Grown faster than your foundation?
HR risk and missed capital are one problem wearing two faces. One partner fixes both, guaranteed.
Most growing companies find out they have an HR compliance problem the same way they find out they have a capital problem: too late.
An audit. A lawsuit. A term sheet that falls apart in diligence. A raise that stalls because no one in the room knows your company exists.
These aren't two separate problems. They're the same problem wearing two faces: a company that's grown faster than its foundation, with no one dedicated to watching either side of the house.
You build the company. We've done this part before.
You didn't start your company to become an HR compliance expert or a fundraising strategist. You started it to build something. But the risk doesn't wait for you to have time.
Akoto Partners is the guide for that part: one dedicated HR representative who knows your company by name, backed by AI tools that do in hours what a team does in weeks, with every deliverable named, dated and guaranteed in writing. Not a sales pitch. A scan that pays for itself before you commit to anything else.
One dedicated rep
A named point of contact from day zero. Not a support queue.
AI-backed, human-led
Sourcing, compliance monitoring and investor matching run continuously behind your rep.
Guaranteed in writing
Fixed or free on your top risk item. Three warm investor introductions in 60 days, or refunded.
Three ways we support you
Akoto isn't a single service bolted onto a sales pitch. It's one relationship covering three functions most companies your size can't justify hiring in-house.
Fractional HR Team
A dedicated HR representative who functions as your HR department: compliance, policy, employee relations, and day-to-day people operations, without the cost of a full-time hire.
Recruiting: Talent Mapping and Team Strengthening
Sourcing, screening, and hiring support built into the same relationship, not outsourced to a separate vendor you have to manage on your own. But the goal isn't just filling open seats. It's talent mapping and team strengthening aimed at one outcome: a leadership bench strong enough to make your company more investible, and capable of delivering an exit, not just running day-to-day.
Investor Relations Partner
Warm, thesis-fit introductions to investors who actually write checks in your space, turning capital access into an ongoing function of the relationship, not a one-off favor.
One point of contact. Three functions covered.
Three packages, sized to the company
Flat within the level. Hiring five people does not change the engagement. Pick one and book the call from there.
Foundation
10 to 30employees
Your compliance base. Everything a US entity needs in place before an audit, a raise, or a diligence process goes looking for it.
- Compliance and HR administration
- Onboarding and offboarding
- Benefits and payroll coordination
- Monthly reporting
Growth
25 to 75employees
Adds a senior people voice. For the stage where managers are being promoted faster than they are being trained.
- Everything in Foundation
- Fractional People leadership
- Manager training
- Compensation review
- Employer branding
- Workforce planning
Scale
75+employees, or rapid hiring
A Head of People without the search, the equity, or the twelve month ramp. For teams hiring faster than they can absorb.
- Everything in Growth
- Fractional Head of People
- Executive hiring support
- Organizational design
- HR technology strategy
- Weekly leadership cadence
Three simple steps
Get Scanned.
A RED/YELLOW/GREEN risk scorecard shows you exactly where you're exposed. In writing, in days, not quarters.
Get a Roadmap.
A clear 30/60/90-day plan tells you what to fix first and what tier of support actually fits your company.
Get Covered.
One dedicated HR representative, backed by AI-driven tools, takes the highest-risk item off your plate before your first full retainer month even closes.
What working with a guide looks like
With Akoto as your guide
- Full confidence that your HR function is compliant, right-sized, and running itself. A fractional HR team, not a portal.
- Talent mapping and team strengthening built into the same relationship, so hiring isn't a separate fire to put out. It's a deliberate move toward a leadership bench strong enough to make your company more investible.
- A dedicated rep who knows your company by name, not a ticket number.
- Warm, thesis-fit introductions to investors who actually write checks in your space, from a partner who functions as your investor relations arm.
- All of it, without hiring a VP of People, a full-time recruiter, or a full-time IR function.
What it costs to wait
- A compliance gap surfaces during an audit, or in a lawsuit.
- A misclassified worker turns into a six-figure liability.
- A fundraise stalls because no investor in your space has heard your name.
If the Risk Scan doesn't surface at least one compliance or organizational gap worth more than what you paid for it, you get a full refund.
No retainer commitment required to find out where you stand.
Read the guaranteesOne Scan. One Scorecard. Total Portfolio Visibility.
Instead of managing HR risk company by company, Akoto scans your entire portfolio at once, delivered as a single scorecard your fund can act on immediately. Before your next board cycle, not after your next audit finding.
Scope the portfolio scanKnow where you stand within ten days.
One scan, one scorecard, and a guarantee that protects you if it doesn't deliver.