Philo Studio

We propel startups from inception to launch.

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Venture Studio

Philo Studio tranforms bold ideas into thriving ventures. We programmatically develop and refine business concepts, validate market fit, and assemble dream teams to deliver successful launches. Our dedicated teams guide businesses through the intricate “0 to 1” phase, avoiding common startup pitfalls and minimizing risks, to enable our co-founders to focus on the magic that makes each startup special.

Your Ideal Innovation Partner

With Philo, each company benefits from our extensive expertise and platform resources, driving success from early-stage development to optimizing growing business operations.

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Design
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engineering
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IT
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Legal
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Finance
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Marketing
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Operations
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Recruiting

Our Process & Expertise

1

Ideate

We identify business opportunities internally or are approached by industry experts or investors looking to solve a problem. We provide capital, business resources, and our wealth of startup expertise as we begin building new ideas.

2

Build & Validate

We build products to address industry pain points, taking the product ideas through a rigorous validation process, and thoroughly test customer and market fit.

3

Launch

We work with design partners to provide valuable customer feedback, develop GTM strategies, and recruit Founder-in-Residences to lead our companies.

Portfolio Companies

Building the next wave of innovative startups.

Online car buying matching you with your perfect ride.

Activating and automating the world’s landing infrastructure.

Ultra

Maximizes revenue and affiliate team performance with AI.

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AI-powered insurance policy checking and workflow optimization. 

An ERP and marketplace for the plant grower, nursery and landscape industry, replacing excel files and faxes.

AI-enabled research tool for the land development market to deliver strategic insights in minutes to builders.

AI insights tool for service businesses to predict churn.

Online car buying matching you with your perfect ride.

Activating and automating the world’s landing infrastructure.

Ultra

Maximizes revenue and affiliate team performance with AI.

Checkk Logo

AI-powered insurance policy checking and workflow optimization. 

An ERP and marketplace for the plant grower, nursery and landscape industry, replacing excel files and faxes.

AI-enabled research tool for the land development market to deliver strategic insights in minutes to builders.

AI insights tool for service businesses to predict churn.

Online car buying matching you with your perfect ride.

Activating and automating the world’s landing infrastructure.

Ultra

Maximizes revenue and affiliate team performance with AI.

Checkk Logo

AI-powered insurance policy checking and workflow optimization. 

An ERP and marketplace for the plant grower, nursery and landscape industry, replacing excel files and faxes.

AI-enabled research tool for the land development market to deliver strategic insights in minutes to builders.

AI insights tool for service businesses to predict churn.

Meet Our Founders-In-Residence

Kyle

White

CEO of Refinery
"The collaboration between Philo and its founders-in-residence is incredibly valuable in the 0-1 process. I brought industry insight and deep relationships; Philo brought structure, strategic rigor, and the right support at every stage to bring Refinery to life and to market."

Morgen

Glessing

Ceo of civic star
"With CivicStar, we’re creating the first platform that uses AI to seamlessly access unstructured, tedious entitlement and development data. I’m thrilled to be partnering with Philo to take this groundbreaking idea from the studio and lead it into the market, turning a massive industry challenge into a real solution."

Matt

Broffman

Ceo of Altaport
"Altaport started with a bold vision to modernize airport operations, and I was fortunate to step in and help take it to the next level. With Philo as a partner, we’ve been able to build on that foundation and scale Altaport into a platform that’s redefining what airports can expect from technology."

Jared

WHeeler

Ceo and co-founder of Keysy
"Building my company with Philo has been a true partnership. Their comprehensive support, from development to finance and marketing, is accelerating our growth and getting us to market faster than ever."
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"Venture studio startups have shown a higher success rate than traditional startups, with a 30% increase in success."