Three companies.
One engine.
One operator, one applied-AI core — three businesses serving three distinct markets.
- Startupp.ai
- OpenAva.app
- Lumina Consulting
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Building applied AI, business systems, and software companies.
Dupont Ventures is the firm behind a portfolio of operating companies — and the home for a few high-leverage services I offer directly to founders and teams.
3 operating companies Applied AI Software systems Fractional CTO
Holding company structure Applied AI across every company I still ship the code Bilingual EN / ES reach Startupp.ai OpenAva.app Lumina Consulting Holding company structure Applied AI across every company I still ship the code Bilingual EN / ES reach Startupp.ai OpenAva.app Lumina Consulting
/ 01 The Portfolio Companies I own
Companies I own
and operate.
Each company solves a distinct problem for a distinct market — powered by the same engine of applied AI and software built to run a real business.
Three companies.
S Services
Startupp.ai
StartUpp.Cloud LLC
Hands-on services that take founders from raw idea to launched product — strategy, build, and go-to-market support for early-stage startups.
Idea → launched product
O SaaS Platform
OpenAva.app
OpenAva LLC
An all-in-one operating system for business — CRM, projects, and automation in one platform built to replace the HubSpot + ClickUp stack.
Replaces HubSpot + ClickUp
L Consulting
Lumina Consulting Group
Lumina Consulting Group LLC
AI implementation and marketing systems for Spanish-speaking businesses across LATAM and the southern United States.
Bilingual AI for LATAM
/ 02 Direct Services
A few things I do myself.
Beyond the portfolio, I take on a small number of high-leverage engagements directly — where deep technical ownership is the whole point.
Flagship
Technical Partnership
Software systems and technical backing for entrepreneurs with strong ideas but no technical co-founder. I architect, build, and stand behind the product.
FlagshipFractional CTO
Senior technical leadership without the full-time hire — architecture, hiring, roadmap, and engineering execution for funded startups and scaling teams.
FlagshipTechnical Interview Consulting
Design and run technical hiring loops that actually predict performance — rubrics, question banks, calibration, and interviewer training.
Routed Services
Or matched to the right company.
Some needs are best served by one of the operating companies. Tell me what you need and I'll point you to the right team.
Early-Stage Technical Investment
A hands-on technical co-founder for the earliest stage — infrastructure, tooling, mentorship, and an MVP build, with the technical work as the investment.
Idea to Launch
Validation, MVP scoping, and a launched product for early-stage founders.
Business Operating System
Replace your scattered CRM, project, and automation tools with one platform.
AI & Marketing for LATAM
Bilingual AI implementation and marketing systems for Spanish-speaking markets.
/ 03 The Approach
How the firm operates.
Whether it's a portfolio company or a direct engagement, the method is the same: start from the business, build pragmatically, and own the outcome.
01
Diagnose
I start with the business, not the tech — understanding the model, constraints, and the real bottleneck before a line of code is written.
02
Architect
A pragmatic system design that fits the stage: lean enough to ship fast, structured enough to scale when it works.
03
Build & Ship
Working software in weeks, not quarters. Applied AI where it earns its place, conventional engineering everywhere else.
04
Operate & Grow
Ongoing technical ownership — or a clean handoff to your team. Either way, the system is built to outlast the engagement.
Renzo Dupont Founder & Managing Partner / 04 The Founder
I build what I back.
I'm Renzo Dupont. I build software companies and the AI systems that power them — then I run them.
Dupont Ventures is how I structure that work: a parent firm over a portfolio of operating companies, each one a real business with real customers. I'm not a passive investor — I'm the founder, architect, and technical partner behind what we build.
When I'm not building inside the portfolio, I take on a handful of direct engagements: standing in as a fractional CTO, partnering technically with founders who have the vision but not the engineer, and helping teams hire technical talent that actually performs.
Renzo Dupont — Founder, Dupont Ventures
3Operating companiesOwned & run
2Languages servedEnglish & Spanish
3Flagship servicesOffered directly
1Founder behind it allHands-on
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