Avoid expensive mistakes. Let's build your startup together.

Hi, I'm Christian Varisco, your go-to Fractional CTO 🇮🇹. Together, we'll turn your groundbreaking ideas into market-ready successes.

Is your startup's product development on the right track?

Turn obstacles into opportunities with an expert who understands your journey. Team up with me!

Are you navigating without a map?

How often do you find yourself chasing innovation without a clear direction, leading to wasted resources and missed opportunities?

Transition from visionary ideas to a robust, scalable product version, ensuring a strong market entry.

Are your processes holding you back?

Do you lack a cohesive plan, causing your development to lag and pushing your market entry further away?

Navigate the complexities of technology, architecture, and development processes with expert guidance.

Do you have the right team in place?

Are you struggling to find and integrate the tech talent you need, slowing your progress and affecting your product's potential?

Identify and integrate the right technical skills, streamlining your path to innovation and growth.

Work with me to achieve results

+16 Startups I worked with

Talentware is the talent management platform designed to help businesses effectively engage, develop, and retain talent through a skill-based approach.

  • Assembled a robust team, ensuring agility and innovation.
  • In just three months, we've already got customers signing up and managed to bag €800k in pre-seed funds.
  • Formulated a strategic product and technical roadmap, targeting short-to-medium-term goals.

Liquinvex is a mobile app that democratizes the investment in fine wines, offering users a virtual cellar to buy, store, and manage wine investments without the hassles of physical storage.

  • Built a top-notch team in just a week.
  • Liquinvex quickly got into Nana Bianca accelerator program, showing how fast they're growing!
  • New app features on a weekly basis and the user base saw a 100% increase.
3-6 months Average time to results

Lexroom.ai is an AI-powered legal research tool that quickly provides relevant legal sources and drafts opinions based on user queries.

  • Assembled a talented team quickly, setting the stage for rapid progress.
  • Significant early achievements, including a successful €500k pre-seed funding round in January 2024.
  • Led the development of the MVP, preparing for future growth.
€13M+ Raised by the startups I worked with

Testimonials

I've worked with Christian in the past and particularly appreciated his clarity and ability to bridge business needs with technical topics. He consistently works efficiently to find effective solutions.
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Bruno Reggiani COO & Co Founder at Tot
Christian helped us a lot to draw up an initial product development roadmap and to understand how to build the tech team, identifying the necessary figures to start with limited resources.
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Martina Domenicali CSO & Co-founder at Lexroom.ai
Christian is not just a technical partner, but a truly strategic one. In addition to delivering impeccable quality and on time, he combines technology and business aspects with great transparency and exemplary team management. He knows how to build teams with technical excellence and strong shared values, bringing that "something extra" to the project.
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Clarice Pinto CEO & Founder at Pausetiv
The project is still ongoing and so far Christian has been very supportive! He is driving the entire Tech team towards the milestones we have and he is making sure we deliver a zero-defect product to our customers.
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Giacomo Marchiori CEO & Founder at Talentware
A competent, dynamic and always available person. A fractional CTO as it should be!
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Riccardo Tripodi CEO & Co-Founder Liquinvex
Quality, Reliability, Speed, Professionalism. As a fractional CTO, Christian quickly integrated into the dynamics of our team. Thanks to his impeccable management of complex projects and his support beyond single initiatives, Christian has contributed to a significant leap in the quality of our digital solutions, consistently maintaining high standards of precision and timeliness. His presence has truly made a difference, and we are extremely pleased with the work we are doing together.
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Gabriele Guzzetti Managing Director at Triadi
Christian gave us very professional advice in the initial stages of our MVP. As a fractional CTO, he can be an asset for any early-stage startup building tech for the first time!
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Adriana Crovetto CEO & Co-founder at Offmap
Christian has shown extraordinary ability in leading the Recivu technical team. His ability to understand and solve complex problems, breaking them into small parts, has been fundamental, leading to the delivery of the project on time. Furthermore, his attitude to collaborate and guide us in development decisions, allowed us to always find the right focus.
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Dariush Haghighi Tajvar CEO & Founder at Recivu
Christian gets things done with no frills, he helps checking that money is not spent unnecessarily.
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Marco Cipriani Co-Founder of Ringas & Wedelay | biomethane | fintech | entrepreneur
Working with Christian and his team was a truly valuable experience. Their vision and contribution were crucial in aligning the company with a more robust and rigorous technical approach, while maintaining clarity, collaboration, and a focus on real impact.
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Denis Stets Tech Lead @Cassandra

From where you are to where you want to be

Whether you need an advisor, a hands-on CTO, or strategic consulting — I adapt to your stage and needs.

Week 1

Discovery

Understand your challenges, team, and goals

Advisor
Month 1

Foundations

Define strategy, tech roadmap, and team structure

Consultant
Month 2-3

Execution

Build, launch, and iterate with expert guidance

Fractional CTO
Month 3+

Scale

Consolidate fundamentals and prepare for growth

Advisor / CTO

FAQs

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What services does Christian offer to startups?

I solve problems in three key areas: Product, Tech, and Team. For Product, I help you define which features need to be developed and when. For Tech, I lead on what technology to use, how to implement it, and when to roll it out. For Team, I assist in finding and leading the best people to work in your startup, whether they are freelancers or part of an internally hired team.

How many startup do you work with in parallel?

I work with a maximum of three startups in parallel. This allows me to focus on delivering quality results for each project.

Do you write code too?

If needed, yes. However, my primary goal is to leverage my experience to guide you on how to build a successful startup, rather than just writing software.

Do you have a team?

Yes, I have a network of collaborators that includes developers, designers, product managers, and various other professionals. They can step in to assist both me and your startup whenever necessary.

What stage startups do you typically work with?

I typically work with early-stage startups that have at least a $20k budget to invest in technology (not for me, but for the rest of the team). These startups may or may not have a CTO to collaborate with, and they can either have an internal team or rely on my network of professionals.

What is the typical duration of your engagements with startups?

Generally, my engagements last between 3 to 9 months to ensure we build a solid foundation in terms of product, technology, and team. However, if needed, I can also provide advisory services for as little as one hour a week, with engagements lasting just one month.

How do you handle confidentiality and data security?

Before we start working together, it's up to you. I can sign an NDA and term sheet if needed (and if they make sense) to ensure your confidentiality and data security.