Rainmaker Fellowship

Learn from the founder and his team

Clinton Apos, Founder and CEO of Artane Partners

Clinton Apos · Founder & CEO, Artane Partners

Most people wait for the market. Rainmakers are taught.

Clinton Apos founded Artane Partners - a placement agent raising debt and equity for private companies across Europe, the United States and the Gulf.

This is a partnership with Clinton and the Artane deal team from day one - the analysts, coverage people and closers who run the machine. You are not being hired. You are building your own business alongside the people who built this one. Everything Artane runs, fellows learn to run.

The firmArtane Partners Limited - capital advisory and placement, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland

The network700+ Gulf allocators - family offices, funds and institutions across the GCC

The machineOutbound systems, AI-assisted deal materials and a team spanning analysts to closers

The benchmarkAdvisory economics engineered toward six-figure months - retainers plus success fees

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What you learn

Origination

Where mandates actually come from. Building a pipeline of companies raising capital, qualifying hard, and winning the engagement letter.

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Outbound & Cold Email

The exact outbound systems Artane runs - deliverability, list building, two-sentence emails that book calls with founders and investors.

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Corporate Finance

Deal structuring without the MBA theatre. Debt and equity instruments, term sheets, valuation logic and what allocators actually read.

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Sales & The Close

Discovery calls, proposals, objection handling and engagement fees. The 90 to 120 day arc from first call to signed mandate.

Investor Coverage

Working a network of Gulf family offices and institutions. Teasers, investor lists, NDAs and running a live raise process.

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Fee Mechanics

How advisory firms actually get paid - retainers, success fees and backend percentages - and how six-figure months compound from them.

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Built at Artane Partners

The Fellowship is not taught from slides. It runs inside Artane Partners - a placement agent advising private companies on debt and equity raises, connecting founders with capital across the GCC, Europe and the US. The firm Clinton built is where you work: its systems, its investor relationships, its live mandates.

Clinton Apos in discussion with a senior adviser — Mandate discussions

Artane Partners team members in conversation — The deal team at work

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Proof, not promises

Every number on this page survives diligence. Test it.

Below: some recent wins - retainers, engagement fees and settled invoices across three currencies, wire by wire. Names are blurred for client confidentiality. Nothing else is edited - and every single one can be verified live on your call.

The receiptsScroll →

Two days of client fees received via PayPal — €9,510 + $16,738 · Two days, PayPal

Received 15,000 euro invoice settlement — €15,000 · Invoice settled

Three fees received from one client totalling 15,000 euro — €15,000 · One client, three fees

Received 14,968 euro invoice payment, name redacted — €14,968 · Invoice payment

10,000 pound engagement fee wired to Artane Partners Limited, payer redacted — £10,000 · Engagement fee, wired to Artane

Received 10,000 pounds invoice settlement — £10,000 · Invoice settled

Received 10,000 euro support retainer — €10,000 · Support retainer

Received 10,000 euro invoice settlement, name redacted — €10,000 · Invoice settled

Received $10,000 engagement fee, name redacted — $10,000 · Engagement fee

Received $10,000 via Bill.com — $10,000 · Via Bill.com

Received $10,000 consultancy fee — $10,000 · Consultancy fee

Bill.com notification of $10,000 client payment, name redacted — $10,000 · Payment notification

Received 7,500 euro invoice settlement, name redacted — €7,500 · Invoice settled

Received $7,000 invoice payment in April, name redacted — $7,000 · Settled in April

Received 5,000 pounds invoice settlement — £5,000 · Invoice settled

Received 5,000 euro invoice settlement — €5,000 · Invoice settled

Received 5,000 euro invoice payment in March, name redacted — €5,000 · Settled in March

Received $5,000 international wire naming Artane Partners — $5,000 · Wire naming Artane Partners

Received 4,135 euro invoice payment — €4,135 · Invoice payment

Received $3,485 in March, name redacted — $3,485 · Settled in March

From the fellows' chatsUnpolished, on purpose

Fellow reporting a 15k CHF upfront close, identity redacted — 15k CHF closed upfront · more behind it

Fellow sharing a $7,500 engagement fee wire, identity redacted — $7,500 engagement fee · wired mid-chat

Fellow sharing a 5,000 euro transfer with the next client lined up — €5,000 landing · next client on Friday

The companyArtane Partners Limited is registered in Ireland - CRO 795432. Look it up before you apply.

The peopleThe team is public - on LinkedIn and on artanepartners.com. Message any of them.

The callEvery single thing on this page gets verified live on your interview call if you want it - statements opened, invoices matched, line by line, under NDA.

The fellowsBefore you accept a place, speak to the people already in. References with current fellows are offered, not hidden - ask and you will be connected.

The standardIf a number on this page cannot be proven to you, do not join. That is the deal.

The Fellowship

Your business, not a job

Fellows are not employees. You build your own advisory business - your pipeline, your clients, your fees - in partnership with Clinton and the Artane deal team from day one.

The six-figure standard

The Fellowship is built around one benchmark: the €100,000 month. Everything you learn exists because it moves your business toward that number - origination, close rate, fee structure.

The Closing Dinner

Every engagement fee signed and every deal closed is celebrated the same way: the Fellowship comes together for dinner, in black tie. Your win is the room's win.

Step i

Apply

A short application. Honest answers beat polished ones.

Step ii

Review

Applications are reviewed monthly. Strong profiles move fast.

Step iii

Interview

A direct conversation. Expect real questions about work ethic and intent.

Step iv

Admission

Selected fellows join the next intake and start on live work immediately.