At HITORI Venture studios Australia, we team up with visionary startup founders to turn strong ideas into real-world digital products and businesses. As a Melbourne startup studio, we offer more than design and development — we become your product and tech partner.
HITORI is first and foremost a digital product studio available for hire by companies, healthtech startups and enterprise teams looking to build great software.
But for a small number of early-stage founders each year, we offer an alternative model through HITORI Ventures (our Melbourne Startup Studio and Venture Studios Australia).
This is a separate, selective opportunity where we partner with startups that are ready to build but may not yet have full funding in place. We provide a reduced-cost build, take a minor equity stake, and work hands-on to launch a real, working product (not just a prototype).
If you have a high-potential idea and are looking for more than just a dev shop, pitch us. We take on a limited number of partnerships each year through reduced build fees in exchange for equity via HITORI Ventures, offering:
- Strategic product and startup advice
- Hands-on execution and agile development
- Fractional CTO leadership via HITORI’s founder
- A dedicated design and dev team with startup experience
- Scalable, investor-ready software architecture
We sit between idea and VC — we actually build.
We’re not a pitch competition, we’re not a VC fund, and we’re not here for endless meetings or vague consulting to fresh idea stage startups. We partner with founders who are ready to move; and need a hands-on product and tech team to help them do it.
This is not for everyone.
HITORI Ventures is only for startups who are:
- Solving a clear problem with a defined solution
- Backed by a complete business plan
- Equipped with a go-to-market strategy and sales projections
- Able to deploy some capital now
- Open to a true product and tech partnership
Who this is for:
- Founders with deep knowledge of their space
- Startups who’ve done the work and need to build
- Teams that are bootstrapping, seed/pre-seed or raising
- Those seeking more than just “a dev agency” but a true partner
What this is not:
- A free ride
- A replacement for your own business acumen
- A model for idea-stage or “can you sign this NDA?” pitches
- Endless meetings or theoretical advice (we focus on execution)
How it works:
- Pitch us your startup via the form below
- We review all pitches (but only contact those that align)
- If there’s interest, we’ll schedule a discovery call
- If we move forward, we’ll propose a custom hybrid model: reduced quote + equity + build roadmap.
If you’re ready to launch and are looking for a product partner who brings real-world execution and tech leadership, we’d love to hear from you.
