No upfront sale
The founder grants operating rights. The code and company stay theirs while we prove the turnaround.
Software turnaround foundry
Good software deserves a second operator.
We take neglected software off a founder's plate, repair what stalled, and run it for revenue. No funeral. No rewrite theater.
01 / THE DEAL
We operate. You keep ownership.
Reclaimware takes responsibility for the product, support, releases, and growth under a written 12-month operating agreement.
Revenue splits 70/30
Reclaimware receives 70% of net collected revenue for doing the work. The founder receives 30%.
Rights can revert
If we fail to ship or stop operating, the agreement defines a clean handback. No product limbo.
Final terms require a signed agreement. This page is a business summary, not legal advice or a binding offer.
02 / THE FILTER
We buy evidence, not potential.
A product needs a working surface and one credible demand signal. We score every candidate out of 100 and only advance products at 80 or above.
Automatic no: unclear ownership, sensitive-data dependence, regulated financial activity, medical decisions, gambling, adult content, crypto custody, or unresolved security problems.
30
Demand
Users, installs, traffic, reviews, or revenue we can verify.
20
Distribution
A reachable audience that does not begin at zero.
20
Fixability
A meaningful improvement can ship inside seven days.
15
Economics
Low operating costs and a credible path to healthy margin.
15
Rights
Clear ownership, licenses, and transferable access.
Advance threshold80 / 100
03 / CASH ENGINE
Five-day Revenue Rescue
For founders who want the product repaired without handing over operations. We diagnose the revenue leak, implement one high-leverage fix, instrument it, and leave a 30-day plan.
First two sprints$2,500Then $5,000See the full sprint
FIELD NOTE 001
The pre-launch graveyard is not our market.
A polished codebase with zero users is not neglected software. It is unfinished market research.
Our first public marketplace scan surfaced products advertised as "production ready" but marked pre-launch. Those fail the distribution test immediately. The better turnaround target is smaller and less glamorous: a working product with a few hundred users, visible support debt, and an owner who has stopped releasing.
First repair sequence: stabilize the current promise, talk to existing users, remove checkout friction, reactivate the dormant audience, then add features only when behavior earns them.
VerdictDistribution before renovation.
Read a scored public revival memo →04 / INTAKE
Built something useful, then ran out of road?
Give us the evidence and the ugly truth. We review every submission against the same scorecard.