A New Era of Ownership
Your business.
Your brand.
Your equity.
Our engine.
RecFoundR partners with proven recruitment leaders. You own and run a specialist recruitment business under your own brand — backed by capital, infrastructure, and mentorship from day one.
The target operating model
Small teams. High performance. Meaningful ownership. That is the RecFoundR model.
The third option
Most recruiters face a binary choice. We built a third one.
Stay employed
Keep generating wealth for someone else. Hit the ceiling. Watch your equity walk past you.
Go solo
Burn two years fighting fires — payroll, compliance, insurance, tech — instead of building a business.
RecFoundR
Own a business under your own brand, backed by institutional-grade infrastructure from day one.
Two pathways. One destination.
Choose how you get in.
The entry point depends on what you bring to the table. The destination doesn't change.
Pathway 1
Capital Partner
Contribute 50% of start-up capital for a higher initial equity position from day one.
- Maximum equity exposure from commencement
- Suits established operators with capital to deploy
- Aligned skin-in-the-game from launch
Pathway 2
Sweat Equity Partner
Start with a minimum of 20% equity. Earn the rest through performance over 2–3 years.
- No personal capital required at entry
- RecFoundR funds operational start-up costs
- Increase your stake by hitting growth & profit milestones
What you get from day one
Everything that usually kills start-ups. Already built. Already running.
Your Own Brand
Your brand. Your identity. Your niche. Not a franchise. Not a white-label. A business recognised in your market as yours.
Capital & Funding
We fund operational runway. Working capital for on-hire is managed through invoice financing — up to 90% of invoice value in 24 hours.
Full Back Office
Finance, legal, compliance, HR, marketing, brand, CRM, internal recruitment, reporting, training. Built. Running. Day one.
Technology Stack
No legacy systems. Best-in-class stack combining automation, AI, and purpose-built recruitment platforms.
Mentorship & Advisory
Direct access to operators who have collectively built, scaled, and exited recruitment businesses over 75+ combined years.
Exit Strategy
We're building a portfolio of high-performing specialist brands with a genuine exit horizon. A real asset — not a job with better margins.
Leadership
75+ combined years. Shoulder-to-shoulder partnership.
We've founded recruitment companies, scaled them to exit, led hundreds of people, and advised dozens of business owners. We're not offering theory — we're offering the playbook we've lived.
Simon Luhrs
Co-Founder
Co-founded Red Appointments in 2009 and built it into one of Australia's leading specialist recruitment businesses, delivering trades and professional services personnel across the country.
Dean Stallard
Co-Founder
Decades of leadership across recruitment operations in Australia and Asia, including teams of 200+. Strategic guidance, commercial governance, and founder support.
Peter Noblet
Co-Founder
Founder coaching, market strategy, and operational guidance. Hands-on experience scaling and exiting recruitment businesses.
Dean Morrison
Co-Founder
Over 20 years in accounting and finance, including 15 years directly in recruitment and staffing. Combines commercial insight with operations leadership, with a track record of overseeing profitable, growing, and efficiently run recruitment businesses.
What success looks like
Eighteen months from now. A business you own. With your name on it.
People on the team
Total salary spend
Net profit
GP multiple of salary
Founder equity
Founder share of NP
That is not a hypothetical. That is the model. That is what we are engineering for.
What we stand for
Partnership
Over employment. Always.
Long-Term Wealth
Over short-term gain.
High Standards
Of leadership, performance, and conduct.
Shared Accountability
We win together. We fix problems together.
Community
Because we care, not because it looks good on a website.
Enjoyment
Build something you're proud of, with people you enjoy.
FAQ
The questions you're thinking.
Apply
Ready to build something that is yours?
If you have the track record, the resilience, and the hunger to own something real, we want to have a conversation.
All enquiries are treated with absolute confidentiality.