Founderful

Founderful

Founderful

We enabled the Swiss VC firm community of founders to launch, fast.

8.5x

Raise in traffic after launch of new site

8.5x

Raise in traffic after launch of new site

8.5x

Raise in traffic after launch of new site

5

Projects for world-leading tech focused branding agency

5

Projects for world-leading tech focused branding agency

5

Projects for world-leading tech focused branding agency

€2,500

Amount saved per month compared to an average payroll hire

€2,500

Amount saved per month compared to an average payroll hire

€2,500

Amount saved per month compared to an average payroll hire

Team

Delivery manager, technical manager, designer, developer

What we did

Custom Code

Deliverables

Website

Duration

13 weeks

Tech stack

Next.js, Sanity, Tailwind CSS

Founderful is the new brand name, for the Swiss VC company formerly known as, Wingman. The growing, founder-focused VC worked with Koto as the branding agency and Koto partnered with Rise to bring the websites to life.

Problem statement

Koto is renowned as one of the world leading branding agencies working for tech clients such as Discord, Whatsapp., Google Gemini as well as smaller early stage startups. Koto needed a trusted tech partner to bring their designs to life and work directly with the client to integrate the digital materials into their company ecosystem.

Hypothesis

Highlighting the founders will increase engagement with Founderful’s community-focused strategy. If paired with a scalable media system, the team can easily adjust the brand’s messaging to attract and connect with new members.

Solution

Rise worked closely with Founderful and Koto to ensure that the technical delivery exactly mirrored their shared vision for the rebranding.



A custom solution was developed leveraging Next.js for web and mobile interoperability, and Sanity for a seamless content management system.

To ensure scalability, Rise implemented shared component libraries to streamline development and conducted rigorous unit and integration testing to ensure consistent performance across all browsers and devices.



Alongside technical delivery, Rise created custom animations to bring Koto’s designs to life. Following the implementation of a flexible and user-friendly content management system, Rise conducted training with Founderful’s teams to ensure the full-functionality of Sanity was exploited.

Founderful is the new brand name, for the Swiss VC company formerly known as, Wingman. The growing, founder-focused VC worked with Koto as the branding agency and Koto partnered with Rise to bring the websites to life.

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Founderful is the new brand name, for the Swiss VC company formerly known as, Wingman. The growing, founder-focused VC worked with Koto as the branding agency and Koto partnered with Rise to bring the websites to life.

Problem statement

Koto is renowned as one of the world leading branding agencies working for tech clients such as Discord, Whatsapp., Google Gemini as well as smaller early stage startups. Koto needed a trusted tech partner to bring their designs to life and work directly with the client to integrate the digital materials into their company ecosystem.

Hypothesis

Highlighting the founders will increase engagement with Founderful’s community-focused strategy. If paired with a scalable media system, the team can easily adjust the brand’s messaging to attract and connect with new members.

Solution

Rise worked closely with Founderful and Koto to ensure that the technical delivery exactly mirrored their shared vision for the rebranding.



A custom solution was developed leveraging Next.js for web and mobile interoperability, and Sanity for a seamless content management system.

To ensure scalability, Rise implemented shared component libraries to streamline development and conducted rigorous unit and integration testing to ensure consistent performance across all browsers and devices.



Alongside technical delivery, Rise created custom animations to bring Koto’s designs to life. Following the implementation of a flexible and user-friendly content management system, Rise conducted training with Founderful’s teams to ensure the full-functionality of Sanity was exploited.

Founderful is the new brand name, for the Swiss VC company formerly known as, Wingman. The growing, founder-focused VC worked with Koto as the branding agency and Koto partnered with Rise to bring the websites to life.

Problem statement

Koto is renowned as one of the world leading branding agencies working for tech clients such as Discord, Whatsapp., Google Gemini as well as smaller early stage startups. Koto needed a trusted tech partner to bring their designs to life and work directly with the client to integrate the digital materials into their company ecosystem.

Hypothesis

Highlighting the founders will increase engagement with Founderful’s community-focused strategy. If paired with a scalable media system, the team can easily adjust the brand’s messaging to attract and connect with new members.

Solution

Rise worked closely with Founderful and Koto to ensure that the technical delivery exactly mirrored their shared vision for the rebranding.



A custom solution was developed leveraging Next.js for web and mobile interoperability, and Sanity for a seamless content management system.

To ensure scalability, Rise implemented shared component libraries to streamline development and conducted rigorous unit and integration testing to ensure consistent performance across all browsers and devices.



Alongside technical delivery, Rise created custom animations to bring Koto’s designs to life. Following the implementation of a flexible and user-friendly content management system, Rise conducted training with Founderful’s teams to ensure the full-functionality of Sanity was exploited.

World-class online touch points, heroing founders, will encourage greater engagement for Founderful’s new community-first strategy, and if complemented by a highly scalable media management system will enable the team to continuously tailor their new brand image to appeal to new members.

The website’s bold color palette combined with striking photography creates a distinctly human, design-centric aesthetic. This approach not only captures attention but also conveys a sense of personality and authenticity, ensuring the brand feels approachable and visually memorable.

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We form long term partnership with business leaders, founders to enable them to add more design and development value with less.

Trusted by founders, agencies and scaleups — worldwide

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Rise Lisbon

Mercado de Ribeira

Av. 24 de Julho 1o andar

1200-479 Lisboa

Elevate your

Outcomes

We form long term partnership with business leaders, founders to enable them to add more design and development value with less.

Let’s go

Add your details below so we can prepare for our discovery call with an expert

Trusted by founders, agencies and scaleups — worldwide

Rise Lisbon

Mercado de Ribeira

Av. 24 de Julho 1o andar

1200-479 Lisboa

Elevate your

Outcomes

We form long term partnership with business leaders, founders to enable them to add more design and development value with less.

Trusted by founders, agencies and scaleups — worldwide

Let’s go

Add your details below so we can prepare for our discovery call with an expert

Rise Lisbon

Mercado de Ribeira

Av. 24 de Julho 1o andar

1200-479 Lisboa