Monty Munford

Founder

2011 - Current

I help companies to grow (and sell) their businesses. In the past 13 years I have worked with more than 40 companies that have exited and raised Series A-D to the total value of $1.4 billion. I work with a maximum of three companies per month, working on the basis of 15 working days per month and five open days for conferences, projects and travelling.

Strategic Advisor

2021 - 2023

Venture Partner

2019 - 2022

7BC Venture Capital is a venture capital fund exclusively focused on investing in and supporting artificial intelligence (AI), FinTech and software infrastructure startups. Our mission is to leverage the power of capital, our network and technology to back teams disrupting industries and solving global problems through a more digitised and automated global economy. We additionally invest up to 30% of our capital into general ITC startups and follow on rounds for the best portfolio companies.

Co-Founder

2020 - 2021

BlockSpeak (www.blockspeak.io) was a weekly video podcast that interviewed major figures in the blockchain and crypto spaces. Our third guest was the infamous John McAfee talking exclusively about his new cryptocurrency and his very colorful life and sadly deceased. Other guests included Tone Vaz, Roger Ver, Charles Hoskinson, Mati Greenspan and many more.

Weekly technology contributor column

2014 - 2019

A weekly contributor's column on technology on a range of subjects including blockchain, startups, CEO interviews and global technology events.

Business Development Director

2005 - 2009

Player X began as a small start-up mobile media company and was sold to the Zed Group for £10 million in May 2009. As one of the company's first employees I was a leading member of the management team and made the introduction to Zed, the eventual purchasers of the company. I also helped to set up the company's highly successful unit; In my time at the company I signed deals with some of the world's leading companies including Universal, Nokia, Aardman, FremantleMedia and also took SCEE games content to mobile, the first time the company had licensed its products to a Third Party. While at the company we won The Best Video and TV Service Provider at the ME Awards, were nominated for Best Content Award at 2008 Meffys, the only mobile company in the 2009 Red Herring Global 100 and in 2008 Library House named us as the 4th fastest-growing VC-backed company in the UK.

Director of Communications

2001 - 2005

I worked with the business development team to increase revenues by more than 500% from £150K to £780K per month (September 2004). I secured a multi-million contract from Vodafone to outsource its Vodafone Live! testing and certification. I also spearheaded the company's move in the US by securing a preferred status relationship with QUALCOMM for its BREW certification in Europe and implemented a strategy for the Java Verified Program with Sun Microsystems, Nokia, Motorola, Siemens Mobile and Sony Ericsson. In my time at the company we won the Develop Outsourcing Company of the Year 2003, BAHBA Company of The Future 2004 and Student Employer of the Year 2004.

Communications Director

2000 - 2001

Victoria Real was the company that designed and built the website to stream the UK's first TV series of Big Brother. I negotiated with Channel 4 to grant me sole ownership of all Big Brother internet PR. This was vindicated when 'Nasty Nick' was evicted from the show, broadcasting history was made and an enthralled UK public watched the internet live, instead of waiting for delayed TV transmission.

Editor

1999 - 2000

I was the editor of Computer Edge, an Express publication that was published weekly as a supplement. I managed a team of five that collated and all Express content to publish a stand-alone magazine.

Features Editor

1998 - 1999

I was features editor for Computing, an IT trade weekly. I wrote and commissioned a range of content and worked closely with the editorial, design and advertising teams to increase the subscription base.