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Who we back

One kind of person. Any service business.

The plan will change. The person won't. We back people who have already done the hard part somewhere else: won a paying client and delivered the work, more than once, in a niche they know.

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The five questions

We ask ourselves five questions about everyone who applies. All five have to be a yes.

  1. 01

    Have you sold in this market?

    The full cycle yourself: won the client, delivered, invoiced. With numbers you can break down by client and by month.

  2. 02

    Would we trust you with our name?

    The same story in writing and on the call. Someone we would look forward to speaking to every week.

  3. 03

    Are you a builder?

    You have wanted to build something of your own before. You come with a plan, not a CV.

  4. 04

    Does the market excite us?

    Real budgets, real growth, room to do more with better tools.

  5. 05

    Would we back you through a bad quarter?

    If nothing came in for three to six months, would we still back this person? We answer that honestly before any offer is made.

02

What it looks like when it's a yes

  • You describe the grind honestly: no-shows, slow months, blockers, and what you did next.

  • Your numbers are the same on the form, on the call and in the plan.

  • You can name the first three clients you would go after and how you would reach each one, from public information.

  • You want to own something, and you can explain why now.

03

Who it is not for

  • People who have supported a sales team but never closed a client themselves.

  • People with one good story and no pattern.

  • Anyone who wants to bring a former employer's clients, candidates or data.

  • Anyone who needs this to be a job.

04

Where you live

Anywhere you can work the hours of your clients' market. Our partners so far are in Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and the Philippines, selling to the UK, the US and the Gulf. The company is set up in the UK, the US or the UAE depending on where your clients are.

05

The tracks

  • 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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Three questions. Real numbers beat long answers.

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

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