Crossing the Void

Jonathan Hollis is Managing Partner of Mountside Ventures, an award-winning advisory firm, specialised in early-stage fundraising and exits, on a mission to optimise the fundraising process for European startups and investors. He joins Founder of Sales for Startups James Ker-Reid to share how startups can approach fundraising.

Gary Cole is Co-Founder of Lumilinks, which helps organisations collate and use data in an automated and compliant way, creating live and actionable insights. He joins James Ker-Reid on the podcast to discuss how B2B Tech Startups can take a data-driven approach to sales and marketing. 

Ollie Sharpe is the managing director for EMEA SalesLoft, the provider of the leading sales engagement platform that helps sellers and sales teams drive more revenue. He joins Sales for Startups founder James Ker-Reid to talk about building a great sales culture in B2B tech startups.

Marcus Love is co-founder of Love Ventures, an early-stage VC working with founders of FinTech, PropTech and ConsumerTech. He joins James Ker-Reid on the podcast to share how Love Ventures approaches investing and how founders can better navigate the gap between Seed and Series A.

James Lizars is CEO of Thrive accountants. A B Corp specialising in B2B Tech Businesses, James joins Sales for Startups founder, James Ker-Reid to talk about growing the pie for for all stakeholders through sustainability. 

Emma Hatto is Chief Commercial Officer and one of the founding members of Thrive, a technology platforms that helps businesses understand their people in a data driven, ethical way.  She joins Sales for Startups founder, James Ker-Reid to share how scaling B2B tech businesses can think about recruitment, and how using technology like Thrive can help you create a high performing team.

James Church is co-founder of Robot Mascot, the UK's leading pitching agency, and author of Amazon bestseller, Investable Entrepreneur. He joins Sales for Startups founder, James Ker-Reid to share some of the key strategies for how startups can make sure they're successful when pitching for investment.