OAK'S LAB

The published portfolio runs to 11 named case studies, ungated, weighted toward regulated software: Capital Markets Gateway (a platform the site says serves 140+ buy-side clients overseeing $40+ trillion in assets), NASDAQ Private Market, PlexTrac, Plotify, Productboard, and OpenLoop Health, most at Series A through Series D. Case studies read as engineering-led venture builds rather than design-led work; the Plotify write-up devotes a few lines to user research and a Figma-based brand and UI phase, then the bulk to backend complexity (Node.js/GraphQL on GCP, KYC/AML, 150+ back-end processes), and Capital Markets Gateway documents a codebase refactor and security hardening with the design process described only as "clean, intuitive" UIs, so you should treat product/UX design here as a discovery phase inside a build, not a standalone research-and-testing practice. Founded in Prague in 2016 with a New York fintech presence added in 2024, the firm holds a 5.0 Clutch rating across 32 reviews, ISO 27001 certification, and a stated 89% post-contract retention, with Clutch listing $50-99/hr, a $25,000 minimum, and typical projects of $200K to $1M+.

Best for funded startups and scaleups in fintech, cybersecurity, or other high-compliance domains that need an autonomous team or embedded engineers to ship and scale a product, rather than buyers shopping for a dedicated UX research or design studio.