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– Andy Warhol

Who are We?

We turn skeptics into true believers.

Conspiracy is a creative agency for technology founders and investment firms. We build stories that win, and bring them to life through brand strategy, identity, websites, fundraising materials, content, and more.

Founders: Win customers, recruit talent, and raise capital.

Investors: Strengthen your pipeline, win the right to invest, and raise from LPs.

If you don’t tell your story, someone else will.

Our Focus

Fintech – Supply Chain – AI – Venture Capital – Private Equity – Commerce –

Sector Expertise

Brand Strategy – Positioning – Brand & Product Architecture – Tone of Voice –

Strategy

Logos – Visual Direction – Photography – Illustration – Web – Product – Print –

Design

Stories that Win

Fintech – Supply Chain – AI – Venture Capital – Private Equity – Commerce –

Sector Expertise

Brand Strategy – Positioning – Brand & Product Architecture – Tone of Voice –

Strategy

Logos – Visual Direction – Photography – Illustration – Web – Product – Print –

Design

Selected Work

Activant Capital

Brand, research, and world building for a $1.5BN AUM venture & growth firm

Brand Identity

Brand Strategy

Content

Website

“Activant wouldn’t be who we are without Max. Nobody else on the planet combines great narrative and design taste with an understanding of business and investing.”

Steve Sarracino

Founder & Partner

Activant Capital

Activant Capital

Brand, research, and world building for a $1.5BN AUM venture & growth firm

Brand Identity

Brand Strategy

Content

Website

Activant Capital

Brand Identity

Brand Strategy

Content

Website

“Activant wouldn’t be who we are without Max. Nobody else on the planet combines great narrative and design taste with an understanding of business and investing.”

Steve Sarracino

Founder & Partner

Activant Capital

Statement

Brand evolution and website for AI treasury platform

Brand Identity

Brand Standards

Brand Strategy

Pitch Deck

Website

"It’s rare to find a former VC-turned-designer. Max understood our market, our buyers, and how to tell a story that would resonate with enterprise customers and investors."

Idan Vlodinger

Co-Founder & CEO

Statement

Statement

Brand evolution and website for AI treasury platform

Brand Identity

Brand Standards

Brand Strategy

Pitch Deck

Website

Statement

Brand Identity

Brand Standards

Brand Strategy

Pitch Deck

Website

"It’s rare to find a former VC-turned-designer. Max understood our market, our buyers, and how to tell a story that would resonate with enterprise customers and investors."

Idan Vlodinger

Co-Founder & CEO

Statement

Atelio

Product architecture and messaging for FIS's embedded finance platform

Product Architecture

Product Marketing

Wireframing

"We had a massive product surface area and a lot of stakeholders with different views on what Atelio was. Max made sense of it and gave us a story we could all get behind."

Roy Ng Headshot

Roy Ng

fmr EVP & Chief Business Officer

Atelio by FIS

Atelio

Product architecture and messaging for FIS's embedded finance platform

Product Architecture

Product Marketing

Wireframing

Atelio

Product Architecture

Product Marketing

Wireframing

"We had a massive product surface area and a lot of stakeholders with different views on what Atelio was. Max made sense of it and gave us a story we could all get behind."

Roy Ng Headshot

Roy Ng

fmr EVP & Chief Business Officer

Atelio by FIS

Footnote Ventures

Brand & pitch deck for a new early stage fintech fund

Brand Standards

Brand Strategy

Pitch Deck

“Max was a great thought partner to build the Footnote brand and narrative. He understands venture and fintech, which meant we spoke the same language from day one.”

Ryan Sells Image

Ryan Sells

Partner

Pear VC

Footnote Ventures

Brand & pitch deck for a new early stage fintech fund

Brand Standards

Brand Strategy

Pitch Deck

Footnote Ventures

Footnote Ventures Wordmark

Brand Standards

Brand Strategy

Pitch Deck

“Max was a great thought partner to build the Footnote brand and narrative. He understands venture and fintech, which meant we spoke the same language from day one.”

Ryan Sells Image

Ryan Sells

Partner

Pear VC

Client List

Activant Capital logo in black

B2B venture & growth firm

Brand Identity

Content

Website

Activant Capital logo in black

B2B venture & growth firm

AI cognition harness

Brand Strategy

Content

Website

AI cognition harness

AI transformation PE firm

Pitch Deck

AI transformation PE firm

Atelio by FIS logo in black

Embedded fintech platform from FIS

Product Architecture

Website

Atelio by FIS logo in black

Embedded fintech platform from FIS

Fabrion logo in black

AI operating system for manufacturers

Product Marketing

Website

Fabrion logo in black

AI operating system for manufacturers

Footnote Ventures logo in black

Operator-led fintech seed firm

Brand Identity

Pitch Deck

Footnote Ventures logo in black

Operator-led fintech seed firm

Building the first digital nation

Pitch Deck

Building the first digital nation

Serotonin Legal Horizontal Logo

Law firm for startups & VCs

Website

Serotonin Legal Horizontal Logo

Law firm for startups & VCs

Statement logo in black

Treasury & financial ops platform

Brand Identity

Pitch Deck

Website

Statement logo in black

Treasury & financial ops platform

Tipalti logo in black

AR & global payouts fintech platform

Brand Strategy

GTM Campaign

Tipalti logo in black

AR & global payouts fintech platform

Why

Do you want to win?

The conspiracy manifesto

Do you want to win?

The conspiracy manifesto

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About

About

Most companies have two stories.

A brand story: the pitch deck, website, and tagline, and a business story: the P&L, board deck, and roadmap. They’re written by different people in separate rooms. The result is a disconnect that customers, investors, and your own team can feel, even if they can’t put their finger on it. And chances are, if you’re reading this, you feel it too.

This happens because the people who understand your business don’t do creative work, and the people who do creative work don’t really understand your business. So your brand becomes a layer floating above the company, unmoored from the reality of the business.

Conspiracy exists to make sure you only have one story.

I spent five years as a growth-stage investor at Activant before starting Conspiracy. That means I can read your P&L and your pitch deck and find what’s actually different about your business or fund, and we can express it in one unified story across every surface.

Max Thoeny

Founder

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