The shoot wrapped, the campaign went live, and your invoice is sitting with a brand on 60 or 90-day terms. Submit it to Orthrus and receive up to 90% of the value within 72 hours.
You've finished the work and sent the invoice. Now you're waiting on a brand's accounts team — while your own costs, from rent to kit to the next trip, don't wait at all.
You carry the gap between finishing the work and being paid for it, on your own, every time.
Up to 90% of the invoice reaches your account within three days. The rest follows when the brand pays.
Say you've invoiced a brand £12,000 for a campaign, on 60-day terms. The shoot is done and the invoice is approved — but the money is two months away, and your costs aren't.
Submit that invoice to Orthrus and most of it is with you this week.
Illustrative only, using published rates. You never pay the fee up front — it comes out of the balance when the brand pays. Your exact fee is always confirmed before you commit.
Orthrus is simple: submit an approved invoice, receive most of it now. You decide which invoices to put through, and when.
There's no contract covering all your future work. Submit a single invoice whenever getting paid sooner would help.
Whether you invoice the brand yourself or your agency does it for you, an approved invoice can be funded.
Using Orthrus doesn't touch your relationship with the brand or your agent. You keep the work and the contacts.
One agreed fee, shown before you commit and capped at 10% of value. Nothing is added afterwards.
If you invoice brands, agencies or platforms for creative work, Orthrus is built for the wait that sits between delivering it and being paid.
Editorial, campaigns, lookbooks and shows — invoiced to brands, magazines and agencies.
Day rates · campaign feesPhotographers, stylists, art directors, hair and makeup — billed per shoot or per project.
Shoot fees · project workBranded content, sponsored posts and ambassador deals invoiced to brands and platforms.
Branded content · sponsorshipsUsage fees and image licensing renewals owed long after the original shoot wrapped.
Usage fees · licensingMost models, and a lot of creative talent, are booked and billed through an agency. Orthrus is built to sit alongside that, not around it.
What matters is that it's an approved invoice for completed work. Whether it's raised in your name or your agency's, it can be funded.
Orthrus funds the invoice — it doesn't sit between you and your agency. However your fee and their commission are normally divided, that stays exactly as it is.
If your agency invoices the brand and pays you, the agency is the one funding the invoice. If you invoice the brand directly, it's you. We'll point you to the right route when you get in touch.
Funding an invoice is a one-off, for that invoice alone. It has no bearing on your agency agreement, your bookings or how you're represented.
Orthrus doesn't lend you anything. It pays you ahead of time for an invoice you've already earned, then collects that invoice from the brand instead of you.
This isn't credit. You're not drawing down a loan or opening a line you'll repay with interest — you're being paid early for one invoice you've already completed.
There's one fixed fee for that invoice, agreed before you commit. It doesn't accrue interest and there's no balance that grows over time.
Your fee is taken from the invoice itself when the brand settles, not charged to you separately. You simply receive most of the money far sooner, for a known cost.
What you pay depends on the size of the invoice and how long the brand takes to settle. Larger invoices and shorter terms cost less.
What models, creators and creative talent ask before submitting their first invoice.
That's fine, and common. Whether the invoice is raised by you directly or through your agency, an approved invoice for completed work can be funded. Your representation and your commission split don't change.
Yes. The brand pays the invoice to Orthrus and receives a short, standard notice of assignment. It's routine for the brands and platforms you work with, and it doesn't affect your relationship with them or your future bookings.
No. It isn't a loan or a credit product — you're being paid early for an invoice you've already earned, and the fee is fixed and taken from that invoice. As with any financial service, we run standard identity and anti-fraud checks when you first onboard.
No. Orthrus works with individual talent and creators as well as companies. We run standard identity and anti-fraud checks during a one-off onboarding.
We need clear evidence the work is done and the brand accepts the amount — a signed call sheet, a booking confirmation, a purchase order, or an email approving the invoice all work. A full contract isn't essential; clear proof the invoice is agreed is.
Yes. A usage fee or licensing renewal owed by a brand is an invoice like any other. If it's approved and meets the £3,000 minimum, it can be funded — even if the original shoot was months ago.
Never up front. The single agreed fee comes out of the balance when the brand settles the invoice — so it only ever comes from money you were already owed.
We handle collection and stay in contact with the brand's accounts team, so chasing isn't on you. A late payment doesn't change the fee you were quoted. If a genuine dispute arises, we'll talk it through with you — how it's handled is set out in your funding agreement before you commit.
Send us your details and one approved invoice. You'll get a clear answer and indicative pricing within 48 hours.