Engineer, marketer, and the reason Shamalama exists, building software that reaches the people who'd usually be priced out of it.
Vanessa's background spans both software engineering and marketing, a rare pairing that means she can build the thing and understand why anyone would want it. Over the years she's sharpened those skills against an ever-changing market, staying close to the tools and trends that actually move.
That dual fluency became the founding idea for Shamalama: most entrepreneurs with a genuinely good idea get stuck at the same wall, they need something real to show people, but a "proper" prototype quotes out at more than they have before they're funded.
So she built a studio for exactly that moment. Shamalama brings real-world solutions to entrepreneurs at the pre-funding stage, at low cost, helping elevate the thinkers in a tech-driven world without asking them to bet the budget on an unproven idea.
Every project is written and owned in-house. No outsourcing, no black boxes, just a small, female-led studio that treats a £0-revenue founder with the same care as an enterprise client.
Female-led and written line-by-line in-house. You always know who built it and why.
No project too small, no idea too early. We start the conversation before the funding arrives.
A prototype you can hold in days, not a deck about a deck. Momentum is the whole point.
From accessibility to enterprise AI, the craft is the same. The work is the passion.
Years spent learning to build software and to sell it, two halves of the same skill, kept sharp against a market that never sits still.
A gentle iOS app built for Vanessa's daughter, who has sensory needs around food. The proof that a heartfelt idea can ship fast, and the test that set the studio's protocols. Read the story →
A native residents' app for the Crossways estate, and a production website for enterprise-AI company Sysqo, with more in the pipeline.
Tell her about your idea, she'll tell you the fastest, most affordable way to make it real.