Case study · CS-01 · Financial services

Operating system for SMB finance

Co-founded a fintech-flavoured operating platform for small businesses from investment memo to commercial product, including payments, invoicing and reporting.

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ClientStudio venture (Vabaly)

SectorFinancial services

LocationLagos · London

Period2025

ContractStudio co-build

ReferenceAvailable on request

The challenge

Small businesses ran finance across messaging threads, spreadsheets and verbal hand-offs, with no dependable record of money in and out.

What we delivered

Venture framing and investment memo
Product design and engineering of payments, invoicing and reporting modules
Operating team embedded with the founders through first customers

Outcomes

Memo to product: 9 months
Model: Studio co-build

Technologies

TypeScriptPostgresCloud infrastructure

Team

Product lead, two engineers, operating partner

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