The Brand Shed

We build growth ventures.

A solo venture studio powered by brand, product, growth and AI.

Brands & organisations we've worked with

Saga Oxford University Press The FA Vodafone Hasbro EY Babcock Archant Merck Hexagon AeroPress Perfectly Picked Leisure Focus Neutonic iu Labs

Ventures we're building.

Solo and with ambitious partners.

A Neutonic campaign served inside the Braywick Leisure Centre app
In build

A media network connecting ambitious brands with millions of active consumers.

In the gyms, clubs, resorts and apps people already open mid-session.

Explore AKTYV Sports
In build

Building a media agency inside leisure and fitness environments.

Supporting local communities with marketing and media packages.

Explore Get In Focus Media
Brandon Fox, the Love DTC mascot, at a desk
Coming soon

Independent rankings and discovery for the DTC brands people love.

A consumer-facing media brand in front, and the data that comes with it behind.

Coming soon at LoveDTC.com

Small teams just became capable of big things.

AI is changing what's possible for founders and small teams. We're building our Studio around that shift, combining human judgement with AI workers across strategy, research, marketing, prospecting and build.

We're using it to build our own ventures, and helping ambitious organisations do the same.

Built. Tested. Learned.

Not every idea becomes a company. We build, test, learn, and keep moving.

Max Barringer's World of Football
World of Football themaxbarringer.com →

Five books for young footballers about mindset, written, illustrated and published around Max Barringer's World of Football.

Built & published
Built for Introverts
Built for Introverts

An audience-first test: could a sharp point of view build a following before a product existed?

Parked
Ūpp campaign: you don't snooze Ūpp, you get Ūpp
Ūpp

A silent, screen-free wake-up across app, watch, tile and band, so the phone never comes into the bedroom.

Parked
WOWHUS, Exceptional Escapes
WOWHUS wowhus.com →

Exceptional escapes. A second run at a brand whose first version helped home renovation and property businesses turn their work into video.

Built & parked Revenue generated
Täg tracker card
Täg

A tracker card thin enough to live in a wallet. Take it. Täg it.

Parked