# BUILDING A MOBILE & WEB PRODUCT FROM SCRATCH

An SEC-registered crypto investment platform raised $35M in Series A funding and wanted to pivot from a trading bot marketplace to a consumer-facing portfolio management product. They had no existing product and had to build their mobile and web platforms, along with their backend infrastructure, from scratch, before the market window closed.

## Cost Reduction
## Quick Integration
## Scaling Flexibility
## Access to Resources

## Problem

### High Stakes, Limited Capacity

There was no existing infrastructure, so their mobile, web, and backend systems had to be built from the ground up, with added pressure from regulatory complexity. Their existing team was made up of about 20 people, with only two full-time employees. Timeline pressures meant that they did not have the time for conventional hiring or to work with less-than-ideal partners.

## Solution

### Embedded Teams Across the Entire Stack

Trio rapidly deployed engineers across mobile, web, and backend teams, helping them to scale the organization and grow from under 20 to over 80 people in six months and build their full React Native app from scratch, including authentication, portfolio management, wallet creation, and funding flows. In parallel, our developers were also able to build the web platform and backend infrastructure.

## Impact

### Production-Ready Applications, Without Hiring Slowdown.

The company was able to build a production-ready mobile app and web platform within their timeline requirements, without sacrificing on expert talent that would have resulted in regulatory issues later down the road. The products were built with solid foundations, so they are ready to expand going forward, without total rewrites.