Germinating
000%

For campaign and marketing leads

Campaigns people join, not just watch.

Web app, mobile app and interactive platform studio: web apps, iOS and Android apps, interactive maps, and community platforms with courses, memberships and events.

Digital Mycelium. Interactive campaigns built around one measurable action: sign up, pledge, share, show up. When people take part, they bring their friends, and your campaign starts doing its own media.

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People watch, then leave.

A video and a landing page ask for attention and give nothing to do. The campaign ends when the media spend does.

Numbers you can't defend.

Impressions and reach look good in a deck and mean little to the person who signs the budget.

Built for the launch, broken by the traffic.

The day it works is the day it falls over.

Give people something to do, and they will bring everyone they know.

The campaigns that spread are the ones people can see themselves in. Put your pin on the map. Take the challenge. Add your name. Every participant becomes proof for the next one, and the campaign grows in public.

We are the creatives that have crafted some of the world's best technologies, and now you have direct access to us, without the middle man. We've removed the middle men, expensive offices, and countless project managers to give you access to some of the world's most talented professionals at a fraction of the cost of big agencies. We craft high quality solutions that are smart, secure, fit for purpose and delivered on time.

Alchemy Rewire·Wellness · Community platform

3 surfaces web, iOS and Android, one platform

Unite·Social · Maps · Events

1 live map every happening near you, as it happens

The Zen Samurai·Education · Community platform

2,000+ members across continents

Unilever·Enterprise · Intranet

Built by our founder as tech lead at SapientNitro, before the studio

400+ brands, talking for the first time

BlackBerry·Enterprise · Platform

Built by our founder as one of two developers at Razorfish, before the studio

Millions of users, at once

Siemens·Industrial · Publishing

Built by our founder at LBi London, before the studio

1 blog for an industrial giant

The Royal Bank of Scotland·Finance · Infrastructure

Built by our founder at LBi London, before the studio

Every employee, one private search

Corbis·Media · Platform

Built by our founder as tech lead with BMB Agency, before the studio

Web · iOS · iPad a stock library as a magazine

Unify·Campaigns · Interactive maps

70,000+ places on one map

Seeds·Blockchain · Product

End to end design, code, security

Why us

Why marketing teams bring us in

  1. Built for millions at once.

    Our founder was one of two developers on BlackBerry's BBM Challenge with College Humor, a game engine built for millions of simultaneous players.

  2. One action, measured.

    We agree the action that counts before we design anything, and we build the whole campaign to move that number.

  3. Senior people only.

    The person who scopes your project is the person who builds it. No account managers relaying messages, no juniors learning on your budget.

  4. Tested, and under warranty.

    Every build is tested rigorously before it reaches you, on real phones and real browsers. We deliver it bug-free and back that with a warranty: if a bug turns up, we fix it at our cost.

How it goes

  1. A conversation

    You tell us what you need to happen. We ask about the business, the audience and the deadline, and give you an honest view on fit.

  2. A plan and a price

    A written plan of what we will build, in what order, for how much. No surprises later.

  3. The build

    You see working progress throughout, tested as we go on real phones and browsers. Decisions are made with you, not for you.

  4. Launch day, and after

    We launch it, measure how people really use it, and keep improving what matters.

Our commitment

We give 5% of all profits to protecting the ocean

This is why we commit 5% of all profits towards cleaning and protecting the ocean and the life below water.

of profits committed
5%
of the world's oxygen
85%
of projects carbon-assessed
100%
“You gotta hire these guys, they are awesome!”

The site speaks for itself, but what speaks even louder was the ease of the creation process. What's key is the site's responsiveness to all devices and the clean, professional feel. They have a team of digital wizards and if you're lucky enough to hire them to build your site, you're going to be as honoured as I am.

Rieki Cordon — Founder of Seeds & Hypha DAO

Where we come from

Founded by Vishal Modha, who led engineering on work for Unilever, BlackBerry, RBS and Siemens at Publicis Sapient, Razorfish and LBi London.

  • Unilever
  • Siemens
  • BlackBerry
  • Tata
  • Unify
  • Peroni
  • Grolsch
  • E.ON Energy
  • Smart IOT
  • Department of Health
  • East Midlands Trains (Stagecoach)
  • Corbis
  • British Chamber of Commerce
  • BMB Agency
  • Digitas LBi
  • Publicis Sapient
  • Sapient Razorfish
  • Seeds

Next step

Ready when you are.

Every enquiry is read by the founder. Nothing is shared, and there is no sales sequence.

Read how we work first

Questions people ask first

What happens if something breaks after launch?

We fix it. Everything we build is tested rigorously before it goes live and comes with a warranty, so if a bug turns up, putting it right is our cost, not yours.

Can you handle a big launch spike?

Yes. Campaign infrastructure is designed for the peak, not the average, and load-tested before it goes live.

Do you do the creative concept?

We can, and we are good at the mechanic: the thing people actually do. If you have a creative agency, we work alongside them.

What about data and privacy?

Collect only what the campaign needs, store it properly, and make consent clear. Location features share only what people choose to share.

What does it cost?

Campaigns start around £15,000 and scale with the ambition. We will give you a fixed price once we understand the mechanic.

Your campaign

What do you need people to do?

Tell us the action, the audience and the date. We will come back with how we would get people to take part.

What do you need?

Pick as many as apply.

Rough budget?

Optional, but it helps us scope properly.

Plan a campaign