Mountside Ventures

Mountside Ventures is Europe's leading accelerator and early-stage advisory firm, acting as the first port of call for founders and investors looking to fundraise. The firm's mission is to "optimise the fundraising process between founders and funds, and to increase the flow of venture capital into the startup ecosystem." It works across the full venture value chain — running free investor-readiness accelerators for pre-seed and seed startups, providing interim CFO and fundraising advisory for Series A and B companies, and operating Europe's first VC Accelerator for emerging fund managers seeking LP capital. Mountside's philosophy, in the words of Managing Partner Jonathan Hollis, is: "if we can be helpful higher up the food chain, we can better support the founders." The firm partners with technology-enabled companies across sectors including B2B SaaS, HealthTech, Fintech, and Media, leveraging a network of over 1,200 VCs, corporates, family offices, and lenders to help clients raise faster, on better terms, and with strategic investors. It is a certified B Corp and is regulated in the UK for investment advice.