Acquire
You have a closing date and a 100-day plan. We review the systems before you close, build the technology half of the plan, and run it after.
Not the next unicorn. The businesses already here.
The AI-first venture studio for small business.
We partner with the people buying, handing over, rebuilding, and starting small businesses. We bring the AI-first systems and the team that runs them, and we invest our work for a share of the result. You keep the company.
Plan and terms in writing within 14 days.
Why a studio
The big funds buy the company. We partner with whoever owns it.
| Question | A fund or roll-up | An agency or AI builder | AltoSky |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who owns the business after | They do | You do | You do |
| Who builds the systems | They do | They do | We do |
| Who runs the systems after launch | They do | You do | We do |
| How they are paid | Your sale price | A project fee | A fee, a share of the gain, or a stake |
| Open to a business your size | Rarely | Yes | Yes |
A venture studio builds companies alongside the people who run them. Most studios do it for startups. We do it for small businesses.
Four ways in
Acquire. Transition. Rebuild. Launch.
Transition
A business that runs without you can be handed on. We move what is in your head and your filing cabinet into systems a successor or buyer can see.
Rebuild
Margins are thin, calls go unanswered, and the software is from 2009. We rebuild how the business runs and take part of our pay from what improves.
Launch
A market, a plan, and no technology team. We build the whole operation and run it with you.
The partnership
We bring the studio. You keep the company.
We bring
- The stack. One AI-first system for your site, sales, portal, payments, marketing, and operations. It already runs our portfolio.
- The team. The people who build it, host it, watch it, and fix it. They stay after launch.
- Our work, invested. In the right partnerships we take our pay from the results.
- The playbooks. The 100-day plan, the handover checklist, and what we have learned running our own companies.
You keep
- Control of the business.
- Your brand and your customers.
- The code and content we build.
- The final say on anything that goes live, moves money, or carries your name.
We invest work, not cash. We earn a stake by building and running the systems. In a shared-gain partnership we are paid only when the agreed number improves. We do not buy businesses and we do not lend.
Portfolio
Built in the studio. Running today.
Studio ventures
ManageOS.
The operating system for service businesses. Booking, payments, staff, clients, and marketing in one login.
Shear Joy.
Booking and business software for salons and barbers, built on ManageOS.
Furlytic.
Booking and business software for pet groomers, built on ManageOS.
Terms
Fee, shared gain, or equity.
Fee
A fixed price to build and a monthly fee to run. Simple to budget and simple to show a lender.
Shared gain
A lower fee, plus a share of the improvement we produce, for a fixed term. Never a share of your total revenue.
Equity
We do the work for a stake. We invest the build, not cash.
Most partners start on a fee. Shared gain and equity are offered once we have seen the business.
From pitch to kickoff
Fourteen days, with dates.
- Day 0.
Pitch.
Tell us about the business.
- By day 2.
Call.
We talk it through.
- By day 4.
Plan.
A written plan and terms.
- By day 14.
Decide.
No obligation.
- The week after.
Kickoff.
Work starts.
The stack
One system instead of six vendors.
Site.
A fast site that takes the order, booking, or quote request.
Sales.
Checkout, booking, and quoting that feed straight into your records.
Portal.
One login where customers see their orders and staff see their work.
Payments.
Cards, invoices, and subscriptions. Off until you approve.
Marketing.
Receipts, reminders, follow-ups, and newsletters that send on schedule.
Operations.
CRM, scheduling, billing, and a phone line that answers at 2 a.m.
- You approve every launch.
- A backup before every change.
- Payments stay in test mode until you approve.
- You own the code and content we build.
Questions we hear
What is a venture studio?
A venture studio builds companies alongside the people who run them. Most studios do it for startups. We do it for small businesses.
Do you buy businesses?
No. We partner with the person who owns or is buying the business. We invest our work, not cash.
Do I have to give up equity?
No. Most partners pay a fee. Equity is one option, offered in the right partnerships.
How is this different from hiring an agency?
An agency builds and leaves. We run what we build, and we can tie our pay to the result.
Can you work inside my 100-day plan?
Yes. We build the technology half of the plan with you and time the work to your milestones.
Who owns what you build?
You do. The code and content we build for you are yours.
Next step
Tell us about the business.
A call within 2 business days. A written plan and terms within 2 business days of the call. A decision by day 14, with no obligation.