Senior technical leadership and development for businesses that need software done right.

Olicra Ventures is a technology consultancy that helps small businesses make confident technical decisions and build web applications that are tailored to how they actually work — without the overhead of a full-time engineering department.

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Services

Two ways to work together.

Whether you need a technical leader in the room or a team to get the work done, we meet you where you are.

Fractional CTO

Executive-level technical leadership, part-time. For businesses that need someone to own the technology direction, ask the hard questions and keep vendors, contractors and budgets honest — but don't yet need a full-time CTO.

  • Strategy & roadmap — turn business goals into a clear technical plan.
  • Architecture & build-vs-buy — pick tools you won't regret in two years.
  • Team & vendor guidance — hiring, reviewing proposals, managing outside developers.
  • A technical voice at the table — plain-language advice when decisions are being made.

Development Services

Hands-on engineering for new systems. We can plug into your existing team to add senior capacity, or take a project from idea to production entirely on your behalf.

With your team

Embedded senior engineering that works alongside your people, in your process and tools, to move faster and raise the bar.

On your behalf

End-to-end delivery of a new system — scoping, design, build, launch and handover — when you don't have a team of your own.

What we build

Web applications for small businesses.

Off-the-shelf software rarely fits a business exactly, and enterprise solutions are overkill. We build the middle ground: software shaped around your operations, built to a professional standard.

Tailored

Designed around the way your business runs, not the other way around.

Professional

Clean, thoughtful interfaces your customers and staff will actually want to use.

Reliable

Tested, monitored and maintainable. Boring in all the right ways.

Scalable

Built on modern, proven foundations that grow with you instead of holding you back.

Typical projects

  • Customer, client or member portals
  • Internal tools and admin dashboards
  • Booking, ordering and workflow systems
  • Replacing spreadsheets and manual processes
  • Integrations between the systems you already use

A good fit if you

  • Have outgrown the tools you started with
  • Need something custom but don't want to hire a dev team
  • Want a senior engineer, not a junior one learning on your dime
  • Value clear communication and no surprises

Approach

How an engagement works.

No lengthy discovery phases or surprise invoices. We keep things straightforward from the first conversation to the last commit.

1

Conversation

A free, no-pressure call to understand your business, what's not working and what a good outcome looks like. If we're not the right fit, we'll tell you.

2

Plan

A clear written proposal: what we'll build or advise on, how long it will take, what it will cost and what you'll have at the end.

3

Build & support

Regular demos and honest updates while the work is underway. When it ships, you own it — with documentation, a clean handover and ongoing support if you want it.

The company

Small by design. Senior by default.

Olicra Ventures is a Vancouver-based technology consultancy built on a simple idea: small businesses deserve the same calibre of technical leadership and engineering that large companies take for granted — without the cost or bureaucracy that usually comes with it.

We stay deliberately small so every engagement gets senior attention from start to finish. No account managers, no hand-offs, no surprises.

Contact

Let's talk about what you're building.

Send a short note about your business and the problem you're trying to solve. You'll get a reply from Patrick — not an autoresponder — usually within a business day.

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