Two school friends in Switzerland, and a team everyone wanted
Alan and Fred grew up together in Switzerland and then went off on separate tech journeys. Fred’s ran through finance and private banking. Alan’s ran through companies of his own, including IGE, which he built and exited after raising US$80M at a US$220M valuation backed by Goldman Sachs.
At Alan’s third company, which Fred joined, founders started asking to borrow their engineers. The two of them built Arcanys around answering yes. Alan knew what made the team work. Fred brought the commercial and financial side from Swiss private banking and fintech. Since 2010 they have built teams for founders across Europe and Australia through Arcanys, self-funded and never taking outside money.
In 2020 they stopped only building for founders and started backing them as well. They could do that because these were their own people: they already knew what the team delivered inside a company that was scaling. That is Arcanys Ventures.
In your corner from the start
You should feel supported by the people you work with. We are approachable, transparent and responsive, so you can focus on scaling.
Built and exited IGE, which raised US$80M at a US$220M valuation backed by Goldman Sachs.
Came out of Swiss private banking and fintech, then built Arcanys commercially. Built from 0 to 350+ people, self-funded.
We’ve been founders and we have made the mistakes so you don’t have to.
Awarded for making a difference
Voted the #1 medium-sized technology workplace in South-East Asia by Great Place To Work in 2026, ahead of Experian and Atlassian.
We help you find the gaps in your team, then fill them.
Arcanys Ventures exists to solve one of the biggest challenges in early-stage companies: building and scaling fast with the right team across all disciplines, not just engineering. Making Arcanys the best workplace in the Philippines has always been the goal, and the reason it matters to you is simple: people who speak your language stick around for the long haul, and are a joy to work with. Over 40% of the team are women.
Build
The squad in your standupsSoftware Engineering
JavaScript (Angular, React, Vue, Node), .NET, Java, Python, PHP (Laravel) and mobile development.
DevOps & Cloud
CI/CD, infrastructure, cloud cost and reliability.
Data & AI
AI/LLM specialists, data pipelines and AI-augmented delivery workflows.
Quality & direction
Shared across the portfolio, fractionalArchitecture & Tech Leadership
Systems architecture, technical standards and governance including GDPR, technology strategy, fractional CTO.
QA & Testing
Manual and automated testing, release QA and test strategy.
Delivery
Project coordinators, project managers and software development management.
Product
The roles most founders skipProduct Management & Business Analysis
Product strategy, roadmap, requirements and business analysis, and product assessment across B2B, B2B2C and B2C.
UX/UI
Product design, interaction design, user research and usability testing.
Design
Brand design, creative and marketing collateral.
Commercial & ops
Operational support you can lean onFinance & Operations
Corporate finance, financial modelling, accounting and financial due diligence.
GTM
Go-to-market strategy, capital raising support, sales and marketing.
Customer Success
Customer service and support teams, recruitment, legal and accounting.
“I was running marketing, PR, investor relations, finance and the team all at once, and I needed paid ad campaigns built. Alan reached out asking if we wanted some support in paid so they put someone in to set the campaigns up while my new growth lead learned enough to take them over. A helpful gap to fill.”
Tell us the gap. We will tell you honestly whether we are the ones to fill it.
What we want to hear is what you are building, who it is for, and where the gap is in your team.