Design Collective for Founders

Investors see your brand before they hear your pitch.

Studio Coda is a design collective for pre-seed and seed-stage founders. We build brand systems that perform in pitch rooms, on product, and in the press — from day zero.

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Who we work with

We work with founders building something that matters — and need a brand to match, before the raise, at the raise, or right after it.

You've validated the idea. Now you need people to feel it.

  • Pre-seed and seed-stage startups
  • 0→1 products needing an identity from scratch
  • YC, a16z, Sequoia‑backed teams
  • Founders entering regulated sectors — fintech, health, govtech
  • International teams launching into UK or US markets
  • Post-raise founders who've outgrown their MVP brand

We deliberately limit our roster to 3–4 active founders at any time. That's not marketing copy. It's how we protect the quality of what we make for you.

We're not the right fit if: you want a 40-slide proposal before committing, you've never shipped anything, or you need a designer who waits for a brief. We move with founders — not ahead of the idea, not behind it.

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How we work

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Founder call

A direct 45-minute conversation — no account manager, no coordinator. We listen to where you are, what you're raising, and where the brand needs to perform. We'll tell you honestly if we're the right fit.

45 min · free
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Brand sprint

We move fast and make real decisions. No mood boards for the sake of it. No endless rounds. We build your brand system to a defined scope with a defined timeline — and we hold to both.

2–4 weeks · scoped per brief
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Handover + embed

You leave with a system your team can actually use — not just a folder of files. For ongoing clients we stay embedded, attending sprint planning and keeping the brand coherent as you grow.

Ongoing or one-time
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Transparent pricing

Sprint

£14k

Fixed fee · 2 weeks

For founders who need a credible brand fast — before a deck goes out, a launch happens, or a key hire needs to believe in what they're joining.

  • Logo system + wordmark
  • Colour & type palette
  • Brand voice essentials
  • One-page brand guide
  • Pitch deck template
  • Ready in 14 days
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Most popular

Foundation

£28k

Fixed fee · 4 weeks

A complete brand system built to survive growth — from first impression through IPO. Designed as a living system, not a static deliverable.

  • Full brand identity system
  • Product UI direction + kit
  • Pitch deck (full design)
  • Website design (up to 6 pages)
  • Social & press asset kit
  • Brand governance guide
  • 2 revision rounds included
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Studio Partner

£5.5k

Per month · min. 3 months

For post-raise founders who want a design director embedded in their growth — without the full-time hire. First call on design decisions, every month.

  • Dedicated Design Director access
  • Monthly design sprint
  • Product & brand review sessions
  • Hiring support — design team brief
  • Priority turnaround on ad hoc
  • Quarterly brand audit
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Bespoke

POA

Scoped to your brief

For work that doesn't fit a package — larger engagements, specialist disciplines, or projects that require a custom team assembled around your brief.

  • Brand strategy & positioning
  • Motion & animation direction
  • Video production & direction
  • Photography art direction
  • CMS-enabled website build
  • Multi-market brand rollout
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Regulated industries: Every engagement includes WCAG-compliant design files, contrast-ratio documentation, and brand governance ready for compliance review. If you're building in fintech, health, or public sector — we already know the constraints. You won't need to explain them to us.

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Selected work

Fieldstack

Fieldstack

B2B SaaS · Supply Chain

A pre-launch SaaS brand built to signal enterprise credibility from day one. We defined the visual language, product design direction, and launch site ahead of their first enterprise pilots.

Brand Strategy Visual Identity Website Product
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Trellis

Trellis

Fintech · Credit Infrastructure

A pre-seed credit infrastructure startup needed a brand that could walk into a room of bank compliance officers and seed-round investors in the same week. We built an identity that spoke both languages fluently.

Brand Strategy Visual Identity Website Pitch Deck
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Kova

Kova

HealthTech · Clinical AI

A founder-led clinical AI platform entering an NHS procurement process needed to look like it had already won. We delivered a full brand system and product UI direction in three weeks — they closed their seed round shortly after.

Brand Strategy Visual Identity Product UI Website
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Vyne

Vyne

PropTech · Rental Infrastructure

Two ex-Rightmove founders building a rent payment and deposit alternative. The brand needed to challenge incumbent thinking without alarming the landlords and letting agents they needed onside. We found the line.

Brand Strategy Visual Identity Website Product
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The studio

Studio Coda is a collective at the intersection of strategy, brand and product — small by design, with a trusted network of specialists in motion, copy, and engineering who join when the brief demands it.

We are not an agency. There are no layers between you and the people doing the work. When you work with Studio Coda, you work with the people who care most about what you're building.

We've worked with the companies that set the bar — Amazon, Google, Cisco, AWS — and brought that standard into the speed of early-stage work.

Based London
Presence London · Dubai · Seattle · Bangkok
Roster 3–4 founders at any time
Experience 25+ years across brand & product

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