Hello 👋 I'm Jonny.
A social impact founder,
mentor & investor.
I work with start-ups delivering positive impact. Key clients👇
Start-ups
I mentor & invest in pre-seed and seed-stage companies.
Accelerators
I work with accelerators as a mentor, to deliver workshops, or as entrepreneur-in-residence.
VC & PE
I work with SEIS VC portfolio companies and help PEs cover early stage companies.
What I bring to the table 🙌
I'm a 2 x Founder, Angel Investor, & I love start-ups. I Co-founded CAPSLOCK in 2020 which grew from pre-seed to ~Series B scale in 3 years. Here's my four value-adds 👇
All the general start-up stuff
Marketing & GTM strategy, recruitment, business admin, cap table legals, finance, intros... I'm a solid 7/10 in most areas.
Help raising further funds
From pitch deck review & funding round legals, through to warm introductions to VCs.
Exit planning & execution
Insight on how the exit process works, the advisory team you need to recruit, and how to think about exit from an early stage.
Problem Solving & Sounding Board
I'm a enthusiastic problem solver. I have seen (and tackled) the myriad of challenges at pre-seed through to exit.
My investment portfolio 📁
greenworkx
Angel Investor, March 2023
Building the net-zero workforce & tackling the green skills emergency.
CAPSLOCK
Co-founder, 2020-2023, Exited
Removing barriers to careers in cyber security by enabling people to reskill.
Pitch me 👇
Send me your pitch deck using the form below.
Optional: Send me a follow-up email at jonny@slater.gg
Resources (coming soon)📁
My Bio 📖
2014 🎓
I graduated in Nuclear Engineering from Lancaster University in 2014. My early career was spent as a recruitment consultant. I went self-employed within 18 months.
2015 🐴
I co-founded My Horse Box, my first start-up. It was an equestrian subscription box which reached £3.5k MRR. We exited in 2016, not a huge amount, but it helped pay for a mortgage deposit.
2016-2019 😬
I tried to scale a boutique recruitment consultancy but it failed, dramatically, as we hit 6 employees.
2020 - 2023 🚀
I Co-founded CAPSLOCK in 2020. We reskilled adults into cyber security professionals, entirely online and with no up-front costs. We raised over £1m in 2021. We scaled to ~Series B, ~30 employees within 30 months.
Now 😇
In June 2023, I resigned as Founder Director at CAPSLOCK. The company continues to grow and succeed. Pre-seed - Series A is what I'm passionate about. I'm really looking forward to helping other startups on this journey.
