Daedalus Ventures where the data is the value.
Daedalus is an AI and data venture studio in the City of London. I co-founded it in 2022 and I am its CTO: I lead the data engineering, data science and software architecture behind the ventures it builds, mostly B2B and financial services.
- Role
- Co-founder and CTO
- Since
- 2022
- Focus
- FinTech, banking and lending, B2B
- Based
- City of London
| Business | Amount | Term | Score | Band | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thornbury Joinery LtdJoinery and fit-out | £85,000 | 36 mo | 712 | B | Ready to decide |
| Calder Valley DentalDental practice | £140,000 | 60 mo | 688 | B | Awaiting bank data |
| Penrose Bakery LtdFood production | £32,000 | 24 mo | 741 | A | Auto-approved |
| Harlow & Finch LogisticsRoad haulage | £210,000 | 48 mo | 655 | C | Referred |
| Oakmere Garden CentreRetail | £60,000 | 36 mo | 702 | B | Ready to decide |
| Brightwell Print CoPrinting | £45,000 | 24 mo | 618 | C | Referred |
| Sefton Physio ClinicHealthcare | £28,000 | 18 mo | 760 | A | Auto-approved |
| Ashby Lane NurseriesChildcare | £52,000 | 36 mo | 724 | A | Ready to decide |
| Kingsway Motors LtdMotor trade | £175,000 | 60 mo | 590 | D | Declined |
Most proofs of concept are built to be thrown away.
The usual way, the business case is done on the side of a desk, the proof of concept and the MVP are separate jobs on tech that was never meant to scale, and revenue arrives late. In financial services the data is often the real asset, and it gets treated as an afterthought.
The business case runs beside the build, and the PoC is real code.
We write the business case while the proof of concept is built, so the numbers and the product test each other. The PoC is built to grow into the MVP and then v1, with the same team throughout. My part is the foundation it all stands on: the data, the models and the architecture. The client owns the code and the IP, and the documentation is written as we go, so they can take it in-house whenever they choose.
| Run | Started | Tests | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| r-418212 m 41 s | Today 06:00 | 212 / 212 | Passed |
| r-418111 m 58 s | Today 03:00 | 211 / 212 | 1 warning |
| r-418012 m 10 s | Yesterday 23:00 | 212 / 212 | Passed |
- Applicant app: bank connection live on test accounts
- Affordability model reads the staged data, not a copy
- Underwriting desk: sign-off over the automatic limit
- First test loans with the design partners
- The PoC’s scoring service is kept for the MVP, not rewritten
- Every decline carries its reasons in plain words
- Collections in v1, not the MVP
- Which credit bureau to keep after the pilot
- All the code and IP, assigned in the contract
- The documentation, as it is written
- The choice to take it in-house at any point
- Its own team, hired with our help in v1
Screens drawn with dummy data. No real customer, client or account appears.
What it does
Fractional CTO
Technology leadership for a venture that is not ready for a full-time CTO, paired with data, product, fundraising or the build itself.
Data engineering
Sources brought in, tested and traced, so what the product and the models read can be trusted.
Data science and AI
Models built into the product, and AI-assisted development checked by people who know the domain and the data.
Architecture that grows
One codebase that carries a venture from proof of concept to MVP to v1, rather than a demo thrown away each time.
Yours to keep
The code and IP are assigned to the client, documentation is part of the build, and there is help hiring the team that takes it over.
Start small
Work can begin with a fixed-term, fixed-price piece, so both sides see how it goes before committing to more.
Building a venture where the data is the value?
Daedalus works with founders, startups and enterprises, from a first proof of concept to a product in market. Tell us what you are building.
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