LEMONSGATE

Embrace Individuality

Strategy as Code

THE LEMONSGATE WAY

Strategy.

Code.

Impact.

Strategy as Code

Strategy as Code -- as a high-level concept -- translates business strategies into digital form, where every line of code reflects strategic decisions and process design impacting customer experience, efficiency, scalability, and business goals and metrics.

Digital Products

We develop and integrate software and hardware as core components of digital products -- from prototype to scalable operation. From digital transformation of key value creation processes and corporate functions to novel tools and applications.

Enhanced Competitiveness

Our innovative and scalable solutions enable swift adaptation to market changes and trends, enhancing competitiveness, cutting operational costs, and boosting profitability. -- Lead the market with new ideas, don't just follow others.

Protect Intellectual Property

We help secure entrepreneurial knowledge, such as algorithms, technical know-how, and business logic, as codified intellectual property. Protect and strengthen your market position, and outpace the competition through innovation and strategic aligment.

Customizable Technology

We craft tailored solutions to meet your unique needs and strategic goals. By integrating and building on current technologies and proven methodologies, we employ a build and buy strategy to ensure interoperability, flexibility, and adaptability.

Focus on Core Competencies

Custom software development helps closing gaps in your digital environments, strengthen core competencies, reduce organizational clutter, streamline processes, and accelerate decision-making. This enhances your company's efficiency, resilience and productivity.

"Software is more than a tool; it's the direct implementation of corporate strategy in programmable form. Software development becomes an extension of business strategy, where each line of code represents a strategic decision—whether it's enhancing customer experience, improving efficiency, ensuring scalability, or achieving other business goals."

Sebastian Hinckel
Founding Partner

The Necessity of Custom Software Development

OUR PHILOSOPHY

Custom software development is not really a luxury -- but a necessity for long-term competitiveness. The line between standard applications and custom software is blurring, with standard products offering high levels of customization and individual software leveraging standardized frameworks and platforms. Yet, a software product is more than just the program code. It must be operated securely, regularly updated and consistently maintained - and users need reliable support.

We excel in product design, development, infrastructure, cybersecurity, AI/ML, data management and analytics, as well as integrating legal and regulatory compliance, transforming strategic intent into deployed, defensible capabilities for investors, startups, and enterprises. Whether launching new ventures, extending critical infrastructure, or embedding adaptability and resilience -- we consult, build, run, and deliver solutions that prioritize security, scalability, and sustainability.

From Conception to Market Maturity DEVELOPMENT
Our approach is defined by clear standards and proven methodologies. We follow a standardized yet flexible development process from conception to market readiness, ensuring efficient, high-quality results. With active product management and long-term operational support, we guarantee the future-proof, continuous development and maintenance of all solutions we create.
Secure, Sustainable, and Cost-Effective OPERATIONS
We help establish secure, sustainable, and cost-optimized operations, whether in the cloud or on-premises. By seamlessly integrating our solutions into your existing IT environments and organizational structures, we ensure consistent lifecycle management to maintain the highest quality and security standards, along with long-term premium technical and operational support.
Technical Expertise and User Training SUPPORT
Our definition of support extends beyond implementing and running digital solutions. We prioritize comprehensive technical and end-user training, along with thorough product documentation. We help you build high-quality internal support structures through tailored workshops and long-term third-level support, ensuring your team is empowered to use and support all solutions effectively.

Committed to Mission Success

How we Work

Our approach is defined by focus, speed, and strategic depth. Our lean, experienced core team is supported by a global network of engineers, operators, domain experts, and legal/compliance professionals. With over 50 years of combined experience and a track record of 50+ successful projects across 25+ industries, we offer the agility of a boutique firm and the operational strength of a large organization.

Investment protection Protecting Your Investments
Completing IT projects within budget and on time requires diligent planning and effective time and resource management. By leveraging our experience, utilizing an agile approach, implementing structured control mechanisms, and employing efficient project communication, we ensure your investments are protected and high-quality results are guaranteed.
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Security Cybersecurity by Design
Cybersecurity threats are growing in sophistication and frequency, while regulatory requirements become more stringent. Compliance with established standards and implementing technical and organizational security measures are crucial but not sufficient. Advanced persistent threats demand the highest level of security and asset protection. Our mission is to implement security by design, counter data breaches and prevent security incidents to ensure reliable operations.
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Documentation Comprehensive Documentation
Comprehensive documentation is essential for sustainable project success. It should cover project progress, implemented functions, quality assurance and test protocols, technical architecture and infrastructure details, compliance documents, and user training information. This ensures secure operations, maintenance, and further development, protects software intellectual property, and forms the foundation for efficient product management and integration into the organizational structure and management ecosystem.
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Sustainability Built-In Sustainability
Our solutions are scalable, flexible, and integrable with existing systems and applications. We use technologies and frameworks that meet current requirements and adapt to future business changes. We are committed to social, ethical, and environmental responsibility, as well as ensuring legal and compliance standards.
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Protecting Your Investments
Completing IT projects within budget and on time requires diligent planning and effective time and resource management. By leveraging our experience, utilizing an agile approach, implementing structured control mechanisms, and employing efficient project communication, we ensure your investments are protected and high-quality results are guaranteed.
Cybersecurity by Design
Cybersecurity threats are growing in sophistication and frequency, while regulatory requirements become more stringent. Compliance with established standards and implementing technical and organizational security measures are crucial but not sufficient. Advanced persistent threats demand the highest level of security and asset protection. Our mission is to implement security by design, counter data breaches and prevent security incidents to ensure reliable operations.
Comprehensive Documentation
Comprehensive documentation is essential for sustainable project success. It should cover project progress, implemented functions, quality assurance and test protocols, technical architecture and infrastructure details, compliance documents, and user training information. This ensures secure operations, maintenance, and further development, protects software intellectual property, and forms the foundation for efficient product management and integration into the organizational structure and management ecosystem.
Built-In Sustainability
Our solutions are scalable, flexible, and integrable with existing systems and applications. We use technologies and frameworks that meet current requirements and adapt to future business changes. We are committed to social, ethical, and environmental responsibility, as well as ensuring legal and compliance standards.

Agility from Planning to Operation

The Process

Discovery Phase

Every project begins with an analysis of requirements, strategic objectives, and organizational and technical constraints, resulting in an initial concept, clear roadmap, and detailed investment planning. We conduct this phase swiftly yet diligently, as overlooking key issues at this stage can lead to significant problems later in the project.

From Prototype to Proof-Of-Market

Developing the product iteratively is crucial for early issue detection, feature testing, assumption validation, and market failure prevention. In this main phase, we design the software and continuously develop its core functions, resulting in a phased approach: from proof-of-concept to prototype, and finally from minimal viable product to proof-of-market.

Testing & Go-Live

Once initial development is complete, the product must pass final code reviews and quality tests, and integrated product management processes must be established. After completing the beta testing phase and reaching market maturity, the software is ready for launch. The result is a fully functional, tested product prepared for market introduction.

Secure Operations & Dev-Ops

Alongside software development, we've established production environments on public, private, or hybrid clouds, ensuring top-tier cybersecurity, monitoring, and technical support. Post-deployment, active lifecycle management, secure Dev-Ops, CI/CD, and continuous updates ensure secure, scalable, and reliable operations.

Support & Documentation

Comprehensive documentation and professional processes, enhanced by training, maintenance, and technical and user support, ensure efficient product management and organizational effectiveness. Key elements include integration into existing management systems (e.g., ISMS), initial and regular audits, and code reviews.

Continuous Improvement

The cyclical improvement process incorporates user feedback, support experiences, and new requirements, ensuring the software evolves and adapts throughout its lifecycle. Even after handing over all key aspects of operations and maintenance, we ensure continuous development and long-term project success.

Successful Projects

Success Stories

Service Management Portal for SIEMENS Real Estate to manage over 130 locations

Application Security Review of an IoT Product for the Consumer Sector

Secure Business Data Infrastructure and Big Data Analytics for Venture Capital Investments

Supply Chain Management and ERP Solution in the International Automotive Sector

Applications for International Medical Services for the B2B and B2C sectors

Development and Product Management for Laser Marking systems in the Retail Sector

Your Partner for Digital Excellence

Who We Are

Pioneers of Digital Transformation

Our success story began in IT's early days, reflecting our passion and commitment to digital transformation, fixing and relaunching legacy systems, and building new digital products and services through innovation-driven endeavors.

With a track record of 50+ successful projects across 25+ industries, we bring the agility of a boutique firm with the operational reach and execution strength of a much larger organization.

Working with investors, VCs, founders, startups, and established companies—from SMEs to international enterprises—we transform visionary technology strategies into progressive execution—swift, pragmatic, and resilient.

Experienced Team Players for your Success

We leverage outstanding technical know-how and business, legal, and compliance expertise, along with decades of experience, to achieve your strategic goals.

As highly motivated team players, we integrate seamlessly with your internal teams, established partners, and service providers, catering to your organizational requirements and delivering top performance for your success.

Moving beyond advisory, development, and operations, we build teams, design systems, scale ventures, and lead transformation from inception to operational excellence and long-term value creation, catalyzing growth, competitiveness, and success for our clients and partners.

Conventional, yet Unconventional

Our approach may be characteristically conventional, following established guidelines and ensuring compliance with all regulatory and legal requirements—but our implementation and operations are unconventional, creative and progressive.

With technical depth and systemic insight across technology, economics, geopolitics, sustainability, and organizational design, our unique value is rooted at the intersection of vision and delivery.

By integrating state-of-the-art and emergent technology, participating in a global open-source community, driving an uncompromising make-and-buy approach to accelerate progress, and continuously pushing the boundaries of innovation, we create unique solutions that regularly exceed initial expectations.

International Perspective, Local Standards

As a build-and-operate technology powerhouse, we bring a global perspective and extensive experience in international projects and transnational enterprises to every engagement.

Our commitment to proven quality standards, regulatory and legal requirements, and a highly ethical and socially responsible code of conduct ensures excellence in European and international projects from inception to scale.

We catalyze growth, competitiveness, and success for our clients and partners. From de-risking investments and bridging founder gaps to helping established players pivot toward emerging technologies and shifting markets, we deliver cross-domain clarity and end-to-end execution in a globalized, fast-paced, culturally diverse, digital world.