared upside. We take on a small number of ventures at a time.
A partnership with shared upside
We put our own engineering, design and time into the product, and we structure the deal so our return depends on how it performs.
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Apply
Send your idea through the inquiry form: the problem, the market you know, and where the venture stands today. We read every application and reply either way.
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Shape the deal
If we see a fit, we structure the partnership together. Equity, revenue share, a reduced fee with upside, or a blend: whatever fits how the venture will earn.
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Build and grow
Our in-house team designs, engineers and ships the product with you, then stays on it as it finds traction and needs to scale.
To be clear about what this is: Venture Build is a commercial partnership. It is not free work, and it is not an accelerator, incubator or VC fund. We build the product with you and share in the outcome.
What makes a venture a fit
We say no to most applications, not because the ideas are bad, but because a partnership like this only works under specific conditions.
A real problem you know first-hand
The strongest applications come from people who have lived inside the problem: an industry, an operation or a market they understand better than we ever could.
Software at the core
The product has to win or lose on its software. That is where our work counts, and where sharing the upside makes sense for both sides.
A committed founder
You stay on the venture and bring the domain knowledge, the customers and the push. We cover the engineering and the design.
A credible path to revenue
Shared upside only works when there is upside to share. We look for a clear, believable way the product earns money.
The right stage
Early enough that the product is still being shaped, defined enough that we can scope a first version and ship it.
The same senior team that ships client work
Venture Build partners get the WMinus production line, not a side project. The people who design and engineer our client platforms build your product.
Design and engineering in-house
Product design, architecture and code from one team, end to end. No handoff to a separate build crew.
The full production process
Scoping, build, deployment, monitoring and maintenance: the same process we run on client work, from first scope to production.
Decisions made like an owner
Our return depends on the product working, so we choose the stack, the scope and the launch plan the way we would for our own product.
A share instead of a full fee
On a normal project the client pays the full cash price of the build. On a venture, part of that payment becomes a stake: a percentage of revenue, equity in the company, or a reduced fee with upside on top. You get a senior product team without raising the money to pay one in cash, and our return only exists if the product earns.
That cuts both ways. Shared upside is not free work: we invest real engineering and design time, so we are picky about where it goes and turn down most applications. A number of the projects we run today already work on this principle, which is why the bar stays where it is.
Have a product worth co-building?
We take on a small number of ventures, and we read every application. Send the idea as it stands: rough is fine.
Apply with your idea