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ConceptLABS

Strategy before code. That's why this company exists.

ConceptLABS® didn't start as an AI company. It started as a conviction forged over 20 years of building production software: the highest-leverage work in technology happens before anyone writes code.

The founding story

From shipping products to proving them first

Theuno de Bruin has spent 20+ years shipping software: building and leading the FNB Banking app’s iOS team, running mobility systems for Edcon as an executive, and founding Spaza — the studio behind 150+ shipped apps, 20+ launched startups, R300M+ raised by things it built, and 1M+ active users. ConceptLABS® exists because of a pattern he kept seeing: the builds that fail were never planned properly, and the plans that fail were never written by builders. So he separated the two — and kept them under one roof.

Theuno de Bruin explaining a software architecture diagram on a whiteboard to a colleague at the ConceptLABS office

Our philosophy

Scope it. Shape it. Ship it.

01

Scope

A free Strategy Session — we understand before we recommend.

02

Shape

A diagnostic, then a blueprint — validated, scoped, and priced.

03

Ship

Spaza builds it. Or any team you choose — the blueprint is yours.

ConceptLABS® runs Scope and Shape. Ship belongs to Spaza — or to any team you trust. Nothing we plan locks you in.

Credentials

Theuno de Bruin — The experience behind the firm

Early career

Software Developer

Full-stack production systems — built, not advised.

FNB

Mobile Development Manager

Enterprise banking, millions of users, zero-downtime, regulatory compliance.

Edcon

Mobility Systems Executive

Retail operations at scale, physical + digital.

Spaza! Tech

Founder & CEO

150+ products shipped. Toyota SA, Coca-Cola, Intercare, Safari Outdoor.

Now

ConceptLABS® Founder

Founder, ConceptLABS® — blueprint-first strategy for businesses and founders

Delivery

The team behind delivery

ConceptLABS® engagements are led by Theuno. Delivery runs on Spaza’s full team — Flutter engineers, UX designers, QA — the same people behind the 150+ shipped products. When your blueprint moves to build, you inherit a twenty-year-old delivery machine, not a freelancer marketplace.

Based in Menlyn Maine, Pretoria — working with clients across South Africa and remotely. Geography has never shipped a product; teams do.

Work with us

Ready to know for sure?

Book a free Strategy Session. Whether you’re automating an operation or starting from an idea, you’ll leave knowing your path and what it costs.