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Get your agency found by founders.

List the help you offer founders, get checked once by a person on the team, and be found in the Business Centre by founders who need you.

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✓ Google sign-in✓ Free to set up✓ Pay once approved
YOUR LISTINGEXAMPLE
Your agencyDESIGN · BRANDING · LONDON
APPROVED
From
$2,000 / project
Startup discount
15% offUNTIL 31 DEC
Brand identity
Confirmed in Olnest
QUOTE REQUEST2 MIN AGO
A founder at Pellavo Bio asked you for a quote.
Write a quoteDecline
SETUPOne form, three parts
REVIEWChecked by a person
LISTINGHidden until approved and paid
CONTACTFounders write first
[01] HOW IT WORKS

Five steps from sign-up to being found.

  1. 01Sign up as an agencySign in with Google, so there is no password. Each account is one side (investing, founder or agency), chosen when you first sign up, and an agency account holds one agency.
  2. 02Set up your agencyOne form in three parts: who you are, your expertise and what you do. Pick up to three kinds of help, add your website, city and team size, and set the minimum you charge, per project, per hour or per month. It saves as you type, and your business card shows what founders will see.
  3. 03Ask for reviewSend your profile to the team. A person checks it, then approves your agency or asks for changes with a note on what to fix. No review time is promised, and you can withdraw it until the team starts.
  4. 04Pay for your planYour plan follows the size the team confirms, from $39 to $199 a month. You pay for it in Billing once you are approved, and founders see your listing once it is paid.
  5. 05Be found by foundersYour agency appears in the Business Centre under each kind of help you offer. Founders ask you for a quote, and you answer the briefs they share that match your expertise.
[02] THE REVIEW

Checked by a person. Before any founder sees you.

Send your profile when it’s ready. A person on the team checks it, then approves your agency or asks for changes with a note on what to fix.

THE KINDS OF HELP FOUNDERS LOOK FOR · PICK UP TO THREE
  • Marketing
  • Branding
  • Development
  • Legal
  • Finance
  • Design
  • Recruitment
  • Insurance
  • Accounting
  • Fundraising
AFTER APPROVALA new name, website or description waits for the team again, and founders keep seeing the approved version meanwhile. Listings, prices, discounts and offers go live when you save them, and the team can take one down.
WHAT THE TEAM CHECKSTAP A ROW
The team checks these facts about your firm, not the quality of your work.
[03] WHAT FOUNDERS SEE

Your business card, and the page behind it.

Founders see only agencies the team has approved, whose plan is paid and that are not paused.

APPROVEDYour agencyDesign · BrandingLONDON
01 · THE FRONT
DESIGNBRANDINGIdentity, packaging and launch design for health and consumer startups.◆ 15% off your first project · until 31 DecFROM$2,000 / projectSTARTSIn 2 weeks
02 · THE BACK

An example agency. In Olnest the card turns over when a founder presses it.

YOUR PAGEYour business card, kinds of help, city and team size; whether you are taking new clients; your published listings, each with up to four packages; your startup discount and offers; your proof of work; and your reviews. Only founders signed in to Olnest see it.
WHERE YOU APPEARFounders sort the Business Centre by best fit for what they need, by lowest price, or A to Z. Your plan never changes where you appear.
YOUR STARTUP DISCOUNT, IF YOU OFFER ONE5% to 30% off, in steps of 5. It ends on the last day of a month, within a year, and founders always see the end date. A quote already sent keeps its price.
NO CONTACT DETAILSEmail addresses, phone numbers, social handles and booking links are refused on your page and in messages, so the conversation stays in Olnest. In messages, links to the work itself, like a Figma file or a GitHub page, are fine.
STAYS PRIVATEYour drafts, your documents and the team’s notes stay private.
[04] HOW WORK REACHES YOU

Two ways in. The founder starts both.

A founder asks you for a quote, or shares a brief you can answer.

A QUOTE REQUESTNAMED
A founder at Pellavo Bio
NEED
Packaging for an at-home test kit
BUDGET
$5,000 – $8,000
START
Within a month
LISTING
Brand identity

A founder asks you for a quote from your page. You see their name and their startup’s profile, what they need, their budget, when they want to start and the listing they chose.

A SHARED BRIEFNOT NAMED
A pre-seed startup
NEED
A brand identity before launch
STAGE
Pre-seed
CITY
Cambridge
OPEN
Up to 90 days

A founder sends a brief to the team and chooses to show it to approved agencies. If it is in one of your kinds of help, you see what they need, their stage and their city, not their name. It stays open for up to 90 days.

ANSWERING A BRIEFSend one proposal: the scope, your approach, a timeline and a price if you want to give one. The founder is named only if they accept it. Once one agency’s offer is accepted, the brief closes for the others.
FOUNDERS WRITE FIRSTYou cannot message a founder first. A conversation opens when a founder asks you for a quote, accepts your proposal or your quote, or becomes your client.
QUOTE · AS THE FOUNDER READS ITEXAMPLE
Brand identity · Pellavo Bio
Brand strategy workshop$1,500
Logo and identity system$3,000
Test kit packaging$1,500
Subtotal$6,000
◆ Startup discount, 15%−$900
YOU PAY$5,100
PAID IN STAGES
Deposit, 30% · when you accept$1,530
Identity approved, 40% · due 21 days after kickoff$2,040
Balance, 30% · not tied to a stage$1,530
VALID FOR 14 DAYSPRICE FIXED ONCE SENT
Agencies pay Olnest a referral fee on every quote a new client accepts in their first 24 months. It doesn’t change this price.
[05] QUOTES AND PROJECTS

Quote it once. The price holds.

Line items, one discount (your startup discount or one of your offers), a deposit and milestones if you want them, and a date it is valid until: 7, 14 or 30 days. Preview it as the founder will read it before you send.

FROM QUOTE TO DONE
01A sent quote keeps its priceOnce sent, the price is fixed. Change your pricing later and the quote stays as it was. You can withdraw a quote that is still waiting for an answer.
02From quote to projectWhen a founder accepts, you convert them to a client. That opens a project with the quote’s scope, money and milestones.
03The project workspaceMilestones you send for the founder’s approval, deliverables, the files you choose to share, and a task board only your team sees. After kickoff, the scope changes only through a change order the founder accepts.
04FinishingThe founder confirms the project is done. That is what opens a review, once the team has checked a document about it.

Every quote carries this line: “Agencies pay Olnest a referral fee on every quote a new client accepts in their first 24 months. It doesn’t change this price.” Founders never see the rate or the amount.

[07] PROOF AND REVIEWS

Proof the team checks. Reviews only clients write.

Add case studies, portfolio pieces, previous clients, results and certifications. Each one carries a label, and Olnest sets it, not you. A case study names a client only with that startup’s consent.

Confirmed in Olnest
The founder confirmed the project and the team checked a document showing it happened. It says the project happened, not how good the work was.
Checked by the team
The team checked a document about it: a signed scope, an invoice with the amounts hidden, or a client letter.
The agency’s own account
Shown as you wrote it. Founders read it as your own account.

Rewrite a checked claim and its label comes off until a new document is checked.

REVIEW · EXAMPLEPINNED
★★★★★Clear about scope from the first call, and the packaging worked for nurses on the first try.A FOUNDER · PELLAVO BIO · BRAND IDENTITY
YOUR REPLYThank you. It was a good brief to work from.
WHO
Only founders you worked with. For a project, reviews open once the founder confirms it is done and the team has checked a document about it. A payment never opens one.
WHAT
One per project: 1 to 5 stars and up to 500 characters, with the founder’s name only if they choose to show it. Its stars and words never change.
YOU CAN
Reply once to each review, pin up to three as testimonials, and report one to the team.
[08] YOUR WORKSPACE

Run the work where it arrives.

Every page of the agency side, and what the main ones do.

  • Dashboard
  • Agency Profile
  • Proof of Work
  • Services & Listings
  • Pricing & Offers
  • Advertise
  • Leads
  • Clients
  • Projects / Workflows
  • Messages
  • Payments
  • Reviews & Reputation
  • Analytics
  • Settings
  • Billing
OliTHE AGENCY AI
Oli, your agency AIAnswers questions about your listing and your month, and opens the page you need. It cannot send, quote or change anything for you.
02LEADS · CLIENTS
Leads, clients and projectsEvery quote request and brief you can answer, every client and every project, each on its own page.
03MESSAGES
MessagesOne thread with each startup, and one with the Olnest team for review questions, proof checks and billing help. Notifications stay in the app. Olnest doesn’t send email.
04ANALYTICS
AnalyticsViews of your profile and listings, leads, quotes and the clients they became, over the last 7, 30 or 90 days, or all time. Views are counts: you never see which founder looked.
05SETTINGS
Your teamInvite managers and members, and choose what each role can do: send quotes and proposals, edit listings, prices and offers, see payments and payouts, message founders, work on projects and tasks, invite and remove people and delete the account. The owner can do everything. Seats: 2 on Studio, 5 on Partner and 15 on Flagship. No email is sent, so tell them yourself.
06SETTINGS
PauseThe owner can pause your profile: founders stop seeing you and new requests stop, while your clients, offers and reviews stay. Your plan keeps billing while you are paused.
[09] PLANS · USD

Priced by your size. Paid once you’re approved.

Prices in US dollars, paid monthly and a month ahead. You choose nothing at setup: your plan follows the size the team confirms, and you pay for it once you are approved.

STUDIO$39 a monthFor a startup agency.
  • ✓ 2 seats for your team
  • ✓ A 10% referral fee
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PARTNER$89 a monthFor a mid-size agency.
  • ✓ 5 seats for your team
  • ✓ A 10% referral fee
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FLAGSHIP$199 a monthFor a large firm.
  • ✓ 15 seats for your team
  • ✓ A 15% referral fee
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THE REFERRAL FEE

What you pay Olnest when a founder who found you here becomes your client.

CHARGED ONEvery quote a new client accepts in their first 24 months, on the quote’s total after any discount.
WHO PAYS NONEFirms whose work is legal, accounting, insurance or fundraising pay the plan only. The team settles which applies to you when it approves you.
HOW IT IS PAIDTaken from a founder’s card payment in Olnest, or added to your next plan bill when an invoice is paid another way.
WHAT THE FOUNDER PAYSYour price, unchanged. The fee is yours to pay, never added to a founder’s price.

No plan buys approval, and none moves you up the Business Centre. Cohort pricing for the first agencies is on the founding cohort page.

[11] QUESTIONS

Questions agencies ask.

Anything else: finvestoros@gmail.com

No, and there is no free trial. Setting up and the review cost nothing; you pay for a plan only once the team approves you.

READY WHEN YOU ARE

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Agencies on Olnest are independent businesses. Olnest does not give investment advice, and does not act as a broker or arranger. REVIEWED 20 OCTOBER 2026