Aliveness Ventures

Empowering Founders to Coevolve Humanity

Aliveness Ventures is a mission-driven product development and venture studio that partners with purpose-aligned founders, builders, and organizations to create innovative technology solutions in health, wellness, and education.Our mission is to help you create transformative technology that enhances well-being, fosters connection, and amplifies impact.

Who We Are

A Team of Experienced Experts

Our team brings decades of experience across industries and roles, uniting product, engineering, design, and business strategy under one roof.

Dmitriy Lyan Product	Keolo Keagy Engineering	Eric Luttmann Design	Victor Hernandez Marketing
Systems thinker, behavioral-health startup founder, AI moonshot builder at Meta AI; Kindle Education at Amazon, Applied research and M.S. at MIT.	Startup, mid-market, and enterprise environments, including McKinsey & Co, and lead roles at AI-powered startups like i.am+.	Shaping seed-stage startups and projects with Nvidia, LangChain, UCSF & Stanford.	Driving growth across startups and enterprises, managing $28M marketing budget, generating $1.5B+ in revenue, and helping secure $100M in startup funding.

We are based in San Francisco and Los Angeles but our impact is global. Our team works across geographies to bring the best talent and expertise to every project, no matter where you are located. Our vetted talent network includes experts across design, development, product engineering and marketing.

We're growing, please apply if you think you'd be a good fit for our team!

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What We Offer

Comprehensive Services for Every Stage of Your Startup Journey

Wherever you are, sketching your first prototype or gearing up for hyper-growth, our cross-functional studio plugs in, researches, builds, and scales tech that helps people live healthier, more connected lives.

⚡ Starter Plan: Idea→MVP

What You Get	How It Helps You
Founder Coaching	Clarify your vision and gain traction on next steps
Customer Discovery Support	Test ideas, validate assumptions with real users
Rapid Prototyping Tools	Build lean, fast, and budget-friendly MVPs
Strategic Frameworks	Position your solution clearly in the market
Community Access	Get focused feedback, accountability & early insights

^{✅ Perfect if you’re defining your product and want to avoid building the wrong thing.}

⚡⚡ Growth Plan: MVP→Early PMF

What You Get	How It Helps You
Growth Experiments	Find what drives user acquisition & retention
GTM Strategy & Testing	Launch your product with confidence
Business Model Iteration	Strengthen pricing, revenue, and delivery mechanics
Fundraising Readiness	Get investor-ready decks, narratives & intros
Product Feedback Loops	Iterate based on real data, not guesses

^{✅ Ideal if you’re post-MVP and figuring out how to grow sustainably.}

⚡⚡⚡ Scale Plan: PMF→Series B+

What You Get	How It Helps You
Org Design & Leadership Dev	Build strong teams & scale founder mindset
Brand Narrative & Positioning	Sharpen your message for investors, users, and team
Advanced Metrics & KPIs	Track what matters to scale effectively
Hiring Support & Talent Access	Get aligned talent without wasting time
Ongoing Strategic Advice	Stay clear-headed in complexity and fast growth

^{✅ Best for startups needing clarity, alignment, and support while scaling fast.}

Plans

Flexible Subscription Plans to Suit Your Stage

We offer three tiers of monthly subscription plans: ⚡Starter, ⚡⚡Growth, and ⚡⚡⚡Scale. Each plan provides a tailored set of services to help you achieve your goals, from MVP build outs to full-scale product development and launch.

→	⚡ Starter	⚡⚡ Growth	⚡⚡⚡ Scale
Perfect For	Founders validating problem-solution fit	Seed-funded teams chasing PMF	Series A+ companies with parallel-roadmap
Embedded Team (FTE)	0.25 CXO • 0.25 UX/UI • 1 Eng	0.5 CXO • 1 UX/UI • 2 Eng	1 CXO • 1 UX/UI • 5 Eng
Core Services	Frame problem, prototype, launch first feature	Ship product, scale infra, add analytics, ensure compliance	Design AI features, integrate systems, automate releases
Outcomes	Functional MVP in ≤ 12 weeks	Ship new value every sprint	Time-to-market for new lines ≤ 6 wks
Extras	30-day money-back guarantee	1 free design sprint / qtr, priority support	Interim CXO, quarterly design-review

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In addition to our subscription plans, we offer a range of a la carte services to address specific needs, including CXO as a Service, discovery sprints, PoC build-outs, and more.Discovery Sprint starting at $5k, credited towards subscription plans. Advisory services available at an hourly rate.

30-day “love-it-or-leave-it” guarantee
Sliding equity-cash mix for qualified founders

How We Work (Our Process)

Your Impact is Our Priority

We offer flexible, sprint-based engagements that prioritize continuous progress and community-based feedback, de-risking your product and tech roadmap.

Why Aliveness Ventures?

Building a Flourishing Future, Together

We believe technology has the power to transform lives and our planet. As a mission-driven product development and venture studio, we partner with purpose-aligned founders to build products that create a flourishing future for all.Below you’ll find concise answers to the questions we hear most often about our model, process, and pricing. Still curious? Book a free discovery call; no sales pitch, just an honest conversation to see if we can help.

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1. What exactly does Aliveness Ventures do?	We act as your fractional product team; strategy, UX/UI, full-stack engineering, data/AI, fundraising prep, and talent sourcing; so you can focus on vision, customers, and capital.
2. How is this different from hiring freelancers or an agency?	We embed like co-founders: fixed monthly subscription, senior leadership, shared KPIs, and optional equity alignment. No risk of depending on one person or hand-offs between siloed vendors.
3. What stage of startup is the best fit?	Pre-seed to Series B. Typical clients have < $20M raised and need to ship MVP, unlock product–market fit, or accelerate a fundraise.
4. What does the first month look like?	Day 0–7: Deep-dive workshops, user discovery, tech audit. Day 8–14: Clickable prototype + prioritized backlog. Day 15–30: Sprint 1; ship core feature, set analytics, prep demo for beta users & investors.
5. How long to a functional MVP?	Median 8–10 weeks. We guarantee a deployable product within 12 weeks or we work free until it’s live.
6. How much does it cost?	Three plans: ⚡Starter ($10 k/mo) for early stage, ⚡⚡Growth ($20 k/mo) for funded MVPs, ⚡⚡⚡Scale ($40 k/mo) for parallel-dev. All month-to-month; cancel anytime with 14-day notice.
7. Can we pay partly in equity?	Yes. Qualified teams can swap up to 30% of fees for equity, aligned to milestones.
8. What tech stacks do you use?	Frontend: Flutter, Astro. Backend: Go, Python. Infra: GCP, AWS. Data/AI: Vertex AI, LangChain. We’re stack-agnostic and choose what fits your roadmap and budget.
9. How do you support founders with technical teams as they scale?	We help founders build, grow, and transition technical teams. From MVP to scale, we offer CXO support, recruit and coach engineers, and guide structure and process. When it’s time, we ensure a smooth team handoff, with advisory to sustain momentum.
10. Who owns the IP?	You own 100% of the IP. All code, design assets, and documentation are transferred to your repo and licensed exclusively to your company.
11. How do you ensure quality and security?	Senior-led reviews, automated tests/deploys, weekly QA demos, SOC 2‐ready processes, and optional HIPAA/GDPR compliance.
12. What happens if we’re not happy?	30-day money-back guarantee on the first month plus a “keep-working-until-it-ships” MVP pledge.
13. How do we get started?	Book a free discovery call → receive a tailored proposal within 48 hours → kick-off the following Monday (subject to availability).

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