Crafting a new UX and UI foundation for a premium BioTech SaaS product
A genomics platform organized around features, used by people who think in workflows. Six months embedded, and the architecture that changed.
The design partner for founders raising Series A.
Investors aren't just judging your numbers.
They're judging everything you've built: your product, your website, your brand, your pitch. Raise Studio makes them tell one coherent story.
Design shapes investor perception.
Investors who see fragmented design assume fragmented strategy. They're usually right.
32%
Top-quartile design-led companies grew revenue 32% faster than peers over 5 years.
You can't hire full-time.
A senior designer is $14K–$20K/month fully loaded. One person, one skillset.
You can't cover product UI, web, brand, motion with one hire. And you don't have a quarter to recruit.
Freelancers are chaos.
You hire three different people for product, web, and brand.
Different quality. Zero continuity. Communication overhead. No brand consistency. Slow handoffs.
Agencies are slow and expensive.
Slow onboarding. Big project fees. They don't understand founder speed. Long “creative” processes.
You need results in weeks, not months.
You're stuck between bad options.
Your Series A window is 12–20 months. Every month matters. You need a design partner who understands founder constraints and delivers investor-ready work at founder-friendly pricing.
Raise Studio
Strategy-first design for founders raising Series A.
“What should we design?”
“What are you trying to achieve before Series A?”
What we offer
One coherent story
Strategy that ties every touchpoint to one narrative.
- Positioning refinement
- Brand strategy
- Creative direction
- UX strategy
- Investor narrative & pitch deck
One story. Zero doubt.
A full design department
Every design discipline you need, under one subscription.
- Product UI/UX
- Web design
- Brand identity
- Motion design
- Marketing & sales assets
No recruiting. No ramp.
Built for founder reality
Continuity. Speed. Visibility. Built into how we work.
- One dedicated design lead
- Embedded in your tools (Figma, Slack, Asana, Notion)
- 24–48 hour feedback loops
- Async-first, timezone-aware
- Daily progress updates
Continuity by design. Founder speed by default.
Our work
Redesigning a restaurant self-ordering kiosk and table app, and building one design system for both.
A white-label hospitality suite was losing more than half its kiosk accounts. What changed, and the design system the team kept.
Frequently asked questions
To raise your Series A, you need multiple design disciplines working together. Product designer, brand strategist, web designer, visual designer, motion designer, plus someone ensuring they all work on a shared vision. Hire it in-house: $35K+/month and 90 days to recruit. Hire freelancers: chaos. Hire an agency: slow and expensive. Raise Studio packages the same capability stack from $5,500/month, shipping in week one. One dedicated lead. Multi-disciplinary team. Strategy work included.
Freelancers are transactional. You manage multiple people, chase quality inconsistently, and restart onboarding every time. Raise Studio is a partnership. One design lead who knows your business, your market, your Series A timeline. They run a multi-disciplinary team behind them. One point of contact. Consistent quality. Brand coherence month after month.
Agencies are built for big budgets and long timelines. Slow onboarding. Big project fees. “Creative process” delays you can't afford. Raise Studio is built for founder reality. Month-to-month. From $5,500/month, shipping in week one. Together, we prioritize what moves the needle for Series A and ship.
You don't need to have it figured out. That's what week one is for. You brief us on your Series A timeline and the most urgent gaps. We audit your current state, identify what's missing, and sequence the work. By end of week one, you have a prioritized backlog and a first deliverable shipped. You know what to ship next, in what order, and why.
Immediately. Days 1–2: We get context. You brief us. We propose a capacity. You make the call. Day 3: First project kicks off. Week one: First deliverable shipped. We move fast because your Series A clock doesn't pause. We're intentional about scope because fast doesn't mean sloppy.
Depends on the project. Product UI project: high-fidelity Figma files, design specs, component documentation. Brand strategy project: visual identity system, messaging architecture, brand guidelines. Website project: a live, deployed site (Webflow or Framer) or new pages on your existing one. Everything ships in shared spaces with real-time visibility. Your design lead writes up the strategic context behind every decision. No surprises. No “that's not what I needed” moments.
Revision is part of the process. We refine until the work is right: 24–48 hour feedback loops, daily progress, your design lead managing quality. If month one doesn't move the needle for your Series A, we're not the right fit. Full refund. No questions. No hard feelings. The model is built around founder reality, not vendor ego.
Async-first. Daily updates from your design lead. Progress visible in shared spaces. 24–48 hour feedback loops. One monthly review call. Everything else is documented, visible, asynchronous. Built for founder speed. Built for founder sanity.
Positioning refinement. Brand strategy. Creative direction. UX strategy. Investor narrative and pitch deck. This isn't an upsell. It's the foundation. Strategy work is included at every tier. The only constraint is your active project count. Most design partners start with “what should we design?” We start with “what are you trying to achieve?” That's how every design decision compounds toward Series A.
Yes. That's what active projects means. Pick 2 active projects, and we run product UI and brand strategy in parallel. Pick 3, and add web. Your design lead coordinates everything so it stays aligned. One lead. Multiple specialists. One coherent story.
Your design lead owns it. They manage the team. They review every deliverable before it ships. They keep your story consistent across product, web, marketing, and pitch. They're also your strategic thinking partner, the one you call when you're unsure about positioning or narrative. That's how you get the coherence investors expect.
Talk to your design lead. Pause, upgrade, downgrade, or cancel, anytime. No contracts. No penalties. Capacity changes apply next billing cycle. This month's work continues as planned. You don't need to predict the future. You adjust as your Series A reality changes.
Raise Studio is built for founders raising Series A, when design intensity peaks and positioning clarity matters most. Pre-seed? Start with 1 active project. Lean into positioning and pitch deck work to prepare for Series A conversations. Already raised Series A and targeting Series B? We scale to help you execute the product and market positioning you pitched. The model stays the same: dedicated design lead, multi-disciplinary team, strategy work included. Optimized for the Series A journey. Built to scale with you.