Question 1

How much does it cost to build a startup MVP app in the USA?

Accepted Answer

A focused MVP covering one primary user journey on a single platform runs $12,000 to $30,000 at Noukha, delivered in 8 to 10 weeks. If you need both iOS and Android from launch, Flutter gives you both from one build at roughly the same price point. A seed-stage product with full feature scope on both platforms runs $30,000 to $75,000.

Question 2

What makes an app investor-ready for a US funding round?

Accepted Answer

Technical reviewers in US funding rounds look for: clean architecture with separation of concerns, documented APIs, meaningful test coverage, clean Git history with conventional commits, proper secret management, and infrastructure designed for horizontal scaling. We build to this standard from the first sprint.

Question 3

How quickly can you deliver an MVP for a fundraising deadline?

Accepted Answer

We can deliver a focused, single-platform MVP in 8 to 10 weeks from project kickoff. If you have a specific investor meeting or demo day driving your deadline, tell us in the first call and we structure the roadmap around it.

Question 4

Will I own the code after the project?

Accepted Answer

Completely and unconditionally. On project completion, 100 percent of the intellectual property transfers to you -- all source code, design assets, API documentation, and deployment configurations. No licence fees, no retained access, no conditions.

Question 5

How do you handle the technical due diligence process for a Series A?

Accepted Answer

If your existing codebase needs to be ready for Series A technical review, we offer a codebase audit that identifies the issues a technical advisor will flag, prioritises them by severity, and either resolves them or produces a documented remediation plan you can present to investors.

Question 6

Should I build native iOS or use Flutter for my startup MVP?

Accepted Answer

For most US startup MVPs where you need both iOS and Android, Flutter is the economically rational choice -- one codebase, both platforms, same budget. The exceptions: if your MVP requires deep Apple-specific hardware features (HealthKit, ARKit, NFC), native iOS is better. If your team already works in JavaScript, React Native is better.

Question 7

What happens to my app after the MVP if I need to add features?

Accepted Answer

Three options: you take the codebase in-house to your own engineering team, you continue with Noukha on a time-and-material or retainer basis, or you move to a different development partner. We provide full codebase handoff documentation. We do not use vendor lock-in as a retention mechanism.

Question 8

Can you work with US startup accelerators like Y Combinator, Techstars, or 500 Global?

Accepted Answer

Yes. We have worked with US startup founders at the accelerator stage and understand the timelines, demo day requirements, and investor expectations these programmes create. YC demo days typically fall in March and October -- if you are in a YC batch and need a product for demo day, we plan backward from that date.

Question 9

Do you have experience with US startup compliance requirements like HIPAA or PCI DSS?

Accepted Answer

Yes. HealthTech MVPs are built with HIPAA technical safeguards as standard deliverables. Fintech MVPs are built with PCI DSS-aligned payment flows via Stripe or Braintree. Compliance is scoped in discovery, not discovered halfway through a project.