For Founders & Operators

Product and culture first. Valuation later.

Every Develobrite acquisition begins with a founder dialogue focused on cultural fit, product roadmap alignment, and customer retention risk — before we ever open a valuation conversation.

What we look for

The profile of a Develobrite platform company.

Develobrite acquires PropTech and built environment software companies where the technology is real, customers pay for it, and the operational levers — pricing discipline, retention infrastructure, distribution expansion, tuck-in M&A — can compound revenue over the fund term.

We are not the right partner for pre-revenue pilots, single-customer businesses, or teams looking for growth equity without governance. We are the right partner for founders who want institutional capital, a real operating team, and a home for the business they built.

100-Day Integration Plan

What happens after the wire clears.

Baseline

ARR baseline established, churn-risk customers identified, retention outreach queued for at-risk accounts.

Deploy

Operating system rolled in: pricing framework review, customer success playbook, distribution channel audit.

Migrate

Shared-services migration for finance, HR, and infrastructure functions that consume founder bandwidth without differentiating the product.

Accelerate

Growth levers activated: pricing changes launched, retention programs live, first tuck-in targets in early evaluation.

The Develobrite Commitment

What founders can count on.

Full disclosure at LOI

Acquisition terms, integration timelines, LP economics, and management retention arrangements disclosed fully before commitment. No post-close fee adjustments, retroactive earnout modifications, or hidden integration protocols.

Product identity preserved

Acquired products retain their market identity while capturing back-office and GTM synergies. We invest in the brand your customers chose — not force it into a house style.

Founder-sensitive integration

Integration teams that preserve the product culture customers chose in the first place. Weekly retention tracking with dedicated success outreach to at-risk accounts during the first 90 days.

How the Conversation Starts

Four steps to a founder dialogue.

Introduce

Email [email protected] with a one-paragraph description of your business, ARR range, customer segment, and reason for exploring a partnership.

Screen

Our investment team responds within one business day. If the profile aligns, we schedule a 45-minute founder call — product, customers, culture, not valuation.

Diligence

Detailed underwriting covering ARR cohort analysis, churn, GTM efficiency, tech architecture, and integration complexity. Base, upside, and downside scenarios.

Close

Definitive agreements, management retention terms, earnout structures where applicable, and post-close integration obligations — all finalized before capital is committed.

Quote from the CEO

“Every founder dialogue starts with product and culture, not valuation. Customer retention through transition is tracked weekly post-close.”

Alexandra Pohl, Founder & CEO

Start the conversation.

Send a short introduction to [email protected]. We respond within one business day.

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