Startup Consulting Services
A way to make your startup a success
Providing software startup consulting services since 2013, Pharos Production helps business founders plan and design software products and establish a cost-efficient software development process.
A startup consultant is someone who guides the planning, development, and launch of new software products efficiently and effectively. Pharos Production consultants are ready to maximize your digital tech startup’s chances of success due to:
- Thorough research of the target market, target customer, and market needs.
- Capabilities to seize innovation-driven opportunities.
- Reducing development and infrastructure costs.
- Assisting you in overcoming compliance challenges.
What Makes Pharos Production Credible Startup Consulting Company in Startup Consulting
- 13 years in IT.
- 10 years in Blockchain consulting.
- 11 years in DevOps and Big Data.
- ISO 9001, ISO 27001, and ISO 13485 certifications.
- HIPAA, FDA, and PCI DSS compliance.
- Rated 5.0 on Clutch.com.
- 130 satisfied clients have shared their experiences of working with Pharos Production.
Why Pharos Production?
We deliver projects on time and within budget
Industry Recognition
Case Study and Client Reviews Top Project
Discover Ludo
Reputation-Driven Discovery Engine of Web3
Pharos Production is a leading blockchain engineering agency. It is Ludo's dedicated team develops Ludo platform from scratch.
Ludo is the leading Web3 reputation system, delivering powerful, curated rankings and insights into decentralized ecosystems. By aggregating data from NFT marketplaces and blockchains, Ludo partners with Pharos Production and utilizes cutting-edge software, AI software and machine learning models to rank wallets, NFTs, and collections expertly. This groundbreaking platform provides reliable and consistent reputation metrics, enabling users to make informed decisions with confidence in the Web3 space. Whether managing blockchain assets or exploring NFTs, Ludo guarantees transparency and trust with its sophisticated ranking system.
Trusted Technologies and Platforms We Work With
What Our Clients Say
We partnered with Pharos Production at the concept stage of QuantaPay, and their startup consulting services reshaped how we approached product development, compliance, and user onboarding. Their team helped us validate assumptions through rapid prototyping and real customer interviews. We went from wireframes to investor-ready MVP in under 12 weeks. Today, we’re a fully operational digital wallet serving over 50,000 users.
Daniel Reyes
CEO of QuantaPay
Pharos Production played a vital role in launching FemTrack, our women’s health and fertility tracking app. Their startup consulting services helped us shape a product roadmap aligned with regulatory needs, user behavior, and data ethics from day one. They guided us through MVP design, clinical partner acquisition, and even helped pitch to angel investors. Their insight saved us months of trial and error.
Natalia Horbenko
Co-Founder of FemTrack
Before Pharos Production joined our journey, ShelfSense was just a prototype idea for real-time retail analytics. Their startup consulting services covered everything from GTM strategy to cloud cost modeling and AI model deployment feasibility. They didn’t just advise—they delivered actionable steps and helped us attract our first beta clients. We now have pilot programs in three supermarket chains across Asia.
Peter Chan
CTO of ShelfSense AI
Our Industry Expertise
Crypto
E-commerce
Logistics and Transportations
Web3 and blockchain
Insurance
Marketing
Sports and Sportsbooks
Energy and Utilities
Banking
Casino and Gambling
Education
Construction and Real Estate
FinTech
Telecom
Agriculture
Healthcare
Media and Enterteinment
Travel
Featured Startup Consulting Projects
Overview:
QuantaPay approached Pharos Production with a vision: to create a mobile-first digital wallet with crypto and fiat support for underbanked regions. They had no technical team and needed expert startup consulting services to validate, design, and launch an MVP that would pass security reviews and attract investor attention.
Consulting Services Provided:
Pharos conducted market validation via 150+ user surveys across LATAM. We helped define the core features using a prioritization matrix focused on KYC compliance, transaction UX, and exchange rate visibility. User journeys and Figma wireframes were co-created with founders in real time. We oversaw MVP development via a dedicated partner team and managed quality assurance, user testing, and app store compliance reviews.
Business & Technical Highlights:
– Supported both fiat accounts and crypto wallets (USDT, BTC)
– Integrated a third-party KYC provider and fiat on-ramp APIs
– Delivered go-to-market strategy and investor pitch deck with metrics modeling
– Helped close $300K in seed funding from 2 VC firms post-MVP release
Result:
QuantaPay launched in Beta in 3 countries, reached 10,000 users within 8 weeks, and was featured in two fintech publications. The startup’s valuation increased 4.5x in six months. Pharos Production continues as a fractional advisory partner.
QuantaPay
Digital Wallet Startup from Ideation to MVP
Overview:
FemTrack is a privacy-first, AI-enhanced mobile app for women’s reproductive health. The founders—both from non-technical backgrounds—needed startup consulting services to shape their vision into a compliant, scalable product that met medical standards and user experience expectations.
Strategic Consulting Phases:
We started with customer discovery and personas development for three demographic segments (ages 18–25, 26–35, 36–45). A roadmap was developed around HIPAA/GDPR readiness, secure health data architecture, and cycle prediction algorithms. We worked with their designer to create a multi-language interface optimized for accessibility. Additionally, Pharos facilitated clinical conversations and product validation through partnerships with OB-GYN clinics in Ukraine and Poland.
Key Deliverables:
– Business model canvas and monetization plans (freemium + B2B licensing)
– Technical specs for cycle tracking algorithm and encrypted storage
– Investor documentation and first clinical trial onboarding pitch
– Weekly KPI review structure for pre-launch growth monitoring
Outcome:
FemTrack acquired over 15,000 organic users within its first 3 months. The startup secured a €200K angel round and was accepted into a European healthtech accelerator. Pharos Production remains engaged on feature roadmap alignment and AI model sourcing.
FemTrack
FemTech Startup Launch & Clinical Market Entry
Overview:
ShelfSense aimed to help offline retailers analyze shelf inventory and shopper behavior using cameras and real-time AI. The challenge: The founders were ML researchers lacking experience in productization. They engaged Pharos Production for strategic startup consulting services to turn algorithms into a marketable SaaS.
Pharos Contribution:
We helped transform their academic models into deployable microservices via edge processing architecture on NVIDIA Jetson Nano. A modular MVP was scoped to support one camera per shelf, with dashboard access via web interface. Our business team delivered competitive landscape analysis, pricing model tests, and a PoC sales pitch targeting retail chains. Budget forecasting was tied to AWS and on-prem compute cost comparisons.
Key Engagements:
– Built product-market fit test cases with 5 offline retailers
– MVP integrated with real-time alerts, heatmap generation, and image logging
– Web dashboard with AI-inference result viewer and camera health monitor
– Partnered with hardware vendor for Jetson Nano provisioning and support
Results:
ShelfSense signed 3 paid pilot programs and reduced AI inference latency from 3.4s to 1.2s. Retailers reported a 28% increase in planogram compliance after 6 weeks. Pharos Production’s startup consulting services directly led to shelf productization and B2B traction.
ShelfSense AI
Retail Analytics SaaS from Concept to Pilot
Overview:
StyleSnap aimed to become a mobile-first e-commerce platform for street-style fashion, allowing influencers to sell outfits directly via tagged photos. Founders had a design and marketing background but needed software strategy, monetization planning, and tech roadmap alignment.
Startup Consulting Approach:
Pharos Production validated the two-sided market with influencer surveys and ran a clickable prototype test (InVision) with 400 early adopters. Based on funnel metrics, we refined the MVP to focus on the “tag to buy” interaction, removing complex bidding. Pharos also advised on backend architecture for visual tagging and size filter logic and built a roadmap to integrate Stripe Connect and affiliate APIs.
Strategic Outputs:
– Core feature matrix and MVP prioritization by retention impact
– Influencer onboarding kit with monetization calculator
– Technical documentation for product tagging and the Shopify connector
– Beta launch plan with TikTok ad funnel targeting Gen Z users
Results:
StyleSnap launched with 50 micro-influencers and achieved $37,000 in GMV in its first 6 weeks. App Store reviews praised speed and minimal UX friction. The brand now targets a Series A raise with Pharos Production continuing as lead consultant on platform scaling.
StyleSnap
Mobile Marketplace for On-Demand Fashion
Technologies, Tools and Frameworks We Use to Build Software
Backend Frameworks
Front End Frameworks
Mobile Apps Frameworks
Private and Public Blockchains
Cloud Blockchain Solutions
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Amazon Managed Blockchain
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Amazon QLDB
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IBM Blockchain
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Oracle Blockchain
DevOps Tools
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Kubernetes
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Terraform
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Docker
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Istio
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Prometheus
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Grafana
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Jenkins
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ArgoCD
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Ansible
Clouds
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Amazon Web Services
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Azure
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Google Cloud
Databases
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PostgreSQL
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MySQL MariaDB
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Redis
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Cassandra
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Neo4J
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MongoDB
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Elasticsearch
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Solr
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Ignite
Event and Message Brokers
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Kafka
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RabbitMQ
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Flink
Test Automation Tools
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Postman
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Appium
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Cucumber
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Selenium
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JMeter
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Cypress
Programming Languages
UI/UX Design Tools
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Figma
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Zeplin
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InVision
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Sketch
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Miro
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Marvel
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Balsamiq
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Photoshop
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Illustrator
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XD
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After Effects
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Corel Draw
Our Consulting Services Options for Startups
Market Entry Consulting
Our consultants:
- Research the target market, users, and competitors.
- Defines a unique selling proposition of your product.
- Assess tech and economic feasibility.
- Analyze regulatory challenges.
- Develop a digital marketing strategy (customer acquisition, conversion).
- Develop a business case.
App deployment consulting
Our experts:
- Plan a DevOps strategy and implementation roadmap.
- Train your DevOps practitioners.
- Debug and resolve software issues.
- Plan cloud infrastructure security and compliance.
- Optimize infrastructure costs.
Idea productization consulting
Personalized service set
Several or the entire set of the following services:
- Market entry consulting.
- Idea productization consulting.
- Tech and software development for startups consulting.
- App deployment consulting.
Tech and software development consulting
Pharos Production consultants:
- Design a software architecture.
- Choose the best-fit tech stack.
- Plan a customization and integration approach.
- Plan product security and compliance (HIPAA, FDA, GLBA, PCI DSS, etc.).
- Deliver a proof-of-concept.
- Map out an MVP launch plan.
Check the Cost of Developing Your Software Product
Pharos Production team is ready to provide a cost estimate for the development of a prototype, an MVP, and a final version of your brand-new solution.
Mature Project Management Principles We Apply
Accurate project scoping
Pragmatic risk management
Complete project documentation
Focus on security
Efficient team collaboration
Regular reporting
Meticulous project management
KPI-based success measurements
Tangible Benefits from Pharos Production Startup Consulting
Professional and structured startup consulting means
Clear vision of a product development roadmap from the start
of your focus is on marketing and on sales
Process risks due to preventing errors in software design, development, testing and management
Startup consulting cost
Rough Estimation
Share your information with our specialists, and we will provide you with estimated figures and a rough timeframe for the release of your product.
Make Your Digital Tech Startup a Success with Consulting!
Win the market with professional software startup launch advice from Pharos Production:
- Start and scale your startup using proven techs and processes.
- Design an efficient roadmap from a concept to a selling software product.
Frequently asked questions about Startup Consulting Services
What can startup consulting services help my business achieve
Startup consulting services guide founders through refining business models, validating ideas, and crafting growth strategies with tailored expertise. Expert advisors identify potential pitfalls early while helping startups scale efficiently by aligning product development with market needs.
How do startup consulting services support market research
A startup consulting team conducts in-depth market analysis and competitor research to uncover target demographics and validate demand. This foundational insight ensures strategic decisions are grounded in real-world data and opportunity-driven planning.
Will the service help me refine my value proposition
Yes, consultants assist in articulating compelling value propositions by focusing on pain points, benefits, and unique differentiators. Clear messaging improves investor appeal and helps deliver consistent messaging across all channels.
Can Pharos Production’s startup consulting services aid in fundraising
Absolutely. The team helps prepare pitch decks, financial models, and go-to-market strategies to attract investors. By aligning the startup story with investor expectations, founders increase their chances of securing funding.
Do startup consulting services assist with product-market fit validation
Consultants guide the creation and testing of minimum viable products to gauge real user response. Iterative testing and feedback loops ensure product features meet user needs and business goals.
What level of experience can I expect from startup consulting advisors
The team includes seasoned professionals with expertise in startup growth, lean methodologies, and domain-specific innovation. This background enables practical recommendations tailored to early-stage ventures navigating competitive markets.
Is ongoing strategic support available after the initial consulting phase
Yes, services include continuous advisory support during scaling phases, pivot decisions, and operational enhancements. Retainer-based or milestone-driven arrangements ensure that startups stay on track over time.
How do startup consulting services contribute to operational efficiency
Consultants analyze workflows and recommend process improvements in areas like product development, hiring, and customer support. Streamlined operations reduce costs and accelerate time-to-market while maintaining quality.
Can startup consulting services help define key performance metrics
The team helps establish relevant KPIs and reporting frameworks to track growth, user retention, and revenue progression. Regular monitoring enables startups to make data-driven decisions and adapt rapidly to change.
What sets Pharos Production’s startup consulting services apart
Pharos Production delivers a client-first approach with customized methodologies that blend strategic thinking, technical acumen, and real-world startup experience. This ensures tailored guidance that supports sustainable growth and market success.
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What happens next?
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NDA
After processing your request, we will contact you to discuss your project requirements in detail and finalize an NDA to ensure confidentiality.
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Plan the Goals
After discussing your goals, requirements, and expectations, we will create a project proposal that includes the scope of work, team size, timeline, and cost estimates.
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Finalize the Details
We will Google Meet with you to review the proposal and finalize the details.
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Sign the Contract
We will sign the contract and start working on your project right away.