NovaByte Labs built a project management tool specifically for remote-first creative agencies — a niche that larger players consistently ignored. At peak, the product had 340 paying monthly subscribers, a clean Rails + React stack, and a roadmap that was two sprints from a major feature release. The founding team ran out of runway pursuing enterprise contracts that took 14 months to close and never converted. The product is feature-complete for its core use case. The codebase is documented. The customers are real. The only thing missing is capital and a team to close the gap.