← All workLAB-002 / Internal venture / 2026

Loupe

Find the businesses behind the map.

A focused discovery tool that turns a business type and a set of places into sourced, usable company records.

LOUPE / SEARCH51.5072° N
commercial architect London ↵
01 / Northbank Studio02 / Fieldwork & Co.03 / Common Practice
Sector

B2B discovery

Services

Product strategy / UX/UI / Full-stack prototype / Data workflow / Marketing site

Technology

React / TypeScript / Express / Leaflet / Google Places / Nominatim

Stage

Working internal prototype; public accounts are not open.

01 / Initial challenge

Finding a specific kind of business across several locations usually means switching between maps, websites and spreadsheets, then repeating the same checks by hand.

02 / Opportunity

Turn a plain-language search into a structured research workflow while preserving the provenance and limits of every result.

03 / Strategy

Separate discovery from enrichment. Search each selected geography, interleave and deduplicate the results, then read public business websites for contact and company signals.

04 / Product experience

Users choose a business type and multiple places, watch results stream onto a map and list, then export a clean CSV. The product finds and records; it does not send outreach.

05 / Technical approach

A React interface talks to an Express API over server-sent events. Google Places provides discovery, Nominatim resolves geographic boundaries and a robots-aware enrichment layer reads company websites.

What we explored

  • Multi-location search
  • Evidence-aware enrichment
  • Responsible B2B research

What we built

  • Search application
  • Map and streaming result UI
  • CSV export
  • Proof-led marketing site

Current stage

Working internal prototype; public accounts are not open.

Next experiment

Refine access, usage limits and the privacy treatment of recorded product demonstrations.

Next project / LAB-003

Pragma