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Strategic Brand Design

Shaping Perception. Creating Brand Value.

Founded in 2017 by an IIT Kanpur Alumnus

WELCOME TO CBA™

Branding agency for startups, offering structured startup branding packages.

Creative Branding Agency (CBA™) is a strategic brand design studio helping startups compete with larger, established brands through clarity, perception, and design-led thinking. In markets dominated by legacy players and large budgets, startups cannot outspend, but they can outdesign. CBA™ partners with early-stage and growth-stage businesses to use brand design as a competitive equalizer, enabling them to build trust faster, increase perceived value, and compete through perception rather than spend. At CBA™, brand design is a tool for shaping emotion, influencing decisions, and creating long-term brand value. Each startup branding package helps founders articulate finely tuned brand strategies, deliver seamlessly integrated digital experiences, and create impactful packaging.

In an age defined by relentless velocity, every brand encounter shapes public perception and forges enduring affinities. We empower fledgling enterprises with branding experiences that are at once intuitive, strategically rigorous and indelibly memorable, devising creative frameworks that enable them to vie confidently with established market players. We architect customised roadmaps that elevate brand stature and underpin sustainable expansion. By anticipating shifting market currents and maintaining an unwavering dedication to excellence, we cultivate robust partnerships that empower our clients to realise their full potential and carve out a distinctive niche within the commercial arena. Ultimately, we stand as collaborators in their evolution, shaping brands that resonate, endure, and inspire lasting connection. By combining strategic thinking, creativity, and deep market insights, we ensure every brand touchpoint from visual identity and packaging to digital experiences and advertising campaigns — resonates with your target audience. As a dedicated startup branding agency, our team collaborates with founders and stakeholders to transform your vision into a brand that embodies trust, professionalism, and innovation. Whether it’s designing high-impact packaging, building an engaging website, or creating social media-ready content, our startup branding package helps startups build brands that attract customers, foster loyalty, and drive growth. With our holistic approach, startups gain not just a logo or a website, but a complete branding ecosystem that supports long-term success.

 
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Ranked #1
Top Ranked Branding Agency

Setting new standards for brand design, our agency has been ranked #1 in Mumbai by Sortlist.

210+
Brands Created From Scratch

Our expert team has helped hundreds of startups craft unique and memorable brands from scratch.

3500+
Designs Created for Startups

We use design as a tool to create unique and memorable brands that help startups stand out.

IIM Mumbai
Empanelled Branding Partner

CBA™ is empanelled as official branding partner for startups incubated at AIC-NIFIE, IIM Mumbai.

A gallery showcasing some of our featured work for startups worldwide, where each brand is crafted from scratch: beginning with brand strategy and extending through identity design, packaging design, website design, and beyond.

Each startup branding package is crafted to forge genuine rapport with your audience, helping penetrate the recesses of the subconscious, the very realm where the majority of purchasing determinations are consummated. It is seldom rational deliberation that catalyses commercial exchange; rather, it is the interplay of affective impulses and instinctual drives. As a branding agency devoted to nurturing startups and modest enterprises across India, we recognise this latent dynamism as the sine qua non of constructing a formidable brand. In a cutthroat marketplace, goods may emerge from factory assembly lines, yet genuine brands are forged in consumers’ minds.

BRANDING PROCESS & PHILOSOPHY

Looking for branding case studies?

You won’t find them on our website, and that is intentional.

Many agencies publish detailed case studies explaining the strategy behind every brand they create. While this may appear transparent, it often reveals the very thinking that gives a brand its competitive advantage.

Our brand design process involves deep strategic work: defining positioning, archetype, personality, narrative, and long-term brand direction. This insight is built specifically for each client and becomes a critical part of their brand’s intellectual capital. For that reason, the strategic thinking we develop remains confidential and proprietary to the brand. Together with our clients, we make a conscious decision not to place that strategy in the public domain.

What you will see on our website are the final brand expressions: the identities, packaging systems, and visual worlds that emerge from that strategic foundation. The thinking behind them exists. It simply belongs to the brand that commissioned it.

How to easily identify a graphic design agency pretending to be a branding agency, and what real branding agency actually looks like.

Today, many graphic design agencies describe themselves as branding agencies, yet the work they produce is largely design-led rather than strategy-led. True branding begins long before visual design: it starts with defining positioning, personality, and narrative, and then translating that strategy into a distinctive visual language. The difference becomes clear the moment you study an agency’s portfolio closely.

Look for repeating visual styles across different brands

If several brands in an agency’s portfolio appear to share a similar visual style, it usually indicates a design-led approach rather than strategy-driven branding.

Notice identical colour treatments used across different brands

If multiple brands share similar colour palettes or visual colour moods, it often signals a designer applying a consistent aesthetic rather than building identities from strategy.

Observe repeating graphic treatments across different brand projects

Recurring illustration styles, or graphic motifs across brands often reveal a studio working from stylistic preference instead of designing for each brand’s unique narrative.

Real branding always begins with strategy before design

True branding agencies begin with strategy: defining positioning, personality, archetype, and narrative before moving into visual identity design process.

Each brand should be built around a distinct archetype

Every brand carries a different psychological personality. These archetypes shape tone, storytelling, and the visual language that expresses the brand.

Strategy naturally creates distinct visual languages for brands

When branding is done correctly, each brand develops its own visual and verbal language — making it nearly impossible for two brands to look the same.

STARTUP BRANDING PACKAGES

Each of our startup branding packages is designed for founders who want a clear, structured approach to brand building, not fragmented deliverables. Each package is designed to help startups establish a strong brand foundation and expand it thoughtfully as the business grows.

Instead of assembling services individually, our startup branding packages follow a system-led approach that brings strategy, identity, and brand consistency together from the start. This ensures every brand we create is cohesive, credible, and aligned across touchpoints, regardless of stage or business model. With transparent bundled pricing and a focus on long-term brand value, our packages offer a practical yet strategic way for startups to build brands that scale with confidence.

Core Branding Foundation

Build a complete brand identity for your dream startup.

₹54,000 (20% bundled savings)

For Early-stage & incubated startups

Product Brand System

Launch your product brand with clarity & confidence.

₹77,000 (20% bundled savings)

For product based startups

Service Brand Ecosystem

Create a service brand that attracts and converts.

₹97,000 (25% bundled savings)

For service-led & B2B businesses

Marketplace Brand System

Build a product based brand built for ecommerce.

₹95,000 (25% bundled savings)

For Amazon & omnichannel brands

Brand + Digital Experience

Establish a strong brand with a good digital presence.

₹1,27,000 (30% bundled savings)

For growth-focused startups

Ecommerce Brand System

Build a cohesive ecommerce brand ready to scale.

₹1,45,000 (30% bundled savings)

For D2C & ecommerce startups

KEY SERVICES & PRICING

As a full stack creative branding agency for startups, each service offers branding and design solutions that are strategic, impactful, and transparently priced and is tailored to the unique ambitions of emerging founders and growing small enterprises.

From defining your brand strategy and visual identity to designing custom packaging and user-centric website UI/UX, our startup branding solutions are structured to ensure a cohesive and professional brand experience across all touchpoints. Understanding the financial realities of early-stage businesses, our creative branding solutions are designed to be both cost-effective and high-impact — ensuring your brand stands out without compromise. Whether you need an engaging website, social media visuals, or a detailed brand guide, CBA™ helps startups build a consistent, credible, and competitive brand presence.

Service Deliverables & standard scope Pricing & timeline
Brand Strategy & Naming
Audience-first archetype & naming
Understanding & narrowing ideal target audience; overall brand strategy & archetype development; tone of voice finalisation; exploration of brand names aligned with strategy and archetype; recommending name options with domain and trademark checks; tagline development.
₹18,500
6–10 days
Extra tagline +₹5,000
Brand Identity & Logo System
Logo routes and scalable visual identity system
Brainstorming initial logo design routes/concepts after audience analysis and aligned with brand archetype; refinement and finalisation based on feedback; scalable logo system for packaging, print and digital usage; delivery of final master logo files in multiple formats (SVG, EPS, PNG, PDF, AI/Figma) along with usage guidelines and rationale for implementation.
₹25,500
10–15 days
Logo animation +₹6,000 • Sub-brand logo +₹5,500
Brand Expression Guidelines
Brand Color Palette, typography & visual language
Typography family and brand type hierarchy; brand colour palettes with HEX/RGB/CMYK values; creating a visual style language for cohesive look and feel across touchpoints; imagery guidelines (optional) and basic brand guidelines; exportable tokens (CSS/JSON) for dev handoff.
₹15,500
5–6 days
Extended brand guidelines +₹7,500
Master Packaging Design System
Master system adapted across SKUs
Master brand packaging design system adapted across all SKUs; design of primary and secondary packaging with premium feel (boxes, wraps, inserts); material exploration, packaging forms and finishes (matte, frosted, metallic accents etc); label designs that communicate quality and trust; packaging mockups across SKUs; printing assistance and dielines.
₹28,500
1–3 weeks
New additional SKU +₹6,000
Website UX/UI Design (E-commerce)
Wireframes to hi-fi responsive designs
User journey mapping and wireframes; high-fidelity custom UX/UI design for 5–6 key e-commerce pages (home, about, product listing, product detail, cart, checkout); fully responsive layouts across desktop, tablet, and mobile; custom UI components including icons, buttons, forms, filters, and interactive elements.
₹39,000
2-3 weeks
Additional webpage +₹7,500
E-commerce Website Development
Custom-coded shopify development or on other platforms
Custom-coded development on platforms like Shopify/Squarespace/Wix eCommerce/WooCommerce/Odoo/ZohoCommerce/Magento (Adobe Commerce), based on approved UI (no pre-built theme usage); custom sections and dynamic product displays; conversion-focused copy for 4-6 key pages (home, about, product, category, cart, checkout); Platform-native features (accounts, galleries, contact/booking forms).
₹36,000
2-3 weeks
Product upload +₹900 each; integrations extra
Mobile App UX/UI Design & Prototyping
User flows, interface systems & interactive prototypes
User journey mapping and task flows; wireframes and key-screen UX layouts; high-fidelity mobile interface design aligned with brand expression; reusable UI component library and design system; interaction states, transitions and micro-interactions; clickable prototypes for usability validation and stakeholder review; developer-ready design specifications, assets and handoff documentation (Figma/Zeplin).
₹5,000/screen
4–5 days/screen
Complex long screens +₹7,500
Marketplace Storefront Design
Amazon, Flipkart etc. module design
Storefront module design, hero modules, product modules, mobile-optimised layouts and A+ content templates tailored to marketplace constraints.
₹27,000
1–2 weeks
Additional SKU +₹6,000/product
Corporate Stationery & Business Documents
Professional brand communication materials
Design of brand-aligned corporate stationery and business documents including business cards, letterheads, envelopes, email signatures, presentation folders, invoices, quotations and receipts. Structured layouts ensure consistent brand presentation across all professional communication touchpoints. Delivered with correct bleed, print-ready artwork and editable source files where required.
₹5,500/item
3–7 days
Printing & production quoted separately
Campaign Ad Creatives
Static & animated ad designs
Design of campaign-ready ad creatives for offline & digital platforms including hoardings, banners, Web/App banners and social media ads. Includes multiple size adaptations, brand-aligned layouts and export-ready files. Optional optimisation for Google Display Network and Meta ad placements.
₹12,500 (static)
8-9 days
Animated ads +₹8,000
Google Search Ad Campaign Design & Execution
Strategy, setup & optimisation
Keyword research and targeting configuration; campaign structure planning; high-performing search ad copy creation; full Google Ads campaign setup; CPC optimisation and performance monitoring; summary performance reporting.
₹24,500
9–10 days
Ad spend paid separately to Google
Brand Brochure / Catalog Design
Editorial layout & print production
Editorial-style brochure design including cover concept and structured inner spreads for up to 7–8 pages; brand-aligned typography and visual hierarchy; image retouch guidance; bleed and dieline preparation; print-ready PDFs with pre-press support.
₹24,000
10–12 days
Additional page +₹4,800
Investor Pitch Deck Design
Narrative structure & presentation design
Custom investor pitch deck design for 15–20 slides including narrative flow refinement, visual hierarchy, brand-aligned layouts, typography and iconography. Designed to clearly communicate market opportunity, product value and growth potential. Delivered as fully editable PowerPoint or Keynote presentation files.
₹30,000
10–12 days
Additional slide +₹2,500
Brand Environment & Interior Design
Offices, retail stores & branded spaces
Interior design concepts for offices, retail stores and branded experience spaces developed in alignment with brand identity and visual guidelines. Includes spatial planning concepts, brand-led colour and material directions, lighting concepts, wall graphics and artwork suggestions, signage placement and overall environment styling. Where required, the design may also include custom furniture concepts, bespoke windows and doors, staircases and other architectural fittings to create a cohesive branded environment. Delivered with 3d renders, layout concepts, visual references and vendor-ready design guidance for implementation.
₹35,000/floor
2–4 weeks
Quoted for (500–700 sq ft)
Walkthrough video +₹18,000 per floor
Exhibition & Event Booth Design
Booth concepts & display systems
Concept and design of exhibition booths and event displays including kiosk layouts, booth graphics, counters, backdrops and modular display systems. Includes sightline mockups, structured layouts and vendor-ready artwork for production and installation.
₹26,500
8-12 days
Build & production quoted separately
Social Media Branding & Post Templates
Branded templates & content structure
Design of a cohesive social media visual system including profile image, cover image, branded post templates, story templates and highlight covers. Covers multiple content formats such as announcements, product features, educational posts, testimonials and promotions. Includes feed layout guidance, basic caption structure, hashtag recommendations and a sample 1-month content calendar. Delivered as fully editable templates (Figma or Canva) with export guidance for platforms such as Instagram, LinkedIn and Facebook.
₹18,000
6–9 days
Content creation quoted separately

Note: Every standard scope includes collaborative revisions until sign-off. Production, vendor, licensing, stock imagery, travel, other offerings and taxes are additional and quoted separately.

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FAQs

Frequently asked questions about a typical creative branding agency for startups and how our startup branding packages work. Get clear insight into our offering, approach, and what founders can expect at every stage.

Choosing the right creative branding agency for startups can feel overwhelming, especially when you’re balancing timelines, budgets and high expectations for your launch. These FAQs address the most common questions we receive from founders and early-stage teams. They outline how we approach strategy, visual identity and execution, what you can expect when working with us, and how we tailor our process to suit the needs of emerging brands. By the end, you should have a clear sense of whether we are the right partner to help you build a brand with clarity, confidence and long-term value.

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CREATIVE BRANDING AGENCY

Build a powerful and memorable brand for your startup through strategy, identity, packaging, website design and more.

Agency Address:

Arabella Design, B 1102,
Peninsula Business Park,
Lower Parel, Mumbai, India.

Contact Details:

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+91 9936077365

Work Timings:

Weekdays: 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Saturdays: 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Sundays: Closed