# Mountside Ventures

> Mountside Ventures is a London-based fundraising advisory and accelerator firm serving technology companies, emerging venture capital managers, limited partners and family offices. It runs sponsor-funded, free investor-readiness programmes and provides bespoke interim CFO and fundraising support for post-revenue companies seeking more than £2 million. Its work connects startup fundraising with the capital-raising needs of the funds that finance them.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** London, United Kingdom
- **Founders:** Jonathan Hollis (Co-founder and Managing Partner), Alex Reed (Founding Partner), Jon Steinberg (Founding Partner)
- **Products:** Startup Fundraising Accelerator, Interim CFO and fundraising advisory, Emerging VC Manager Programme, Funding Venture Conference, Fundraising toolkit and research
- **Notable:** Certified B Corporation since May 2024; B Impact score 85.6., Company reports over £550m raised by advised clients as of research date; this is client fundraising, not capital raised by Mountside itself., Inaugural Emerging VC Manager Programme selected 20 funds from over 500 applications.

## Products & services

- **Startup Fundraising Accelerator** — Sponsor-funded, free investor-readiness programmes for pre-seed and seed startups planning a VC raise in the next 3 to 12 months; workshops, coaching and fundraising templates.
- **Interim CFO and fundraising advisory** — Bespoke support for post-revenue companies seeking more than £2m in equity or debt, including models, documents, funding strategy, introductions, negotiation and diligence.
- **Emerging VC Manager Programme** — Free corporate-funded programme for European emerging fund managers, broadly Funds I to III, with fundraising workshops, at least 10 hours of mentoring and LP matchmaking. Announced in October 2024; first cohort announced January 2025.
- **Funding Venture Conference** — Invite-only, free-to-attend London event connecting selected emerging VC fund managers with limited partners and family offices.
- **Fundraising toolkit and research** — Pitch-deck, financial-model, cap-table, investor-update, FAQ and data-room resources, plus term-sheet and fund-of-funds research.
- **Family office and LP community** — Introductions to startup and VC opportunities, LP-focused events and venture capital education.

## Achievements

- Certified B Corporation since May 2024; B Impact score 85.6.
- Company reports over £550m raised by advised clients as of research date; this is client fundraising, not capital raised by Mountside itself.
- Inaugural Emerging VC Manager Programme selected 20 funds from over 500 applications.
- Company reports over 800 founders through startup accelerators.
- Mentor group for the VC programme is reported to have raised over $11bn across 80 funds; this is the mentors’ record, not Mountside’s.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Funding Venture conference webpage lists 6 October 2026 as its next conference date; publication does not independently establish that the event took place.
- **2026-01** — Finela announced admission to the January 2026 Venture Forward cohort run by Mountside and backed by Innovate UK.
- **2026-02** — Published cohort-two schedule specifies workshops in February-April 2026 and LP matchmaking events in May-June 2026; these are programme dates, not verified completion results.
- **2025-07** — Jon Steinberg discussed Mountside’s origin, fundraising execution and venture debt in Zanda’s Venture Voices interview.

## Links

- Website: https://www.mountsideventures.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mountsideventures/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Mountside_V

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Last updated: 2026-10-08