Talent Marketplace · Mobile App

How Castly Shipped an iOS/Android App & Raised $1.2M Pre-Seed

In just 10 weeks, we developed a secure, scalable matching platform with Stripe Connect escrow capabilities, enabling Castly to prove transaction volume and secure institutional funding.

$1.2M
10 Weeks
React Native, Node.js
Stripe Escrow
Castly Application Mockup
01 / The Challenge

Fragmented bookings & payment delays

The talent booking industry is plagued by manual admin loops and high payment friction. Independent models and creators routinely face 30-to-60 day delays when waiting for invoice payouts. For brands, managing onboarding, compliance, tax filing, and milestone payouts across hundreds of creators was a massive logistical challenge.

To capture the market, Castly needed a real-time mobile app that handled creator portfolios, dynamic search matching, secure chat, and immediate escrow-based payouts.

02 / The Solution

A unified mobile escrow marketplace

We built a cross-platform mobile application in React Native coupled with a secure, highly scalable Node.js/PostgreSQL backend architecture. The application replaces standard invoicing with an escrow-based workflow powered by Stripe Connect.

Brands deposit project fees into an escrow wallet before the shoot begins. Once creative deliverables are verified, funds are released instantly to the talent's bank account.

Castly Portfolio & Search System
“Multisyn Tech's escrow architecture and custom search filters were critical to validating our transactional model. They delivered a fully audited production release inside 10 weeks, which directly enabled our $1.2M pre-seed fundraise. Their technical diligence documents satisfied our lead VC's requirements immediately.”
AG Abdulaziz Ziad Galadari Founder & CEO, Castly
03 / The Business Outcome

$150K transactional volume in 30 days

Castly successfully launched on both the iOS App Store and Google Play Store on schedule. Within the first month, the platform processed over $150K in payments, onboarding more than 12,000 verified models and creators.

The rapid user adoption and verified transactional history provided the empirical proof of market fit needed for Castly to close their $1.2M institutional pre-seed financing round.

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