Our process is simple and predictable
1 · Specification
We’ll work with you to develop a specification for the team and technology that exactly meets your needs. These will be objectively measurable and tracked throughout the build process.
Your requirements
Your specifications for the startup may include:
The capabilities the startup or technology must be able to demonstrate
Team parameters such as size, skills and geographical locations
Technical requirements, such as use of proprietary IP and platforms
Security or compliance requirements
Your timeline
XLIO builds startups with extraordinary efficiency. Because we eliminate the trial and error and wasted cycles of the ordinary startup process, we can go directly from customised ideation to production. And, because we can draw upon a thriving pipeline of entrepreneurs with varied skills we can excel at projects that require brand new discoveries as well as those that merely optimise existing technologies.
Let’s build what works for you.
Or, learn more about our process below.
Payment Models
To accomplish your accounting goals, we’re flexible about how we structure our agreements. Two of the more common payment models are:
CapEx model –
Pay only on completion
You acquire your made to order startup using a standard asset purchase model. However, as we’ve structured the startup to your specifications and XLIO is the only investor, due diligence is greatly simplified, the cap table is pristine, and there are no unforeseen aspects of the acquisition.
OpEx model –
Progress payments
XLIO builds your made-to-order startup as a professional service. As the startup achieves key milestones, progress payments are made, followed by a final payment on attainment of the KPIs. The final payment conveys all of the work, team, IP, and process of the startup to you.
All aspects of the startup can be customised to accommodate further accounting goals, including domicile, location, and corporate form.
2 · Build
We’ll leverage our extensive expertise and global networks to ideate and staff the startup. And you’ll have full visibility in its growth and development.
full visibility of technical development
As the startup is built only for you, we can utilize your development environment, proprietary code and processes, and iterate with you as we achieve the KPIs. To ensure collaboration, we’ve built The Studio, our SSO project-coordination platform, that can utilize your choice of collaboration tools (Confluence, Jira, etc.) while ensuring this information remains securely behind your firewall. You’ll be kept up-to-date as code is checked in, quality-assured and completed.
Full visibility of our hiring loops
You’ll meet and vet the founders and employees that we identify as the team is built. If desired, you can assign a recruiting manager to participate directly in our hiring process.
3 · Completion
Acquire a team you’ve met and vetted, and technology you’ve shaped and tested. Ownership of the startup is transferred in its entirety from XLIO to your business.
It’s that simple. We make startup acquisition a controlled, predictable and tailored process – so it truly achieves your goals.