ST3M · Culture-first growth agency

Taste is the strategy.

We build TikTok Shops, broker partnerships, and unlock capital for the creators, brands, artists, and studios shaping what comes next.

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What we grow

Commerce. Collaboration. Capital.

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TikTok Shop

Commerce, native to the feed.

We're a TikTok Shop preferred partner. We build the storefront, sharpen every listing, and recruit the creators who make product move. Then we run it, week after week.

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Partnerships & Marketing

Collaborations with a point of view.

We put the right names in the same room. Brand deals, creator campaigns, drops, and identity work that feel inevitable, never forced.

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Funding

Capital on what you've already built.

Upfront funding against revenue you've already earned, for creators, artists, and gaming studios ready to move before the next payout lands.

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Who we build with

For the ones setting the pace.

Creators

The voices people actually listen to. YouTubers, streamers, influencers, talent.

Brands

Products with a point of view, from first drop to household name.

Artists & Labels

The sound before it's everywhere, and the teams behind it.

Gaming

Studios and publishers building worlds people live in.

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Why ST3M

Where tech meets taste.

Fluent, not visiting.

Streetwear, music, gaming, the creator economy. We came up inside it, so we never have to translate it.

Proof over noise.

Followers are a signal. Sales, deals, and capital are the answer.

Inside the platform.

Preferred partner status means we see TikTok Shop from the inside, not from the comments.

One roof.

Commerce, collaboration, and capital in one place. No handoffs between agencies that don't talk.

On the record
Helped place the first NFT in the Super Bowl.Brought Bored Ape Yacht Club and A Bathing Ape together.
The founder

Mark Herndon

Former pro football player turned culture builder. He named ST3M after the stem of the apple, the part that feeds the fruit. That's still the job.

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Bring us what you're building.

Tell us where you are. We'll show you what it could become.

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