Monty Venkersammy
Consultant, Vice President Business Develpment, and Fractional Chief Revenue Officer in Los Angeles
About Monty Venkersammy
🌍 Globe-trotting, startup-scaling, deal-closing force of nature with decades of experience across AI, cybersecurity, and data intelligence
💰 I help Cybersecurity & AI Startups scale fast
Trusted by founders, VCs, and enterprise sales teams to drive growth through smart GTM, channel strategy, and sales leadership.
Core Services
- Fractional CRO / VP of Sales: Build sales orgs, close deals, and define repeatable GTM motion
- Channel & MSSP/GSI Strategy: Unlock scale via partners like Wipro, Accenture, Optiv
- Sales Playbook & Founder Coaching: Elevate your team, pitch, pipeline, and customer process
- VC & Fundraising Advisory: Get ready for Seed/Series A: deck, story, design partners
Successful Exits:
- Exits: Webvision(Novaquest), Indiaplaza (Nasdaq: SIFY), MAPS (TrendMicro), Armorblox (Cisco), K2 Cyber (to New Relic),
-Sendmail (Proofpoint), Lastline (VMware)- 5 Public companies.
- Enterprise wins: Bank of America, Experian, LexisNexis, CrowdStrike
- Channel scale: Built GSI/MSSP alliances from scratch
- Deep network: Security buyers, founders, and VC portfolio intros
Ideal Fit
Pre-Seed to Series B
GTM chaos / weak pipeline
No CRO yet
Cyber, AI, SaaS, Fraud, Data Security
Helped take startups from napkin sketch to acquisition — raised over $110M for my own ventures and companies I advised
🧠 Strategic advisor to founders — guiding them on capital raises, GTM execution, product-market fit, and staying sane under pressure
🚀 Built and led high-performing sales teams, closed multimillion-dollar enterprise deals, and scaled early-stage companies
🏏 Still crushing it in my 60s — competitive masters cricketer, global mentor, and always chasing the next big opportunity
🛠️ Whether it’s launching a product, building a revenue machine, or crafting a killer pitch deck — I’m in
Career Highlights:
🎓 Studied at Polytechnic Institute of NYU (Brooklyn) and Pace University
💼 Hired by IBM and Merrill Lynch during senior year to build a startup in Princeton
🌁 Moved to Silicon Valley to dive into the startup world; met Steve Jobs while working at NeXT
🧩 Co-founded Webvision with C-Level at Major Fianacial Institution
🛡️ Early sales hire at Lastline, sold to VMware — worked alongside C-Level Fortune 500.
🦾 First VP of Sales at Armorblox, acquired by Cisco