Helping founders cross the unknown

Connecting founders with talent, fractional support and investment

We partner with Seed to Series C companies to traverse the challenges of building and scaling a world-class team and business.

Founders connect with a network of top investors, advisors, and fractional experts from leading VC-backed businesses.

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Over 12 years of experience in developing and scaling global consumer tech marketplaces such as Uber, Deliveroo, and Turo.

Andy Townend
Andy Townend
Xavier Collins
Xavier Collins

Services

Connecting you with top talent in operations, product, business development, and engineering.

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Talent

Hiring top talent and scaling teams

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Fractional Support

Across tech,  marketing, product, growth and legal

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Advisory

Support raising capital and meeting investors

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Capital

Funding and investment

Our Clients

Andy and the Unkwn team have been incredible partners in finding 'needle-in-the-haystack' talent for a bunch of our roles during our post-raise hiring ramp. Andy and team are some of the hardest working recruiters I have worked with, extremely diligent in managing talent relationships and have allowed us to hire exceptional talent quickly. Highly recommend.

Alex Calder

Founder - Coworker AI

Andy and the Unkwn team are brilliant to deal with - they are detailed, responsive and take a high care approach. They have intimate knowledge of the UK market and understand the pace of early stage software companies. They helped us find our first Growth hire, and we'll continue to use them as our team grows. Highly recommend Andy, Xav and the team!

Dan Fleming

Country Manager - Tracksuit

Andy was instrumental in helping us secure a world class General Manager for our UK market and is now supporting us with the founding team in the US. His quality of candidates and responsiveness and proactivity has been second to none.

Liam Valentine

COO - Tradekart

Andy from Unkwn went above and beyond in helping us find our Sales Director and Head of Brand—leaving no stone unturned and making the entire process seamless, thorough, and genuinely enjoyable. It was hands-down the best hiring experience we’ve had.

Rory Paterson

Founder, XOXO

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Xavier Collins

Xavier brings over a decade of experience founding and scaling high-growth tech companies, with roles at Uber, Deliveroo, and Turo. While studying at the University of Sydney, he founded Nexus Notes, demonstrating early entrepreneurial drive. Today, he's a respected angel investor with an extensive network across the tech industry, serving as a sought-after advisor

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Andy Townend

Andy Townend  is a global recruitment expert with extensive experience across EMEA, USA, and APAC regions. As the Head of Recruitment at Nexus Notes, Andy leverages his international expertise to drive successful talent acquisition strategies, focusing on quality and effectively matching candidates to our clients.

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