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MVP DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
What MVP Development Means in Practice
Everything that does not help answer that question waits.
Everything that does gets built properly, because the version people try is the version that decides whether you continue.
What Investors Will Ask About Your Tech
Most founders prepare the pitch and forget the technical due diligence. These are the questions that come up, and what we do so you have an answer.
"Who actually owns this code?"
The most common reason a deal stalls. Freelancers without proper contracts, a co-founder who left, code copied from somewhere. We transfer full ownership in writing from day one, with a clean commit history you can show.
"What happens if your dev team disappears?"
Investors avoid companies that cannot survive without an outside agency. Documented codebase, deployment instructions, and infrastructure in your own accounts. You can hand it to any team, including an in-house one.
"Can our CTO review the code?"
At seed and beyond, investors often send a technical auditor. They look at architecture, dependencies, secrets in the repository, and test coverage. We build assuming that review will happen.
"How do you handle personal data?"
For any EU startup this is not a formality. Legal basis, data location, processing agreements with every vendor. GDPR compliance is built in by default, and we sign a DPA when your product requires one.
"What are your retention numbers?"
Founders lose rounds not because the product is weak, but because they have no data to prove it works. Analytics and event tracking go in during development, so you have real numbers by the time you pitch.
"What TRL is this at?"
EU grant programmes like Horizon Europe and EIC Accelerator require a Technology Readiness Level, and most founders guess. We help you document where the product actually stands and what evidence supports it.
Based in Turin, we work with founders across Italy and the EU. If you are applying for public funding, we issue invoices and technical documentation in a format your grant consultant can work with.
We prepare technical documentation that meets the requirements of
And build products that hold up in accelerator selection
Build It Yourself, or Bring It to Us?
A fair question in 2026. Here is the honest version, including where you do not need us at all.
AI Tools Alone
Claude, Cursor, Lovable, v0
- ✓Working demo in a weekend
- ✓Free or close to it
- •Breaks at real usage: auth, payments, concurrent users
- ✗No one accountable when it fails
- ✗Usually rebuilt from scratch later
AI Tools, Plus Engineers
From $2,000, 8 to 12 weeks
- ✓Same AI tools, plus engineers who know where they fail
- ✓Architecture decided before code, not patched after
- ✓Auth, payments and data handled to production standards
- ✓GDPR compliant by default, DPA signed if you need one
- ✓Security reviewed before launch, not after an incident
- ✓Scales without a rewrite when traffic grows
- ✓Code and infrastructure are yours, no lock-in
- ✓Someone accountable when something breaks
Traditional Agency
Usually $30,000+, 6 months+
- •Builds the full product before anything is validated
- •Long discovery phase before a single line of code
- ✗Most of the budget spent before you know if the idea works
- ✗Scope changes cost you every time
- ✗You often talk to an account manager, not the engineers
We are not going to tell you AI tools are bad. We use them every day. The difference is knowing where they fall short, and fixing it before your users find out.
What we do for you
- what you are actually trying to prove
- what competitors already solved, so you don't rebuild it
- which features make the first version, which wait
- how users move through the product
You leave this stage knowing exactly what is being built and why.
UI/UX Design
- user flows and wireframes
- a visual direction and a UI system you can reuse
- layouts that work on phones from day one
You see the product before we build it, and changes at this stage cost nothing.
UI/UX Design
- user flows and wireframes
- a visual direction and a UI system you can reuse
- layouts that work on phones from day one
You see the product before we build it, and changes at this stage cost nothing.
MVP Development (Web & Mobile)
- front-end and back-end
- database and API integrations
- an admin panel so you can run it without us
- deployment and release setup
Real users can log in and use it.
Launch, Then Keep Shipping
After launch, the work continues:
- new features based on what people actually use
- performance and stability fixes
- architecture adjustments as traffic grows
Most products need three or four releases before they settle. We stay through all of them.
Launch, Then Keep Shipping
After launch, the work continues:
- new features based on what people actually use
- performance and stability fixes
- architecture adjustments as traffic grows
Most products need three or four releases before they settle. We stay through all of them.
Fixing & Improving Existing MVPs
We start with a technical and product audit: what can be reused, what can be improved, what is cheaper to rebuild. You get a straight answer either way.
MVP Development by Startup Stage
Not sure what stage you're at? Validate the idea, prove traction, then scale the product. Pre-seed, seed and early growth describe how far your startup has progressed.
You have an idea. Now you need to test it.
You're defining the problem, validating demand and building the first version people can actually use. One core problem, a fast release, real feedback before you invest too much.
The idea works. Now the product has to prove it.
You have early users, feedback or initial traction. The priority is improving what people actually use, measuring behaviour and making the product reliable enough to grow.
You have traction. Now it needs to scale.
The MVP is becoming a real product. More users, more features and a growing team put pressure on the original architecture, performance and UX.
Is This You?
If one of these sounds familiar, you are in the right place.
"I have an idea and no idea where to start."
We scope it with you, decide what makes the first version, and give you a fixed timeline before anything is built.
"I built something myself and it stopped working."
We audit what you have, tell you honestly what is worth keeping, and rebuild only what needs it.
"I need something investors can actually click."
A stable demo environment, real data, and a technical story that holds up when they ask how it scales.
"We want to test a new model without touching the main product."
A separate MVP, built alongside what you already run, with no risk to your existing users.
"It works, but it will not survive more users."
We rework the architecture before growth breaks it, without pausing the product your users are already on.
"The team that built it is gone and nobody knows how it works."
We document what exists, take over maintenance, and get you shipping again without starting from zero.
Not sure which one you are?
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It depends on where your product is today.
Already validated and need to scale?
Web App Development
Customer portals, internal platforms, dashboards and SaaS products built for real users, real money and real data.
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Native App Development
iOS and Android apps, including App Store and Google Play release. Can share the same back end as your MVP.
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