• Who is this for
  • What we do
  • Proof
  • Before it was obvious
  • Insights
  • Start a conversation

FOR FOUNDERS, INVESTORS AND CATEGORY BUILDERS
WE BUILD
WHAT
COMES
NEXT.

From Digital Advertising to Interactive Entertainment, FashionTech, The Digital Store and Artificial Intelligence, we have spent 30 years helping define new categories, building innovative businesses and creating markets before they become obvious.

START BUILDING SEE THE PROOF
FOR FOUNDERS, INVESTORS
AND CATEGORY BUILDERS
WE
BUILD
WHAT
COMES
NEXT.

From Digital Advertising to Interactive Entertainment, FashionTech, The Digital Store and Artificial Intelligence, we have spent 30 years helping define new categories, building innovative businesses and creating markets before they become obvious.

Start Building Proof
FOUNDER MOMENTUM MARKET DEFINITION STRATEGIC CLARITY AI PRODUCTS CATEGORY CREATION FOUNDER MOMENTUM MARKET DEFINITION STRATEGIC CLARITY AI PRODUCTS CATEGORY CREATION
WHO IS THIS FOR

For people building before the market catches up.

Coded Futures works best with founders, investors and leadership teams facing the exciting but uncomfortable moment when the opportunity is real, but the category is not yet obvious.

01

Founders

You are building something that does not fit neatly into an existing category and need help shaping the proposition, narrative, positioning and commercial opportunity.

→ Category clarity
→ Sharper story
→ Commercial focus
02

Investors

You are evaluating emerging categories and want an experienced operator's perspective on where markets are heading and what makes an opportunity investable.

→ Market view
→ Pattern recognition
→ External challenge
03

Leadership Teams

You are navigating a major market shift and need practical thinking, strategic clarity and execution experience.

→ Strategic direction
→ Customer experience
→ Actionable roadmap
WHO IS THIS FOR

For people building before the market catches up.

Coded Futures works best with founders, investors and leadership teams facing the exciting but uncomfortable moment when the opportunity is real, but the category is not yet obvious.

01

Founders

You are building something that does not fit neatly into an existing category and need help shaping the proposition, narrative, positioning and commercial opportunity.

→ Category clarity
→ Sharper story
→ Commercial focus
02

Investors

You are evaluating emerging categories and want an experienced operator's perspective on where markets are heading and what makes an opportunity investable.

→ Market view
→ Pattern recognition
→ External challenge
03

Leadership Teams

You are navigating a major market shift and need practical thinking, strategic clarity and execution experience.

→ Strategic direction
→ Customer experience
→ Actionable roadmap

COMPANIES
WE'VE HELPED.

Helping founders, investors and organisations create, define and lead new categories for over 30 years.

WHAT WE DO

OUTCOMES,
NOT
CONSULTANCY.

Clear engagements designed to create momentum, sharpen the story and turn emerging opportunities into commercial action.

01

Category
Creation
Sprint

A focused sprint to define the market, positioning, customer narrative and commercial opportunity.

For
Founders
Outputs
Category Map
Positioning
Investor Story
02

Founder
Advisory

Ongoing strategic support for founders who need senior judgement across product, growth, story and partnerships.

For
Founders
Outputs
Strategic Priorities
Accountability
Monthly Advisory
03

AI

Building AI-powered products, agents and businesses before the market becomes obvious.

For
Founders & Leaders
Outputs
AI Opportunity Map
Roadmap
Prioritised Use Cases
04

Investor
Market
Read

An external perspective on whether a category, founder or proposition has the ingredients to become meaningful.

For
Funds & Angels
Outputs
Category Assessment
Market View
Investment Memo
WHAT WE DO

Outcomes,
Not
Consultancy.

Clear engagements designed to create momentum, sharpen the story and turn emerging opportunities into commercial action.

01

Category
Creation
Sprint

A focused sprint to define the market, positioning, customer narrative and commercial opportunity.

For
Founders
Outputs
Category Map
Positioning
Investor Story
02

Founder
Advisory

Ongoing strategic support for founders who need senior judgement across product, growth, story and partnerships.

For
Founders
Outputs
Strategic Priorities
Accountability
Monthly Advisory
03

AI

Building AI-powered products, agents and businesses before the market becomes obvious.

For
Founders & Leaders
Outputs
AI Opportunity Map
Roadmap
Prioritised Use Cases
04

Investor
Market
Read

An external perspective on whether a category, founder or proposition has the ingredients to become meaningful.

For
Funds & Angels
Outputs
Category Assessment
Market View
Investment Memo

HOW WE WORK

WE HELP YOU
CREATE WHAT
COMES NEXT.

We partner with founders, investors and leadership teams to turn emerging opportunities into category-defining businesses.
Strategy. Execution. Impact.

🎯

Category
Creation

We identify white space, define new categories and help you become the market maker, not the follower.

🧠

AI
Strategy

We cut through the noise to find where AI creates real advantage, and build practical roadmaps that deliver results.

🚀

Product &
Innovation

From concept to scaling, we help design, validate and launch products that solve big problems in new ways.

📈

Growth &
Positioning

We build strategies that drive adoption, create demand and establish long-term market leadership.

👥

Founder
Advisory

Independent perspective for founders, boards and investors navigating high-stakes decisions.

🎤

Thought
Leadership

Turn expertise into influence, visibility and stronger market positioning.

WHY THIS MATTERS

EVERY GENERATION
CREATES A HANDFUL
OF OPPORTUNITIES
THAT CHANGE EVERYTHING.

We’ve spent 30 years at the intersection of technology, consumer behaviour and business model innovation, helping build companies at the earliest point of inflection. The next wave is here. Let’s build it together.

🌐
Technology Shifts
New technologies unlock new behaviours, new needs and new markets.
⏱️
Early Movers Win
The window to lead a category is short. Those who move early define the future.
📊
Compounding Impact
Early positioning creates network effects, brand advantage and lasting value.
★
Meaningful Legacy
We build not just successful companies, but enduring impact.
HOW WE WORK

WE HELP YOU
CREATE WHAT
COMES NEXT.

We partner with founders, investors and leadership teams to turn emerging opportunities into category-defining businesses.Strategy

🎯
Category
Creation
Define the market before everyone else sees it.
🧠
AI
Strategy
Turn AI opportunity into practical advantage.
🚀
Product &
Innovation
Design and launch products that matter.
📈
Growth &
Positioning
Create demand and build momentum.
👥
Founder
Advisory
Independent thinking for critical decisions.
🎤
Thought
Leadership
Master public speaking and turn expertise into influence.
WHY THIS MATTERS

EVERY GENERATION
CREATES A HANDFUL
OF OPPORTUNITIES
THAT CHANGE EVERYTHING.

🌐
Technology Shifts
New technologies create new markets.
⏱️
Early Movers Win
The window to lead a category is short.
📊
Compounding Impact
Small advantages become large advantages.
★
Meaningful Legacy
Build something that changes the landscape.

PROOF

Markets We
Helped Create.

From Digital Advertising and Interactive Entertainment through FashionTech, The Digital Store and Artificial Intelligence, we've spent more than thirty years helping define emerging categories before they became mainstream markets.

01
1990s-2000S

Digital Advertising

Created one of the UK's first specialist digital advertising agencies and helped pioneer in-game advertising, connecting brands with audiences long before digital media became dominant.

02
1990s–2000s

Interactive Entertainment

Built and operated game development studios in the UK and France, creating chart-topping titles across PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo that collectively sold more than fifty million units.

03
2010s

FashionTech

As Co-Founder and Investment Director of ASOS Ventures, helped define the FashionTech category and backed technologies reshaping the future of retail.

04
2010s

The Digital Store

Worked with retailers and technology businesses pioneering RFID, mobile commerce and connected store experiences that transformed how physical retail operates.

05
Today

Artificial Intelligence

Today we help founders and leadership teams build AI-powered products, agents and businesses before the market becomes obvious.

PROOF

Markets We
Helped
Create.

From Digital Advertising and Interactive Entertainment through FashionTech, The Digital Store and Artificial Intelligence, we've spent more than thirty years helping define emerging categories before they became mainstream markets.

01
1990s

Digital Advertising

Created one of the UK's first specialist digital advertising agencies and helped pioneer in-game advertising, connecting brands with audiences long before digital media became dominant.

02
1990s–2000s

Interactive Entertainment

Built and operated game development studios in the UK and France, creating chart-topping titles across PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo that collectively sold more than fifty million units.

03
2010s

FashionTech

As Co-Founder and Investment Director of ASOS Ventures, helped define the FashionTech category and backed technologies reshaping the future of retail.

04
2010s

The Digital Store

Worked with retailers and technology businesses pioneering RFID, mobile commerce and connected store experiences that transformed how physical retail operates.

05
Today

Artificial Intelligence

Today we help founders and leadership teams build AI-powered products, agents and businesses before the market becomes obvious.

NEXT CATEGORY COULD BE YOURS.
THE NEXT
CATEGORY
IS NOT
DISCOVERED.
IT IS
CREATED.

Markets look obvious in hindsight. Before then, they are messy, contested and hard to explain. That is where founders need more than advice. They need category clarity, commercial imagination and someone who can help turn emerging signals into action.

Name The Shift
Shape The Proposition
Build The Commercial Story
Create Momentum Before The Market Catches Up
The Next
Category
Is Not
Discovered.
It Is
Created.

Markets look obvious in hindsight. Before then, they are messy, contested and hard to explain. That is where founders need more than advice. They need category clarity, commercial imagination and someone who can help turn emerging signals into action.

Name The Shift
Shape The Proposition
Build The Commercial Story
Create Momentum Before The Market Catches Up
WHY WORK WITH US

The Person
Behind The
Pattern.

For more than thirty years, Daniel Bobroff has worked at the edge of emerging markets, helping define categories before they become mainstream.

He has built businesses across digital advertising, interactive entertainment, retail innovation and artificial intelligence, repeatedly working where technology, customer behaviour and commercial opportunity begin to collide.

Today he works with founders, investors and leadership teams who need sharper category thinking, stronger commercial storytelling and practical momentum before the market catches up.

How Daniel Helps

→ Clarifies the category
→ Sharpens the proposition
→ Builds the story
→ Creates investor momentum
WHY WORK WITH US

THE PERSON
BEHIND THE
PATTERN.

For more than thirty years, Daniel Bobroff has worked at the edge of emerging markets, helping define categories before they become mainstream.

He has built businesses across digital advertising, interactive entertainment, retail innovation and artificial intelligence, repeatedly working where technology, customer behaviour and commercial opportunity begin to collide.

Today he works with founders, investors and leadership teams who need sharper category thinking, stronger commercial storytelling and practical momentum before the market catches up.

HOW DANIEL HELPS

→ Clarifies The Category
→ Sharpens The Proposition
→ Builds The Story
→ Creates Investor Momentum
COMING SOON

FIELD NOTES.

A private collection of observations, frameworks and opportunity maps drawn from thirty years spent building emerging categories before they became obvious.

• Category creation frameworks
• AI opportunity maps
• Founder playbooks
• Market signals worth watching
• Lessons from building at the edge of change
Occasional. Practical. No spam.
COMING SOON

FIELD
NOTES.

A private collection of observations, frameworks and opportunity maps drawn from thirty years spent building emerging categories before they became obvious.

• Category creation frameworks
• AI opportunity maps
• Founder playbooks
• Market signals worth watching
• Lessons from building at the edge of change
Occasional. Practical. No spam.
LET'S TALK

BUILDING SOMETHING
INTERESTING?

We work with a small number of founders, investors and leadership teams each year. If you're building before the market has caught up, creating a new category or exploring an emerging opportunity, we'd love to see if there is a fit.

BOOK A CALL WITH DANIEL
LET'S TALK

BUILDING
SOMETHING
INTERESTING?

We work with a small number of founders, investors and leadership teams each year. If you're building before the market has caught up, creating a new category or exploring an emerging opportunity, we'd love to see if there is a fit.

BOOK A CALL
WITH DANIEL

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