We invest our A‑team, not just our money.

A capital-only round buys twelve to eighteen months of runway. Hiring a product and engineering team takes several of those months, and the people who arrive still have to ramp up. Lots of companies never make it to the next round.

We have been building a team in the Philippines since 2010 and investing it since 2020. That means the specialists joining your company have already worked on our clients’ teams for us, so we have first-hand experience of their great work.

A typical deal is US$600k: US$400k of our team’s work taken as equity, US$200k in cash.

That budget would only hire two people locally. With us you get four to five specialists, in your standups in weeks four to six. You manage them day to day. We pay them and keep them, and the IP is yours.

We buy in at the round price, on the same terms as your other investors. Our work is priced at standard commercial rates, and delivery costs up to 50% less than Western Europe or Australia.

You apply

A human reads it and comes back to you either way. If it does not fit our mandate, we tell you straight.

If it fits

A 30-minute call with an analyst, then a short round of follow-up questions.

The review

Code, architecture, backlog, prioritisation, delivery workflow and finances. You get the findings whether or not we invest. Very few investors diligence the tech at all.

The offer

The team spec and a term sheet. Exactly who you get, what it costs, and what it means on your cap table.

Embedded

In your standups in weeks four to six if the right specialists are already with us. Then a project coordinator, weekly reporting and quarterly reviews.

Our people are our superpower

The partners you deal with have built and sold companies themselves, with 350+ engineers, product specialists and fractional leaders behind them.

We built a great place to work so your team sticks with you

We hire fewer than 1% of applicants and they rarely leave us. That is why our culture awards should matter to you. The competition for great engineers is brutal, and ours stay, so the person who learns your business is still there when it counts.

Two people to twenty, and US$70M to US$6B a year in payments.

We built the core engineering, QA and analysis at Payment Logic while their team with us in the Philippines grew from 2 people to 20.

Everyone here has skin in the game

We don’t profit from your burn, only from your exit. We take our work as equity instead of invoices, and 15% of our stake is paid in cash to all 350+ of our staff at exit, so the people building your company are aligned to your outcome.

We can help you close your round

Committing our team is a signal other investors pick up on. One founder made us their lead at $250k of a $1M round, and filled the rest on the strength of our diligence.

You stop losing months to hiring

The part of scaling that kills most companies is handled by people who have done it before, and who partner with you at every stage of your journey.

Deep networks in Europe & Australia

Swiss-founded Arcanys Ventures provides a global gateway that local investors find hard to match. We provide an extensive network of opportunity for ambitious founders.