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We back operators

You win the clients. We build the company.

If you have won clients and delivered the work for someone else's firm, Arkscale backs you to do it under your own name. A monthly allowance from day one. Up to thirty percent of the profit, and thirty percent of the shares, as the business proves itself. We set up and pay for the company, the brand, the tools and the back office.

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Allowance · from day one
Monthly
Shareholding · in the business you build
30%

Not a job. Not freelance work. Your own business, with us behind it.

01

We have done this before

The people behind Arkscale have built and backed eight companies.

Annual revenue · the largest business we built
$14m
Annual recurring revenue · the youngest business at scale
$1m
Raised by one of the businesses we backed
$8m
Jobs created across the group
200+
Companies built or backed
8
02Who we back

One kind of person. Any service business.

You have personally won clients and delivered the work, usually for an agency or a firm that kept most of what you brought in. You can put numbers on it, by client and by month. You sell to clients in the UK, the US, the Gulf or Australia, in English, in their hours. You are ready to do it for yourself.

  • Recruitment desk

    You are a 360 recruiter: you won the client companies and made the placements yourself, with fees you can put numbers on.

    The recruitment track

  • B2B lead generation

    You have signed paying clients for an outbound service and delivered the meetings or the pipeline yourself.

    The lead generation track

  • Outsourced finance

    You have won fee-paying clients for bookkeeping, management accounts, forecasting or systems setup, and delivered the work.

    The finance track

  • Influencer and creator marketing

    You have run paid creator or KOL campaigns for brands. You booked the creators and reported the results yourself, with spend and outcomes you can put numbers on.

    The creator marketing track

  • Technology and automation services

    You have sold and delivered software builds, integrations, AI or automation work to paying clients. Not on someone else's contract: you won the work and shipped it yourself, with fees you can put numbers on.

    The technology track

  • Digital marketing and growth

    You have won and run paid media, SEO, email or content retainers yourself. You can put numbers on the spend and the results, by client and by month.

    The digital marketing track

Any other service where you win the client, deliver the work and the client pays every month: consulting, design, video, PR, compliance, training. Tell us in the application. We say no to most things, and we say it quickly.

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How it works

  1. 4.1

    Apply.

    Three questions. We read every application and reply to everyone.

  2. 4.2

    A short first call.

    Ten to fifteen minutes. Come ready to explain the business you would launch and where your clients have come from.

  3. 4.3

    Your plan.

    One page: the business, the first three clients and how you would win each, pricing and costs, the first three months in numbers.

  4. 4.4

    Launch.

    Company, brand, website, email and tools set up, usually within two weeks. The allowance starts.

  5. 4.5

    Build.

    Clients contract through the company we set up for you. You win and deliver; we run the back office and show you the numbers every month.

How it works, in detail

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What we ask of you

  • Full time, from day one.

    This is your business, not a side project.

  • Simple weekly targets,

    agreed in your plan, reviewed together every month.

  • Honest selling.

    You win the first clients from public information and your own reputation, never from a former employer's lists.

  • Three months to prove it.

    If the numbers are not there by then, we talk straight and either reset or stop. You keep what you were paid; you owe us nothing.

What this is not

  • Not a job.

    No manager, no fixed hours, no salary beyond the allowance. You run the business.

  • Not freelance work.

    You are not paid per task. You are building something that carries your name and pays you a share of its profit.

  • Not a franchise.

    You pay us nothing, ever.

  • Not a way to move your current employer's clients.

    We never ask for, and will not accept, a former employer's confidential data, contact lists or candidates.

05Apply

Three questions. Real numbers beat long answers.

We read every application and reply to everyone, from hello@arkscaleventures.com.

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