About TMA…

TMA was founded by Tim Morgan. Tim is a chartered accountant (ACA) qualifying with Ernst & Young before spending 5 years doing M&A advising on exits and acquisitions in the $5m-$250M range. In 2006, Tim co-founded Mint Digital, a leading provider of software to the broadcast industry. Mint was a pioneer of the “Startup Studio” model and cashflowed and launched around 40 of its own startups between 2008 and 2018, including Picklive (backed by Passion Capital, acquired by Sports Millions) and Stickygram (acquired by Photobox). 

Since Mint, Tim has invested the first money into each of the following companies:

Penfold - the challenger pension

Teller - US banking API backed by Founders Fund, Max Levchin (co-founder of Paypal) and Lightspeed

Mystic AI - the first company from the South West of England to make it onto YCombinator

Martello - same-day environmental searches.

He joined Teller rising to become its COO before founding TMA in 2024. Tim has deep domain knowledge across all areas of startup operations from ideation to exit with a network to match.

Tim is founder of State School Ventures.

What the founders say…

  • "Tim's breadth of experience with the craft of building and launching companies is second to none. He's shepherded multiple businesses from idea to exit..."

    Alex Smilansky,
    MAYKU

  • “We can easily and openly discuss what's going on, and get practical and insightful advice or introductions from someone who has been there and done it."

    Pete Hykin,
    Penfold

  • “As a first time founder, you don't know what you don't know. Tim was crucial by helping us ask the right questions and focus on the areas that mattered."

    Paul Hetherington,
    mystic ai (YC21)

  • "Tim’s ability to listen carefully and then probe for what is really important allowed us to go through the transition smoothly."

    Dana Lattouf,
    Tickitto

  • "I can honestly say that if I hadn't met Tim, I would most likely not be running Martello, and if I was it would definitely be a much less exciting version of it!"

    Dr Henry Crosby PHd,
    Martello

  • "The closer you work with Tim, the more you learn about his strengths. He understands investments like no one else and can advise better than any firm I ever retained."

    Nuno Job,
    YLD