Prodevel · London · Est. 2018
We build the boring foundations that make ambitious products survivable.
Fractional CTO work for founders who need a grown-up in the room. AI code rescue when the demo worked and production did not. Platforms you can still change six months later.
How we got here
Prodevel started in 2018 with a simple filter: if nobody will use it, we do not build it. That sounds obvious until you have watched a six-figure project die of feature theatre.
The company is young. The people doing the work are not. Between us we have spent more than fifteen years shipping for pre-seed startups, universities, and growing UK businesses. We have also inherited enough half-finished codebases to know what failure looks like early.
Founder Promise Ekoriko still reviews every engagement and still writes production code. If you want the short version of who you are talking to, start there.
One early project still shapes how we work: an admissions platform for LSHTM that gave staff back more than 25 hours a week. Useful beat clever. That is still the bar.
What we actually do
Three offers. Same people. No bait-and-switch from sales to juniors.
Fractional CTO
Part-time technical leadership for non-technical founders: architecture calls, hiring help, vendor pushback, and board-ready clarity. From £1,500/month.
Fractional CTOAI code rescue
You shipped fast with Lovable, Cursor, Bolt, v0, or Replit. Production is now the hard part. We stabilise, secure, and hand you something a senior hire can own. Free triage; fixed quote.
AI Code RescuePlatforms that last
Custom software with ongoing support when you need more than a rescue or a few CTO days a month. Built to be maintained, not demoed once.
Custom platformsHow we work
Not a culture deck. Three habits we refuse to drop.
Outcomes over theatre
A tidy backlog is not a win. We care whether the product ships, stays up, and moves the number you hired us for.
Say it straight
If the agency quote is wrong, we say so. If the vibe-coded MVP is not production-ready, we say so. Weekly updates without spin.
Stay after go-live
Most of our work comes back as retainers and referrals. We would rather keep a system healthy than chase the next greenfield demo.
Timeline
Prodevel founded in London
First university admissions platform live
Startup accelerator programme launched
Mobile practice added
AI and automation work becomes a core lane
100+ projects for 50+ clients; fractional CTO and AI code rescue as the front door
Stack
We pick tools for the job, not for the conference talk. This is what we reach for most often.
Prefer a short call to a long form?
Tell us what broke, what you are building, or what you need a CTO-shaped person for. We will tell you honestly if we are the right fit.
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