We are a co-founding business that builds companies from scratch.

We partner with founders to develop and scale great ideas into amazing companies.

Become a Founder How it Works

Funding is only the start - we invest in ideas by providing hands-on support and expertise from ideation to valuation. As your co-founder, we’ll build your business together.

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Benefits of Partnership

Professional Expertise

We’ll help you make good decisions and establish a strong foundation for future growth.

Broader Skillset

You can focus on what you do best and we will take care of the all the other details.

Operational Support

We will make sure everything from servers to sales is always running smoothly for you.

Shared Ownership

Founders retain ownership and get a share of their business profits.

Greater Stability

Lower your risk with a bit of funding and our experienced team working with you.

Failure Protection

If the project fails, founders can stay in Lichen’s network and can launch a new one.

From idea to Valutation

Our Process

01

Venture Ideation

Bring your own or use one of ours. We dream bad ideas and put them through our framework, only the great ones make it.

02

Idea Validation

We put our ideas to the test to verify that customers would pay for it, the market economics work, and that it’s technically viable.

03

Design & Development

We bring the validated idea into a real-world product with our in-house team of designers, engineers, and marketers.

04

Business Acceleration

Build the team & top-line revenue. We’ll take care of the boring stuff so you can focus on building & scaling your business.

05

Valuation Realization

The valuation of your startup isn’t everything, but it’s a big deal. When the business is ready, we’ll begin the sale or IPO process.

We invest at every point of the business process by helping founders fill in any missing pieces they have in their skillset.

Everything we give to you
Our Growth Framework™️
Design & Engineering
Operations Management
Financial & Legal
Idea Validation
Sales & Marketing
Working on an idea you love?

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