Baserow Case Study: Scaling Infrastructure on AWS with Blackbird

Tech that was used

About the project

Equine compass started with an idea of a digital platform for buying and selling horses. Blackbird was asked to built it from scratch.

Equine Compass had a vision: the go-to digital marketplace for buying and selling horses across the US. No existing platform. No in-house tech team. Just ambition and a market window they didn't want to miss.

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We designed, built and launched the entire cloud-native platform from scratch — scalable architecture, secure backend, user-friendly front-end and got them to market in under 3 months.

‍Think about what that means commercially: every week saved in development is a week of revenue, user acquisition and market positioning gained.

For an early-stage startup, speed-to-market isn't just a nice-to-have. It's a competitive moat.

‍✓ Rapid product development
✓ Short value delivery cycles
✓ MVP live in 3 months — scalable platform ready for growth

Challenges and results

Rapid product development

Scalable platform

Short value delivery cycles

MVP in 3 months

Built

for speed

At Blackbird, we understand the dynamic environment of startups and scale-ups. You’re operating with limited resources, focusing intensely on product development, and need a cloud partner who can keep pace.

We provide rock-solid infrastructure on AWS, Google, and Azure, ensuring 24/7 uptime, and offer deep cloud expertise to streamline development and accelerate your growth. You’ll have full visibility and control over your cloud environment with our transparent approach, and we’ll help you achieve faster development cycles for quicker product launches.

We’ll help you tackle common startup cloud challenges:

Controlling escalating cloud costs.
Implementing necessary security standards (ISO 27001, SOC 2).
Optimizing software delivery processes.
Building scalable infrastructure.
Establishing clear cloud ownership and responsibility

Read our cases

We work for a broad range of companies, but we have our focus on mostly startups and scaleups. We all come from a background in startups, we love the speed and the way of working it requires.

Baserow

The open-source no-code platform for building databases and applications. No code or technical skills needed. Baserow is a data collaboration platform trusted by over 100,000 users for building databases and applications without coding.

Equine Compass

At Equine Compass, we're redefining the way people buy and sell horses. The platform is built for riders, trainers, and equestrians of all kinds—across all breeds and disciplines—who are ready for a better way to connect at the shows.

ViriCiti

ViriCiti (now ChargePoint) develops a cloud-based monitoring system that allows electric buses and trucks to drive further, be used more often, and function more reliably at lower costs.