Kian Darwell-Taylor

I%27m a commercial operator with a foot in two worlds that don%27t usually talk to each other: fintech, SaaS and sports on one side, Web3 on the other. Through my consultancy Four Chimps I broker six-figure deals between European football clubs and Web3 protocols, advise token projects and funds on commercial strategy, and help early stage founders find revenue before runway runs out.

I sold my first company at 22, a football scouting platform I built from scratch and sold to a US firm that adapted it for baseball after Covid shut UK football down. That%27s where the founder empathy and low tolerance for theatre come from.

What I add as an advisor: an active network across Web3, digital finance and sports business; a track record of closing partnerships rather than sketching them; and a habit of telling founders what I actually think.

Best fit: early to growth stage founders in fintech, digital finance, Web3 or sports business. The fit gets stronger when a company needs its first major partnerships, or is trying to build credibility across both Web2 and Web3 audiences.