Venture Studio
We invest our own capital in our own advice.
Mindsgate isn't only a services firm. We build, operate, and exit our own platforms — so the strategy we sell is the strategy we live.
2025
Exit
IFMS acquired by TrustBIX Inc.
4
Platforms
In production or active build
Own capital
Invested
Alongside every client engagement
How the studio works
Build. Operate. Exit.
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We build
New platforms taken from first architecture decision to production — the same way we build for clients.
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We operate
We run our own systems on managed cloud, so we feel the operational cost of every design choice.
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We exit
When a platform proves itself, we exit — IFMS to TrustBIX in 2025 is the proof.
Results
Proof, not promises.
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The strongest evidence a firm can build production systems is a market exit. Our Indoor Farm Management System was designed, built, and operated by Mindsgate — then acquired by TrustBIX Inc. in 2025.
IFMS acquisition — press release available on requestFull lifecycleEvery featured platform was architected, built, and operated by us — no subcontracted black boxes.
Hard sectorsAgriculture, finance, and trade — where downtime and data errors have immediate, measurable cost.
Legacy fluencyFrom 30-year-old COBOL to modern AI stacks — we work at both ends of the spectrum.
Skin in the gameWe invest in our own ventures alongside client work. Our advice is what we do with our own money.
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