Strategy · Capital · Creative
Stopwatch Creative is a growth partner for founders. We take companies from go-to-market to fundraising to exit, with the brand, content and search presence to back it up.
Founded by an operator and investor who has been part of the teams behind multiple exits.
Capabilities: go-to-market, fundraising support, paid media, AI implementation, SEO, content creation, brand and creative, experiential, exit readiness.
Most agencies stop at the logo or the launch. We stay through the raise, the growth curve and the sale, because that is where the work pays off.
Most brands don't fail on execution. They fail on direction. We validate the market, sharpen positioning and build the plan that gets you to your first real customers, then your next thousand.
Investors fund stories they can believe. Built by a team with venture capital experience, we shape the narrative, the materials and the strategy behind your raise.
We put AI to work for you: websites, apps and landing pages shipped in days instead of months, and communications that respond faster and sound like your brand.
Be found by the people already looking for you. Search strategies that compound: technical fixes, content that ranks and a site built to convert the traffic it earns.
Content that earns attention and turns it into pipeline: short-form video, editorial and social, built for the platforms your buyers actually use.
Creative that cuts through the noise and converts. Identity systems, websites and ad creative at the intersection of design, marketing and culture.
We don't just reach audiences. We engage them where they are, backed by a 50K+ experiential network.
Ad spend should buy growth, not guesses. We plan, launch and manage paid campaigns across Facebook, Instagram, Google and the platforms your buyers use, then optimize against real results.
Exits
An exit is the hardest test of everything that comes before it. Positioning, brand, pipeline and investor story all get priced in at the table. We have worked alongside founders through two acquisitions totaling more than $50 million in value, building the market presence and the narrative buyers pay for.
A B2B SaaS platform with a strong product, unclear value in a crowded market, long sales cycles and no brand presence heading into a potential exit.
Outcome: acquired by Dark Rhino Security.
Read the acquisition announcementA Dayton, Ohio mental health and addiction treatment practice with six outpatient offices across southwest Ohio, serving adults, teens and children.
Outcome: acquired by BayMark Health Services.
Read the acquisition announcementA Columbus, Ohio mobility company whose software helps employers offer reliable transportation to their workforce, powered by local fleet operators.
Outcome: $12M Series A led by Iron Gate Capital and Renewal Funds.
Read the funding announcementSince 2017, we've helped founders turn ideas into market-ready businesses, and market-ready businesses into acquisitions. Venture experience and a full creative studio, on one team.
Meet the founders
Manny is an entrepreneur, strategist and investor focused on helping brands grow through creative storytelling, marketing and digital innovation. With a background spanning startups, venture investing and business development, he has helped guide companies through growth initiatives, fundraising and exits.
His experience includes leadership roles in early-stage healthcare and tech ventures and investment analysis at a top venture capital firm. Today he leads Stopwatch Creative's mission to build companies through strategy-driven design, marketing and technology.
Lenny is a multidisciplinary designer with experience across industries. After earning his degree in graphic design, he worked across illustration, animation, branding and web design, starting as a freelancer before a four-year agency role.
He later joined the Jaguar Land Rover incubator in Portland as a UX/UI designer for one of its startups. Driven by curiosity, he's a designer who keeps learning and evolving.
Featured in
Contact
Tell us where you are and where you want to be. We'll come back with a plan.