Aqwtr
PREPARED FOR BOARDY
Acquisition & Investment Brief · September 2026

A finished machine,
waiting for a driver.

Aqwtr™ is a native iOS operating system and CRM for pool-service contractors, built on a two-sided marketplace. The hard part is done and documented. It is stable, pre-launch, and available to the right owner: as an acquisition, or the right investment to take it to market.

Company
Assistant Management LLC
Founder
Steve Drotar
HQ
Sarasota, FL
Status
Stable · Pre-launch
Native iOS · Expo React Native Two-sided Stripe marketplace Subscription + à-la-carte Domain + app + funnel + docs AI-native · voice, accounting, imagery
The Ask
~$1.5M
Full package, open to royalties
Two Doors
Buy or Fund
Acquisition or investment
Core Build
Shipped
Marketplace flows complete
Category
Vertical·SaaS
Home-services trades
01 The problem space · why now

Pool contractors run on patchwork.

The friction

Paper, texts, and three apps that don't talk.

A pool-service contractor sources leads on Facebook, tracks jobs in a notebook or a spreadsheet, invoices from a second tool, and buys equipment wherever they can. There is no operating layer connecting how they find work, run it, and get paid. Every contractor rebuilds the same broken workflow alone.

The market signal

A large, fragmented trade with no dominant OS.

Pool service is a big, recurring-revenue trade served by generic field-service tools that were never built for it. No one owns the vertical. The platform that connects leads, equipment, supplies, and dispatch into one contractor OS owns the surface area.

02 The solution · what Aqwtr is

The contractor operating system.

Core model

A two-sided marketplace at the center.

Aqwtr™ is built on the LEM model: Leads, Equipment, and Marketplace. Contractors browse anonymized leads and claim the ones they want, list and buy equipment and supplies, and run the work from one native app. The two-sided money flow is built: a subscription tier plus à-la-carte unlocks, with the marketplace mechanics already implemented and documented.

Design and surface

A finished product, not a prototype.

The app ships on a complete in-house design system with the core flows built end-to-end: lead discovery, unlock and subscribe, listings, and dispatch. A companion funnel web app drives acquisition. What a buyer receives is a de-risked foundation, not a set of wireframes.

What transfers

Domain, app, funnel, and the full documentation set.

The package includes the aqwtr.com domain, the full iOS source, the funnel web app, the design system, and an extensive technical and design documentation set: architecture, data model, and build specs. The documentation is a large part of the value, and it is shared in a data room only after an NDA.

One app, the full contractor stack.

Marketplace
Two-sided LEM exchange
Leads, equipment, and supplies in one marketplace
Payments
Two-way money flow
Subscriptions, à-la-carte unlocks, and marketplace payouts
Public presence
A landing page per contractor
Each with its own billing and booking portal
Marketing
On-demand direct mail
Physical out-of-home mail sent on demand
Messaging
Automated messages
Triggered follow-ups to leads and clients
Inbox
In-app mailbox
Two-way messaging built into the app
Growth
Integrated referral program
Referrals built into the platform, not bolted on
Hands-free
Voice assistant
Run the day by voice out in the field
Dispatch
Smart routing
Optimized job and route assignment
Back office
AI accounting agent
Automated bookkeeping and reconciliation
Content
AI image generation
On-brand marketing imagery generated in app
Reach
Language translation
Serve clients and crews across languages
03 Founder · why Steve Drotar

Builder. Baker. Shipper.

Track record
Forklet®
A second live iOS platform, registered trademark, patents pending: proof he ships real products, not decks.
Technical depth
Full stack
React Native, Expo, Cloudflare, Stripe, Railway: builds and deploys multi-sided platforms solo.
Method
AI relay
An AI-assisted development loop that turns one founder into a full product team.
Focus
Portfolio
Runs a venture portfolio under AMLLC. Aqwtr deserves a dedicated owner to take it to launch.
Why he is selling

The honest reason.

Steve is concentrating on Forklet®, his culinary platform. Aqwtr™ is a strong, finished asset that deserves an owner who will take it to launch and growth, and that focus is better placed with a buyer or an investor than split across a portfolio. This is a clean, motivated sale, not a distressed one.

04 The deal · two doors

Buy it, or back it.

DOOR 01 · ACQUIRE

Own the whole thing.

~$1.5M full package
  • Domain, iOS app, funnel web app, and full documentation set
  • Single-owner IP under Assistant Management LLC, no cap-table complexity
  • Open on structure, including a lower number plus revenue royalties
  • De-risked, buildable foundation with a documented handoff
DOOR 02 · INVEST

Fund it to launch.

Right offer terms open
  • Capital to finish, launch, and run go-to-market in the pool vertical
  • Founder stays to drive the product he built
  • Entry into a finished asset, not a pre-build risk
  • Structure open to the right partner
Replacement cost
12 to 18 months and $1M+ to rebuild.
A finished, documented version of this platform, native iOS plus a web funnel, a two-sided marketplace with live two-way payments, per-contractor billing and booking portals, and an AI-native stack (voice, accounting, routing, imagery, translation), would take a funded team well over a year and seven figures in engineering and design to reproduce from scratch. The acquisition is a discount to that, delivered today and documented. Figures are an order-of-magnitude estimate, not a quote.
Full technical detail, the codebase, and the documentation set are shared only after a signed NDA.
05 Why it is worth the intro

The case, checked.

A real product, not a deck. Native iOS app built end-to-end on a complete design system, with the marketplace flows shipped.

Large, underserved market. Pool service is a big, recurring-revenue trade with no operating system built for it.

Clean IP. Single-owner under Assistant Management LLC, no co-founders or outside investors to clear.

Documented and transferable. Architecture, data model, and build specs are written down, so the handoff is real.

Proven builder. A second shipped platform (Forklet®) shows the founder finishes and ships.

Flexible entry. Acquire outright, or fund it, or a number plus royalties: the deal shapes to the partner.

06 Honest assessment · what to watch

The real risks.

Risk 01

Pre-launch, pre-revenue.

There is no user base or revenue yet, so value rests on the asset and time-to-market, not traction. The mitigation is exactly what is for sale: the hard build is done, so a buyer skips the expensive, uncertain part and goes straight to launch.

Risk 02

Name not yet trademarked.

The Aqwtr™ mark is not yet registered. That is upside, not a liability: the domain is owned and the mark is available to file cleanly, and the founder has filed marks for his other brands.

Risk 03

Solo-built.

One founder built this, which is a concentration risk on knowledge. The documentation set is the answer: the architecture and specs are written down so a new team, or an AI-assisted one, can carry it forward.

Risk 04

Niche vertical.

Pool service is a focused market, not a horizontal one. That focus is the point: it is winnable and underserved, and the LEM model ports to adjacent home-services trades once the first vertical is owned.

Make the intro.

Aqwtr™ is a finished, documented product in an unclaimed vertical, available to the right buyer or the right investor. If it fits someone in your network, this is worth a warm introduction.

Confidential brief. Figures are targets, not an offer to sell securities. Full technical detail under NDA.
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