Matt Cooksley

Chair | Strategic board adviser | Venture Builder | Successfully exited entrepreneur | Data & AI

📍 United Kingdom🔄 Updated October 2026💼 1 investments📅 2 years investing🗓 Last invested Jun 2024
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Investor and Advisor
Jun 2024
Welcome to InspireAi, where we blend AI technology with expert consulting to reshape your Salesforce experience. Benefit from our teams decades of experience in solving real-world business challenges with Salesforce. Our Services: Cloud Implementation: Single or multi-cloud environments implementations using AI and automation to improve delivery efficiency where appropriate. AI Enhancements: Elevate your Salesforce instance with AI capabilities such as Einstein for Service, Sales and Marketing + Copilot. Managed Services: Ensure your Salesforce instance remains issue-free and continuously improves. Get in touch and discover more of what is possible with experience + AI
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2025
Executive Chair and co-founder
Apr 2025
We’re not a generalist consultancy - we focus exclusively on helping organisations unlock the full potential of their data using Databricks. We have deep expertise in Databricks led by Certified Databricks Champions and a team of certified data engineers, analysts and ML engineers who’ve helped organisations in every sector accelerate their data journeys.
2024
Investor and Advisor
Jun 2024
Welcome to InspireAi, where we blend AI technology with expert consulting to reshape your Salesforce experience. Benefit from our teams decades of experience in solving real-world business challenges with Salesforce. Our Services: Cloud Implementation: Single or multi-cloud environments implementations using AI and automation to improve delivery efficiency where appropriate. AI Enhancements: Elevate your Salesforce instance with AI capabilities such as Einstein for Service, Sales and Marketing + Copilot. Managed Services: Ensure your Salesforce instance remains issue-free and continuously improves. Get in touch and discover more of what is possible with experience + AI
2012
Managing Director
Jan 2012
makepositive is a multi award-winning Salesforce consulting partner with more than 1800 successful project deliveries so far…and counting! Weve now been acquired by Nextview Consulting. ABOUT NEXTVIEW CONSULTING Founded in 2009, Nextview Consulting is a leading European Salesforce partner, guiding businesses through digital transformation with a design-led approach. With a team of 200+ employees active across seven European countries, Nextview has established itself as one of Europe’s largest Salesforce consulting firms. The company’s prestigious client base includes names like Boels, Swiss Sense, KLM, Booking.com, Mensch und Maschine, and Santander. Recognized for its impact, growth, and workplace excellence, Nextview is also a Certified B Corporation and has been awarded ‘Best Workplace’ for eight consecutive years.
2003
Partner
Nov 2003
Cairneagle is a UK based strategy consulting firm with a focus on the Education market. We have built a strong reputation for delivering rigorous and data-driven analysis since our establishment in 2001. We are 5-times award-winning Education specialists. Education is a wide-ranging, constantly evolving sector, and we strive to create innovative solutions for our clients that drive competitive advantage while delivering their objectives. The majority of our work is made up of strategy and planning support for businesses and investors, and our projects cover the UK, Europe, Asia, the Americas, and Africa.
2000
J.P. Morgan Cazenove
Equity Analyst
Mar 2000