Mountside Ventures
Sarah Weingust is a multifaceted professional with extensive experience in entrepreneurship, web development, and business support. Currently, Sarah serves as a Manager at Mountside Ventures, an accelerator and advisory firm that focuses on optimizing fundraising processes for early-stage startups. As the Founder of HostelPass, Sarah has established a platform that offers exclusive deals on curated accommodations and experiences across Europe. Prior to these roles, Sarah worked as a Freelance Web Developer, specializing in custom-built websites, and served as a Business Assistant at Green Business Base Camp, where responsibilities included event organization and social media management. Additionally, Sarah contributed as a Prize Developer for the XPRIZE Foundation, participating in a significant project on desalination. Sarah's educational background includes a degree from the University of Southern California and a study abroad program at UCL, emphasizing psychology.
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Mountside Ventures
Mountside Ventures is Europe's leading startup & VC accelerator, and early-stage advisory firm. We are the first port of call for founders and investors looking to fundraise, and are on a mission to optimise the fundraising process. 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. Mountside Ventures is proud to be a certified B Corp, is regulated by the ICAEW, and is a member of the BVCA, UKBAA and EISA.