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MindFuture Tech — In-house R&D, Zibra Holding

We accelerate the product and tech bets that move portfolio companies' valuation.

MindFuture Tech is the in-house R&D team for Zibra Holding's portfolio companies — turning product, data, and hardware questions into time-boxed missions with measurable business impact.

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In service of

14+ portfolio companies across MedTech, IoT, FinTech, Cybersecurity and Industrial Innovation.

01 · What we do

Four ways we add R&D capacity to your company.

The R&D capacity the portfolio companies don't have on payroll — from research to a running prototype. We step in when a portfolio company doesn't have the time, specialist skills, or budget to commit a dedicated R&D track to a value-creating bet. We deliver everything from research and feasibility studies to working prototypes, ready for handover and implementation.

01

Product discovery & validation

A dedicated track to pressure-test a bet your team can't pause to chase.

  • User research
  • Market validation
  • Decision report with go / no-go
02

Data, analytics & ML prototypes

Specialist focus to take a data bet from question to working prototype.

  • Data & opportunity analysis
  • Model evaluation
  • Working prototype ready for handover
03

Software & systems architecture reviews

An outside, dedicated review when your team is heads-down shipping.

  • Architecture review
  • Risk register
  • Reference implementation / migration plan
04

Hardware, embedded & IoT feasibility

Specialist hardware capacity to de-risk a bet without pulling from product.

  • Feasibility report
  • Bench prototype
  • Functional prototype ready for piloting
02 · What we don't do

The work we turn down — on purpose.

Discipline about scope is what lets a small team produce honest answers. We say no to anything that would dilute that.

  • no.

    Production operations or 24/7 on-call

    We hand off to your team once a mission ends. Running live systems, incident response and uptime SLAs sit with the operating company.

  • no.

    Replacing in-house engineering leadership

    We work alongside your CTO or tech lead — never in their seat. Strategic ownership and hiring decisions stay inside the portfolio company.

  • no.

    Open-ended work without a value hypothesis

    Every mission starts with a decision to be made and a measurable outcome. If we can't tie the work to valuation, risk or decision quality, we don't take it.

  • no.

    Staff augmentation or long-term outsourcing

    We aren't a body shop. Our value is a small team producing a defensible answer in weeks — not filling seats on someone else's roadmap.

03 · How we engage

From first call to handover in five steps.

  1. 01

    Intake

    A 30-minute conversation to frame the question and stakes.

  2. 02

    Mission brief

    A one-page document: hypothesis, decision, success criteria.

  3. 03

    Prioritization

    Reviewed against portfolio companies' impact and available capacity.

  4. 04

    4–12 week mission

    A small team works in the open with weekly check-ins.

  5. 05

    Decision memo & handover

    Evidence, recommendation, and reusable assets shipped to your team.

04 · What we ask of you

Three things we need from you to start a mission.

Requirement 01

A named executive sponsor

A CEO or C-level owner accountable for acting on the answer.

Requirement 02

A local owner at 0.2–0.3 FTE

Someone in your company who carries context and continuity through the mission.

Requirement 03

Willingness to act on the answer

Including the answer 'don't build this'. We optimise for decision quality, not output.

05 · How we measure success

How we know a mission worked.

For your company
  • +Revenue enabled
  • +Margin and efficiency gains
  • +Risk reduction
  • +Decision speed
For the portfolio companies
  • +Missions completed
  • +Value events influenced
  • +Reusable assets adopted across companies
06 · The team

A small team, on purpose.

Four operators with deep skin in the game. No layers between question and answer.

Lasse Helmer Pedersen

Team Lead · AI Expert & Strategic Advisor

Betina Kopp Pedersen

Data Scientist

Nicholas Rose

Data Scientist

Morten Mosgaard

Electronics Engineer

07 · How we work
  • 01Business-first
  • 02Time-boxed
  • 03Evidence-based
  • 04Transparent about trade-offs
  • 05Reusable by default
  • 06Confidential and fair.
08 · Start a mission

Have a product, data, or hardware question that could move valuation?

Briefs are reviewed weekly. We respond within two business days with either an intake call or a candid reason we're not the right team.

Confidential. Reviewed by team lead.