Startup UI/UX design agency

Our design studio for startups provides companies with senior UI/UX design experts who actually understand business software. No juniors, no hand-holding, no endless revisions.

Hiring an agency is faster and lower-risk. Hiring a full-time senior designer is slow and expensive, burning your runway on recruiting. Freelancers are often uncommitted and may lack the deep strategic expertise needed for a complex product. An agency gives you an entire, integrated A-level team immediately. You get proven domain experts with a flexible, pay-per-sprint model, skipping the hiring bottleneck entirely.

It’s not recommended to develop MVP without the involvement of the UI/UX expertise. The majority of the big products gain a significant edge with the help of the design. Besides, improving MVP that was built without proper UI/UX takes more time and resources. So, we suggest partnering with designers as early as possible.  

Otherwise, if you already have an MVP and realize it needs some work in the UI/UX department, we can help! Improving existing products, be it MVPs or established products, is a part of Cieden’s expertise. We’ll preserve your product’s identity and recognizability while enhancing its usability, and marketability. 

Yes. We specialize in the hard stuff: data-heavy interfaces, multi-persona platforms, and complex B2B workflows. The page shows we have 9 years of experience in high-stakes, regulated industries like FinTech, Healthcare (HIPAA-compliant), and Logistics, with case studies like the Way2B1 wealth-management platform to prove it.

It depends on the complexity of your product and your requirements. The best way to determine the required time is to conduct a quick discovery phase after idea validation. 

We need nothing but your vision, goals, and project constraints to start working on your product. We can create project requirements together. But, the more information you give us, the less time the UI/UX design process will take. 

Our digital design agency is remote-first, with teams in Europe and North America. That means great talent and flexible hours, wherever you are. In case of different time zones, we will move our synchronization meetings to a time that will satisfy both parties. You won’t experience any difficulties concerning cultural differences as our employees are highly trained and have experience working with customers from all over the world. We know how to fully integrate a team into your processes so you won’t feel any discomfort. 

We use Figma, Protopie, Invision, Zeplin, Sketch, Google Analytics, Mix Panel, Full Story, Google Optimize, Hot Jar, Principle, Adobe Creative Suite, Miro, Whimsical, Jira, Confluence, Notion, Google Workspace, and many others.

Usually, startups we work with receive project roadmap, wireframes, validated clickable prototypes, complete UI/UX design. 

But, our process and deliverables vary depending on the product requirements. 

The most recommended process is when we work as a part of your team following Agile methodology. In this case, we perform all research, design, and validation during the entirety of the product development. We also perform continuous discovery to check the quality of the developed product, support software developers and create documentation. 

Sometimes, clients want a concept. In this case, we choose a waterfall approach to develop the design from scratch, help with the pitch deck and the materials that help to communicate with stakeholders, validate ideas, and find investors. This approach also helps to find developers because when you have the prototype and product specifications it’s easier to estimate and find a suitable software development partner. 

But, we can change deliverables depending on your requirements. 

At Cieden, we offer flexible pricing tailored to your project's needs. You can choose between hourly billing or a fixed monthly rate for extended partnerships. For more details, please visit our pricing models page.