Co-Founder from London (Equity Based) - Commercial Partnership, Fashion - Luxury Tech

UNITED KINGDOM CO-FOUNDER - LONDON

(Only for UK citizens based in London)

Build the UK market from the ground up.

Rise and Fame is looking for an ambitious, commercially driven UK Co-Founder based in London to help build our presence in one of the world's most influential markets.

We are developing the next generation of customer engagement for fashion, luxury, beauty, retail, lifestyle, and sustainability brands, combining AI, blockchain, digital identity, memberships, loyalty, exclusive experiences, and token-powered communities.

Our vision is to help premium brands turn customers into engaged communities and long-term brand advocates.

This is not a traditional sales, marketing, or business development role.

We are looking for a builder - someone who wants to open doors, create strategic relationships, develop opportunities, shape market strategy, and have meaningful influence over the company's future.

THE OPPORTUNITY

As UK Co-Founder - London, you will take ownership of developing Rise and Fame's commercial presence in London and, over time, the wider UK market.

You will work directly with the founding team to identify opportunities, build relationships, develop partnerships, create commercial momentum, and help shape our UK strategy.

Your role will sit at the intersection of:

Business Development × Partnerships × Strategy × Networking × Technology × Entrepreneurship

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Develop and execute our London market-entry and go-to-market strategy.

• Identify opportunities with leading fashion, luxury, beauty, retail, lifestyle, technology, and premium consumer brands.

• Build relationships with CEOs, CMOs, founders, innovation leaders, digital executives, brand directors, investors, and senior decision-makers.

• Build and manage a high-quality commercial pipeline through LinkedIn, direct outreach, introductions, partnerships, events, and your network.

• Represent Rise and Fame at relevant fashion, luxury, technology, Web3, business, and investor events.

• Develop strategic partnerships that can accelerate customer acquisition and market expansion.

• Build relationships across London's entrepreneurial, investment, technology, fashion, luxury, and media ecosystems.

• Support investor introductions, fundraising conversations, and the development of our UK investor network.

• Work with the founding team to refine positioning, product, pricing, partnerships, commercial strategy, and growth plans.

• Help establish Rise and Fame as an innovative voice in the future of premium customer engagement.

In short: your job is to create momentum.

WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for someone with commercial instinct, credibility, relationships, curiosity, and entrepreneurial ambition.

Essential:

• Experience in fashion, luxury, beauty, retail, lifestyle, technology, media, or premium consumer brands.

• Experience in B2B sales, business development, partnerships, commercial strategy, lead generation, or account development.

• Strong ability to use LinkedIn and digital channels to create business conversations.

• Confidence engaging with senior executives, founders, investors, and decision-makers.

• Strong communication, networking, presentation, and relationship-building skills.

• Genuine interest in AI, Web3, blockchain, digital identity, NFTs, loyalty, memberships, and emerging technologies.

• Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to work independently and take ownership.

• Resilience and comfort with experimentation, rejection, uncertainty, and changing priorities.

• Based in London and able to participate in relevant meetings, events, and networking opportunities.

Preferred:

• Existing relationships across London's fashion, luxury, beauty, retail, technology, media, or investment ecosystem.

• A strong network of founders, investors, executives, brand leaders, or strategic partners.

• Experience with fundraising, investor relations, venture capital, or startup ecosystems.

THE MINDSET

Entrepreneurial - You want to build something rather than simply execute someone else's plan.

Commercial - You enjoy opening doors, creating opportunities, developing relationships, and closing business.

Curious - You actively follow AI, technology, Web3, luxury, fashion, consumer behaviour, and emerging business models.

Strategic - You see both the immediate opportunity and the bigger market opportunity.

Resilient - You are comfortable with uncertainty, experimentation, rejection, and changing priorities.

Self-directed - You can create momentum without constant supervision.

A strong communicator - You can explain complex ideas simply and tell a compelling story to customers, partners, investors, and the market.

Most importantly, you want to have a meaningful influence on what this company becomes.

WHAT YOU GET

This is a founding-team opportunity, with compensation structured around long-term value creation and commercial performance.

• Co-Founder equity

• £60K salary following successful VC fundraising

• 25–50% commission on successfully closed business

• Performance-based bonus linked to successful fundraising

• Direct collaboration with the founding team

• Significant autonomy and ownership

• Opportunity to shape UK strategy, product, positioning, partnerships, pricing, and commercial growth

• Opportunity to build Rise and Fame's presence across London and the wider UK market

WORKING MODEL

Location: London, UK

Working model: Remote and flexible

Time commitment: Approximately 4–5 hours per day, Monday–Friday

Regular alignment with the founding team.

The role is focused on outcomes, initiative, relationships, and commercial impact rather than hours worked.

You should be comfortable attending client meetings, conferences, networking events, industry events, and investor meetings when relevant.

WHY UK?

London sits at the intersection of many of the markets central to Rise and Fame: fashion, luxury, beauty, retail, media, technology, finance, investment, entrepreneurship, and culture.

It is home to an extraordinary concentration of global brands, founders, investors, decision-makers, creatives, and technology companies.

We believe the next generation of premium brands will compete not only through their products, but through the communities, experiences, access, loyalty, identity, and relationships they create around them.

AI, digital identity, blockchain, loyalty, and new membership models are creating opportunities to rethink customer engagement.

Rise and Fame aims to be at the forefront of that transformation.

WHY JOIN NOW?

This is early.

You will not inherit an established UK territory or commercial playbook.

You will help create it.

You will have the opportunity to influence:

• UK market strategy

• Customer acquisition

• Commercial proposition and pricing

• Brand positioning

• Strategic partnerships

• Product development

• Investor narrative

• Relationships with leading UK brands

• Long-term UK expansion

Your contribution can have a direct impact on the company's direction.

THIS COULD BE FOR YOU IF...

You have the network.

You know how to get into the room.

You are comfortable talking to CEOs, founders, investors, and senior executives.

You understand how premium brands think.

You can turn relationships into commercial opportunities.

You are excited by the potential of AI and emerging technologies.

And you don't want to simply work within someone else's structure.

You want to build something.

READY TO BUILD WITH US?

If you have the network, commercial instinct, entrepreneurial drive, credibility, and curiosity to help establish Rise and Fame in London, we'd love to hear from you.

Join the founding team.

Build the network.

Open the doors.

Create the opportunities.

Build the UK market.

Join Rise and Fame as our UK Co-Founder - London.