— A studio of decision systems

We build the tool
before the leap.

Six products across career, kitchen, learning, operations, capital, and product transformation. Each one exposes edge, risk, and fit before you commit.

3 functional
1 primitive
1 alpha
1 pre-code
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§02 · Studio thesis

Career, kitchen, learning, operations, and capital are high-stakes bets. Most people run them on intuition. We build structured decision systems that expose edge, risk, and fit — before commitment.

Every product must clarify the decision, surface better signals than the status quo, and push toward fewer, higher-conviction actions.

01
Clear decision
Users can point to the exact decision the product helps them make.
02
Proprietary signal
A score, index, or dashboard users can't easily reconstruct from raw data.
03
Opinionated
We encode a point of view about what "good" looks like. We are not neutral dashboards.
04
Respect attention
Fast, direct, no ceremony. Users reach insight quickly.
05
Institution-grade
Even when serving individuals, we model the standards of serious operators and allocators.

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§03 · Portfolio

Six products. One decision-intelligence spine.

Stage · honest as of 2026·Q3

01
SerenQ
Career · flagship
AI analyst for your career. Surfaces the right roles, scores fit before you apply, and tells you exactly what to fix.
FitScore™ · Q Mark™
Live · Functional
serenq.lior.ventures
02
PrepHaven
Kitchen
One session becomes a 5-day batch-ready plan with grocery list, pantry diff, and prep sequence.
Chef DNA · Restaurant Recalibration
Functional
prephaven.lior.ventures
03
MindArc
Learning
Mastery-based learning paths from Levels 0 to 5, built on active recall, spaced repetition, and interleaving.
The Evolving Arc
Functional · Beta
mindarc.vercel.app
04
RevSight
Operations
Multi-vertical analytics connecting reviews, revenue, and worker performance for small service businesses.
Vertical-aware config
Primitive · Mock data
Pilot list
05
Verity
Capital
Institutional-grade portfolio discipline for family offices and high-conviction investors. Commit, hold, challenge on schedule.
DIP · Disciplined Investor Protocol
Alpha · Closed
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06
Prodexa
Product transformation
Exposes an SME's product-transformation readiness as a scored signal — and automates the path to a booked engagement.
Readiness Score · consulting funnel
Pre-code · P0
Doctrine alignment

§04 · What's live

Three products you can use right now.

SerenQ FitScore™ report — score 84, Strong Fit

SerenQ

● LIVE

Know before you apply. FitScore™ ranks resume-to-JD match 0–100 — with the gaps called out.

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PrepHaven landing — real product UI

PrepHaven

● LIVE

One session → 5-day batch-ready plan, grocery list, and prep sequence.

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MindArc homepage — real product UI

MindArc

● LIVE

Mastery Levels 0–5 with SM-2 spaced recall and guest sandbox.

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§05 · Founder

Lior
Founder · Studio Lead
"Lior Ventures exists because of a pattern I kept seeing: promising digital initiatives stall not from lack of talent, but because they're run as IT projects instead of products — no clear owner, no metrics, no real path to value."

Before Lior Ventures, I spent my career as a senior product leader across fintech, adtech, and martech — at organizations including Cognizant Consulting, Wells Fargo, and Dentsu — turning complex data, compliance, and AI requirements into consumer and enterprise products that actually ship.

I've led product strategy and delivery for regulated platforms, taken web and mobile apps from 0→1, and run inceptions and strategic upgrades for teams stuck mid-flight.

That frustration — watching good teams get blocked by vague scopes, misaligned vendors, and weak product discipline — is why I built Lior Ventures as a solo studio: a place to run focused, 90-day, product-first engagements that unblock exactly those initiatives, and to build high-conviction AI products of my own alongside them.

Prior
Cognizant · Wells Fargo · Dentsu
Engagements
90-day, product-first