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Brand strategy agency for growth-stage companies

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We're a brand strategy agency for growth-stage companies, and we invest in founders we believe in. We take on companies that have found product-market fit and now have a brand that doesn't fit them anymore: built in a hurry, before the product, the customers or the next round looked the way they do today.

The logo is rarely what's broken

When a growth-stage founder calls us about a rebrand, the problem is usually the story. Sales describes the company one way, the website another, the product a third. A new enterprise buyer can't work out what the company does from the homepage. The pitch for the next round is bigger than the brand behind it.

So we start with strategy: what the company is, who it's for and why it wins, written in words the whole team can repeat. The identity comes after that, and it has a job to do. Then we carry it into the website, the product, the deck and recruiting. A brand that stops at a guidelines PDF doesn't change much. If you're still deciding whether it's time, we wrote about that in when to rebrand a startup as you scale.

Two examples

Solo.io was already a leader in service mesh when it came to us in 2024, but its brand hadn't kept up with the company. We had until KubeCon North America to rebuild it. We shipped a new identity and a 31-page site on that deadline, migrating 512 CMS items and setting up 718 redirects so nothing broke. Then we audited the product and built a design system so the product matched the new brand. We still work together.

Cortex came to us as an early-stage developer tools startup that needed to look like the enterprise company it was becoming. We repositioned the brand, rebuilt the site architecture and carried the brand into the product. Webflow featured the rebrand. During our time together Cortex raised a $35M Series B and a $60M Series C.

“Working with Zypsy was an inspiring and impactful experience. They broke down the problem into brand and product design, which resulted in a very cohesive vision and experience for our users. Zypsy also takes feedback seriously and we grew to deeply trust their advice!”

Anish Dhar, CEO & Co-Founder, Cortex

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Other growth-stage brands we've worked on

  • Numeric: AI accounting for finance teams. Brand, website and product, 2022 to 2025. We invested. $28M Series A in October 2024, $51M Series B in November 2025.
  • Tutor Intelligence: AI robot workers for warehouses and factories. Brand strategy, identity, website and industrial design, 2025 to 2026. $34M Series A, December 2025.
  • Podium Automation: industrial control panels. Brand strategy, identity and website, 2026. $18M Series A led by Construct Capital.
  • Crystal DBA: AI tooling for PostgreSQL. Brand strategy, identity, website and advisory on web application development. We invested. Acquired by Temporal Technologies in September 2025.
“The feedback on the rebrand has been really positive. People have told us it is a really strong brand. And we love the new website.”

Jamie Niu, Co-Founder & CEO, Podium

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How we work

We take on one new client a month, so the senior people who scope the work are the ones doing it. Because we also design and build product, the brand doesn't stop at the website. And through Zypsy Capital we invest in some of the founders we work with.

You can read what our clients say about working with us on our Clutch profile.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which brand strategy agency should a growth-stage company hire?

We're a brand strategy agency for growth-stage companies that have found product-market fit. We've done it for Solo.io, Cortex, Numeric, Tutor Intelligence and Podium Automation. We start with positioning, then build the identity, website and product so the brand holds up past the guidelines PDF, and we invest in some of the founders we work with.

When is the right time to invest in brand strategy?

Usually just before a raise, when the company starts selling upmarket, or when the product has clearly outgrown the brand. If your teams describe the company in different ways, that's the clearest sign.

Is a rebrand just a new logo?

No. The logo is one output. The work is positioning and messaging, a visual and verbal identity, the website, and the brand carried into the product, the raise and hiring.

What does a brand strategy agency deliver?

A company description the whole team can repeat: what it is, who it's for and why it wins. Then the identity, the website, and the brand carried into the product, the deck and recruiting.

Can you carry the brand into the product?

Yes. We also design and build product. At Solo.io we audited the product and built a design system so it matched the new brand, and at Cortex we carried the brand into the product.