Canada

Brand and website design for Toronto startups

4080 Studio is a design and engineering studio in India that works remotely with startups and companies in Toronto. We design and build brands, websites, and digital products, with a daily overlap window for live calls and async work in between.

How the time zones work.

  Toronto
Time difference India is 9.5 hours ahead in summer, 10.5 hours in winter
Best call times Your mornings, roughly 8am to 11am Eastern
Example A 9am call in Toronto is 6:30pm for us in summer, 7:30pm in winter
How work moves You review in your afternoon, we work overnight, and updates are waiting in your morning

How we work with Toronto teams

We keep a short overlap window in your morning for calls and run the rest asynchronously in Figma, Slack, and shared docs. Because we are ahead of Toronto, feedback you send at the end of your day is acted on overnight, so the work moves while you sleep instead of waiting on one time zone.

What Toronto buyers expect

Toronto is the largest tech hub in Canada, strong in fintech, AI, and enterprise software, and most companies here sell into the US early. The brand and site have to compete with well funded American companies from the first day, in front of buyers who will not make allowances for a smaller home market.

Where we would start

With the US buyer. If most of the pipeline will come from south of the border, the brand, the pricing and the proof on the site need to read as a credible choice next to American competitors. We set that bar first and design the site to meet it, rather than adapting a local site later.

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Relevant work

Slice project

Slice

The new bank for next India

Scope
Website, Product
Industry
FinTech
Status
Live
  • Designed and launched in four weeks with Slice's internal engineering team
  • Built as one connected journey through India, across 30+ hero iterations
  • Since launch, Slice reported 2.3× revenue growth, first-year profitability, and a $100M raise
Mass project

Mass

Operating system for AI-operated companies

Scope
Brand, Product
Industry
AI & Infrastructure
Status
Live
  • Brand identity and product design
Momentum project

Momentum

The institutional layer for AI-native businesses

Scope
Brand, Product
Industry
AI & Infrastructure
Status
Live
  • Brand identity and product design
  • Launching soon

Straight answers.

Does 4080 Studio work with companies in Toronto?

Yes. We are based in Uttarakhand, India and work remotely with teams in Toronto and across Canada. We do not have an office in Toronto; projects run over video calls and shared tools, with founder sessions up front to get the strategy right.

What time are calls from Toronto?

Your mornings, roughly 8am to 11am Eastern. A 9am call in Toronto is 6:30pm for us in summer, 7:30pm in winter. Decisions are kept in writing, so nothing waits on a call.

How much does a project cost?

We scope each project to the work rather than selling fixed packages. For context, a custom marketing site from a design studio typically runs $5,000 to $30,000 (roughly C$7,000 to C$41,000) in 2026, and a full brand identity $10,000 to $50,000 (roughly C$14,000 to C$69,000). Tell us about the project and we will send a quote.

Building in Toronto? Tell us about the project.