Summary
Jonathan Hollis is a venture and growth specialist with eight years of experience building fundraising programmes and venture ecosystems across Europe, currently serving as Managing Partner at Mountside Ventures. He designs and runs mission-critical accelerator and fundraising initiatives for VCs, family offices and startups—from Europe’s first VC Accelerator to an equity-free UK fundraising accelerator—combining hands-on investor introductions with interim CFO support for Series A/B rounds. A Cambridge-educated ACA with a background in PwC’s capital markets and data-driven audit work, he blends rigorous financial discipline with practical startup scaling playbooks. He has chaired SaaS-focused industry groups and helped embed venture capability inside corporates and LPs, making him as comfortable briefing boards as coaching founders on pitch readiness. Notably, he leads a B Corp-certified, regulated firm that translates government and corporate partnerships into tangible funding outcomes for early-stage companies.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
100% academic bursary scholarship, 100% academic bursary scholarship at Warwick School
Corporate Finance Certificate Level 3 Banking Corporate Finance and Securities Law, Corporate Finance Certificate Level 3 Banking Corporate Finance and Securities Law at The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (The CISI)
BA and Master of Arts (M.A.) Economics, BA and Master of Arts (M.A.) Economics at University of Cambridge
ACA, ACA at ICAEW
French, Spanish, English