Venture Studio

Ideas need chewing on. We do it for a living.

Personal Chew Toy is a studio that builds startups the hard way — obsessively, out loud, and with real users from week one. Six ventures and counting.

The Portfolio

Six ventures, each earning its keep.

Every idea starts scrappy inside the studio. The ones that prove themselves get a real team, budget, and roadmap.

Live

Fondly

Group gifting, without the group chat chaos.

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Live

Northlane

Freight quoting software for brokers who hate spreadsheets.

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In Beta

Verve

Turn your newsletter into a real revenue line.

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In Beta

Loop

A wearable that tracks habits, not just steps.

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Stealth

Static

Distribution for independent musicians, minus the middlemen.

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Stealth

Fetchbox

An inbox that triages itself.

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6
Ventures built since 2022
128K+
Combined active users
3
Profitable or acquired
$2.4M+
Raised across the portfolio
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Lab Notes

Building in public

Field notes from inside the studio — what shipped, what broke, what we killed.

September 12, 2026

Hello world!

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!

July 14, 2026

Why we killed our fourth idea before it shipped

A postmortem on the venture that never made it past week three — and the checklist we built because of it.

July 2, 2026

Behind the beta: Verve’s first 100 users

What we learned onboarding creators, and the pricing change that doubled activation.

Follow every launch, not just one.

One email, roughly twice a month. New ventures, real metrics, no fluff.