Case Studies

High-stakes work, shipped on startup timelines.

These two engagements had the same constraint: the technical work had to land fast, and the business consequence of missing mattered immediately. One unlocked procurement. One cleared investor diligence before launch.

Series A FinTechFeb 17, 20268 min read

SOC2 Type II in 21 Days: How a Series A FinTech Closed a $200K Enterprise Deal

A 12-person fintech team needed to unblock a $200K bank contract by getting audit-ready fast.

21 days
to audit-ready
$200K
enterprise deal
12-person
startup team

A 12-person FinTech startup had no security program and a $200K enterprise contract on hold. In three weeks, we built the controls, policies, and evidence pipeline that got them audit-ready — and closed the deal.

Pre-launch AI StartupFeb 18, 202612 min read

Security From Day Zero: How a 4-Person AI Startup Passed an Investor Security Review Before Launch

A 4-person AI company had to clear investor security diligence before a funding tranche could close.

3 weeks
to harden launch
$1.5M
tranche protected
4-person
startup team

A pre-launch AI startup needed to pass an investor-required security review before receiving their next funding tranche. With a live data pipeline, ML model infrastructure, and a public API in staging, we ran a security assessment and built a defensible posture in three weeks.

What They Had In Common

Founders needed a technical partner who could move before the window closed.

Both teams were under external pressure. Procurement and diligence were already in motion. The useful work was not more strategy decks. It was turning risk into a clear delivery plan, implementing the highest-leverage fixes, and leaving behind something the team could defend.

Pressure

Deal timelines and investor gates were already live.

Approach

Fix the highest-risk gaps first and make the work evidentiary.

Outcome

The technical sprint directly changed the business result.

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