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Architecting software, teams, companies and dreams.

PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL · based on [[24 Apr 2025]] scope / PRD

Who you're working with

FractalBox — architecting software, teams, companies and dreams. <https://fractalbox.dev/>

Companies we work with: Mon, Mozilla, Mocaverse, Animoca Brands, Spaceship, StockViva, BTSE, SB

High-level budget plan ($USD)

Plan A — Alpha Mode

Prioritized by our most experienced devs
[[10–14]] weeks
Weekly sprint & sync
More hands-on input from our leads
[[$72k–$96k]]

Plan B — Balanced Mode

More flexibility
[[16–20]] weeks
Weekly status updates
More delegation from our leads
[[$40k–$70k]]

Plan C — Consultancy Mode

Tech-lead-as-a-service for Enterprise / Series A+
Architecture, recruitment, performance optimization
$1,300 / day

Delivery rates: Tech Lead $600/MD · Senior Dev $400/MD. 50% deposit upfront.

Timeline (prioritized)

  Wk 1–2   Requirements validation · bootstrap & prototype core flows
           solution architecture (cloud, platform)
     │
  Wk 3–4   Core infrastructure — [[foundational service #1]]
           [[primary product surface]]
     │
  Wk 5–6   [[primary + secondary product surface]]
           QA and cloud optimization
     │
  Wk 7–8   [[secondary product / add-on]]
           app optimization & infrastructure
     │
  Wk 9+    settings, notifications, referrals (TBC) · UX fine-tune
           analytics integration · alpha testing · hand-off

Every phase ships a show-&-tell demo. Items marked TBC are scoped once we hit them.

Methodology & evaluation

First 2 weeks → a working prototype, to identify with stakeholders: gaps in requirements,

unknown-unknown technical complexity, and tech-stack / third-party security & cost estimates

1–2 week sprints with show-&-tell demos and videos as updates — easy for clients to input and

give feedback

Clear scope boundaries — we state upfront what is and isn't ours to build (e.g. we integrate

with provided systems / third parties rather than reinventing them)

Risk read — we give an honest outlook on overall technical risk based on our experience with

the relevant stack

Forward Deployed to build with You

Vincent Lau — Founding Partner · Fractional CTO/CISO

ex-Founder. prev Animoca, JPMC & 5+ startups

Ken Yiu — Partner

ex-Founder. Data Engineering.

Justin Lau — Partner

ex-Founder. prev PALO-IT

Brian Wong — Partner

Lead PM at Bowtie. prev lawyer

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Staffing for this engagement

Core

Vincent — ex-founder, 12yr+. Tech Lead at Animoca Brands, Mon Studio & 4+ startups
Ken — ex-founder, 10yr+

Extended (as needed)

[[Senior full-stack / Web3 engineer — 5yr+]]
[[Frontend & mobile engineer with domain experience — 6yr+]]

Tech stack

Frontend — [[React / React Native]] for web & cross-platform mobile
Backend — [[Node.js]] with REST / GraphQL / WebSockets
Data & integrations — [[your systems / third-party APIs]] integrated directly
Security — end-to-end encryption, MFA, DevSecOps practices baked in
Cloud — [[AWS / GCP / Firebase]] (TBC per requirements)
Others (TBC) — e.g. Retool for admin dashboards, SIWE / OAuth for auth

Why FractalBox

Hands-on & experienced

Ex-founders & tech leads
Understand startups, ship quickly
Production-ready, DevSecOps-optimized

Lean & inventive

Very proficient, small team
DNA for rapid prototyping & innovation
4× finalist at ETHGlobal & ETHDenver

Aligned & transparent

Validate product assumptions with you
Flexible as scope evolves
Transparent pricing for agile iterations

Relevant case studies

Animoca Brands

Led research on tech-delivery best practices, private-key management, DevSecOps & observability
Evaluated 10 wallet providers; partnered with Web3Auth (spun off into MocaID)
Advised across 300+ subsidiaries & JVs as technical architect (architecture, smart contracts, security)

Mon Studio / Particle Network

Led PixelPals, a web3 web game with 400k+ MAU
First working account-abstraction use case for Particle wallet on Mantle + Biconomy paymaster
Interim DevRel at Particle Network

Relevant case studies

BTSE — cloud migration (with Nogle / Layer8)

Interim program manager bringing on-prem workloads onto AWS
Solution architect with AWS experts — performance, DevSecOps, maximized cloud utilization
Coordinated engineering teams across Taiwan, Singapore & Vietnam

Stockviva

SocialFi mobile startup — real-time investment analysis & education from financial KOLs
Re-architected backend for financial integrity; resolved a critical performance bottleneck
Automated CI with DevSecOps best practices — cut infra cost by 70%

Ship quickly, production-ready, DevSecOps-optimized.

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