Custom software
for the businesses
that never had it.

Your business runs on fragile spreadsheets and disconnected tools. We replace them with software you own: deal workflows, underwriting, invoicing, compliance, reporting.

Portfolio · Financial operations
Who this is for

You're likely a fit if:

  • Your team is running core operations in spreadsheets
  • Off-the-shelf software almost works, but not quite
  • You need better reporting, controls, or auditability
  • You want AI embedded into operations, not bolted on for show

Our approach

Spreadsheets → SaaS

We take complex back-office processes and turn them into clean, scalable applications.

Practical AI

Not chatbots on your homepage. Intelligent automation embedded in your daily operations.

Who we build for Financial services · Professional services · Small businesses outgrowing spreadsheets · Operations-driven teams · AI-curious operators
What we do

Three services. One goal: software your business can actually run on.

We help operators move from spreadsheet-heavy, manual workflows to durable systems that improve visibility, control, and speed. Every engagement is scoped carefully, built with senior attention, and designed for long-term ownership by your team.

Service 01

Custom SaaS Development

We design and build complete internal platforms tailored to your workflows, data, and operating model.

  • Production code, owned by you
  • Deployed to your infrastructure
  • Documentation and a real handoff
  • Built around your data and team
Service 02

AI Integration

We implement practical AI inside your operations, from document extraction and reporting automation to workflow support and decision assistance.

  • Document processing & extraction
  • Decision support inside workflows
  • Workflow optimization
  • Reporting automation
Service 03

Workflow Consulting

We map how your business works today, identify the bottlenecks, and define a software plan grounded in operational reality.

  • Operations & process mapping
  • Friction & automation audit
  • Vendor selection & build vs. buy
  • Roadmaps you can defend at the board
Portfolio

Software we built for our clients.

Four custom platforms shipped end-to-end inside client organizations, with two more in the pipeline. We retain rights to write about them in generic terms; full case studies and references are available under NDA.

A financial operations platform for a service-based business.

JobCost handles job-level cost tracking, invoicing, and financial reporting across service lines. Operators get real-time visibility into profitability by job, client, and service line, replacing manual reconciliation with automated, auditable workflows that close the month in days, not weeks.

What it proves

Legacy, spreadsheet-driven operations, engineered into a first-party web application a business runs on every day.

Industry
Professional services
Engagement
Custom build, 14 weeks
Stack
Django · React · Postgres
Integrations
QuickBooks · Plaid · billing platforms

Project Forge

A unified financial operations platform engineered for a complex, multi-strategy firm.

The client manages multiple portfolios and deal workflows across a complex, multi-entity organization. Forge replaced spreadsheets and disconnected systems with one platform: deal lifecycle, cash operations, portfolio management, financial reporting, and compliance infrastructure. Every dollar is traceable, every approval ships its evidence.

What it proves

Institutional-grade financial software, the kind that traditionally commands seven-figure budgets, built and shipped in 20 weeks.

Industry
Multi-strategy financial services
Engagement
Custom build, 20 weeks
Stack
Django · Postgres · self-hosted
Compliance
Policy-as-code · four-eyes · audit log
More builds

Additional platforms across lending, accounting, fund operations, and compliance. Each built the same way: yours to operate, every figure traceable to its source.

Project Summit

Shipped

A fund reporting and investor-relations platform for an investment manager.

Summit handles performance reporting, investor communications, capital calls, distributions, and NAV across a fund's lifecycle. Fund managers get a portal and dashboards that used to require a dedicated reporting team, replacing quarterly spreadsheets and email updates with figures that trace back to their source.

Industry
Private funds · investment management
Engagement
Custom build · 16 weeks
Stack
Django · Postgres · self-hosted

Project Ridgeline

Shipped

A compliance platform for a financial-services firm.

Ridgeline handles regulatory checklists, audit trails, document retention, and deadline alerting across a firm's compliance obligations. Compliance teams track every requirement and its evidence in one place, replacing binders and calendar reminders with an auditable system that stays ready for examination.

Industry
Financial-services compliance
Engagement
Custom build · 12 weeks
Stack
Django · Postgres · self-hosted

Project Meridian

In development

An accounting platform for a business that sells on terms.

Meridian handles double-entry accounting, invoicing, and reconciliation, with a receivables layer for aging, collections, and cash conversion. Operators keep the books and track what is owed in one platform, replacing spreadsheets and disconnected tools with reconciled, auditable records.

Industry
Small-business accounting
Engagement
Custom build · est. 14 weeks
Stack
Django · HTMX · Postgres

Project Fulcrum

In design

A lending operations platform for an asset-based lender.

Fulcrum handles loan origination, underwriting, and credit analysis across the lending lifecycle. Lenders move an application from intake to funded facility on one platform, with every credit decision and its supporting evidence in one place, replacing scattered credit memos and spreadsheet underwriting with a single auditable workflow.

Industry
Asset-based lending & factoring
Engagement
Custom build · est. 16 weeks
Stack
Django · Postgres · self-hosted
In development

Nexus coming soon

A comprehensive business operations platform: client intake, workflow management, portfolio tracking, and reporting. Currently in development.

How it works

Five steps. One project at a time.

Every engagement moves through the same five phases. The plan is on paper before we build, demos are weekly, and the code is yours at handoff.

  1. 01

    Discovery

    We learn your business. What works, what doesn't, where the pain is. The output is a written specification.

    Typical · 1–2 weeks
  2. 02

    Architecture

    We design the solution. You see the plan before we build.

    Typical · 1–2 weeks
  3. 03

    Build

    We develop your platform with continuous delivery. You see progress weekly.

    Typical · 6–14 weeks
  4. 04

    Launch

    We deploy, train your team, and ensure adoption.

    Typical · 1–2 weeks
  5. 05

    Support

    Ongoing maintenance, iteration, and growth as your business evolves.

    Optional
About Nock Technologies

Software
that used to be
out of reach.

For years, custom software was reserved for large companies with large budgets. Nock Technologies helps smaller operators access the same leverage: systems tailored to their workflows, data, and reporting needs, built at a fraction of the traditional cost and timeline.

We work with financial institutions, professional services firms, and businesses that have outgrown spreadsheets but don't need bloated enterprise software. Every engagement begins with a written specification and ends with a working platform your team can own and operate.

Mission
Custom software for the businesses that never had it
Practice
Small studio · senior engineers · one project at a time
Engagement
Fixed-scope custom builds · advisory · supervised delivery
Sister site · nocktechnologies.io

Building with AI? You're probably looking for our developer side.

Nock Technologies runs a separate developer-facing house at nocktechnologies.io: tools for engineers shipping AI agents into production. Open source, subscription, build-in-public.

Tools at .io
NockLockSandbox & containment for AI agents
Nock VoiceVoice control for your agent fleet
Nock TerminalMulti-session Claude Code, macOS native

Two sides of Nock. .com for the business owner. .io for the engineer.

Ready to talk?

Every project starts with a conversation.

Tell us about your business and we'll tell you what's possible. We respond inside one business day.