We make software
worth keeping.
Stoneward is an independent software venture studio. We don't chase trends or quick exits — we build products people pay for, operate them like real businesses, and hold them for the long term.
Most software gets built to be sold. Ours gets built to be kept.
That one difference shapes everything else.
We're not chasing an acquisition or a funding headline. We find industries still running on spreadsheets and WhatsApp, build the software they've been missing, and stick around to run it.
LocaSign is our SaaS platform for car-rental agencies in Morocco and France. Orion is our credit-decisioning product for lending brokers. Dyafa is a property-management system for riads. Cadence is our cashflow app for running the business itself — with AI forecasting built in.
Three different industries, one obsession: get the details right, then stay long enough for them to compound.
From idea to operating business.
Find a real problem
We look for industries running on spreadsheets, paper and WhatsApp — where good software is a step change, not a nice-to-have.
Ship the product
One team designs and engineers the whole stack — web, mobile and infrastructure — with AI built into the products from the start.
Run the company
Onboarding, support, billing, compliance and growth. We treat each product as the business it is, not a side project.
Own it for years
We reinvest, refine and hold. Long-term ownership keeps incentives honest and quality high.
What we won't bend on.
Own for the long term
We build companies we intend to keep. Long-term ownership improves every decision — what we ship, how we spend, and who we serve.
Revenue, not vanity
We measure progress in paying customers and durable margins. A business that pays for itself can be built honestly and run forever.
Build the boring infrastructure
Contracts, signatures, billing, audit trails, compliance. The unglamorous parts are where trust is earned — with customers, banks and partners.
AI with judgement
We use AI where it genuinely helps — scoring, automation, copilots — and we keep humans accountable for the decisions that matter.
AI that does real work.
It scores credit in Orion, handles documents in LocaSign, and powers the forecasts in Cadence — practical intelligence our customers actually feel.
See it in the products ↗AI scoring & decisioning
Models that turn documents and data into explainable scores and recommendations.
Document intelligence
Extraction, generation and verification — so paperwork stops being the bottleneck.
Operator copilots
Assistants that help our teams and customers move faster, with the right context.
Modern, secure stack
Built on infrastructure that's ready for production, audits and scale from day one.