From Web3 idea to production.

We design, build, launch and operate sophisticated onchain products. From rapid AI prototypes to scalable financial infrastructure.

DeFiStablecoinsLendingRWAsTokenized FundsData Platforms
Selected work

Products we helped bring to life

Our portfolio spans DeFi trading, stablecoins, lending, yield infrastructure, tokenized assets and specialist Web3 data platforms.

Flying Tulip

An ecosystem of over five core DeFi products

Product and engineering work across Flying Tulip's core platform, its marketplace for tokenized perpetual PUT positions and the ftUSD stablecoin experience.

FrontendData indexingProductQAProduction support
DeFi
Stablecoin
Options
Lending
Trading
Insurance
Smart Contracts
Product 01

ftPUT Marketplace

A secondary onchain marketplace for discovering, valuing, buying and selling perpetual PUT positions.

Product 02

ftUSD

A delta-neutral stablecoin and settlement asset that puts deposited capital to work across onchain strategies.

Yelay

Embedded yield infrastructure

Multi-chain yield infrastructure that enables companies and users to deploy digital assets across curated DeFi strategies.

Smart contractsSDKProduct
Yield
Vaults
DeFi
RociFi

Onchain credit without full collateral

An undercollateralized lending protocol powered by onchain wallet scoring.

ScoringProtocolFrontend
DeFi Lending
Credit Scoring
Undercollateralized Loans
Wallet Analytics
Polygon
zkSync
RWA.World

The information layer for tokenized assets

A specialist media, research and data platform for the tokenized real-world asset industry.

PlatformDatabaseProduct
Real-World Assets
Web3 Data
Research
Media
Market Intelligence
Services

Two people and AI from concept to scale

We combine product, design, software development, monitoring, and analytics expertise, so our clients don't have to coordinate multiple teams and contractors.

Frontend development

Responsive, production-ready interfaces for complex Web3 products.

Backend development

Reliable infrastructure connecting applications, blockchain networks and external services.

Product management

Product leadership, PMF, and GTM for technically complex products in both global and niche markets.

Smart-contract development

Protocol logic and production-ready smart contracts handling over $1B in assets.

Product operations & support

Ongoing technical and operational support after launch.

Delivery options

Start fast. Scale wisely.

Model 01

From idea to an AI-powered prototype

Turn your idea into a working MVP that will help you acquire users and investors. Core functionality and key journeys built with AI tools.

Prototype your idea
Model 02

From AI prototype to a production-grade platform

Rebuild or extend the prototype into a scalable product.

Scale your prototype
Process

A direct path from concept to launch

  1. 01

    Understand

    Business model, users, financial mechanics and success criteria.

  2. 02

    Define

    Journeys, requirements, architecture and a prioritised plan.

  3. 03

    Build

    Contracts, backend and interface in coordinated sprints.

  4. 04

    QA

    Functionality, usability, integrations and edge cases.

  5. 05

    Launch

    Release coordination, Deployment and Monitoring.

  6. 06

    Scale

    New features, analytics, optimisation and continued operations.

Why WeAreShovels

Product people who ship

A studio focused on Web3 and digital finance. Product managers, engineers, designers and financial operations specialists with deep TradFi and DeFi experiences.

Deep Web3 and DeFi experience

DeFi, stablecoin, lending and RWA products shipped end to end.

Product and engineering under one roof

Strategy, design and code from a single end-2-end accountable team.

B2C and B2B products

Consumer-grade UX and institutional-grade infrastructure.

From prototypes to production infrastructure

The same team carries a concept through to live operations.

Long-term support after launch

Monitoring, releases and incident response, long after day one.

Contact

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