Supporting Venture Backed Companies by Building and Augmenting Development Team - Take a look over some of the venture backed companies that we are supporting, vetting and optimizing in the recent days.
2. Background
Spurring out of a multi-billion dollar family office in South India, Building Blocks
has created a powerhouse product development firm that rigorously vets and
recruits the top 1% of developers in the region. This, combined with a strong
U.S. presence that encompasses onshore technical and project management
operations, Building Blocks is able to build and scale up strong development
teams, optimize development spend and maintain tight communication
channels along the way.
Building Blocks was created by two founders
seeking to disrupt the way companies invest
in technology development teams.
3. Location
Project & Product Management /
Technology Architecture
(LA & NY)
60+ Developer
Operation
(Chennai & Bangalore)
Sales & Business
Development
(LA, Boston, & NY)
4. The Problem / Solution
Communication
Our blended on/off-shore models
ensures 24 hour support for our
partners, mitigating downtime
costs and risks associated with in-
house solutions.
Quality
BB uses our US Based Project
Management Architecture, as
well as our highly selective
developer pool, to deliver on
scope, on time, and on budget.
Building Blocks operates within
the sweet spot of this gap.
Control
Through US based project
management and support,
Building Blocks allows our
partners to maintain as much
control as deemed necessary. We
are a fully integrated, cooperative
partner, designed with your needs
and success in mind.
Scaling
Flexible team growth through
data driven business decisions:
working with founders.
5. Accomplishments
10+
development teams built for
venture-backed companies
5+
support teams built & acquired
$10 million
of funding optimized &
re-allocated away from internal
development resources
10+
successfully supported products
7. Why Augment?
Turn Around
Time &
Production
Global Delivery
Model
Access to
Exceptional
Talent
International
Opportunities
Internal
Expansion
Fresh
Perspectives &
Applications
Lower
Communication
Barriers
Scalability
Balancing Costs:
Resourceful,
Competitive
Maintaining
Control
24 Hour
Support
Extending
Reach
8. Savings
On average, our clients save 50%
by leveraging our support model
while maintaining the same quality
Reinvesting with double the return on
technology or back into other areas of
the company (marketing, sales, etc.)
ReinvestmentSavings
10. Case Study: Markett
Requirements Gathering
Understanding the needs of the
client (on-shore technical PM)
Resource Matching
Based on the culture and needs of the
organization, we find our anchor resource
that we will build the team around
In-house
Our anchor will work in our clients office to on-
board the project and ensure communication
channels are properly created
Ongoing PM
U.S. based project manager
continuously works with the client
Development Execution
Support team of dedicated
engineers assembled & deployed
12. Technologies Used:
Fixodo app lets the users hire
trusted and verified professionals
for services. Fixodo provides with
a variety of at-home services that
simplifies user’s everyday living.
Three type of services offered -
Regular, professional and AMC.
User can choose the service and
schedule a time to attend the service
and relax. The app also allows the
user to track the professional 30
mins prior service. User can also
rate the service professional.
On demand handyman services
13. Technologies Used:
Utoo is India’s 4th largest on
demand taxi app. We have built the
user (Android, iOS) and driver apps
(Android) for utoo cabs. Book rides
using Utoo app and take a enjoyable
and economical ride. Utoo app
makes commuting easy, enjoyable
and economical at your fingertips.
Book a ride using your UTOO app
and the trained chauffeurs will be
over in no time to pick up from the
destination. There is also a ‘quick
book’ feature to save time and the
‘catch my taxi’ feature that helps get
the nearest ride.
Ridesharing meets India
14. Technologies Used:
Markett is a platform for the people
by the people marketing company,
with the mission to put the billions
of dollars brands spend on ads
every year into the pockets of their
greatest advocates.
Uber for marketing
15. Technologies Used:
World’s first online loan platform for
maritime investments - proprietary
technology platform provides the
transparency, market data and
seamless execution required to
generate liquidity.
Algorithmic underwriting
meets shipping