The Captive Model

Your offshore team.
Truly yours.

A dedicated team operating under your brand, your processes and your reporting lines — without entity setup, HR overhead or country risk.

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The comparison

Traditional outsourcing vs. captive teams.

The same headcount, fundamentally different outcomes.

DimensionTraditionalCaptive
Resource allocation✗ Shared, multi-tenant✓ 100% dedicated to you
Hiring decision✗ Vendor decides✓ You interview, you approve
Reporting line✗ Vendor PM✓ Your eng / ops leadership
Tooling✗ Vendor stack✓ Your stack, your accounts
Process & rituals✗ Vendor SOPs✓ Your sprints, retros, on-call
IP & data✗ Shared environments✓ Isolated, contractually yours
Talent retention✗ High churn (~25%)✓ Long-tenure (91% annual)
Cost model✗ Markup per ticket✓ Transparent FTE cost-plus
Knowledge accrual✗ Resets with rotations✓ Compounds quarter over quarter
Benefits

Why founders and CTOs choose captive.

Control, retention and quality that compounds — not resets — every quarter.

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Full operational control
Your KPIs, your standards, your roadmap. We handle infra, HR, payroll, retention — you run the team.
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Enterprise-grade security
Dedicated workspaces, isolated networks, SOC 2 / ISO 27001 / HIPAA-ready. Your data never mingles.
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Talent that stays
91% annual retention. People who learn your codebase and customers — and stay. Knowledge compounds.
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Predictable scaling
Quarterly capacity planning. Add 5 engineers in 9 weeks, not 6 months. No re-procurement.
What you keep · What we handle

A clean division of responsibility.

You stay in control of everything that matters. We handle everything that's overhead.

You own
✓ Roadmap & priorities
✓ Hiring decisions
✓ Performance reviews
✓ Tooling & codebase
✓ Client / customer relationships
✓ IP and data
We handle
✓ Sourcing & shortlisting
✓ Office, infra & equipment
✓ HR, payroll & compliance
✓ Legal entity & contracts
✓ Retention & wellbeing
✓ Local management & escalation
How it works

Signed SOW to first sprint in 9 weeks.

A senior partner runs your engagement end to end. No account managers.

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Step 01
Discovery
Map roles, success metrics, security and operating model. Week 1.
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Step 02
Hire
Curated panels. You run the final loop and approve every hire.
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Step 03
Onboard
Repo, CI, SSO, helpdesk, on-call — wired into your stack.
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Step 04
Deliver
Embedded in your sprints and SLAs from week one.
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Step 05
Scale
Quarterly capacity planning. Add roles without re-procuring.
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Your timeline to live
1
Discovery Call
Week 1 — roles, security, model
2
Candidate Shortlist
Weeks 2–3 — curated panels
3
Your Interview Loop
Weeks 3–4 — you approve every hire
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Stack Integration
Weeks 5–7 — repo, CI, SSO, helpdesk
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First Sprint Live
Week 9 — delivering on SLAs
First sprint in 9 weeks, guaranteed
Ready to design your captive team?

A 60-minute call to map roles, scale and timelines.

No pitch deck. No obligations. A senior partner who'll stay on your account for the long haul.

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