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ACCELERATING STARTUP GROWTH THROUGH BRAND MARKETING.
As a leading brand marketing agency, Sightbox specializes in nurturing a deep emotional and psychological connection between our clients and their customers, driving accelerated growth for startup founders and VCs.
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Brand Strategy
- Discovery
- Positioning
- Messaging
Brand Identity
- Naming
- Logo Design
- Identity System
Brand Experience
- Website
- UI/UX
- Prototypes
Brand Management
- Project Management Support
- Design Support
- Development Support
Brand Strategy
PRODUCT-MARKETING FIT.
It’s not enough for your startup to have product-market fit. You need to stand out as new category leaders. Through our principle of Product-Marketing Fit, we help you create a brand that not only satisfies a demand but invents a desire.
Brand Identity
BRAND MEETS BELIEVER.
When building a brand, your startup has to go beyond just creating a customer. It needs to create a new culture. Through our principle of Disruptive By Design, we help your startup build a brand that is as innovative and inspirational as your products.
Brand Experience
WEBSITE WITH INSIGHT.
Your startup doesn’t need another website. It requires a new way to engage your customers more compellingly. By applying our Brand Experience (BX) principle, we help build a journey for your startup that informs and inspires.
Brand Management
WORKING IN CONCERT.
Building a brand is more than making a one-hit wonder. It’s creating an entire symphony. Through our principle of Dreamwork, we create powerful leadership-lead creative and development teams that scale just like you to help you stay in tune.
Our Flex
Our Stable of Startups.
Check out some recent case studies, although the work speaks for itself.
Series C
Photonic
Photonic is building a new world through scalable, fault-tolerant quantum technologies.
photonic.com
Venture
Superlayer
Experts building blue-chip projects in consumer Web3.
superlayer.io
Series B
Cleartrace
Cleartrace provides the actionable data companies need to proactively decarbonize their operations.
cleartrace.io
Seed
Noosa
Noosa helps brands and retailers to connect more effectively with their consumers.
noosa.io
Initiatives
Where we're going we don't need roads.
At Sightbox, we believe that AI startups have an opportunity to do more than just create impressive technology. With proper branding, they have the chance to become leaders, innovators, and category definers – not just another bot.
WEB 
Web3 is almost here, and with it comes a new promise for how we use the web. At Sightbox, we’re investing in this future through our Web3D Initiative to ensure that we’re not only prepared but also participants.
FOR THE FEARLESS
At Sightbox we believe that startups are dangerous. More than just new companies, they’re economic and cultural catalysts. We not only respect this threat, we focus it into a brand that is as fearless as the people behind it.
09 01 2023
From iStock to iStuck: How Generative AI is Transforming Stock Photography
06 02 2023
It AI’nt Over Till It’s Over: SF is back!
As the world continues to navigate the digital age, artificial intelligence (AI) is evolving at an unprecedented pace. And at the heart of this evolution, San Francisco stands as the epicenter of AI.
05 09 2023
We are the Worldcoin: Proving Your Humanity in the Age of AI
In today’s rapidly evolving digital world, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to distinguish between humans and AI-powered bots. One solution to this problem might just come from an unexpected source: Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, who’s also a co-founder of a cryptocurrency project called Worldcoin.
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December 9 2021
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December 7 2021
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October 14 2020
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Preccelerator® Program Announces Its Sixth Class of Companies
PORTFOLIO
BEST FOUNDERS FOREVER.
Seed
Mnemonic
The complete NFT intelligence platform.
mnemonichq.com
Series C
Cleo
The 1st family benefits platform to support all caregivers.
hicleo.com
Venture
Superlayer
Experts building blue-chip projects in consumer Web3.
superlayer.io
Series B
Cleartrace
Cleartrace provides the actionable data companies need to proactively decarbonize their operations.
cleartrace.io
Slack slayers.
We see ourselves as much more than just a studio, but as a family of like-minded, kind and talented people who love to collaborate and make awesome sh*t together.
1.3
Billion raised by clients
2
Acquisitions
14
Industries
2011
Year Founded
2
Friends turned founders
5
Countries
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Startups and Partners
We get where you’ve been. And where you’re going. Work with Sightbox to capitalize on your brand’s vision and potential.
VCs
Our strategy and design deliver brand equity you won’t find anywhere else. Create a portfolio that’s the envy of the valley.