We invest in founders. Then we build with them.We invest in founders.Then we build with them.
CMG backs early-stage startups with capital and engineering. For select projects we build the software in exchange for equity; for others we invest and develop the product as the founder's long-term technical partner.
We build with founders. And we invest in them.We build with founders.And we invest in them.
For select companies, CMG is both the engineering team and an investor. We invest in early-stage startups, design and build their software, and — for the right projects — work in exchange for equity so our success is tied to theirs.
Investment
We invest capital in early-stage startups and founders we believe in, and bring the engineering with it.
Development for Equity
For select projects we build the product in exchange for a stake, so the company gets a full engineering team before it can afford one.
Long-Term Technology Partnership
We design, build, and operate the software for the company or the founder — as a partner for years, not a vendor for a project.
Shared Upside
We only win when the company does. That changes how carefully we build.
Builders first. Investors in the founders we build with.
From conversation to ownership.From conversationto ownership.
Conversation
What you're building, where it is, and whether software is the company or just part of it.
Architecture & plan
We define the system, the first release, and what it takes to operate it before anyone talks structure.
Structure
Together we decide how CMG participates — as an investor, as a development partner working for equity, or both — sized to the company's stage and the scope of the build.
Build
CMG becomes the engineering function: architecture, design, development, and infrastructure, shipped in increments.
Operate & grow
We stay on as the engineering team and an investor — monitoring, ongoing development, and the next releases.
Where a partnership makes sense.Where a partnershipmakes sense.
- Founders with real domain expertise and existing customers or distribution.
- Companies where the software is the product, not an afterthought.
- Problems that need a complete system — data, logic, interface, infrastructure.
- A stage where a dedicated engineering partner changes the outcome.
Builders first. Investors in the founders we build with.
Working with CMG Ventures.Working withCMG Ventures.
Both. CMG invests in early-stage startups and builds their software. For some projects we work in exchange for equity; for others we invest capital alongside the founders and develop the product as their long-term technical partner.
What should we build next?What shouldwe build next?
Tell us what you're building, replacing, or trying to make possible.