At 18 we cold-pitched Etihad on upending air miles. It worked, and 3 years later we’ve raised $1.5M to transform travel loyalty programs

Arcube cofounders Prithveesh Reddy and Harvey Lowe (Credit: arcube)

Our journey as cofounders started before we knew each other. As children, we sat on opposite sides of the planet dreaming up business ideas; entrepreneurial spirit was alive and thriving in both of us from an extremely young age. 

Both of us successfully founded and sold companies in our teens, which held us in good financial stead as we set our sights on the University of Manchester in the U.K. We met there and immediately connected, bonding on an entrepreneurial level. Soon, we were sharing ideas and business theories, an exchange that would lead us to, in January 2022, send a cold-pitch email to a major airline while still only 18 years old—a decision that would change our lives.