HumanEngineered
Product design &development partnerfor fast-growing startups
An embedded design and engineering team for startups that need brand,
product, and launch work done fast and done right.
Creative
Opinionated
Operators
At verteal, we operate as an extension of your team embedding, taking ownership, and pushing further than internal teams typically can
01
Schedule your call
A quick, honest conversation. No pitch decks, no fluff. We learn your product, your goals, and where we can move the needle fastest.
02
Subscribe to the plan
Pick a plan that fits where you are today. No lock-in, no long contracts. We earn your trust month over month by actually delivering.
03
We ship in iterations
We embed, prioritize, and start moving fast. Weekly cycles, tight feedback loops, real output. Not status updates and slide decks.
04
Repeat
The longer we're in, the sharper we get. Every cycle we understand your product deeper, move faster, and raise the bar on what we ship.
A dedicated team,fully embedded
Web Developer
UI/UX Designer
Brand Designer
Illustrator
3D Designer
Motion Designer
Creative Director
Product Designer
Your ideas deservea dedicated team
At verteal©, we believe a small & obsessed team can change a product completely by working from within
Here's why our model works
- No hiring overhead
Skip the time, cost, and risk of building in-house. Get a team that's already sharp, aligned, and ready to execute.
- Speed by default
No ramp-up cycles. No long onboarding. We plug in fast and start moving immediately.
- Backlog, reduced fast
We hit the ground running and clear the queue, shipping meaningful work from day one.
- Deep product understanding
Embedded teams see the whole picture. We think in systems, not tickets.
- Flexible by design
Scale up, scale down, pivot. We adapt to what your product needs, not the other way around.
- Built for iteration
We ship, learn, and improve in tight loops, so your product keeps getting better, fast.
We embed with startups that need to moveShipping brand, product, and launch workfrom inside the team, not the sidelines
We embed with startupsthat need to moveShipping brand, product, and launch work from inside the team, not the sidelines
Services
Embedded Teams & Partnerships
- Dedicated product squads
- Embedded product designers
- Embedded engineering teams
- Fractional creative direction
- Retainer & open-scope
- Ongoing product partnership
Technology & Engineering
- Full-stack engineering
- Creative & interactive development
- CMS & headless architecture
- Platform & system integrations
- Performance & scalability
- AI-native product work
Digital Products
- Product strategy
- Product experience design
- UX/UI systems
- Wireframing & prototyping
- Website as product
- Interaction design
- Conversion & growth
Brand & Visual System
- Identity systems
- Visual identity
- Brand design systems
- Art direction & illustration
- 3D & spatial assets
- Motion & dynamic branding
- Packaging design
- Creative direction
Brand Strategy
- Naming
- Positioning
- Messaging systems
- Verbal identity
- Narrative & story
- Go-to-market
- Launch design
$250M+
Raised capital by our clients
-65%
Backlog in under 8 weeks
3x
Faster product iteration
300+
Features delivered
PRICING
A team that stayswith the product
If you have a clear vision for your product, many partnerships start with a project and evolve into ongoing collaboration.
ON-GOING2 slots open for September
€3,000
- Design & development, every sprint
- Weekly planning & review call
- Async-first collaboration
- Iterative feature delivery
- Bug fixes & improvements
- Pause or cancel anytime
Book a call about this plan
EMBEDDED2 slots open for September
€5,000
- Design & development, full throttle
- Priority queue: your work ships first
- Calls scheduled around the work
- Two parallel workstreams
- 48h average turnaround
- Pause or cancel anytime
Book a call about this plan
Want something custom? We can do that too. Let's talk
Do you only work on existing products?
How quickly can you start?
What does the monthly retainer include?
Can I pause or cancel anytime?
If you still have questions, book a 15-min call, no compromise
You've seen the work
Let's talk about yours
Fifteen minutes, no pitch. Tell us what you're building and you'll leave with a straight answer on scope, timeline, and cost. And if we're not the right team for it, we'll tell you that too.
- Slots open
2 for September
- Backlog, reduced
−65% in under 8 weeks
- Product iteration
3× faster
You'll be talking to GonçaloFounder — not a sales team