We are growth architects
For 15 years, we've been the partner team startups, scale-ups and ambitious SMEs bring in to reach their next stage of growth.
Business, Tech &
Marketing
Four situations. Pick yours, and we'll point you at the one page worth reading.
Your tech can't keep up with the business
A pool of talented engineers you can bring in to build, reinforce your team, or get a second opinion on a key technical decision.
Your operations still run on spreadsheets
Map your processes first, then build or review the information system that supports them — off-the-shelf or custom-built.
You have a product, and growth has stalled
Find the right channels and tactics, then turn them into a repeatable growth engine.
You have an idea, not a product yet
Prove the concept, understand the economics, and get real user feedback before fundraising.
Or you need support of one of our experts
Most companies end up buying business, tech and marketing expertise from different suppliers - creating gaps and slowing execution.
Our different practices work as one team, not separate departments. So when a business challenge becomes a product challenge - or a product challenge becomes a go-to-market one - the right people are already there with the same context, relationships and understanding of your business.
The plan, the numbers, and the organisation behind them.
- Financial planning & modeling
- Human resources management
- Organizational design & structuring
- Operational excellence
Engineers who think long term. Developers who deliver now.
- Front-end & back-end
- Mobile app development
- DevOps & infrastructure
- UX/UI design & experience
- Software integration
Build visibility. Create demand. Drive acquisition.
- Web design & development
- Paid media & performance
- SEO & SEA strategy
- Social media management
Built with tools like
AI work that reaches production, not a demo that impresses once.
You built the core with vibe coding. We add the last 20% of engineering that makes it secure, scalable and ready for real users.
See the scopeTen directions explored and tested with users for roughly the cost of one traditional prototype, so you stop falling in love with your first version.
See the scopeERPs used to be too heavy for an SME. Built around your real workflows with AI, a simple one goes live in about two weeks.
See the scopeThe recurring work your team does by hand, mapped and automated — starting with the tasks that pay for the project.
See the scopeTurning Ambition Into Impact
Umedia
A film production company that has invested $670M in over 500 movies. They came to us when they hit a plateau. We helped them increase their investments by 60% without growing the team — modeling their business and automating the recurring tasks that held them back.
Yields.io
The founder came to us with an idea while still holding a day job. We challenged it and built the first version of the product, which helped raise €1.25M from VC firms. Six years and a few rounds later, the company has 35 people, and we're still working together daily, mainly through coaching sessions.
Sharingbox
We helped Sharingbox simplify the sequence of actions needed to deploy their technology in the real world. We mapped their internal processes and built the tools to standardize them, making the company twice as efficient — which also eased knowledge transfer when the founders came to exit.
e-maprod
We helped e-maprod reorganize their team by putting all the cards on the table, hiring the right people, and giving teams a real sense of ownership so they could run autonomously — while optimizing internal workflows so they could stop relying on spreadsheets.
What our clients have to say.
“26lights came in to help develop and ship our Cowboy Care platform. Their engineers worked directly with our team — no overhead, and communication was fluid. We recommend working with them!”
“26lights demonstrated the ability to model our business, optimize it, and build a platform that automated numerous recurring tasks within our team. The results were here: a 60% increase in investments in 6 years, no recruitment needed!”
“His proficiency in simplifying complex processes became a huge asset for the team. Pragmatic, hands-on, and honest about what would and would not work.”
Exclusive events for founders, with a curated selection of top experts
Not an afterwork, nor a conference: an opportunity to meet founders facing the same challenges, and to start working on your priorities with experts.
Talk + private workshopsBook your spotGrow to sell. It starts with operational excellence
Talk + private workshopsBook your spotPreparing the road to a successful exit
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Webinar · with BOLDBe informedPreparing a business for acquisition / exit
You know your business. We know how to build companies, structure teams and processes and ship the right technology.
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Co-creation
Years of R&D alongside leading researchers produced our own methodologies, rooted in Visual Thinking — one image communicates what words cannot. You stay in control throughout.
Flexibility
A full team for a new project or a few hours of consultation, adjusted month by month. Our consultants step in and out without the knowledge leaving with them.
Transparency
We act as your dedicated team: full access to everything relevant, and involved in every major decision.
My26, our own platform, shows you every project's progress and how resources are allocated, in real time.
Frequently asked questions
Is 26lights a consultancy, an agency or a development company?
A bit of all three — intentionally.
Our team combines business strategy, product, marketing and senior engineering because growth problems rarely fit neatly inside one discipline.
The objective is not to sell a specific type of project. It is to identify what is preventing the company from moving forward and bring in the right expertise to solve it.
Are you affiliated with any software vendor?
No.
We do not resell an ERP, CRM, cloud platform or development framework.
That independence matters because our recommendations can include keeping your existing system, buying software, configuring Odoo, connecting several SaaS tools, using low-code, building custom software or doing nothing yet.
How do you choose between software, automation and organizational change?
We start from the same questions:
What is the company trying to achieve? What currently prevents that? What will the organization look like in a few years? What is the simplest sustainable way to get there?
Technology comes afterwards.
Why does 26lights work this way?
Because we have spent more than 15 years working with startups, scale-ups and SMEs at very different stages of growth.
A solution that is perfectly appropriate for a 15-person company can become a bottleneck at 100 people — while architecture designed for 100 people can be unnecessary overhead for a team of 15.
Understanding that trajectory is often more important than knowing the latest tool.
What does #NoTechReligion mean?
It means technology is a means, not an identity.
Our engineers have preferences and deep expertise, but the company does not organize its recommendations around one stack, vendor or platform.
The right technology is the one that best fits the product, team, economics and growth plan.
Will 26lights recommend that we don't build something?
Absolutely.
A useful senior partner should sometimes recommend a smaller project, an existing tool, a temporary workaround or no project at all.
Avoiding unnecessary technology is part of good technology strategy.
Can 26lights work with our existing agencies, developers or internal teams?
Yes.
We regularly work alongside internal teams and other providers.
Our role can be strategic, operational or highly specialized: second opinion, architecture review, project framing, temporary senior capacity or complete delivery.
The structure depends on what the company actually needs.
Let's talk about your growth now
