200000App downloads across iOS and Android
4.4Star rating on the Apple App Store
1Top ranking sustanability app in Germany
THE SHORT STORY
Uptodate Ventures is a consulting and technology company helping SMEs implement sustainable business practices. It offers status-quo analyses, strategy development, and sustainability reporting aligned with EU standards, supported by proprietary software and AI to make sustainability easier, more affordable, and more engaging. As part of Versicherungskammer Bayern, it operates under high IT security and GDPR standards and leverages subsidized consulting to make services accessible.
- CLIENT
- uptodate Ventures GmbH
- INDUSTRY
- Sustainability
- DURATION
- Multi-year collaboration as the product and app evolved
- THE TEAM
- Up to 3 Senior Software Engineers
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The challenge.
- Need to adopt modern frontend technologies (React Query, testing libraries, component systems) to accelerate product delivery.
- Operating and evolving a mobile app with hundreds of thousands of downloads, requiring consistent release cycles and stable backend services.
- Necessity for internal knowledge sharing and upskilling around modern React/TypeScript practices.
- Improving tooling and CI/CD to support monorepo setups and efficient deployments.
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Our approach.
- Introduced React ecosystem best practices, including React Query, React Testing Library, and Ant Design-style component libraries.
- Supported React Native and Apollo GraphQL development for the mobile app, focusing on performance and reliability.
- Led internal React workshops to uplift the in-house team’s skills and align on coding standards.
- Implemented monorepo tooling such as Turborepo and optimized CI/CD pipelines to speed up builds and deployments.
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What we built.
- A modernized web and mobile stack spanning Svelte, React, React Native, and TypeScript, deployed on AWS using serverless patterns.
- Infrastructure managed as code, ensuring reproducible environments and compliance with strict security requirements.
- Improved developer experience through better tooling, automated testing, and knowledge sharing sessions.
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The impact.
- Ranked #1 sustainability app in Germany.
- Achieved 200,000+ downloads across Apple and Google app stores.
- Reached a 4.4-star rating on the Apple App Store.
BEHIND THE BUILD
The technology.
- AWS
- IaaC
- Svelte
- React
- React Native
- TypeScript
- Serverless
- Apollo
- Turborepo
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