Three components, stated in full before you see a proposal.
We would rather you understood all three now than discovered the third one later. What we will not do is quote a number before we know the venture and the city, because that number would be meaningless.
How Akontec is paid.
Percentages, minimums and thresholds are agreed per venture and confirmed in your order form. The structure below does not change.
Charged across the whole project rather than at a flat rate on every line. The percentage steps down as project cost rises, so the blended rate on a larger venture lands below the headline.
- Staged against delivery milestones
- Retention released after trading begins
- Third-party costs passed through at cost, invoices visible to you
A fixed monthly amount covering the operations desk that runs the business after launch. Sized to actual scope — sites, vehicles, machines, accounts, hours of coverage — and reviewed annually.
- Scope fixed in a service schedule
- Service credits if we miss agreed measures
- Notice period both ways
A percentage of net operating profit above a threshold agreed before launch, calculated on an agreed chart of accounts. Nothing is payable below the threshold, so you recover a base return before we participate.
- Not equity — we are not on your register
- Fixed term with performance exits both ways
- Calculation shown, not asserted
The part that needs nailing down.
Loose profit-share arrangements are where these relationships break. Ours is defined tightly, in your favour as much as ours.
- Net operating profitRevenue less operating expenses on an agreed schedule. Not gross revenue — we are not paid when the business loses money.
- The thresholdA profit level agreed before launch. Below it nothing is payable at all, so you recover a base return before we participate.
- Not equityA contractual right under a management agreement, not shareholding. We are not on your register, we do not dilute you, and we have no claim on a sale.
- Fixed termA defined term with performance exit rights on both sides. A perpetual claim on a business you paid to build is not something we would ask for.
- TransparencyMonthly management accounts, an annual reconciliation and full access to the underlying records.
- Chart of accountsFixed at the outset, so the expense schedule cannot be reinterpreted later in either direction.
Staged against delivery, with a retention.
| On signature — opens stages 01 to 03 | 25% |
|---|---|
| On licensing lodged — stage 04 | 25% |
| On premises or site secured — stage 06 | 25% |
| On launch — stage 12 | 15% |
| Retention, released 30 days after trading begins | 10% |
Third-party costs — government fees, professional fees, licences, insurance, deposits, assets — are paid by you to the providers concerned. We coordinate them, we do not mark them up, and you see the invoices.
Indicative composition, before our fee.
Shares move substantially by venture line — a vending route is asset-heavy and licence-light, a taxi fleet is heavy on both, a co-hosted short-stay venture is neither.
| Establishment — formation, licences, professional fees, registrations, insurance deposits, branding, technology | 12–25% |
|---|---|
| Assets — vehicles, machines, equipment, fit-out, furnishing, opening stock | 40–70% |
| Working capital — trading before the first collections land | 15–35% |
| Akontec setup fee | 20% blended |
One call, and we tell you whether it works.
Bring the country you have in mind, the venture that interests you and the capital you are prepared to commit. You will get an honest read on whether that combination is buildable before anyone talks about fees.