For Early-Stage Founders

You don't need another advisor. You need someone in the room.

Most founders at pre-PMF or early traction stage are drowning in advice and starving for execution. Arc Shift works alongside you — in the customer calls, the investor meetings, the GTM pivots — until it works.

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National GRIP BLOCK71 Plug and Play ATUM Ventures

Sound familiar?

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You can't find your real customer

You've built something real but the wrong people keep showing up. Your ICP needs to be narrowed, tested, and validated fast — before runway runs out.

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Revenue isn't repeatable yet

You've closed a few deals but can't explain why they happened. You need a GTM motion that works without you doing every call personally.

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Investors say "come back when..."

You're not getting a no — you're getting a "not yet." The story isn't landing. The metrics aren't framed right. The narrative isn't built for investor pattern-matching.

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APAC is bigger than you thought

Singapore to Indonesia to Korea — each market has a different buyer, different regulator, different distribution. You need someone who's been there.

How Arc Shift works

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Nail the customer

Deep customer discovery that surfaces your real ICP — then we reposition ruthlessly until it sticks.

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Build the GTM motion

One channel, tested live, iterated weekly. No playbook — just real traction signals.

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Raise with a real narrative

Investor-tested story, warm intros, and in-call support until the check is in.

If this is where you're stuck, let's talk.

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Who is Arjun Thomas?

18+ years as a venture builder, operator, and founder across 11 markets. Co-built and scaled ventures from validation through exit — not as an advisor watching from the sidelines, but as an operator in the room. Worked directly with 100+ entrepreneurs and innovation teams across APAC.

Today, he works independently with founders and through programs like National GRIP, BLOCK71, Plug and Play, and ATUM Ventures.

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18+Years experience
100+Founders supported
11APAC markets