For Funded Startups
The Funded Startup Problem
You have runway, a roadmap, and investors expecting results. But shipping fast with a small team means cutting corners—and those corners become technical debt that slows you down later.
We've helped funded startups ship faster without building fragile systems. Our teams integrate with yours, bring engineering practices that scale, and leave you with code your future team can actually maintain.
We think product-first. The goal isn't to complete your feature list—it's to build something that finds product-market fit and scales when you need it to.
ClearSummit developed an effective platform that continues to attract and satisfy users. They had a thorough understanding of our needs and were able to provide top-notch solutions.
Funded Startups We've Helped
From seed to scale
RealKey
FinTech mortgage platform. Helped scale from MVP to enterprise-ready with zero major security vulnerabilities.
Level
FinTech platform for the gig economy. Secure transactions and real-time updates at scale.
UltraPress
E-commerce design tool that grew to millions of product configurations.
Extension of Your Team
We integrate, we don't replace.
Your team knows your product. We bring engineering capacity and practices that amplify what you already have. Same Slack channels, same sprints, same codebase.
We're not a black box that takes requirements and returns code. We're engineers who join your team and ship alongside you.
Engineering Excellence
Practices that scale with you.
90%+ test coverage. CI/CD pipelines. Visual regression testing. Architecture documentation. We bring the engineering practices that funded startups need but often skip in the rush to ship.
These practices aren't overhead—they're what let you move fast without breaking things.
We're more confident than ever that we can support our growing user base because of the foundation ClearSummit built for us. The code base is clean.
How We Work
Understand Your Codebase
We start by understanding what you have. Architecture review, code quality assessment, deployment pipeline. We identify where we can add value fastest.
Integrate With Your Team
Same tools, same processes, same standups. Our engineers join your team and start shipping within the first week. No separate workstreams or handoffs.
Ship & Improve
Deliver features while improving the foundation. We pay down technical debt alongside new development. You get velocity now and maintainability later.
Transfer & Exit
When you're ready to bring it all in-house, we help you hire, onboard, and transition. We leave you with documentation, training, and a codebase your team can own.
Let's Accelerate
Tell us about your startup and where you need to move faster. We'll give you an honest assessment of how we can help.