Swanmakers Brand & Design
We are a collective of experienced designers, strategists, engineers and ex-VC operators.
We help venture funds and high-growth companies evolve into the most elegant, credible, and magnetic version of themselves.
Swans are symbols of elegance and quiet power.
We chose the swan because it mirrors what every ambitious company eventually needs: transformation.
Your team evolved. Your ambition evolved. Your market evolved. Your product evolved. But your brand stayed behind.
Swanmakers crafts a new version of your brand today that reflects the scale and value of what you've built.
Brand First
Identity systems, messaging, storytelling, and visual worlds built for maximum impact. Every touchpoint is tuned to the stakeholder: the LP, the founder, the competitor.
VC as Product
Product design, engineering, AI systems, and data visualizations that elevate perception and trust. We are pioneers in bringing design thinking and product design to VC.
Venture Experts
Experienced designers, engineers, and ex VC-operators with deep exposure to venture-backed growth that know the market better than most.
Identity systems, wordmarks, voice, naming. For a first close or the next fund.
The front door of your brand: your portfolio, your thesis. We run a full design to development process, from wireframes to live sites.
LP and GP-facing decks. Building the narrative, crafting the page-by-page, landing in the data-room.
ESG and impact reporting that earns the read: editorial discipline, not a compliance exercise.
Annual reports, quarterly reports. We design and publish the communication that lands on the LP's desk.
Our Philosophy
Great design makes the world pay attention.
We work with established funds, founders and purpose-driven companies whose visual and digital footprint no longer reflects the quality of their work.
We don't invent your edge, we reveal it. That's the work we love most: revealing the value already there, and helping the world see it too.
We're always looking for ambitious projects where branding, storytelling, and design can elevate how a company is seen, and help the world pay attention to what deserves it.
Early- and growth-stage funds raising on a sharpened thesis, refreshing for a new vintage, or going through a step-change in the institution.
Mid-market and platform firms whose institutional surface needs to match the scale and discipline of the capital under management.
Single- and multi-family offices building a deliberate public voice for direct deals, philanthropy, or the next generation of stewardship.
Design & Brand Strategist
With over two decades of experience across product design, brand strategy, and venture capital, including roles as Head of Comms for a €280M AUM impact fund and as an exited founder, Giulia brings a unique human-centered UX lens to fund strategy. She turns complex investment theses into intuitive narrative assets, from websites to pitch decks to impact reports, helping impact-driven funds stand out, articulate clear value, and convert LP interest into capital.
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Design & Tech Strategist
With more than 15 years of experience in tech, engineering, and design, including a run as Business Development Manager for a €250M+ ARR multinational and a many-times bootstrapped founder, Chris helps funds translate institutional credibility into compelling visual and narrative identities. His work is data-driven, backed by human empathy, and mission-focused so that all stakeholders get the right message in a dynamic and engaging format.
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We craft brands worthy of the businesses behind them.
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