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Product & UX Design
UX flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity UI built for real-world use - not just polished slides.
The Grant Program · For Unfunded Startups
Up to $10,000 in Tequity Services. Granted.
A grant for pre-funding founders: design, engineering, and AI work to get you to your raise. No equity, ever - apply, talk to us, and get your offer.
Trusted by 100+ founders · 4.9/5 rating
What the Credits Buy
The Same Services Our Customers Pay For.
The grant is issued as Tequity service credits, redeemable across our full services menu - the same senior team, the same process, the same quality bar.
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Web & Mobile Engineering
Production-grade web and mobile applications, ready to scale once you have users on the platform.
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AI & Applied ML Development
AI-powered features and machine learning systems integrated into the core of your product.
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QA, Testing & Release Support
Quality assurance and production-ready delivery so your launch holds up to real users on day one.
Straight Terms
What Never Changes. What's Shaped to You.
No 2 startups arrive at the same place, so no 2 grants look the same. Here's exactly which parts are fixed and which parts we tailor.
Never Changes
- No equity, no SAFEs, no warrantswe're your product partner, not your investor
- Services only - design, engineering, AIcredits apply to real build work, never cash
- Same senior team as paying customersgrants don't get the B team - there is no B team
- No application fees, no stringsif it's not a fit, we tell you and part friends
Shaped to You
- Credit amount - up to $10,000sized to what you're building and how far it takes you
- Free or discounted redemptionsome grants are fully free credits; others redeem at a discount to our invoices
- Redemption window - 2 to 4 monthsgrants fund building now, so credits carry a use-by date
What an Offer Looks Like
Grant Offer · Acme Health
Example- Credits
- $10,000
- Redemption
- 50% of invoice$1 of credit covers half of every $2 billed
- Valid for
- 90 dayscredits are momentum, not a rainy-day fund
- Equity taken
- None. Ever.
Terms are shaped per startup · some grants are fully free credits
What We Ask Back
You Pay in Proof, Not Equity.
A grant is still a 2-way deal - we're just transparent about our side of it. If the work earns it, here's the whole bill:
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Your logo
On our customer wall, next to the companies that pay us.
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A testimonial
In your words, once we've earned them. We don't draft it for you.
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A case study
Your build story, written with you and published only with your approval.
Who Can Apply
It's for early founders who are serious about building.
You're eligible if you fall into one of these two tracks.
The Process
Apply. Talk. Get Your Offer.
We read every application and talk to every founder we shortlist. Your offer comes out of that conversation - not out of a form.
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Apply in 10 Minutes
What you're building, who it's for, where you are. No pitch deck needed.
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A Real Conversation
30 minutes with a Tequity founder about the product and the road to your raise.
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We Evaluate
We look at the product, the market, and how far a grant can actually move you.
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Your Grant Offer
Credit amount, redemption terms, and window - in writing, within 5 working days.
Case Studies
Early-stage products we've already built.
WeKare
Building the Voice-First Life Management App with WeKare
Tequity took WeKare from discovery to a live consumer voice-to-tasks app on both the App Store and Play Store - including the messy parts most teams trip on: payment infra, Apple's AI disclosure bar, and a clean subscription model.
Live on App Store and Play Store
Muse
Streamlining Med-Spa Operations with Muse
From MVP through V2 audio rearchitecture - Tequity rebuilt Muse's recording stack to upload audio chunks every 10 seconds, enabling rock-solid long-session reliability for live med-spa practices.
10+ B2B clients onboarded within 3 months of launch
Stacked Health
Designing the Proactive Blood Testing Experience for Stacked Health
A focused UI/UX engagement that took Stacked Health from concept through to a complete consumer MVP design alongside a launch-ready marketing website - bias-toward-action design with AI-guided insights as a first-class layer.
1,000+ tests powered through the platform
Stitch (StitchCare)
Reimagining Post-Transplant Care Coordination with Stitch
Tequity has been Stitch's product partner from MVP through a strategic pivot into post-transplant care - building AI-powered care coordination tools that combine modular care plans, voice calling, and care-coordinator oversight of every patient response.
MVP shipped and pivot to post-transplant care delivered without losing velocity
Why We're Doing This
Because early founders need execution.
We've worked with 100+ startups and seen a consistent pattern.
The biggest constraint at the earliest stage isn't ideas or advice. It's execution - building the right thing, at the right time, without burning cash too early.
This grant exists to reduce that friction. To give founders a practical way to move forward with clarity, speed, and support where it matters most.
If you're building something real, we'd like to help.
- The Tequity Founders
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