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Meetings with decision-makers, personally contacted.

Akquire finds the people who make the decisions at your future customers, and writes to them personally, in your name.

  • Top 10 % Smartlead team 2025Ranking of all sending teams
  • Clay-certifiedAutomated outbound prospecting

How your appointment comes about

SignalFunding, new roles
Your marketover 35 sources
Clay100+ data providers
Akquire finds, checks, writes
Personal emailin your name
Positive reply12 % on average
Appointmentwith decision-makers
In the CRMHubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive
A target company announces a funding round. Akquire finds the person who makes the decision and writes to them personally, in your name.

Appointments secured at

RevolutVontobelVolvoProtonFireblocksFivetranValiantRivellaPreziExpensifyAssemblyAICyberhavenRevolutVontobelVolvoProtonFireblocksFivetranValiantRivellaPreziExpensifyAssemblyAICyberhaven

For Akquire clients, at least one qualified meeting with each of these companies.

References

From the pipeline.

Ten clients and dartera itself. Figures from the reports, quotes from the clients.

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  • 0110'877 emails · 3'027 contacts
    EM360Tech review
    Analysis of EM360Tech's strongest campaigns
    Michael Lodge, EM360Tech
    02Revenue
    130'000CHF, around
    GBP 120'000
    Positive replies79,64 %
    Bounce1,85 %
    Michael LodgeFounder & CEO, EM360Tech
    · Tech media, United Kingdom133 leads in 59 days.
    01 Leads133in 59 days
    02 Positive79,64 %of replies
    03 Revenue130'000CHF, approx.

    133 qualified leads in 59 days

    EM360Tech, UK tech media: 10'877 emails to 3'027 contacts, 79,64 % of replies positive. That generated around CHF 130'000 in revenue (GBP 120'000) from Akquire leads.

    133 qualified leads with a 79.64% positive rate. The ROI was clear within the first month.Michael Lodge
    Founder & CEO, EM360Tech

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  • Christina Hamlin, Growth at Unit8
    01US market17 campaigns
    Companies checked20'000
    Decision-makers reached13'800+
    A signal that fit1
    02Pipeline
    4,9 Mio.CHF, around
    USD 6 Mio.
    Christina HamlinGrowth, Unit8
    · Data and AI, ZurichOne signal, around CHF 4,9 Mio. pipeline.
    01 Checked20'000US-Firmen
    02 Reached13'800+Decision-makers
    03 Pipeline4,9 Mio.CHF, approx.

    Opened the US market with a single signal

    Unit8 from Zurich wanted to grow in the USA. Akquire screened 20'000 US companies, reached over 13'800 decision-makers in 17 campaigns and found the signal that fit. That became an opportunity worth around CHF 4,9 million (USD 6 million) in the pipeline.

    It did lead to a really good opportunity that I put in our pipeline for about $6 million. Being able to connect directly at the time that we did was super positive.Christina Hamlin
    Growth, Unit8

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  • 0112 months · 47 campaigns
    AddExpert review
    Campaign analysis for AddExpert: 12'710 emails, 33 positive replies
    Harald Rubin, Founder and Managing Director
    Harald RubinFounder and Managing Director
    02Leads
    33qualified leads
    in 12 months
    Average order valueCHF 25'000
    Bounce0,34 %
    · Recruitment, SwitzerlandCHF 825'000 Pipeline.
    01 Leads33in 12 months
    02 Order25'000CHF on average
    03 Pipeline825'000CHF

    CHF 825'000 pipeline for a recruitment agency

    AddExpert places specialists. Akquire contacts companies within 24 hours of a job ad being published: in 12 months, 33 qualified leads from 12'710 emails, at an average of CHF 25'000 per order.

    There are only a few agencies that can go as far as Dartera ... hence the recommendation.Harald Rubin
    Founder and Managing Director, AddExpert GmbH

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  • 019'898 emails · NL and BE
    TERGON campaign analysis
    Campaign analysis for TERGON in Belgium and the Netherlands
    Christoph Hohl, TERGON Swiss Ergochairs
    02Revenue
    92'000CHF, about
    EUR 100'000
    Pipeline, aboutCHF 460'000
    Qualified leads77
    Christoph HohlTERGON Swiss Ergochairs
    · Office furniture, BeneluxNew market, 90 days.
    01 Leads77in 90 days
    02 Revenue92'000CHF, approx.
    03 Pipeline460'000CHF, approx.

    From zero market presence to revenue in Benelux

    TERGON Swiss Ergochairs was unknown in Belgium and the Netherlands. In 90 days, 77 qualified leads came from 9'898 emails, around CHF 92'000 in closed sales (EUR 100'000) and around CHF 460'000 in pipeline (EUR 500'000). The offer: a chair to test free for four weeks.

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  • 01680 C-level contacts · 2'408 emails
    3rd-eyes.com
    Home page 3rd-eyes.com
    Marc Mettler, 3rd-eyes analytics
    02Akquire
    21C-level leads
    in 90 days
    Contacted680
    Response rate13,24 %
    Marc MettlerHead of Business Development
    · Wealth-tech, banks CH and DE21 C-level leads from banks.
    01 Contacts680C-Level
    02 Leads21in 90 days
    03 Replies13,24 %Response rate

    C-level leads from banks in 90 days

    For 3rd-eyes analytics, Akquire contacted 680 C-level contacts at banks in Switzerland and Germany: 2'408 emails, a 13,24 % response rate and 21 qualified C-level leads in 90 days, including Raiffeisen, Vontobel and LLB.

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  • 01Website + SEO · DE FR EN
    dolomed.ch
    Home page dolomed.ch
    Dr. med. Manuel Bobrich, Chief Physician for Pain Medicine at Dolomed
    Google02SEO · google.ch
    nervenschmerzen
    Page 1
    Dolomedhttps://dolomed.ch › nervenschmerzen
    Treatment of nerve pain | Dolomed
    Effective methods for treating nerve pain at Dolomed. Professional support in Biel/Bienne.
    03Referring doctors
    46Practices are referring
    now
    · Pain medicine in BielBuilt, found,
    referred.
    01 Website3Languages
    02 SEOPage 1on Google
    03 Akquire46Referring doctors

    Website, SEO and referring doctors from a single source

    For Dolomed, we built the new website, brought it to first place on Google for «Nervenschmerzen» and used Akquire to win 46 medical practices that refer patients to the three new locations.

    I knew dartera could build something like this well. I can talk to them, and they understand me.Dr. med. Manuel Bobrich
    Chief Physician for Pain Medicine at Dolomed

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  • Sarah Wechsler, marketing and acquisition at Apptiva
    01Responses
    69positive responses
    from hospitals and clinics
    Insel GruppeHirslandenUniversitätsspital Zürich
    Sarah WechslerMarketing and acquisition, Apptiva
    · Healthcare sector, Switzerland69 positive responses.
    01 responses69positiv
    02 marketCHHealthcare
    03 conversationsUSZInsel, Hirslanden

    69 positive replies from the healthcare sector

    For Apptiva, Akquire contacted hospitals and clinics in Switzerland. It generated 69 positive replies and conversations, including with the Insel Gruppe, Hirslanden and the University Hospital Zurich.

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  • 0111'275 e-mails · 3'173 contacts
    NIUTEC analysis
    Campaign analysis for NIUTEC
    Andreas Thurnheer, Head of medical technology at NIUTEC
    02Leads
    19qualified
    leads
    Per leadCHF 158
    QuoteISO 19227
    Andreas ThurnheerHead of medical technology, NIUTEC
    · Medical technology, DACHCHF 158 per lead.
    01 Contacts3'173angeschrieben
    02 Leads19qualifiziert
    03 per lead158CHF

    Medical technology in the DACH region, CHF 158 per lead

    For NIUTEC, 11'275 emails went to 3'173 contacts in the DACH region. This resulted in 19 qualified leads, at CHF 158 per lead. The offer: a free ISO 19227 cleanliness test, worth CHF 800.

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  • Bornhauser
    Leads53
    Positive21,65 %
    Time15 Std./Woche
    Executive search · Switzerland

    53 interested leads from open positions

    Bornhauser People's Management, executive search in Switzerland: 53 interested leads from 1'435 companies contacted with an open position, and 21,65 % of responses were positive. For over 80 % of job adverts, Bornhauser is first in line, and the team gains over 15 hours per week for recruiting.

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  • 0121'525 emails · 6'761 contacts
    smahrt analysis
    The smahrt campaigns in figures, presented by dartera from Smartlead
    Manuel Streuff, Sales and Marketing at smahrt
    02Responses
    33positive replies
    from 8 campaigns
    Total replies494
    Contacts reached6'761
    Manuel StreuffSales & Marketing, smahrt
    · HR-IT, Switzerland33 positive replies.
    01 emails21'525versandt
    02 contacts6'761erreicht
    03 positive33Responses

    33 positive replies for HR IT consulting

    smahrt consulting AG from Regensdorf advises on and runs HR IT with SAP HCM and SAP SuccessFactors. From October 2025 to August 2026, eight campaigns ran: 21'525 emails to 6'761 contacts, 494 replies, including 33 positive ones.

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  • 0180'000+ emails · 330+ leads
    dartera analysis, one of the campaigns
    Campaign analysis for dartera
    Daniel Eskandar, founder of dartera
    02Revenue
    420'000Revenue in CHF,
    over
    Qualified leads330+
    emails80'000+
    Daniel EskandarFounder, dartera
    · Agency, SwitzerlandOver CHF 420'000 for us ourselves.
    01 Leads330+qualifiziert
    02 emails80'000+versandt
    03 Revenue420'000CHF, more than

    Over CHF 420'000 revenue for dartera itself

    Akquire also works for us: over 330 qualified leads from more than 80'000 emails, which generated over CHF 420'000 in revenue from new customers, including Rivella and AURA.

    With Akquire, we have grown our business fivefold.Daniel Eskandar
    Founder, dartera

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For our clients, as of July 2026

overCHF 12 million

qualified pipeline GBP 11 million

just under CHF 2 millionRevenue closed, confirmed by clients GBP 1.8 million

positive responses on average across all campaigns; for cold outreach, 2 to 3 % responses are typical

  • CHF 28around USD 34 per qualified lead on average
  • 70'000+emails per month, sent from our domains
  • 47 min.from the signal to first contact

Amounts in francs, converted at the ECB rate of 16.10.2026; the original currency is shown.

Akquire check, free of charge

Who should you write to?

Enter your website and, if you like, the company you want to win. Akquire reads both, shows you live what it finds, why your offer fits, and writes an initial email sequence on your behalf.

The website of a company you want to win. Leave blank: we will derive your ideal target clients from your website.

Free, about 40 seconds. We only read public pages, never team or contact pages. Personal details about you never go to a language model. Privacy policy

Akquire check
AYour website
  1. Home
  2. /offer
  3. /about-us
BYour ideal customer
  1. /news
  2. /jobs

What we look for

  • Your offer what you sell and to whom
  • Locations where your ideal customer works
  • News new branch, new product, anniversary
  • Open positions as a sign of growth
  • Size and history Employees, locations, since when
  • Technology What the website is built with
Ready. The result appears below.
How Akquire works

First prove it, then scale.

We build the machine once, test the message on a small volume and only scale up what has already brought appointments.

  • Week 1 to 2

    Setup

    Analysis of your won deals, target customer profile, segments, signals and exclusions. We take care of domains, mailboxes and warm-up.

  • Week 3

    First emails

    Three offers in a small sample. Written by people, checked against your voice, sent from our domains, never yours.

  • Weeks 3 to 8

    Proof

    Positive replies count, not opens. Anything that does not work is dropped before it gets volume.

  • From week 8

    Scale

    Volume follows proof: the offer and segment that brought appointments get scaled up.

  • Cold prospecting engine

    Map the whole market

    Over 35 sources, Clay, more than 100 data providers and AI agents find the companies and people that match your ideal customer profile.

  • Signal engine

    Be there at the right moment

    More than 20 signals, such as a funding round, lots of new jobs or a competitor's move. The contact follows within minutes.

The illustrations show the principle, not the interface or a customer case. In any case, you keep domains, contacts and campaigns.

The pipeline guarantee

30 qualified leads by month 4, otherwise pay per lead.

You see the quality before you commit: you start with a free sample of 50 decision-makers. If we miss the threshold, the contract switches to pay per lead from month 5. Either way, you keep the domains, contacts and campaigns.

  1. Free, before you start

    Sample with 50 decision-makers

    Built around your actual target customer profile. You assess the quality without paying anything.

  2. Week 1

    Launch

    Live in week 3. We only scale once the offer has proven itself.

  3. Weeks 3 to 8

    Warm responses

    Qualified conversations go directly into your CRM.

  4. Month 4

    Guarantee checkpoint

    30 leads reached, or it switches to pay per lead.

Your risk is limited by the guarantee, not by your patience.

Request a sample

A lead means exactly one thing for us: a positive response from a verified decision-maker in your target customer profile, in your CRM.

  • Not opened
  • No click
  • No list
ROI calculator

Your realistic pipeline, in numbers.

The 12 % is our best documented case, EM360Tech. Most clients are at 1 to 2 % positive replies per contact in months 2 and 3, then improve after that. That is why the calculator uses 1.5 %.

Your details

Include the cost of your own staff member

Compares the total costs, one person for initial contacts (SDR) plus tools, versus Akquire.

CHF 72'000
CHF 0CHF 500'000

Decision-makers we contact each month

We contact each lead up to four times, around 12'000 emails per month.

Custom settings
%
Default 1.5 %, realistic in months 2 and 3. 12 % is our best documented case (EM360Tech, 59 days). Most new campaigns are between 0.5 and 2 % in the first 90 days and increase with optimisation.
emails
Based on the number of emails, the calculator works out the leads, four emails per lead.
CHFper month
Replaces the tier price. The calculator then works out cost per lead and return with your actual price.

Choose your volume or change a value. Then your calculation appears here.

As before

Leads per month 15 3'000 contacts × 0.5 % positive replies
Cost per lead CHF 450 SDR CHF 6'000 per month + tools CHF 750 ÷ 15 leads

With Akquire Starter

Leads per month 45 3'000 contacts × 1.5 % positive replies
Cost per lead CHF 60 CHF 2'700 per month ÷ 45 qualified leads Conservatively calculated. Across all campaigns so far, around CHF 28 per qualified lead on average.

You save CHF 390 per lead compared with before 87 % lower costs

You get

+30 Leads

per month

And save

CHF 4'050 per month

compared with before, CHF 48'600 a year

So far, personnel and tools cost you CHF 6'750 a month. With three times as many positive replies, you get 45 instead of 15 leads and save CHF 4'050 a month.

That means 200 % more leads at 87 % lower costs.

Request a strategy call

Estimate, not a promise. For us, a lead means a positive reply from a verified decision-maker in your target customer profile. The prices of the tiers are in CHF and are converted for EUR, USD and GBP.

Team

A senior team, one point of contact.

Strategy, data, copy and sending are in the same hands from start to finish.

  • Daniel EskandarDaniel EskandarFounder
  • RupertRupertTeam Akquire

«We built Akquire for companies that have a world-class offer and a market that does not yet know them.»

Daniel Eskandar, founder
Questions

What management asks us about.

And what is not included, we clarify in the strategy meeting. It lasts 25 minutes and is free of charge.

What does Akquire cost, and what is included in the price?

From CHF 2'700 per month, as a fixed monthly fee. Everything is included: strategy, data, copy, domains and mailboxes, sending, analysis and the connection to your CRM, with no additional tool costs. The packages differ only in how many decision-makers we review and contact for you each month, the work is the same. On average, a qualified lead costs around CHF 28 (USD 34).

Do we pay per lead or per closing?

Akquire runs on a fixed monthly fee. We deliberately do not offer payment per closing, because it creates the wrong incentives: what counts is whether the right people reply positively. Your risk is limited by the pipeline guarantee: if there are still no 30 qualified leads by month 4, the contract switches to payment per lead from month 5.

How quickly do the first leads come in?

About three weeks after launch, the first e-mails go out. Before that, we set up and warm up the domains and mailboxes, and we agree the target group, offer and texts with you. Warm replies usually follow two to four weeks later. From week 8 onwards, we scale only what has demonstrably brought appointments.

How long are we tied in?

Akquire is designed for several months, because the first weeks are for testing: which offer, which target group and which message work. The term is stated in the quote. Before you sign, you see in a free sample with 50 decision-makers how we work for you, and the pipeline guarantee applies until month 4.

Where do the data come from, and does this comply with FADP and GDPR?

We work with over 35 sources and over 100 data providers, check every address before sending, and only contact decision-makers who fit your offer. Anyone who no longer wants messages is blocked immediately and permanently. We guarantee in the contract that the sending complies with data protection rules. We cross-check customers and contacts you want excluded before the first sending.

Will this harm our domain or our reputation?

We send from our own domains and mailboxes, never from your domain. Your sender reputation remains unaffected. For each company, we contact only a few people and spread the messages over time. At Dolomed, 6 of 942 doctors contacted asked not to be contacted again, 0,6 %. The e-mails there were sent as plain text only, without links and without a read receipt.

Who writes the e-mails, and in whose name?

People write them. AI helps with identifying the signals and adapting them to each individual person, while we write the texts ourselves and align them with your tone of voice. The sender is you or the person who will later look after the client; at Dolomed, the doctor treating the referred patients signed. Before anything goes out, you see the texts.

What is a qualified lead, and how is the appointment arranged?

A positive reply from a verified decision-maker in your target customer profile. No opens, no clicks, no lists. Out-of-office replies, rejections and forwards to the wrong person do not count. We read and sort every reply; the positive ones, together with the full thread, go into your CRM, such as HubSpot, Salesforce or Pipedrive, otherwise by e-mail. If you wish, we arrange the appointment directly with the person.

Only e-mail, or also LinkedIn and phone?

We start with e-mail, because that is the fastest way to test offers and target groups. Once a message has proven itself, LinkedIn and calls can be added, aligned to the same signals and people.

Can we bring our own list? Do we need a CRM?

We check and supplement your own list before anyone is contacted. Without a list, we build the market ourselves. You do not need a CRM: we bring the data, mailboxes and sending. If you have one, the prospects go there, otherwise you receive them by e-mail.

Which languages and countries?

In German, French, Italian and English, in Switzerland and beyond. Dolomed ran in German and French, 3rd-eyes in Switzerland and Germany, Unit8 in the USA, EM360Tech in Great Britain, TERGON in Belgium and the Netherlands.

How are Akquire and dartera linked?

Akquire grew out of dartera and belongs to dartera GmbH in Zug. The same people build websites and run Akquire. You have one contact person for both.

What should Akquire do for you?