Story, media, and momentum
Story, media, and momentum
Te Dua is a venture brand studio. We build the narrative, film, and PR that founders and funds use to launch, raise, and grow. One team does the work of five vendors, with your vision protected the whole way.
Te Dua is a venture brand studio. We build the narrative, film, and PR that founders and funds use to launch, raise, and grow. One team does the work of five vendors, with your vision protected the whole way.
Te Dua is a venture brand studio. We build the narrative, film, and PR that founders and funds use to launch, raise, and grow. One team does the work of five vendors, with your vision protected the whole way.
ILLEGIBLE
There is no single switch, but there is a method.
Every story is different. These are the ways we make you legible to capital.
If being understood were as simple as flipping a switch.
It is not. The breakthrough is real.
The room just cannot see it yet.
Our Philosophy
Our Philosophy
Building is about to be free. When anyone can generate the deck, the site, and the brand in an afternoon, story becomes the last moat and taste becomes the rarest thing in the room. We make the people building the future legible to the people funding it.
Building is about to be free. When anyone can generate the deck, the site, and the brand in an afternoon, story becomes the last moat and taste becomes the rarest thing in the room. We make the people building the future legible to the people funding it.
Building is about to be free. When anyone can generate the deck, the site, and the brand in an afternoon, story becomes the last moat and taste becomes the rarest thing in the room. We make the people building the future legible to the people funding it.
Launch Films, Y Combinator
YC Launch Videos
Founder launch films for five companies in the Y Combinator W26 batch, from AI agents to dev infrastructure to hardware.
Launch Films, Y Combinator
YC Launch Videos
Founder launch films for five companies in the Y Combinator W26 batch, from AI agents to dev infrastructure to hardware.
Launch Films, Y Combinator
YC Launch Videos
Founder launch films for five companies in the Y Combinator W26 batch, from AI agents to dev infrastructure to hardware.
The Crossing
The Crossing
Our six-week method for taking a founder or a fund from illegible to capital to fundable. One open slot a month. You walk out ready for the room.
The Read
We read everything you walk in with: the science, the thesis, the market, and the exact capital you need to convince. Then we lock the one idea capital can hold, before anything gets made.
The Read
We read everything you walk in with: the science, the thesis, the market, and the exact capital you need to convince. Then we lock the one idea capital can hold, before anything gets made.
The Build
Brand, deck, one-pager, data room, and film, produced together off one narrative. Every artifact says the same thing in the same voice. Rebel soul in the idea, institutional polish in the execution.
The Build
Brand, deck, one-pager, data room, and film, produced together off one narrative. Every artifact says the same thing in the same voice. Rebel soul in the idea, institutional polish in the execution.
The Room
Site and film live, your public footprint made consistent, the introductions choreographed. You leave with a sequenced path to the raise, not a folder of files.
The Room
Site and film live, your public footprint made consistent, the introductions choreographed. You leave with a sequenced path to the raise, not a folder of files.
Ready to
raise??
Ready to
raise??
Whether you are closing this round or building the next one, we build the narrative and the assets that get you there. We make you fundable. The raising is yours.
Whether you are closing this round or building the next one, we build the narrative and the assets that get you there. We make you fundable. The raising is yours.
Trusted by founders and funds
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Backed By Real Outcomes
Te Dua
Trusted by founders and funds
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Backed By Real Outcomes
Te Dua
Engagements
Engagements
Engagements that fit the raise.
Support that fits your pace.
One open slot a month. Start with a single sprint, or make the Crossing your platform arm. Most clients begin with one raise, then keep us on a Raise-Ready Retainer as they scale into the next round.
One open slot a month. Start with a single sprint, or make the Crossing your platform arm. Most clients begin with one raise, then keep us on a Raise-Ready Retainer as they scale into the next round.
Built by people who have sat on both sides of the table, sharpened by taste, made to move capital.
Built by people who have sat on both sides of the table, sharpened by taste, made to move capital.
We have been in the founder's shoes, raised the money, and sat on the investment committees. That is why one team can build a suite that fragmented vendors cannot match. Learn more about how we work and what to expect from the process.
We have been in the founder's shoes, raised the money, and sat on the investment committees. That is why one team can build a suite that fragmented vendors cannot match. Learn more about how we work and what to expect from the process.
“Exceptionally strong at making complex ideas more legible, useful, and compelling”
“Exceptionally strong at making complex ideas more legible, useful, and compelling”
— Wah, Founder of Situ.eco
— Wah, Founder of Situ.eco
Real founders. Real outcomes.
RipeGlobal
A documentary portrait of Dr. Lane Ochi — master restorative dentist and RipeGlobal educator — for a platform serving 10,000+ dentists across 35 countries.
Real founders. Real outcomes.
RipeGlobal
A documentary portrait of Dr. Lane Ochi — master restorative dentist and RipeGlobal educator — for a platform serving 10,000+ dentists across 35 countries.
Real founders. Real outcomes.
RipeGlobal
A documentary portrait of Dr. Lane Ochi — master restorative dentist and RipeGlobal educator — for a platform serving 10,000+ dentists across 35 countries.
our journal
our journal
Notes on narrative, raising, and taste.
Notes on narrative, raising, and taste.
Occasional writing on story, capital, and the
craft of being understood by the room.
Occasional writing on story, capital, and the
craft of being understood by the room.
A practical note on what gets scanned, what earns a second look, and why the deck has to make the round feel obvious.
A practical note on what gets scanned, what earns a second look, and why the deck has to make the round feel obvious.
Before the visual system, before the pitch, before the launch film: one spine the whole company can stand on.
Before the visual system, before the pitch, before the launch film: one spine the whole company can stand on.
Early companies do not need to look bigger than they are. They need to make the next step feel inevitable.
The work shows up in outcomes: rounds raised, launches shipped, stories that landed in the room.
The work shows up in outcomes: rounds raised, launches shipped, stories that landed in the room.
Behind every number is a founder who walked in with science and walked out fundable. These are the results of putting the story first.
Behind every number is a founder who walked in with science and walked out fundable. These are the results of putting the story first.
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Your questions.
Answered.
Questions before you start? These cover how the Crossing works and where we stop.
Didn’t find your answer? Send us a message — we’ll respond with care and clarity.
Do you raise the money?
No. We make you fundable and stop at the door of the room. We never touch the capital, take placement fees, or broker introductions for compensation.
Do you raise the money?
No. We make you fundable and stop at the door of the room. We never touch the capital, take placement fees, or broker introductions for compensation.
How long does it take?
How long does it take?
Six weeks. Five phases, each gated before the next begins. One open slot a month.
Who do you work with?
Who do you work with?
Yes. Whether you prefer meeting face-to-face or from the comfort of home, we offer flexible options to meet you where you are.
What do you deliver?
What do you deliver?
The narrative, brand, deck, data room, website, and launch or demo film, built off one story so every surface says the same thing.
What does it cost?
What does it cost?
We quote in conversation. Start with a session and we will scope it to the raise.
Can you do just a deck, or just a film?
Can you do just a deck, or just a film?
We can, but the Crossing is built as one system. The deck or film is one output of making you fundable, not the product.
Your questions.
Answered.
Questions before you start? These cover how the Crossing works and where we stop.
Didn’t find your answer? Send us a message — we’ll respond with care and clarity.
Do you raise the money?
No. We make you fundable and stop at the door of the room. We never touch the capital, take placement fees, or broker introductions for compensation.
Do you raise the money?
No. We make you fundable and stop at the door of the room. We never touch the capital, take placement fees, or broker introductions for compensation.
How long does it take?
How long does it take?
Six weeks. Five phases, each gated before the next begins. One open slot a month.
Who do you work with?
Who do you work with?
Yes. Whether you prefer meeting face-to-face or from the comfort of home, we offer flexible options to meet you where you are.
What do you deliver?
What do you deliver?
The narrative, brand, deck, data room, website, and launch or demo film, built off one story so every surface says the same thing.
What does it cost?
What does it cost?
We quote in conversation. Start with a session and we will scope it to the raise.
Can you do just a deck, or just a film?
Can you do just a deck, or just a film?
We can, but the Crossing is built as one system. The deck or film is one output of making you fundable, not the product.
Your questions.
Answered.
Questions before you start? These cover how the Crossing works and where we stop.
Do you raise the money?
No. We make you fundable and stop at the door of the room. We never touch the capital, take placement fees, or broker introductions for compensation.
Do you raise the money?
No. We make you fundable and stop at the door of the room. We never touch the capital, take placement fees, or broker introductions for compensation.
How long does it take?
How long does it take?
Six weeks. Five phases, each gated before the next begins. One open slot a month.
Who do you work with?
Who do you work with?
Yes. Whether you prefer meeting face-to-face or from the comfort of home, we offer flexible options to meet you where you are.
What do you deliver?
What do you deliver?
The narrative, brand, deck, data room, website, and launch or demo film, built off one story so every surface says the same thing.
What does it cost?
What does it cost?
We quote in conversation. Start with a session and we will scope it to the raise.
Can you do just a deck, or just a film?
Can you do just a deck, or just a film?
We can, but the Crossing is built as one system. The deck or film is one output of making you fundable, not the product.
Didn’t find your answer? Send us a message — we’ll respond with care and clarity.
Start a project
Tell us what you’re building.
Tell us what you’re building, launching, or raising toward. If it feels like a fit, we’ll walk you through the Crossing and what it would take to make the work sharper, clearer, more fundable, and ready for the room.
Five Ways In
Ready to Raise
For technical founders, pre-seed to Series A. Narrative, brand, investor deck, data room, site, and launch film.
First Close
For emerging managers raising Fund I or II. Fund narrative, LP deck, data room, GP story, and site.
The Platform Program
For pre-seed, seed, and Series A venture firms. Portfolio-scale narrative, media, and launch capacity.
The Private Desk
For family offices. Discreet, standing creative and narrative capacity on retainer.
Content & Production
Launch films, demo videos, founder podcasts, event films, and campaign content produced in-house.
Start a project
Tell us what you’re building.
Tell us what you’re building, launching, or raising toward. If it feels like a fit, we’ll walk you through the Crossing and what it would take to make the work sharper, clearer, more fundable, and ready for the room.
Five Ways In
Ready to Raise
For technical founders, pre-seed to Series A. Narrative, brand, investor deck, data room, site, and launch film.
First Close
For emerging managers raising Fund I or II. Fund narrative, LP deck, data room, GP story, and site.
The Platform Program
For pre-seed, seed, and Series A venture firms. Portfolio-scale narrative, media, and launch capacity.
The Private Desk
For family offices. Discreet, standing creative and narrative capacity on retainer.
Content & Production
Launch films, demo videos, founder podcasts, event films, and campaign content produced in-house.
Start a project
Tell us what you’re building.
Tell us what you’re building, launching, or raising toward. If it feels like a fit, we’ll walk you through the Crossing and what it would take to make the work sharper, clearer, more fundable, and ready for the room.
Five Ways In
Ready to Raise
For technical founders, pre-seed to Series A. Narrative, brand, investor deck, data room, site, and launch film.
First Close
For emerging managers raising Fund I or II. Fund narrative, LP deck, data room, GP story, and site.
The Platform Program
For pre-seed, seed, and Series A venture firms. Portfolio-scale narrative, media, and launch capacity.
The Private Desk
For family offices. Discreet, standing creative and narrative capacity on retainer.
Content & Production
Launch films, demo videos, founder podcasts, event films, and campaign content produced in-house.