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Completed March 2025
Pridelane
Curated Capital for Sports, Technology, and Property
Project Overview
Simba Investments operates as a cross-border capital firm deploying institutional capital across sports, technology, property, and FMCG. Our mandate was to architect a digital presence that mirrors their operational gravity while making complex portfolio data immediately legible. We engineered Pridelane not as a static brochure, but as an interactive narrative engine where the “pride” metaphor dictates information architecture, motion choreography, and material design.
The previous digital estate reduced diverse holdings to flat text lists, stripping the brand of its leadership narrative. We replaced that cognitive friction with decision-ready intelligence. By mapping each vertical to a distinct digital territory and anchoring the interface in a unified radial geometry system, we ensured visitors grasp Simba’s market breadth before parsing a single paragraph.
Core Engineering Objectives:
- Translate abstract brand identity into spatial UI architecture
- Unify four disparate investment verticals under a cohesive narrative
- Deliver institutional-grade performance through decoupled headless systems
- Equip internal teams with structured CMS workflows for sustained growth
The Challenge
Simba’s legacy digital presence suffered from generic financial templating that erased the firm’s distinctive market positioning. The existing platform operated as a sterile directory, listing portfolio companies as unstructured text while omitting critical performance metrics and sector-specific personality. This lack of visual hierarchy forced potential limited partners to navigate fragmented pages, diluting brand authority and increasing bounce rates.
We identified a clear requirement: the interface must articulate Simba’s narrative through spatial design and data visualization before any textual explanation loads. Our team dismantled the flat directory model and engineered a territory-based architecture.
Core Challenge Pillars:
- Eliminate generic financial templates that obscure brand identity
- Replace passive text lists with interactive sector territories
- Integrate critical metrics and geographic mapping into primary navigation
- Architect a visual system that communicates leadership instantly
Technical Architecture
We engineered a decoupled stack to balance rich visual storytelling with institutional performance standards. By separating content management from frontend rendering, we ensured rapid global delivery while maintaining complex animation pipelines. Our architecture prioritizes modularity, allowing independent scaling of media assets, structured data, and interactive interfaces.
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Layer
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Technology
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Purpose
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Frontend
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Next.js, TypeScript
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Layered glass UI with fast routing
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Content
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Sanity CMS
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Structured sector and company data
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Motion
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Framer Motion, GSAP
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Mane radial animations and panel parallax
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3D
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Three.js
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Subtle topographic maps and mane geometry
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Media
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Cloudinary, Vercel
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Global delivery of rich assets
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Engineering Process
Our development lifecycle operated as a continuous translation layer between brand strategy and frontend execution. We structured the build into disciplined phases to guarantee narrative coherence at every deployment milestone, ensuring that abstract metaphors converted into precise interface behaviors.
Phase Execution Framework:
- Discovery workshops to extract core identity drivers and sector personalities
- Narrative design focused on radial mane geometry and material textures
- Precision build of layered glass UI, live metrics, and geographic maps
- Structured CMS handover enabling independent team updates without code dependency
Product Capabilities
Each interface capability was engineered to serve a specific executive function, transforming abstract portfolio data into actionable visual intelligence. We designed these modules to operate independently while maintaining a unified spatial language across the platform. The system prioritizes instant comprehension, allowing stakeholders to evaluate holdings without friction.
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Capability
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Function
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Mane Hero
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Abstract radial geometry embodying leadership
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Metrics Strip
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Live KPIs for instant credibility
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Sector Territories
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Four textured glass cards with unique artifacts
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Featured Grid
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12 portfolio companies with hover depth
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Global Map
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3D topographic relief showing Nairobi-London axis
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Performance & ROI
We measured success through narrative clarity and sustained engagement rather than superficial vanity metrics. The platform’s structural overhaul directly reduced friction in how limited partners evaluate Simba’s cross-sector allocation strategy, creating measurable gains in both comprehension and operational efficiency.
Key Performance Indicators:
- Accelerated decision timelines through instant spatial sector recognition
- Elevated brand recall via distinctive material language and motion cues
- Increased session duration and deeper portfolio case study exploration
- Reduced engineering overhead through decoupled, designer-managed content workflows
Landing Page Analysis
We designed the primary interface as a continuous visual narrative rather than a traditional hero banner. The layout employs a layered glass UI anchored by a rotating radial mane geometry in Saffron Gold, establishing immediate thematic authority. Directly beneath, a frosted metrics strip delivers four critical KPIs with copper-toned numerals, granting instant institutional credibility. Four territory panels function as interactive glass cards, each embedded with distinct topographic textures and sector-specific artifact icons. Hover interactions trigger radial geometry expansion, revealing featured portfolio logos without disrupting scroll flow. A subtle 3D relief map anchors the geographic narrative, visually connecting Nairobi and London hubs with precision arcs. The design system pairs refined serif typography for narrative hierarchy with clean sans-serif fonts for data legibility, all rendered against a Midnight Indigo base to minimize visual fatigue and maximize content contrast. This architecture ensures executive visitors process portfolio breadth, geographic reach, and sector specialization through spatial cues alone.
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From first call to live in production
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Development Sprints
Iterative builds with regular demos. You see progress weekly — no black-box development cycles.
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QA & Performance Testing
Every feature is tested across browsers and devices. Load testing, security audits, and code review before launch.
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Deployment & Handover
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