ABOUT

A small lab for products that can earn their next investment.

Runestone Labs builds focused software and data products across markets where a small team can create unusual leverage. The portfolio currently includes RecallRadar, Runestone Tarot, Gatekeeper, and CivilSolve.

The common architecture is operational, not cosmetic: launch a bounded product, automate its repeatable work, measure real behavior, and allocate more time only when demand justifies it. That keeps product judgment centralized without turning every experiment into another founder job.

How we choose

We prefer specific user pain, proprietary or difficult-to-assemble data, organic pull, and products whose delivery can become largely self-serve. Traffic and downloads are clues; activation, retention, qualified intent, and payment are stronger evidence.

Behind Runestone Labs

Runestone Labs was founded by Evan Vandegriff, a software engineer with roughly 15 years across startups and recent work on production AI in regulated environments.

Engineering roles include early years at TripleLift and SevenRooms, both since acquired in $1B+ exits, and co-founder and CTO of GreenSpark Software. The same mix of product engineering, operational systems, and consequential software shapes the portfolio today.

Runestone Labs is a bootstrapped C Corp with a multi-year horizon. The operating model is built to follow evidence rather than a fundraising clock.

For a specific product need, dataset inquiry, partnership, or integration question, use the contact page. The operating model explains how product decisions are made.