We help ambitious creative companies design and build the technology behind their business, from customer-facing products and AI-powered tools to internal systems, workflow automation and operational software.
We've built, scaled and sold one of the world's leading independent type foundries, combining commercial strategy, software development and product innovation into a business trusted by some of the world's biggest brands. That experience shapes everything we do.
After fifteen years running one, we know where creative businesses get stuck and it is usually the same handful of places.
Where commercial and technical meet
What to build and in what sequence
Who decides what, and on what evidence
How parts interact to produce outcomes
The keystone for many businesses
Private systems built on your data
Specific software platforms that enable collaboration and oversight
What worked well, and what can still be refined
Findings fed back into pricing and pipeline
Strategy and delivery remain connected from start to finish
Commercial thinking and technical expertise in one team
Small enough to move fast. Experienced enough to solve hard problems
We help build long-term capability, and growth through partnership
We founded Colophon Foundry in 2009, grew it into the second-largest type foundry in EMEA, and sold it to Monotype in 2023.
We've built a creative business and sold it — so we diagnose the problems from the inside. Fifteen years working together: Anthony on the commercial side, Edd on the technical. The people who set the strategy are the people who ship the build.
Technology projects often fail because businesses start with the solution rather than the problem. We begin by understanding how your business works today, where the friction exists and what success actually looks like. Once we've agreed on the right approach, we design, build and iterate together.
We stay with the project throughout, so strategy, design and development remain connected from the first conversation to launch.
