Check One Two Llc

What Check One Two Llc does

Check One Two LLC is a Minneapolis-based design studio operating as a sole-practitioner practice founded by Matt Lowe. The firm offers sixteen distinct service categories spanning brand strategy, marketing, website, print, animation, video, packaging, environmental, product, data visualization, art direction, project management, writing, illustration, and photography. It serves a diversified client base of nonprofits, technology startups, small and medium-sized businesses, musicians, and artists; named engagements include a seven-year relationship with cleantech company Dimensional Energy and work with bioscience firm Ceres Nanosciences.

Name

Check One Two Llc

Legal name

Check One Two LLC

Website

https://checkonetwo.design

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Minneapolis-based sole-proprietor design studio offering brand, web, video, animation, print, and packaging design to nonprofits, startups, small businesses, musicians, and artists, operated by founder Matt Lowe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Graphic Design Services

NAICS

Graphic Design Services (54143), Advertising Agencies (541810)

SIC

Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro primary industry

Creative Boutique Agencies (MPAAAAAB)

Keywords

• Graphic design services
• Brand identity design
• Website design development
• Animation video production
• Creative studio services

Headquarters

HQ city

Minneapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Creative Design Services: Project-based design services including brand identity, website design and development, video production, animation, print materials, and packaging. Custom engagements based on client requirements with deliverables defined per project.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Check One Two LLC is a boutique design studio delivering project-based creative services spanning brand strategy and identity, website design and development, animation (2D and 3D), video production, print design, packaging, data visualization, illustration, photography, art direction, and project management. Engagements are custom-scoped and delivered for organizations and creative projects across nonprofit, tech, beverage, healthcare, music, and community sectors.

Product overview

Check One Two LLC is a design studio offering a comprehensive suite of creative services rather than a software product. The company provides professional design services across 16 distinct categories including Brand, Strategy, Marketing, Website, Print, Animation, Video, Packaging, Environmental, Product, Data Visualization, Art Direction, Project Management, Writing, Illustration, and Photography. These services work together as an integrated offering where the studio can deliver complete creative solutions from brand development through digital and print execution.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Website consolidation saves organization up to $3,000 per year (Hopkins Raspberry Festival)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers19 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Nick Allen (Animator)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCreative partner for animation projects beyond the studio's scope. Collaborated on Ceres Nanosciences 3D animation project where Nick Allen served as animator while Matt Lowe provided storyboards and art direction.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Buck: Design and animation studio known for brand, motion, and 3D animation work for tech, entertainment, and cultural clients. Highly comparable to Check One Two's animation services (Ceres Nanosciences 3D, Gian Health, Aeon Power) and its mixed brand-plus-motion studio model.
• Order Design: Boutique independent design studio with offices in Portland and New York, working across brand identity, packaging, and editorial design for cultural and consumer clients. Comparable founder-led boutique serving music, cultural, and lifestyle clients with packaging and identity as a core offering.
• HUSH: Independently-run creative studio delivering brand, digital, and experiential work for consumer, tech, and cultural brands. Comparable boutique model focused on integrated creative services across brand, web, and motion, with a similar client profile to Check One Two.
• Athletics: Independently-owned creative studio specializing in brand identity, motion, and interactive work for cultural, music, and consumer clients. Directly comparable boutique model delivering integrated brand and digital creative services for music and lifestyle clients.
• Franklyn: Small, Brooklyn-based boutique creative studio working across brand, digital, and motion for tech and cultural clients. Directly comparable as a senior-led independent studio offering integrated brand and digital creative services to startup and cultural clients.
• Sagmeister: Legendary founder boutique design studio led by Stefan Sagmeister, offering brand identity, packaging, and art-direction work across music, cultural, and commercial clients. Directly comparable as a small, founder-led creative boutique with award-winning packaging and identity work for musicians and cultural institutions.
• Manual: Boutique creative studio offering brand, web, motion, and campaign work for tech, cultural, and consumer clients. Comparable as a small, senior-led creative studio serving a similar mix of startup, nonprofit, and cultural clients with integrated services.

Broad incumbents

• Pentagram: Large, partner-led independent design firm covering brand identity, digital, print, packaging, and environmental design across industries. Comparable as a multi-disciplinary full-service design firm, but broader in scale, partnership model, and geographic footprint than Check One Two's solo-practitioner boutique.
• Olson: Larger Minneapolis-based marketing and advertising agency offering brand, digital, PR, and media services. Comparable as a Minneapolis creative-services firm, but at meaningfully larger scale with multi-disciplinary agency capabilities versus Check One Two's sole-practitioner boutique model.

Regional players

• Studio MPLS: Minneapolis-based independent design and branding studio serving Midwest and national clients across brand, web, and packaging. Comparable local-market peer in the same Minneapolis creative ecosystem, with overlap on brand identity and small-business client work.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCpxmATHOxvc2IF46TzItbWg/featured
• Facebookfacebook.com/checkonetwodesign
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/matthewlowe4
• Instagraminstagram.com/checkonetwodesign

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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