No Cure No Pay SDR · B2B Startups · UK & Europe

You pay when
meetings land.
Not before.

We define what a qualified meeting looks like, run outbound, and invoice only when meetings that match those criteria hit your calendar. No retainer. No exceptions.

Meeting qualification gate 5 of 6 passed
ICP fit — firmographic match confirmed
Pass
Buyer seniority — decision-maker or strong influence
Pass
Commercial pain — relevant operational context confirmed
Pass
Buying timing — active interest or near-term need
Pass
ACV potential — above agreed commercial threshold
Pass
Geography — outside agreed target territories
Blocked
Upfront retainer risk
£0if no meetings land
+€30M
ARR influenced for clients
94%
Of booked meetings pass the ICP gate
14 days
Average to first qualified meeting
14
Qualified meetings booked for one client in 37 days
£0
Charged if no meetings land. Ever.

Trusted by B2B SaaS founders across fintech, AI, and infrastructure software · Pre-seed to Series A · UK and Europe

In practice
Anonymised · Series A FinTech · UK

From £11k/month in retainers to 14 qualified meetings in 37 days.

A Series A fintech had spent over £60k across two SDR retainers. Zero qualified pipeline. The problem wasn’t volume — they were sending hundreds of emails a week. The problem was targeting 11,000 accounts with no signal layer and no ICP tighter than “B2B financial services.”

We paused all outreach. Rebuilt ICP segmentation around one buying trigger — companies actively hiring a CFO or Head of Finance. Cut the list from 11,000 to 1,900. Rewrote messaging around the operational pain those finance teams actually have.

We rejected 70% of their original target list before sending a single email.

By day 37: 14 qualified meetings, all passed the agreed gate. Five entered active pipeline. Two converted to opportunities worth £180k ARR.

Campaign summary · anonymised Verified outcomes
Company Series A fintech · B2B financial infrastructure · UK
Problem £60k+ spent on retainers. No qualified pipeline.
Starting point 11,000 accounts, no ICP definition, no signal layer
Buying trigger Companies actively hiring CFO or Head of Finance
1,900
Accounts after ICP tightening
14
Qualified meetings in 37 days
£180k
ARR in active opportunities
Target list cut from 11,000 to 1,900 accounts before any outreach
14 qualified meetings in 37 days — all passed the agreed gate
5 entered active pipeline. 2 converted to opportunities.
£180k ARR in active opportunities from a standing start
Client details anonymised. Metrics verified internally. Results vary by market, ACV, and engagement duration.

“We stopped wasting time on unqualified meetings and finally started speaking to buyers who were actually in-market.”

CEO, Series A FinTech · B2B payments infrastructure · UK

Why most SDR retainers fail

The retainer model protects the agency — not your pipeline.

You pay before targeting is validated, before qualification is proven, and before a single qualified meeting has landed. The shape of what you get is the same almost every time.

A typical 90-day retainer engagement looks like this — measured by what actually reaches opportunity, not what gets reported in the monthly deck:

Where retainer outbound dies 90-day window · representative engagement
3,200
Accounts loaded
Built from job title and company size — no signal layer.
1,980
Emails sent
Generic templates. Reply rate 1–2%.
42
Meetings booked
No qualification gate. Mostly the wrong personas.
3
Reached opportunity
~7% of booked meetings. Inflated activity, hollow pipeline.
Retainer billed in full across the same period £24,000 · 0 qualified opportunity refund
How it works

We agree the criteria. We run the outbound. You pay per qualified meeting.

Before outreach begins, we document exactly what a qualified meeting looks like — ICP fit, buyer seniority, company size, relevant pain, timing. That criteria is signed off jointly. Meetings that match it are invoiced. Meetings that don’t aren’t counted, aren’t presented, and aren’t charged.

Dimension
Retainer model
No cure, no pay
Payment
Fixed monthly retainer paid regardless of pipeline
Pay per qualified meeting — criteria agreed and signed off upfront
Reporting
Calls logged, emails sent, tasks completed
Pipeline-led — ICP match rate, meetings booked, opportunities entered
Meeting bar
Booked regardless of fit — calendar volume optimised
6-point qualification gate — every meeting vetted before it lands
Incentives
Agency protected. Founder absorbs the downside.
Identical incentives — we only earn when qualified pipeline lands
Upfront risk £0 if no meetings land. No retainer. No exceptions.
What counts as a qualified meeting

You define what qualifies. We enforce it.

Before outreach begins, we document the qualification criteria together — ICP profile, buyer seniority, company size, commercial pain relevance, and timing. You sign off on the definition. We apply it to every prospect before booking.

If a meeting doesn’t pass, it doesn’t reach your calendar. It isn’t counted. It isn’t invoiced. If you feel a booked meeting was misqualified, we review it against the agreed criteria and resolve it. No grey areas by design.

You control the definition. We control the execution.

6-point qualification gate5 of 6 passed
ICP fit — firmographic profile matches agreed criteriaPass
Company size — headcount or revenue within agreed rangePass
Buyer seniority — decision-maker or strong commercial influencePass
Commercial pain — operationally relevant to your productPass
Timing — active interest or near-term buying potentialPass
Geography — outside agreed target territoriesBlocked
All criteria documented before outreach begins✓ No grey areas
Why most agencies won't offer this

A retainer protects the agency. Our model doesn't let us hide.

If targeting is weak, we feel it. If qualification slips, we feel it. If messaging doesn’t land, we feel it — immediately, in pipeline.

That’s not a risk we’d accept unless we were confident in the infrastructure behind the model.

Targeting accountability
Weak ICP targeting means fewer qualified meetings — and less revenue for us. Every incentive points toward sharper precision.
Qualification accountability
We don’t get paid for meetings that don’t pass the gate. So the gate stays rigorous — for us as much as for you.
Messaging accountability
Low reply rates mean fewer meetings. We iterate on messaging continuously because our revenue depends on it.
The honest reason
Most agencies can’t offer this because their execution wouldn’t survive the accountability. We built the model because ours can.
What makes the model work

We reject most target lists before outreach begins.

The model only works because the infrastructure behind it is highly selective. We don’t spray and pray. We rely on relevance, timing, and commercial fit — which means most accounts never enter a sequence at all.

01
ICP segmentation
Precise definition of your highest-conviction profiles — firmographic, behavioural, and commercial — before a single prospect is contacted.
02
Buyer intelligence
Live signal tracking across hiring, funding, leadership changes, and expansion intent. We reach companies when the timing makes sense — not just because they exist.
03
Enrichment systems
Every prospect enriched and relevance-scored before entering a sequence. Outreach built around commercial context, not lists.
04
Qualification frameworks
Criteria agreed before outreach begins. Every meeting vetted by commercially trained operators. If ACV economics don’t work, we won’t run outbound.
05
Outbound messaging
Messaging built around real buyer pain and commercial context — not templates. Variants tested before scaling. We’d rather decline an engagement than send irrelevant outreach.
06
Continuous optimisation
Weekly iteration on targeting, messaging, and signal quality. The system compounds — which is why the meetings convert differently.
Free 30-min assessment

No retainer. No risk. Just qualified meetings — or nothing.

If we book a qualified meeting that fits the criteria you agreed, you pay. If we don't, you don't.

Built for startups that already have momentum

The model only works for the right business. We check before we start.

The model only works when outbound economics make sense. We won’t run outbound for businesses that haven’t validated their offer, where ACV doesn’t support qualified pipeline generation, or where the ICP isn’t clear enough to target precisely.

We’d rather decline an engagement than flood your calendar with low-quality meetings that don’t convert.

B2B SaaS, AI, fintech, or infrastructure software
Complex products with meaningful ACVs where qualified conversations genuinely matter.
Pre-seed to Series A
Transitioning out of founder-led sales and building a repeatable outbound motion.
ACV above £15k–20k
Outbound economics that make a qualified pipeline model commercially viable.
Validated offer with paying customers
You have product-market fit. You need pipeline, not product discovery.
Still validating the offer
Outbound amplifies a working message — it doesn’t fix a broken one.
Want mass volume or quantity metrics
We optimise for pipeline quality. If meeting volume is the goal, we’re not the right fit.
Free pipeline assessment · 30 minutes · No obligation

Most outbound fails before the first email is sent. Let’s look at yours.

We’ll map your ICP against real buying signals in your market, assess your current outbound motion, and give you an honest read on whether the no cure no pay model works for your pipeline economics.

If we think we can generate qualified meetings for you, we’ll show you exactly how. If not, we’ll tell you why — and what to fix first.

We decline engagements that aren’t a commercial fit. The assessment tells us both.

What we assess on the call
🔍
Your ICP — whether it’s tight enough to generate meetings worth attending
Market signals — which buying triggers exist in your target accounts right now
🎯
Pipeline economics — whether your ACV supports a qualified pipeline model
Honest fit verdict — we tell you directly if the model won’t work for your business
No retainer. No commitment after the call.
✓ Free · 30 minutes

Free pipeline assessment · 30 min

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