Work directly with Thomas Talavera, founder and designer of Atravela
Work directly with Thomas Talavera
Branding, websites, pitch decks, and product UX that make your value clear to investors, customers, and users.
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27 startups from Y Combinator, Entrepreneurs First, and beyond. $30M+ raised.
The problem
Not because the product isn't valuable. Because the brand, website, and deck don't make that value clear in seconds.
Our solution
Startup expertise to set the direction, AI to move fast, and one clear story from your brand to your product.
Expertise and AI
Anyone can generate more. The value is knowing what investors, customers, and users need to see, and what to leave out.
“A sharp eye for best practices and a rare ability to move fast without sacrificing quality.”
James Blatnick, Trustpilot review
Raised $16M
HealthTech
Raised $8M
CleanTech
Raised $7.5M
CleanTech
Raised $4.6M
Supply chain tech
Raised $2.6M
HealthTech
Raised $2.5M
BioTech
Raised $1.7M
LegalTech
Raised $1M
CleanTech
Thomas worked with Smartville on a complete re-design and update of our website. Through many iterations, he shepherded our team along a path of discovery, patiently working with us as we determined what we liked, what we didn't, and worked out content in real-time. A true professional -- he'll help you get the best results!
Scott Packard
Vice President of Smartville
aMAIZEing ! Only play on words because Thomas helped us create great materials for our corn farmers 🙂
Jana Tian
CEO and Co-Founder of Upside Robotics
After founding a new company, Eden Bio, I urgently needed branding, and as a technical founder I have little experience of either branding and design. I was put in touch with Thomas who was able to guide me through the branding process, designing a logo, the template for an investor deck and a website. Key benefits to our company were the flexibility and discussion around the work to be done and we are very pleased with the professional results that allowed us to make a great impression when the company launched. I would definitely recommend.
Christopher Reynolds
Founder and CEO of Eden Bio
Thomas was fantastic to work with. He and his team are quick to reply and are capable of executing high-quality results in very tight timelines. Highly recommend!
Fletcher Han
Head of Product at NiaHealth
Altravela helped design the renewed website for Universe Energy. It spanned brand design, website design, and content delivery. Thomas has a strong sense to visualize the technical content for UE in a way that makes it resonate as a serious tech company. The implementation was great and I would recommend Altravela anytime.
Wiebe Jansen
Founder of Universe Energy
Our experience with Atravela was outstanding. We gave Thomas very little inspirational material to work with and within a matter of a couple days he built up a whole brand strategy accompanied by the sexiest of logos and design recommendations. Really can't recommend him enough. Fast, reliable, incredibly professional and very receptive to the clients needs. What really stood out is how quickly and genuinely he understood what our company was about and adapted his offering accordingly. Impressive stuff.
Ludovico Mitchener
Co-founder & CTO of PhycoWorks
I’m already recommending Atravela to my founder friends, and hope they won’t get too busy to work with in the future. People I speak repeatedly bring up the quality of the visual brand and design, on the things we’ve had Atravela work on. So far two different projects. Been very happy with both. Quality is high, but even more importantly: super flexible and iterative, and very fast (also good value). We’ve worked with other design agencies in the past and have never been happy with them. We’ve been very happy here.
Emil Fristed
CEO and Founder of Novoic
Thomas was a delight to work with. We had daily calls where we expressed to him what design changes we wanted and got his advice on how to best present specific features. Thomas delivered new designs to us daily and made them fit our client's needs as well as making them responsive to many different screen layouts and formats. He has great Figma and design skills for many different design use-cases. An absolute pleasure to work with.
Nick Carmont
CTO and Co-Founder of Connect Earth
Very professional. Thomas has been incredibly efficient and effective to work with. Always volunteering great input to improve the project and doing so in a deft manner.
Eric Olszewski
CEO of Actinide
Selected work
Three startups, three moments that mattered. See the work behind each one.
1. Subscribe
Join the Design Plan and tell us what matters most right now.
2. Request
Add anything, from a pitch deck to product screens. We set priorities each week.
3. Receive
New work within one day, reviewed together until it's right.
4. Pause anytime
Pause when you're done. Resume for the next raise, launch, or hire.
$860 (£649) / week
30 day money back guarantee. Pause or cancel anytime.
We agree the work and the weeks before you start. A few examples at $860 a week.
Estimates, not fixed quotes. Scope, content, and feedback can change the time needed.
$860 (£649) / week
An estimate, not a fixed quote.
Introduce a founder. When they start a paid project, you get a free week of the Design Plan, with no limit.
6 clients introduced
$5,160 in free weeks
5 clients introduced
$4,300 in free weeks
2 clients introduced
$1,720 in free weeks
Branding, websites, pitch decks, product design, marketing assets, investor materials, and everything in between. If it has to look right in front of investors, customers, or users, it is in scope.
You should, and we do. AI drafts a deck or a website in minutes, and we use it every day. What it cannot do is know your investors, your users, or what to leave out. We decide what is worth making, make it with the fastest tools there are, and finish it to the standard a launch or a raise needs.
Yes. Bring your AI draft, your Framer or Lovable site, your deck, or your brand. We keep what works, fix what holds it back, and make everything feel like one company.
Add as many requests as you like. We work through them one at a time, highest impact first. With AI in the workflow, that means more gets done each week than a traditional studio could manage. Pause when there is no work, so you only pay for the weeks you use.
Most requests are delivered within one day. Larger projects like websites, brands, and pitch decks are broken into daily steps, so you see real work every day instead of waiting weeks for a reveal. Full details are in the Design Plan section of our Terms.
Most freelancers can design. Few understand startup positioning, fundraising, and how to explain a technical product in seconds. And few have rebuilt their process around AI, so the work takes longer and costs more than it should.
Agencies are expensive, slow, and built for larger companies. Atravela gives startups direct access to senior design at the speed AI now makes possible, without bloated retainers or long timelines.
Thomas Talavera, founder of Atravela, with AI doing the heavy lifting behind the scenes. No account managers. No layers of communication.
Yes. Pause, resume, or cancel your subscription at any time through your account or by emailing [email protected].
That’s fine. Most clients start with a specific project, such as a website, pitch deck, or rebrand. Our minimum engagement is one week, and a week goes a long way now.
Yes. Every subscription includes a 30 day money back guarantee.
I'm Thomas Talavera, founder of Atravela. Tell me what's next for your startup: the raise, the launch, or the next customers. We'll work out what to do first.
