Arnaud Renoux

Co-founder @Scalelist

Co-Founder

All infos are just one click away: www.thescalelab.com

The Scalelab is a Lead Acquisition Agency and Consulting firm helping companies to make the first best impressions in front of their prospects by using cold email and cold LinkedIn messages.

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Today, it’s my 9 years anniversary in Singapore.

I never planned this. 👇 


December 2016, I told my parents: “1 or 2 years. Max.”

Classic lie.

Why I stayed?

Because Singapore quietly checks every box.

• Career acceleration 
• Global friendships 
• Insanely convenient 
• Asia at your doorstep 
• Built for business 
• Green, clean, structured 
• Sport is a lifestyle, not a slogan 
• Big city benefits, without the problem of a big city

You don’t fight the city. The city works with you.

I just spent a month in Europe (Brittany + Madrid).

Best moment? Landing at Changi.

That feeling of: “I’m home” is just magic

My Singapore timeline:

2017 (Jan) — Packed my life from France 
2017 (Jan–Nov) — Rocket Internet 
2017 (Nov) — Accelerasia 
2020 (Jan) — Left Accelerasia 
2020 (Feb–Apr) — EF 
2020 (May) — Started an outbound agency with Youssef 
2020 (Jun) — Met my wife 
2023 (Mar) — Started Scalelist 
2023 (May) — Got married 
2024 (Aug) — transition from Agency to SaaS
2025 (Sept) — Sold The Scalelab 
2026 (Jan) — 100% focused on Scalelist

On paper: 9 years.

In reality? Feels like a lifetime of learnings, failures, wins, friendships, and reinventions.

Deeply grateful to still be here. Genuinely excited for what’s next on this tiny island.

Sometimes you don’t choose a place. The place chooses you.

PS: The picture was taken in Pulau Ubin (small island facing Singapore) in Jan 2017.

Help B2B Sales teams find the best email addresses and mobile numbers worldwide.

Since 2015, I’ve opened every cold call with the same line.
(And yes — it still works in 2026.) 👇 

Script:

- Prospect: “Allo?”
- Me: “John?” (or whatever your prospect’s first name is)
- Prospect: “Yes.”
- Me: “This is Arnaud from Scalelist, how are you doing?”

That’s it. Simple. Human. Natural.

From there, the replies are almost always one of these:

- “Arnaud from where?”
- “Good, and you?”
- “What is this regarding?”
- “Scale—what?”
- “Is this a cold call?”

And so on…

The secret? Repetition. You don’t get better at handling these without hearing them again and again. (I’ll break that down in another post.)

But if you want to boost your results right now:

1- Get mobile numbers from Scalelist.
2- Call on WhatsApp. People pick up more often there.
3- Smile. (Yes, they hear it in your voice.)
4- Be confident.
5- If they hang up, keep smiling. Then dial again.

Cold calling isn’t dead.

It just requires consistency, confidence, and the right opener.

PS: Show you an example of how I use that script into the video below 👇

Last night at 10:27 PM. Toothbrush in mouth.
A roofing company sales leader in Florida just bought a 50k credits Scalelist plan ($549/month) 👇 

I immediately:

- Stopped brushing my teeth
- Emailed the client

Priorities.

Why?

Because I want to understand:

- what pushed him to subscribe
- what they need beyond valid emails & mobile numbers
- how their sales + marketing teams are structured
- what their 2026 (and beyond) plan looks like
- why a company outside our top 10 industries picked one of our biggest plans

During the Christmas break, I reflected on 2025.

And I realised something simple.

What gives me the most energy isn’t dashboards or features:

It’s talking to people.

Learning how Scalelist is actually used.

- What clients love.
- What frustrates them.
- What we should do differently.
- That’s the part of the job I enjoy the most.

Very excited for 2026.

PS: If you need really good emails and mobile numbers to prospect, you know where to find Scalelist.

I’m not into "productivity hacks".

But this simple one changed how I'm starting working in 2026 👇 


Use a chess clock when I work.

- One side = real, focused work
- The other = everything else (meetings, context switching, scrolling, “being busy”)

At the end of the day, I see the truth.

Did I actually get 4 hours of deep work or not?

- It’s simple.
- It’s brutal.

I love it.

I don’t even need a physical chess clock. The price of a physical one starts at 19 USD on Amazon. 

I looked for a digital one:

1- Open the App Store
2- Search “chess clock”
3- Pick any app

That’s it.

If you already do this — or plan to try it — like the post.

Ps: each clock on both side starts at 4:00 hours. My objective is to reach 0:00 on the green side every day and be super honest about it.

General Partner at Modulor Capital

Combining experience as an operator, consultant, and now venture capital investor, I specialize in backing software startups that transform industries. My journey began in consulting, where I honed my skills solving complex business challenges for tech clients, before transitioning into hands-on operational roles at high-growth SaaS companies. These experiences deepened my understanding of what it takes to scale products, drive go-to-market strategy, and build resilient teams. Today, as a venture investor, I leverage this foundation—identifying unique founders, providing practical guidance, and helping portfolio companies unlock growth. Passionate about emerging technology, I partner with entrepreneurs to create lasting impact and value in the software ecosystem. Contact me at bhavish@modulorcapital.com

Bhavish Sood

Thrilled to back Projectstudio.ai, a platform helping interior studios in India move from spreadsheets and WhatsApp to a unified system for workflow, procurement, and payments.

Interior design studios are demanding a single source of truth across design, vendors, and billing. What changed: reliable mobile data capture, cheaper AI inference, and growing pressure to protect margins via on-time delivery and scheduling.

Why we leaned in
* Daily usage = deep workflow fit
* High retention = real operational dependence
* 90% gross margins with fast payback
* CAC: ₹17.5K; ARPU:₹2L
* ₹65L ARR in 6 months and growing; 12× studio growth
These metrics demonstrated software embedded in the day-to-day work of design studios.

The product
ProjectStudio unifies design approvals, site updates, BoQs, invoicing, and client communication. AI adds:
* Speech-to-action logs
* Delay and risk forecasting
* Automated follow-ups
Eventually, we believe they will foray into embedded procurement and payments, built directly into studio workflows and not layered on top.

The team
Founders come with deep domain experience across contech and interiors. They build from live sites, ship fast, and design for India-specific frictions like catalogue complexity, taxes, and vernacular UX. Excited about collaborating with Nikhil Kaushik and Abhishek Jha. Thanks to EvolveX Accelerator and Thapar Innovate for participating with us in this round. 

How does it fit our thesis?
Our thesis around vertical SaaS is focussed around scaling into commerce, especially products that start with mission-critical workflows and expand into transactions and financial offerings once trust and data depth are earned. ProjectStudio executes this progression with discipline—starting with core workflows, expanding into transactions, and ultimately enabling capital.

By first owning high-frequency studio operations, the product becomes the system of record and generates clean, structured data. From there, procurement and payments are natural extensions of the workflow, reducing leakage and aligning incentives across studios and suppliers. Over time, this foundation enables selective, data-backed financial products—priced on real project execution, not assumptions.

What we like most is that ProjectStudio isn’t leading with payments or credit. It’s earning the right to build a financial business model by first becoming indispensable to daily work.
Early signals are strong—and we’re excited to be part of the journey.
Sanjit Singh Paul Sachin H Vijender Singh Bachhal, CPA, CA, RV Rahul Sharma Modulor Capital

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