Agency Transfer · New York

Agency Transfer
in New York

Your current dev team stopped shipping. We pick up where they failed and ship in two weeks.

Most weeks we get an email from a founder who is six months into a build that should have shipped in three. The agency promises 'next sprint' every Friday. Standups stopped two months ago. The founder pays a retainer to watch nothing ship. We take these projects. We finish them. Two weeks, $1K–$30K, the work that survived the previous team stays.

Get a Agency Transfer quote New York overview

Engagement shape

From

$1,000

Flat price, quoted after 30-min call

Timeline

14 days

First production deploy

Senior engineer, named

Day 1

Code in your GitHub

Retainer, equity, lock-in

How this works

One AI-native engineer.
The output of a team.

One senior engineer plus AI agents now ships agency transfer that used to need a four-person team. Same code quality, half the cost, three-week timelines instead of three months. Built for pre-seed to Series A founders in New York who need to ship before the next round closes.

The local read

Why agency transfer is hard in New York

NYC founders have a worse hiring problem than the funding headlines suggest. Half your top engineering candidates are weighing your seed offer against a $400K Google package. The dev shops in town are agency-of-record operations billing hourly, or staffing shops shoveling juniors into your team.

We're neither. One named senior engineer owns the build end-to-end. Flat price quoted after a 30-minute call. Eastern Time, same as your General Catalyst partner and your midtown customers. When we finish, the code is in your GitHub and the contract is over. No retainer.

Hiring one senior engineer here is a ~$310K year-one outlay and a 60–90 day search. Our agency transfer engagement starts at $1,000 with a first deploy in 14 days.

Did you know · New York

NYC has roughly 25,000 active tech startups, second only to the Bay Area in the US.

Time zone

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Eastern Time, same as you. Meetings happen during your morning coffee, not midnight Slack pings.

Sectors in New York

FintechAI infrastructureMedia techB2B SaaSConsumer tech

Stack we use

GitHubVercel / RenderPostgresStripeClerk / Auth.jsSentry

What you actually get

Concrete deliverables.
Live in 14 days.

No discovery phase that bills for itself. No Figma-only delivery. Every item below is something you can open, click, and ship to a user.

Day 1–2 code and contract audit: what works, what is half-built, where the IP risk is

Day 3 take possession: repo into your GitHub org, infra to your accounts, every secret rotated

Day 4–7 foundation: CI with real tests, RLS lockdown, observability, main-branch protection

Day 8–14 finish + ship: close the gap between 'claimed done' and 'actually working', deploy to production

Why us

Why founders in New York pick us for this

We've taken over eight transfer projects this quarter — same five failure patterns every time

We give you the literal email script to fire your current team without burning bridges

We don't restart from scratch — we finish the 70 percent the previous team had half-built

Average customer churn during our last three transfer engagements was zero

Agency Transfer we've shipped

Founders we shipped agency transfer with

Real founders, real product, real testimonials. The kind of agency transfer work we'd do for you in New York.

Content Platform · 2022

Sweet and Savory Meals

Homemade recipes blog and e-commerce platform for food lovers. Easy and delicious dishes with integrated recipe management and shopping features.

Visit the product

“When we started, there was no website, no technical foundation, just an idea and a clear vision of what I wanted to build. Valery and the Start Matter team took that vision seriously and helped me turn it into a real product from scratch. What I appreciated most was how easy and human the collaboration felt. They listened carefully, explained things in a way I could understand, and genuinely cared about building something that would work long-term, not just "finish a task." I always felt supported and involved in the process. Start Matter handled everything end to end and made the whole journey smooth and stress-free. Today, Sweet and Savory Meals is live, growing, and built on a solid foundation I trust. I’m truly grateful for their work, their patience, and their commitment, and I would happily recommend Start Matter to anyone looking for a reliable and thoughtful development partner.”

Catalina Castravet

Founder, Sweet and Savory Meals

Health Platform · 2023

Brain.fm

Music platform designed to help focus, relax, and sleep better. AI-generated music optimized for cognitive performance and mental wellness.

Visit the product

“Working with Start Matter has been a fantastic experience. When we brought Start Matter into the Brain.fm project, we were looking for more than just developers — we needed a team that could think with us, help shape the product, and execute at a high level. Start Matter did exactly that and more. From early iterations to complex feature development, the team showed deep technical expertise, strong problem-solving skills, and a clear focus on delivering value. Communication was always open and honest, and they were great about adapting to changes and challenges without missing a beat. What really stood out was their ability to integrate seamlessly with our internal team and match our pace. They consistently delivered high-quality work and made sure we felt supported at every step. I'm very grateful for their professionalism, creativity, and commitment to excellence. I would highly recommend Start Matter to anyone who wants a reliable, skilled, and thoughtful development partner.”

Daniel Clark

Co-founder, Brain.fm

FAQ

Common questions about agency transfer
in New York

What does the transfer process look like?

Five steps over 14 days: audit + walk-away email script (Day 1–2), take possession (Day 3), foundation (Day 4–7), finish what they started (Day 8–12), ship and document (Day 13–14).

Will my current dev team make this difficult?

Usually no. Most disengage cleanly once the final invoice is paid and the notice period is honored. We give you the script. Contracts we have written for clients survive every transfer we've done.

How do I get the code back if they gatekeep?

Demand the seven-item handover before paying the final invoice: repo ownership, full commit history, every secret in your password manager, cloud accounts transferred, README, runbook, and a scheduled access-revocation date.

Can you finish what they started?

Yes, in most cases. Starting over throws away your investment. We close gaps in existing code. Roughly half the time we keep most of it and ship in week two.

How much does the transfer cost?

$1K–$30K flat-price after the audit. Lower end for projects where the previous team left a clean (if incomplete) codebase. Upper end for full two-week engagements with two engineers.

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