benheath.io
Ben Heath

About

I've spent the best part of a decade in PR, comms and growth, split across two very different worlds.

For five years I worked in financial PR, advising C-suite and board-level teams at listed companies from newly-floated businesses up to £3 billion market cap giants, including Berkeley Group. That meant regulatory disclosure, market communications and corporate advisory, working directly with the people accountable to shareholders and the market.

For the last five years I've worked at the other end of the scale: founders from pre-seed through to Series D, including businesses that have gone on to become unicorns, such as Aikido and Zero Hash. The role here is more end-to-end. I work closely with sales and marketing to align comms with growth strategy, and I've helped secure funding rounds, not just announce them. Thought leadership, opinion commentary, news flow, the lot.

I focus on three sectors: AI and machine learning, fintech, and cyber (security and quantum). Across both halves of my career, I've worked with 100+ founders and built a deep network of journalists at outlets including TechCrunch, Fortune, CNBC, Bloomberg and Reuters.

I work solo, and that's deliberate. Founders don't have time for hierarchy or account handlers. Working direct means I move at the speed they need, get properly embedded in the business, and cut the friction out of the whole process.

If you've just raised and don't know what to do next, stalled on external comms while heads-down on product, sat in a slight crisis, or can't work out how to position against competitors, that's the kind of problem I solve.

Why I'm different

  • No layers, no delay.
  • Targeted, not sprayed.
  • Built for how people actually search now.