OBSIDIAN HERON
Still waters. Swift execution.
Still waters. Swift execution.
The Studio
Obsidian Heron, LLC is a privately held venture studio. We design, build, and operate software companies — web platforms, mobile applications, and the infrastructure that connects them.
We work in small, senior teams on long time horizons. We build products that earn their keep, and we invest our own time and capital before anyone else's.
Each venture operates under its own brand. Obsidian Heron is the shared foundation beneath them.
How we work
Obsidian Heron operates as a single team across three disciplines. We draw from startup founders, Fortune 500 operators, and active investors — the kind of practitioners who have shipped, scaled, and funded real companies. Each venture we build benefits from all three at once.
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Senior engineering and product leadership. We build consumer and enterprise software, iOS and Android applications, and the backend infrastructure that keeps them durable. Our operators have led platforms that serve millions and startups that got to market in months.
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Brand, positioning, performance marketing, and category design. Our team has launched consumer and B2B products, scaled acquisition across paid, organic, and partnership channels, and built go-to-market programs that compound without burning capital.
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We invest our own capital into the companies we build and selectively back founders outside the studio. Our investor-operators know what early traction looks like, what it costs, and how to deploy capital patiently enough to let real businesses emerge.
Portfolio
A remote hiring platform connecting US-based businesses with vetted Filipino professionals for direct employment — no placement fees, aligned to US business hours.
skilled.ph →A deals marketplace for AI and independently built software. Makers list a discounted offer, TEQLAB handles checkout, escrow, and payout on a revenue share.
teqlab.com →Dynamic QR codes and short links that stay editable after they are printed, with real scan analytics, an API, and GS1 Digital Link support.
reroutehq.com →Buy once, buy right. A curated buy-it-for-life catalog of tools, cookware, and gear, with every product vetted for durability and long-term value.
4evabrands.com →Bookkeeping and tax automation for US service businesses under 25 people. Replaces the shoebox-and-CPA cycle with an AI-driven books-first workflow.
Coming soonA private iOS journaling and reflection app with an on-device model. No streaks, no social, no cloud AI — introspection as the product.
Coming soonA US-to-Latin-America direct-hiring platform for software engineering contractors. A structural sibling to Skilled.Ph in a different geography.
Coming soonDeveloper tooling for distributed engineering teams built around async code review. A small, opinionated product for teams that want review to feel like writing, not meetings.
Coming soonAn operator-led platform for emerging fund managers: deal flow, syndicate rails, and a private operator community. Built around the idea that the best capital is patient and informed.
Coming soonOperating properties
A cluster of North Carolina businesses operating inside the state's controlled beverage system — retail, brokerage, and brand promotion. Different market, same studio: we build the platform and run the operation.
The official ABC board for Lexington, North Carolina, serving Davidson County since 1972. Store locations, hours, pricing, and an industry portal for suppliers and brokers.
lexingtonabc.com →A premium spirit brokerage representing craft distilleries across North Carolina, with a searchable NC ABC catalog, a single barrel program, and on-premise ordering for bars and restaurants.
doradorockllc.com →Field marketing for spirits suppliers: ABC store tastings, trained brand ambassadors, and promotional events run statewide, with per-event reporting back to the brand.
drpromotions.org →A North Carolina operating group working across the state's regulated beverage market.
shdanegroup.com →Submit an idea
If you're a founder, operator, or domain expert with a product idea that could fit the studio, we'd like to hear it. We read every submission. Strong fits get a conversation.
Contact
For partnership, press, or general inquiries, send us a note. We read everything.