Symphony partners with best-in-class startups and tech companies

In each stage of the funding life cycle to launch products across industries

As a preferred partner for world class universities, startup incubators, and venture capital firms, Symphony works with the fastest growing startups. Startups Symphony has been working with have raised $12.5B in funding leading to a number of meaningful exits with over $4.5B of acquisition value.

We specialize in delivering end-to-end solutions while easily scaling up or down with our flexible resources. Our leadership team is deeply integrated into the Stanford ecosystem, and we have worked with over 30+ GSB founders and startups, including Fathom, Epinomics, d.light, and Rhumbix while some of our most recent partnerships include Karate Combat.

Symphony accelerates startups towards their vision from incubation to Series D and beyond

In the last decade, we’ve helped our clients launch 200+ new products across multiple industries

Opportunity Identification

Design Thinking workshops and technical concepts
Quantitative and qualitative analyses
Primary and secondary research
Ideation and product strategy definition

Product Discovery

Discovery sprint
Wireframes and product prototypes
Solution architecture design
Initial product roadmap and high-level system capabilities
User research and testing
Time and cost estimation

Development and Delivery

Custom product development
Integration with third-party systems
High-fidelity designs
Continuous product discovery, research, and validation
Refactoring and migration
Quality assurance, usability testing, and user feedback
Infrastructure setup and maintenance

Commercialization and Growth

Data collection and analytics
Product growth strategy
Primary and secondary research
Continuous validation

Let's Work Together

Quick overview of some of our startup experience

25%

Reduced costs by over 25% for a fleet of 100+ aircraft

For a private charter flights marketplace, developed ML models that utilize historical and real-time data to forecast flight demand, minimize aircraft downtime, and optimize charter flight routes

Amazon

Built a player of 360° panoramic videos acquired by Amazon

For a startup manufacturing 4K panoramic view cameras, built a web-based player of 360° panoramic videos using a video playback technology enabling partnership with big players like FOX Sports and National Geographic

20+

Design and solution architecture for 20+ applications

For a Series A smart glasses manufacturer, developed a software ecosystem for award-winning AR smart glasses expanding target markets for a former military contractor leading to $58M in funding

5 days

Built a connectivity PoC in 5 days

For a coffee-making appliances and related accessories Series B startup, building an IoT platform and mobile app that will enable smart home and e-commerce platform integration, as well as marketing and content management

25%

25% increase in booking conversion during peak periods

For a Series C online campsite marketplace, developed and implemented a machine learning (ML) - based recommender system algorithm to improve similar listing recommendations and real-time personalization in search ranking

2x

Doubled the customer satisfaction rate for 60K customers just in NYC

For a Series D prescription drug delivery provider, refactored the core platform to develop a new abstraction layer that would enable the company to work with a larger and more diverse set of pharmacy partners

100M+

Provided 100M+ people in 70 countries with access to affordable solar energy

For a Series E global solar energy provider, built an inventory and payment management platform including a portal for administrative and customer support with 24/7 on call support

37%

Increased the number of yearly vehicle sales by 37% compared to the previous year

For the largest US online auto retailer, enabled enrichment of inventory listings with multi-source vehicle data while increasing conversion through more engaging shopping experiences