We are equity friendly
We can offer significantly discounted prices and more integrated technical leadership to portfolio companies for equity.
Note: To preserve the quality of this offering, it is reserved for opportunities that are both compelling and a great cultural and needs-capabilities match.
Discount accumulates on a ledger
Discounts are tracked transparently, offering clear visibility into your savings.
Converts to equity under SAFE-style conversion mechanics
Your accumulated discounts seamlessly convert into equity using SAFE-style mechanics.
About Teknika
Teknika is a US-based software and AI development firm, headquartered in Panama City Beach, FL, with our team across the US and Europe.
We've been building since 2019 — long enough to have a real track record, short enough to still move fast. We're not a middleman, a body shop, or a broker. We build and deliver custom products, which is exactly why a partnership with us is worth something,
2019
In business since
Dozens
Projects delivered per year
50+
Staff across US & Europe
2 continents
We deliver around the clock, from US to Europe.
Wide and deep experience
We fully manage and craft digital solutions that solve your business needs.
Common questions, answered
Everything you need to know about how the partnership works, how we structure deals, and who this model is designed for.
What does it mean for Teknika to be a technology partner to a VC fund?
Teknika works with VC firms as an on-call technical partner for portfolio companies — providing technical due diligence on prospective investments, hands-on engineering support for portfolio companies that need it, and an outside technical perspective the fund can lean on without hiring an in-house CTO-for-hire.
How does Teknika support technical due diligence during the investment process?
Teknika can review a target company's codebase, architecture, and engineering team capacity before a fund closes a deal, surfacing risks like unscalable infrastructure, vibe-coded prototypes that won't survive growth, key-person dependency, or security gaps — then delivers a plain-English risk summary the investment team can use alongside financial and legal diligence.
What kind of technical risks does Teknika flag that founders or funds might miss?
Common risks include codebases built quickly with AI-assisted tools that lack production-grade architecture, a single engineer holding all institutional knowledge, no automated testing or CI/CD, unaddressed security vulnerabilities, and infrastructure choices that won't scale past early traction — all of which affect a company's runway and follow-on fundability.
Once a fund invests, how does Teknika help portfolio companies?
Teknika's full suite of capablities is on offer - full project engagements to rebuild or productionize a prototype, staff agmentation to fill gaps, and ongoing technical advisory and fractional technical leadership - letting a fund's operating partners point portfolio founders to a vetted technical resource instead of a cold vendor search.
Why would a VC fund recommend Teknika instead of letting portfolio companies find their own dev shop?
It is notoriously difficult to vet a technology service provider. Many of our clients have squandered hundreds of thousands, even millions on hiring technology partners without the experience to know red flags to look for. Teknika was literally founded at the suggestion of our VC fund owning co-founder who saw this happen time and again and wanted a reliable tech partner.
Also, potential portfolio companies desire a VC fund with this kind of network and support.
Does Teknika work with portfolio companies that have already built an MVP with no-code or AI tools (Bolt, Lovable, Cursor, Replit)?
Yes — this is one of Teknika's core specialties. Teknika evaluates "vibe-coded" prototypes, reframes the existing build as a usable blueprint rather than wasted work, and provides a clear path to a production-grade rebuild, which is a common need for seed and Series A portfolio companies scaling past their first prototype.
How does engagement pricing work for portfolio companies — does the fund pay, or does the portfolio company pay?
Typically, portfolio companies pay directly at standard rates. For select situations, we also can work at significant discounts in exchange for equity that converts using SAFE-like mechanics.
Has Teknika worked with venture-backed or accelerator-affiliated companies before?
Yes — Teknika's portfolio includes work with Techstars Atlanta companies and TechFarms Capital, alongside hardware-integrated products and a Fortune 100 legacy modernization engagement, giving Teknika direct experience with the pace and constraints of venture-backed technical teams.
What size and stage of portfolio companies is Teknika best suited for?
Teknika is best suited to seed through Series B portfolio companies — past the earliest no-code prototype stage and needing to scale engineering capacity, rebuild for production, or fill specialized skill gaps like AI/automation or hardware-software integration.
Does working with Teknika create any conflict of interest across competing portfolio companies?
Teknika does not share proprietary information, code, or strategy between client engagements, and funds can request that Teknika avoid concurrent engagements with directly competing portfolio companies if relevant.
























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