What Marqio does and who builds it.

We build Marqio because trademark clearance in practice is still a PDF export from the TMview interface that nobody can reuse. A file must be more than a screenshot. Every hit in Marqio carries a register ID, timestamp and source. Every run is reproducible. Every decision stays legible — even two years later.

Marqio comes out of a frustration.

We have founded companies more often than we cared to over the past few years. And every time it ran the same way: finding a name, somewhere between café and spreadsheet. Trademark clearance, because a cease-and-desist is the worst thing that can happen to a young company. Calling a lawyer who is friendly but expensive. Comparing domains in every permutation. Briefing a designer, a few rounds of feedback, eventually a logo that more or less fits.

The same routine with every new company. And every time with the feeling that the same work is being done all over again.

At some point it was clear: most of this is busywork. Comparing classes, checking name similarity, collecting domain prices, drafting a clean logo brief — that can be a tool.

Marqio is exactly that. One run, five steps, at the end a dossier with name, clearance, domain and logo. For founders who want to ship an MVP without first hiring half an agency and a lawyer.

At first, Marqio was our own tool for the next company. That it now takes the same stretch off others’ hands was not the plan, but is the point.

Marqio is a project of Shio Ventures GmbH, Berlin. HRB 82142 B, Charlottenburg local court.