Supporting Arenko’s Pivot to a Scalable Software Business

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Published

10th September, 2025

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The Challenge

In early 2022, Arenko, a business operating at the intersection of energy and technology, wanted to successfully pivot to a software-led model. Despite strong ambitions, the organisation faced a number of challenges typical of a scaling business:

A technology stack that needed maturing
Delivery and strategic processes that needed further development
A small engineering team with hard-to-find skill sets
Growth momentum slowing, with a headcount of around 50

With internal systems under pressure and ambitious growth goals ahead, Arenko needed rapid but sustainable transformation across both technology and operating models.

Our Approach

Revoco built a small consultancy team that was embedded within Arenko to help establish scalable development practices and drive transformation across the business. This included:

Rearchitecting delivery processes to increase speed and quality without compromising long-term sustainability
Embedding agile frameworks and coaching to strengthen team structures and improve delivery discipline
Introducing strategic planning cycles at executive level to align technology decisions with commercial goals
Spearheading the recruitment and onboarding alongside the internal team to build technical and operational capability
Augmenting contract resource with urgency, while backfilling with permanent leadership roles to ensure lasting impact
Use of our Hindsight tool to continuously enhance the candidate journey and highlight areas for investment.

The Impact

By January 2023, Arenko had successfully pivoted to a full software business, achieving sustainable development practices, improved technical quality, and strong leadership alignment. Ultimately, we helped them get “fit” for scaling.

Key Results

21 permanent hires and 5 contract roles, including critical leadership positions
Dedicated consultancy team embedded under a Statement of Work to drive the transformation
~60% reduction in time-to-hire
Strategic alignment between technology, delivery, and executive decision-making
Improved quality of hire and team performance
Continuous improvement through real-time feedback loops via our Hindsight tool

Hires

Consultancy team under SOW

Reduction in time to hire

Overall candidate exp

What they said

Revoco were able to support us with their deep networks of talent, their specialist knowledge and other things that we don’t necessarily have in house. They also provide us with their Hindsight tool, which is really useful in helping us understand where we need to invest, to make the candidate journey more positive.