Mountside Ventures | Accelerator and early-stage Advisory Firm

Profile

For pre-seed and seed startups, we run the UK's leading fundraising accelerator programme (free to participate, including equity-free), backed by corporates and the government.

For Series A and Series B companies, we provide interim CFO and fundraising support, enabling founders to raise their next round of funding faster, more efficiently and causing the least disruption to their business.

For VCs, we run Europe's first VC Accelerator, The Emerging VC Manager Programme, the gold standard in accelerating Europe’s exceptional fund managers through a combination of workshops, world-class mentoring, and LP & Family Office introductions.

For Limited Partners, we provide access to best-in-class emerging Venture Capital funds through our annual Funding Venture Conference and VC Accelerator.

For Family Offices, we run the VC Academy, a two-day programme designed for FOs looking to invest in tech covering venture strategies, sector deep dives, how to be a VC insider, deal sourcing, term sheet negotiation, diligence, management and exit.

Location

London

Company size

Small-sized business: 10-49 employees

Founded

2020

Expertise

• Fundraising

Fintech Sector

• B2B

• SaaS

• Asset Management

• Finance & Ops

• WealthTech

• LendTech

• Robo-Advising

• RegTech

• AI/ML – Increasingly used in fundraising platforms and investor matching.

Market Experience

We have proven experience in these markets: UK, Europe, USA.

Clients

Types of clients we work with:

• Pre-seed to Series B startups, VCs, LPs, and Family Offices.

Clients we’ve helped:

• Evaro

• Skin Analytics

• Mindset

• Lumen

• Smartr365

• Smartify

• ApprovalMax

• WorkL

• Patchs health

• Transreport

• SEND

Success Metrics

• We've helped companies raise over £170m of funding to date.

• Despite the current fundraising environment, we continue to close institutional funding rounds for our clients, and we do not intend to slow down.

Testimonials

£10m | Puma & Pembroke

Mountside’s support through the fundraising process was excellent, supporting us with the heavy lifting of preparing investment-ready documents, shaping a compelling story across our deck and financial model, connecting us with their vast network of investors, and helping us to close a deal that was in the best interest of the company. We were able to raise significantly more capital while reducing the hours we spent fundraising – I’d highly recommend them if you’re looking to supercharge your raise.

Jay Shen (CEO, Transreport)

£9m | Breega & Mercia

We found the team at Mountside on hand and responsive at every stage of our raise. They guided us in building a robust financial model, putting together a narrative that would appeal to investors, identifying relevant funds by leveraging their network, and really took the time to understand our needs and vision for the future.

Andy Moss (CEO, SEND)

Content Library

Articles

• Emerging VCs are building the future of European tech - so why is raising a fund still so hard?

• The Secret Sauce to Successful Crowdfunding

• How Venture Debt Helps Founders and VCs Maximise Returns

• The (Re)Emergence of Venture Debt: A Strategic Lever for Growth

• Navigating Corporate Venture Capital in 2024

• Is My Term Sheet “Market Standard”?

• 18 VCT Funds to Pitch Your Startup To

• The Definitive Guide to Venture Capital Fund-of-Funds

• Just Launched – Europe’s First Free VC Accelerator

• The Rise of Alternative Lending: A Guide to Revenue-Based Finance (RBF)

Awards & Achievements

• Certified B Corp

• Regulated by the ICAEW

• Member of the BVCA

• Member of the UKBAA

• Member of the EISA