56 fintechs shipped. Why teams choose Humbleteam over Made Thought
Made Thought is a London and New York creative office building brand worlds for beauty, fashion, hospitality, and culture. We design brands and the products they run on, with 56 fintechs shipped and tested prototypes in days.
Facts about Made Thought from their own site and LinkedIn · October 7, 2026
How each company describes itself
Made Thought
Made Thought calls itself “a global creative office based in London and New York, driven by an obsession with intelligent creativity.” Its services cover strategy, brand creation, communications, and production, including packaging, bespoke typography, campaigns, and AI-powered asset creation.
The expertise areas listed are beauty, culture, design, fashion, innovation, hospitality, place, and taste. Selected clients on their site include Adidas, Chanel, MoMA, and Pinterest, and their awards include a D&AD Black Pencil. LinkedIn lists 51–200 employees.
Humbleteam
When a brand has to work inside an app, we move fast: a B2B banking MVP with ING Amsterdam went from zero to a tested product in 5 days. New work starts as soon as next week, after a reply within 24 hours.
Money is our deepest vertical. We have shipped 56 fintechs and work with 30+ major banks, from bank identities to KYC and card flows. Since 2017 our 49 people in Prague and Dubai have delivered 200+ projects and won 80+ design awards.
Three reasons fintech teams pick us over Made Thought
Each one matters when the brand ends up on a screen people use every day.
A tested product within weeks
ING Amsterdam got a tested B2B banking MVP in 5 days, and a small-business banking prototype for ING was designed and user-tested in 23 days. Logitech went from brief to an app, website, and design system in production in 4 weeks. Our average from signature to a clickable prototype is 2 weeks.
Fintech brands that survive the product
A bank identity has to hold up on balance screens, card states, and failed-verification messages. With 56 fintechs shipped and 30+ major banks as clients, we also sit inside the in-house teams of 5 YC-backed fintechs. Chuck, Deserve, and One Bank show the brand and the product drawn together.
A record clients come back to
The record since 2017 runs to 200+ projects and 18 published case studies. Clutch shows 4.9 from 35 client reviews, and 70% of our clients return for more work. The senior designers on your first call, with 9 years of experience on average, are the ones who do the work.
Humbleteam vs Made Thought, side by side
Every Made Thought fact here is from their own site or LinkedIn page. Where they publish nothing, the row says so.
| Compared on | Humbleteam | Made Thought |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech and regulated depth | 56 fintechs shipped and 30+ major banks | Finance is not among the eight expertise areas on their site |
| Healthtech or sport depth | 30+ healthtech platforms studied; 27 sports apps benchmarked every 4 weeks | Not among the expertise areas on their site |
| Time to a tested prototype | 5 days from zero to a tested B2B banking MVP with ING Amsterdam | Not published on their site |
| Brief to first clickable prototype | 2 weeks on average | Not published on their site |
| How fast you can start | A reply within 24 hours; work can start next week | Not published on their site |
| Client reviews | 4.9 on Clutch across 35 reviews | Not published on their site |
| Best known for | Brand and product design for fintech, healthtech, sport, and AI | Brand worlds for beauty, fashion, hospitality, culture, and place |
When Made Thought is the better call
Two briefs that match their client list.
A luxury or beauty brand world
Made Thought names beauty and fashion as core expertise and lists several luxury houses among its selected clients. For a fragrance launch or a luxury rebrand, that portfolio is the reference to look at.
Hotels, places, and physical identity
Their site shows hospitality and place work for hotel groups and developers, plus packaging, activations, and industrial prototyping. A brand that lives mostly in buildings and objects fits their production range.
Where our depth sits
Fintech volume, review scores, and repeat business.
56
fintechs shipped
and work for 30+ major banks
4.9
rating on Clutch
across 35 client reviews
70%
of clients return
for a second project
Brand work that ships inside products
Three fintech brands drawn with the screens they run on.
Put us on the shortlist.
Send your product and the decision you are trying to make. We reply with the cases closest to it, a timeline and an estimate — and we will say so if the other option is the better fit.
Questions?
Is Humbleteam a good alternative to Made Thought?
Yes, when the brand has to work inside a digital product, especially in finance. We have shipped 56 fintechs and 200+ projects since 2017. Made Thought is a London and New York creative office whose listed expertise covers beauty, fashion, hospitality, culture, and place, with clients like Chanel and MoMA. For a luxury identity or packaging-led launch, their portfolio is closer.
Humbleteam or Made Thought: who delivers faster?
We publish our delivery times, and Made Thought’s site does not. ING Amsterdam’s tested banking MVP took us 5 days, an ING small-business prototype was user-tested at day 23, and Logitech reached production in 4 weeks. From a signed brief, a clickable prototype usually takes us 2 weeks. A new enquiry to us is answered inside 24 hours.
Which agency should a fintech hire for a new brand?
We are the closer fit for a fintech. Our portfolio counts 56 fintechs and work for 30+ major banks, and 5 YC-backed fintechs have our designers embedded in their in-house teams. Finance is not among the eight expertise areas on Made Thought’s site. We test the identity on onboarding, balances, and card states before it goes live.
How big is each team, and who does the work?
LinkedIn lists Made Thought at 51–200 employees across London and New York. Humbleteam is 49 people in Prague and Dubai, on European and Gulf hours, and the senior designers who join the first call, with 9 years of experience on average, carry the project through. Ask both studios who will lead your project day to day and how many hours they give it.
How much does each cost, and how soon can we start?
Neither company publishes prices. Engagements start as a fixed-price audit, a scoped implementation, or a monthly retainer, and we price yours on the first call. Write to us and you get an answer within 24 hours, with work able to start the following week. Made Thought’s site offers forms to ask a question or share a brief, with no published start times.
Other comparisons
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What we checked, and when
Everything stated about Made Thought on this page comes from their own public pages, read onOctober 7, 2026. We describe what they are strong at, not what they are bad at. If something here is out of date or wrong, write to hi@humbleteam.com and we will fix the page.
- madethought.com — home and about · read October 7, 2026
- LinkedIn — Made Thought company page · read October 7, 2026
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