About Us

We are
StartupSense

Founded in 2016, StartupSense is a digital services studio built for startups and ambitious businesses. We combine design, engineering, and strategy under one roof — so you don't have to manage three different vendors to get a coherent result.

Our mission

Make digital
excellence accessible

The best digital capabilities shouldn't be locked behind enterprise budgets. Startups and growing businesses deserve the same level of craft, expertise, and strategic thinking that Fortune 500 companies take for granted.

That's the gap we fill. We work with ambitious teams — whether they're pre-seed or post-Series A — and bring the skills, processes, and mindset that help them compete and win.

We're a team of builders, designers, and strategists who have been on both sides: building products inside startups and helping them from the outside. That experience shapes everything we do.

Our values

What we stand for

Partnership first

We don't do transactional relationships. We show up as partners invested in your long-term success.

Speed with quality

We move fast — but never at the expense of what actually matters: results that hold up.

Clarity always

No jargon, no vague timelines, no surprises. We communicate early and often.

Craft that shows

We care deeply about the details — a pixel out of place matters to us because it matters to you.

The team

People behind
the work

PD

Pujan Dhakal

Co-founder & CEO

10+ years building digital products for startups across Asia and Europe.

DA

Deenes Acharya

CTO

Former engineering lead at a Series B fintech. Obsessed with clean architecture.

Careers

Join our team

We're always looking for talented people who care about great work.

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