Co-Founder & Director play a crucial role in any startup. It takes an extraordinary person to fulfil the Co-Founder & Director role. We have selected these Co-Founder & Director’s for this list as they are inspiring for a variety of reasons – whether that’s pushing boundaries, creating groundbreaking products, or doing their bit to save the world.
Our analysts did their best to select be best, and most innovative Co-Founder & Director’s. The list is in no particular order!
Margo Polishchuk
Co-Founder & Director @ proSapient
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proSapient is a research platform that gathers networks of insights from executives and SMEs via global consultations and surveys. Read more about proSapient on Crunchbase…
Lorna Gradden
Co-founder & Director @ Valideus Ltd
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Lorna is co-owner and Operations Director of Com Laude. She has been working in domain name management since 1994 and co-founded Com Laude with Nick Wood. She is known for having client interests at heart in all aspects of her work and ensures all aspects of Com Laude run smoothly, taking responsibility for order fulfilment, registry relationships and information systems. A regular speaker at industry events, Lorna loves the ever-changing nature of the domain name space. She previously co-founded Net Searchers with Nick Wood, a company described by Legal Business magazine as “possibly the best domain name management company in the world and certainly the first to treat domains as IP, not IT”. After Nick and Lorna sold Net Searchers, she joined VeriSign DBMS in 2003 as head of client management for EMEA. For Lorna, job satisfaction comes from getting to work with fantastic people and when she’s not dreaming of domains, Lorna can be found tending vegetables on the South Coast of England. She says that her law degree is not quite as useful today as it was during the five years she spent managing a successful band.
Learn more about Lorna Gradden on Crunchbase…Valideus Ltd is supply consultancy and management solutions to brand and community registry operators. Read more about Valideus Ltd on Crunchbase…
Dr Edward Jackson
Co-Founder & Director @ Oxford Dynamics
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Oxford Dynamics is a growing team of tech innovators that work in a dynamic, agile way to provide solutions to tough technical challenges. Read more about Oxford Dynamics on Crunchbase…
Mike Lawton
Co-Founder & Director @ Oxford Dynamics
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I’m a serial entrepreneur, which is code for the fact I bear a few scars from getting things wrong slightly less often than I get things right… I enjoy building early-stage high technology businesses in demanding commercial environments: taking an idea from concept stage, raising external investment & building motivated teams that focus on delivery. I’m currently excited about commercial opportunities in so-called ‘new space’ – a sector in which my latest venture Oxford Space Systems is making great progress. I’m firm believer in actively promoting STEM subjects and regularly present in schools, colleges and universities with the aim of inspiring the next generation of entrepreneurial engineers and scientists. I also frequently present at events in the UK and overseas on my entrepreneurial experiences and the process of raising equity finance for technology focused businesses. I (or more correctly the smart guys in my team) have won numerous business and technical awards both in the UK and overseas. I consider myself a pragmatic and enthusiastic leader with a hands-on approach who believes in direct reward for achievement. I have a pathological hatred for bureaucracy, preferring tangible progress in preference over shuffling paper.
Learn more about Mike Lawton on Crunchbase…Oxford Dynamics is a growing team of tech innovators that work in a dynamic, agile way to provide solutions to tough technical challenges. Read more about Oxford Dynamics on Crunchbase…
Shefali Sharma
Co-Founder & Director @ Oxford Dynamics
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I’m a creator & a dreamer. For as long as I can remember, I’ve always been passionate about creating ‘something of value’. With a Masters Degree in Engineering, I have spent the last 7+ years working with technical start-ups to gain a better understanding of how successful businesses are built. In a nutshell, what I have learnt can be best summarised by Ed Catmull; “If you give a good idea to a mediocre team, they will screw it up. If you give a mediocre idea to a brilliant team, they will either fix it or throw it away and come up with something better”. I am a big believer in following your instincts and taking unique approaches to life. So, I’ve now embarked upon my own entrepreneurial journey by co-founding not one but two companies, a Healthtech start-up called OXLABS; as well as a Space start-up called Oxford Dynamics (OD). At both these companies, we’re developing inspiring & accessible technologies by working with those that share our values and passion for making the world a better place. Though still in a fledgling state, its an absolute joy & honour to be working with people / friends who are equally passionate & committed to the OXLABS & OD journey as I am. We dream big, work hard and believe anything is possible. We’re currently in stealth mode for both our businesses but please do follow our pages as we’ll be breaking cover soon – your support really matters to us 🙂 Last but not the least, I’m really proud to be selected as a Global Young Innovator by Innovate UK as one of the few entrepreneurs (under 30) across the UK & South Africa who are solving global challenges with their ground-breaking ideas.
Learn more about Shefali Sharma on Crunchbase…Oxford Dynamics is a growing team of tech innovators that work in a dynamic, agile way to provide solutions to tough technical challenges. Read more about Oxford Dynamics on Crunchbase…
Joshua Nino De Guzman
CEO, Co-Founder & Director @ Dexerto
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Dexerto is the world’s largest digital esports and gaming lifestyle platform news platform. Read more about Dexerto on Crunchbase…
Henry Thomson
Co-Founder & Director @ Phasor Solutions
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Ewan Kirk
Co-founder & Director @ Turner Kirk Trust
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Ewan Kirk is a technology entrepreneur and Chairman of the Management Committee of the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences. An investor in early-stage science and technology companies in Cambridge and London, he has also been involved in philanthropy since 2007 through the Turner-Kirk Charitable Trust, which supports science, technology, engineering, mathematics and conservation causes. The Trust is one of the largest private funders of fundamental mathematics research in the UK. Ewan is best known for founding Cantab Capital Partners, a science-driven quantitative investment management firm that uses data analysis to research, test and implement systematic investment strategies. Between 2007 and 2016, Cantab grew from a team of two with £30m AUM to 60 people with £4.5bn AUM. Over that period, Cantab was consistently ranked as one of the top-performing quant funds. Ewan credited the rapid growth of Cantab to the “scientific rigour” of the business. Based in Cambridge, the company is close to the University and the city’s cluster of high-tech companies. Its work resembles “that of a scientific research organisation” more than a London City trading firm. Most of the members of the team hold advanced degrees in mathematics, physics, statistics or computer science. In 2016, Cantab was acquired by GAM Investments and Ewan was appointed CIO of its new systematic investment business, GAM Systematic Cantab. In 2020, he was appointed as President of GAM Systematic Cantab. He went on to serve as President of GAM Systematic Cantab until 2021. Between 1992 and 2005, he was a Partner at Goldman Sachs. He was responsible for leading their 120-strong quantitative technology group, made up of mathematicians, scientists and statisticians, which tested systematic investment strategies and was responsible for the bank’s quantitative technology in Europe. He considers the success of Goldman Sachs in quantitative investment to have been due to its dual commitment to both employing top academic talent and investing in cutting-edge technology, a lesson that he carried forward to Cantab Capital Partners. This approach to business builds on his own academic background. Ewan holds a Ph.D in General Relativity from the University of Southampton; an M.A.St in Mathematics (Part III, Mathematical Tripos) from Queens’ College, Cambridge; and a B.Sc in Natural Philosophy and Astronomy from the University of Glasgow. Whilst at university, Ewan founded his first business, DaLEK Software, which developed the Computer-Aided Design (CAD) package MicroDraft for Amstrad CPC and PCW computers. After graduation, he became Director of Innovation at Scientific Generics, a consultancy providing cutting-edge scientific solutions to business problems. In 2007, he co-founded the Turner-Kirk Charitable Trust with his wife Dr. Patricia Turner. The Trust supports both fundamental research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and standalone projects that seek to leverage STEM research to solve intractable problems, especially in environmental conservation. In 2015, the Turner-Kirk Charitable Trust provided a £5m gift to the University of Cambridge to establish the Cantab Capital Institute for the Mathematics of Information. The couple have said that they support fundamental mathematics research because it is “uniquely hard to raise money for”. In 2013, Ewan and Patricia provided a £500k endowment to the Isaac Newton Institute to establish the Turner-Kirk Visiting Fellowship to bring leading international mathematicians to Cambridge. This was followed by a further gift of £250k in 2019 to establish the Kirk Distinguished Fellowship Programme for senior female mathematicians. They have also provided a £90k gift to SolarAid to launch an innovation hub in Africa to research ways of getting solar-powered lights into more households at a fair market price, and a £20k gift to SotonUAV to research how unmanned aircraft can be used to monitor and collect data on remote and difficult to access environmental locations for conservation purposes. Ewan is also a supporter of science, business and EU-related political causes in the UK, and was part of the official campaign making the pro-science case for remaining in the European Union in the 2016 EU referendum. He is also a member of the Liberal Democrats Business and Entrepreneurs Network. Brought up in Glasgow, Scotland, where he attended Greenfaulds High School, Ewan now lives in Cambridge. He is married with two daughters, and he is a fan of music, professional cycling and film.
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Alexander Pitt
Co-Founder & Director of Growth @ Mustard Seed
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Dr. Martin Spollen
Co-Founder & Director @ Yedup Limited
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Yedup develops real-time, continually adaptive AI technology for high value, ultra-low latency capital markets applications. Read more about Yedup Limited on Crunchbase…
Alastair Moore
Co-Founder & Director @ Satalia
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Alastair Moore is a UCL PhD computer scientist with 10 years experience in AI/ML, UX design, marketplaces, mobile and early stage tech innovation. He was on the founding team of UCL spin-out Satalia.com and venture backed Wearepopup.com. Alastair Moore activities at UCL include helping create The Mobile Academy and the set up IDEALondon innovation centre at the heart of TechCity with Cisco and DC Thomson. He have been a member of the Special Group for Entrepreneurship for the British Computer Society and have mentored at the Wayra Academy, Springboard Mobile (now Techstars London) & Startupbootcamp IoT.
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Mike Kent
Co-Founder & Director @ Dexerto
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Dexerto is the world’s largest digital esports and gaming lifestyle platform news platform. Read more about Dexerto on Crunchbase…
Melvin D’Souza
Co-founder & Director @ Soul Tree Wine
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Melvin co-founded Soul Tree with Alok in 2009, after completing his MBA at the University of Oxford. He was born and brought up in sunny India, right in the heart of the Indian wine country, and is still adjusting to the British weather! He moved to the US briefly for his undergraduate degree and following that, between 1995 and 2007, he headed Marketing and Sales for his family’s poultry genetics business in India, covering all of South Asia and the Middle East. In 2007 he took a sabbatical from work to complete his MBA at the University of Oxford where he met Alok and decided to leave behind the lucrative world of genetics behind to change the fortunes of the Indian wine industry – and those of the grape farmers in his home town of Nasik. Melvin is the creative, sometimes whimsical, brains in the team.
Learn more about Melvin D’Souza on Crunchbase…Soul Tree is a rapidly growing brand with distribution all across the UK, and a growing international footprint. Read more about Soul Tree Wine on Crunchbase…
Kate Jackson
Co-Founder & Director @ silkfred
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SilkFred is a luxury retail platform that helps independent brands and emerging designers get their products to market. Read more about silkfred on Crunchbase…
Thomas Arundel
Co-Founder & Director @ Precision Microdrives
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Precision Microdrives is a manufacturer of miniature electric motors. Read more about Precision Microdrives on Crunchbase…
Tim Chambers
Co-Founder & Director @ InspiraFarms
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InspiraFarms™ supplies modular, FOOD-SAFE certification ready modular processing and cold storage technology. Read more about InspiraFarms on Crunchbase…
Tom Williams
Co-founder & Director of Business Development @ Rota
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Tom Williams is a co-founder of Rota, a mobile app that connects a variety of hospitality venues with trained and vetted staff, offering better working conditions, value and quality to all stakeholders.
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Adam Rimmer
Co-Founder & Director @ FloodFlash
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FloodFlash is a tech-enabled flood insurance provider. Read more about FloodFlash on Crunchbase…
Giles Andrews
Co-founder & Director @ Zopa
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Giles Andrews, CEO and co-founder Zopa, the world’s first P2P lending and borrowing marketplace. Giles has led the company through a period of dramatic growth that has seen it established as a real threat to traditional players, reaching over 2% market share and £160m in loans. Giles spent the first ten years of his career in the motor industry pursuing his interest in all things automotive. This included co-founding Caverdale in 1992, a start-up taken to a £250m revenue motor retailer and sold in 1997. After an MBA at INSEAD he set up his own consultancy business whose clients included Tesco and Tesco Personal Finance and which also provided start up advice and early stage funding for new businesses, until co-founding Zopa in 2004.
Learn more about Giles Andrews on Crunchbase…Zopa offers peer-to-peer loans with low rates, flexible terms, and no early repayment fees. Read more about Zopa on Crunchbase…
Alastair Barrow
Co-Founder & Director @ Generic Robotics
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Alastair Barrow has over 10 years’ experience in the fields of haptics, robotics and simulation. Between 2004-2010 he worked as a research associate on simulation projects at the Universities of Reading and King’s College London alongside obtaining a PhD in Cybernetics from the University of Reading. During this time, he developed the technology behind the hapTEL project, a virtual learning platform that used haptics to train clinical skills in dentistry. This became the forerunner to one of Generic Robotics’ key products, SimuTouch. In 2011, Ally joined Dr Fernando Bello’s simulation group at Imperial College London, where he collaborated on a number of clinical training simulators and was awarded a research fellowship to explore the use of advanced haptic technologies. He joined Generic Robotics in 2013 as one of two directors and helped secure funding to propel the development of a range of training solutions combining VR and haptics. Alongside managing the multiple roles involved in running a start-up, Ally acts as Applications Lead within GR where he is responsible for the delivery of the SimuTouch clinical workstation and core software technology.
Learn more about Alastair Barrow on Crunchbase…SimuTouch is the first general purpose clinical skills training platform. Read more about Generic Robotics on Crunchbase…
Sharon Reed
Co-Founder & Director @ Framestore
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Framestore is a creative studio that offers production, pre-production, and post-production services for its users. Read more about Framestore on Crunchbase…
Lee Pittaway
Co-Founder & Director @ Fourteen Asset Finance
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Jennifer Hersch
Co-Founder & Director @ Ethos
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Alok Mathur
Co-founder & Director @ Soul Tree Wine
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Alok met Melvin at Oxford while completing his own MBA. He was brought up in various parts of India and after completing his undergraduate degree in Engineering he joined the Tata Group’s automotive division in 1993, and since then had worked in various positions handling and running operations in India and in the UK. A desire for new challenges and an ambition to directly influence the fortunes of Indian wine find him revelling in the wine industry.
Learn more about Alok Mathur on Crunchbase…Soul Tree is a rapidly growing brand with distribution all across the UK, and a growing international footprint. Read more about Soul Tree Wine on Crunchbase…
Jez Clark
Co-founder & Director @ Eden Smith
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Jez is a Co-founder and Director of Eden Smith, a specialist European data and analytics staffing company. Realising this market requires more than a job matching service Jez and Co-Founder Matt incorporated the company with one primary objective, to support businesses and help job seekers make sense of the #BigDataRevolution by sharing information, facilitating introduction and offering un-bias talent strategy and consulting services. Jez has been successful as a Consultant and Director in the staffing industry just shy of twenty years, he has helped many businesses adopt innovative strategies to attract niche talent and helped job seekers position themselves for hire. Ultimately the team at Eden Smith & their data and analytics consulting partners act in an advisory capacity, ensuring successful engagement between businesses and job seekers. We are here to help.
Learn more about Jez Clark on Crunchbase…Eden Smith is a specialist data & analytics staffing and consulting business based in central London. Read more about Eden Smith on Crunchbase…
Tim Linssen
Co-Founder & Director of Product @ Quiqup
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Quiqup is a provider of on-demand, same-day, and scheduled delivery solutions to retailers and restaurants. Read more about Quiqup on Crunchbase…
Livio Hughes
Co-Founder & Director @ Postshift
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Postshift is a digital transformation consultancy that helps organisations become 21st Century businesses Read more about Postshift on Crunchbase…
Dennis Helderman
Co-Founder & Director @ RENTUU
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Cloud-based technology platform and franchise network for the multi-billion pound sterling equipment hire industry. Read more about RENTUU on Crunchbase…
Tim Perkins
Co-Founder & Director @ Nudge Global
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Dan Sutch
Co-founder & Director @ CAST
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CAST is growing the supply and demand of technology for social impact. Read more about CAST on Crunchbase…
Chris Marsh
Co-Founder & Director @ Dexerto
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Dexerto is the world’s largest digital esports and gaming lifestyle platform news platform. Read more about Dexerto on Crunchbase…
Ian Bartholomew
Co-founder & Director @ FloodFlash
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FloodFlash is a tech-enabled flood insurance provider. Read more about FloodFlash on Crunchbase…
Jeremy Beament
Co-Founder & Director @ Nudge Global
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Mark Naldrett
Co-founder & Director @ MyLiveGuard
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MyLiveGuard is a software solution platform for smartphone-enable Home Automation, CCTV and Security home hub. Read more about MyLiveGuard on Crunchbase…
Glen Walker
Co-Founder & Director @ Trouva
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Trouva, the online destination for unique products from the best curators around the world Read more about Trouva on Crunchbase…
Andrew Barker
Co-Founder & Director @ Intelligent Ultrasound
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Intelligent Ultrasound develops software that improves the quality, reliability, and diagnostic power of medical ultrasound. Read more about Intelligent Ultrasound on Crunchbase…
Simon Kelton
Co-Founder & Director @ pepperhq
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Simon is a relentlessly determined, passionate and ambitious entrepreneur, writer, film producer and angel investor with twenty-five years of broad-ranging creative and business experience. With an exceptional international network of friends, colleagues, investors and commercial contacts, Simon is able to combine his visionary creativity and communication skills as a professional writer to guide and sell his companies strategic goals and products. He has founded, financed and managed eight companies in entertainment, technology, publishing, event management and the snowsports industry. He has Master’s Degrees from Oxford, Stanford and UCLA and is a member of the British Academy of Film and TV. As a professional writer, Simon has published two books, written more than thirty screenplays for Hollywood including the British hit comedy EDDIE THE EAGLE starring Hugh Jackman and produced by Matthew Vaughn, and penned numerous articles for the likes of TIME, the Daily Mail, Sunday Telegraph, Harpers and Queen, and Worth.com. An avid and competitive sportsman, Simon represented Oxford University at golf, is a member of the Royal & Ancient G.C. and the Queen’s Club, has ski guided for the Ski Club of Great Britain, and taken part in the British and World Extreme Snowboarding Championships.
Learn more about Simon Kelton on Crunchbase…The Pepper platform supports white label apps for mobile payment, discovery, digital loyalty, social media marketing, and actionable data. Read more about pepperhq on Crunchbase…
Robert Robinson
Co-Founder & Director @ Notes Coffee
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Notes is a collection of coffee shops & wine bars with 5 prime London locations in Canary Wharf, the City & the West End. Read more about Notes Coffee on Crunchbase…
Rob Harlow
Co-Founder & Director @ G33K
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G33K Holdings is a UK based group of technology businesses providing marketing, technical and creative services to a progressive world. Read more about G33K on Crunchbase…
Mark Maclaine
Co-Founder & Director of Education @ Tutorfair
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A tutor for 16 years, and awesome at it. Students are inspired by his energy and enthusiasm. He instils a love of learning which goes far beyond the Maths & Science he teaches. We love Mark … and all his stories. He’s responsible for making sure this works for tutors and is ruthless about vetting tutors to ensure we’ve got the best. Mark is equally passionate about our social mission and ensuring that it really makes a difference.
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Ben Woodward
Co-Founder & Director of Talent @ Code Red Esports
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Code Red Esports is a full service esports agency. Read more about Code Red Esports on Crunchbase…
Mervyn Miles
Co-Founder & Director @ NuNano
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Mervyn is Professor of Physics at the University of Bristol. His research over the last 25 years has focused on the development and application of new scanning probe microscopes, including the invention of two new types of high-speed AFM and the use of nanotools controlled by holographic optical tweezers to act as a new type of AFM probe. Mervyn has also co-founded Infinitesima Ltd, to bring high-speed AFM to the semiconductor industry. He is also Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Institute of Physics Publishing and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (London) in 2011.
Learn more about Mervyn Miles on Crunchbase…NuNano is a UK manufacturer of AFM probes and bespoke cantilever sensors. Read more about NuNano on Crunchbase…
Chris Forbes
Co-Founder & Director @ The Cheeky Panda
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The Cheeky Panda is a sustainable bamboo tissue manufacturer. Read more about The Cheeky Panda on Crunchbase…
Kevin Patrick Sharkey
Co-founder & Director @ Key Land Capital PLC
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Kevin Patrick Sharkey is a seasoned expert in the realms of property development and finance. Located in Birmingham, Kevin was first inspired to pursue his current career path by his father, who had seen success in a similar capacity. So, upon graduating with honors and a degree in International Business, Finance, and Economics from the University of Manchester in 2003, Kevin undertook his first development project. Although it was a singular house-flipping project, Kevin saw great success in his efforts and, as such, expanded his scope. Soon enough, Kevin was investing in empty plots of land on which he could build the homes he painstakingly designed from the ground-up. Given the passion he possesses for his job, as well as his entrepreneurial acumen, Kevin Patrick Sharkey involved himself in countless business ventures. However, the most notable is certainly Key Land Capital PLC, the independent property investment firm he co-founded in August 2017. Since its inception, the company has thrived, providing its clients with unique opportunities to invest in a growing portfolio of high-quality property development projects. To learn more about Kevin Patrick Sharkey and his career pursuits, be sure to visit his website!
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Kevin Homeyard
Co-Founder & Director @ Funeral Guide
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Funeral Guide is a one-stop shop for the bereaved. Arranger is software for funeral directors. Memoria keeps memories alive. Read more about Funeral Guide on Crunchbase…
Dirk Mischendahl
Co-Founder & Director @ Northern Bloc
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Northern Bloc is an ice cream brand. Read more about Northern Bloc on Crunchbase…
Gavin Jones
Co-Founder & Director @ Urban Change
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Urban Change provides consultation solutions and services for the built environment industry. Read more about Urban Change on Crunchbase…
Pip Black
Co-founder & Director @ Frame
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It was put on Earth to make sure keeping fit and healthy never feels like a chore. Read more about Frame on Crunchbase…
Dominic Maxwell
Co-Founder & Director @ The Primal Pantry
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The Primal Pantry a real food snack brand, using the finest ingredients to craft snack and and high-protein bars. Read more about The Primal Pantry on Crunchbase…
Georgie Reames
Co-Founder & Director @ Press London
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Health food and nutrition business. Read more about Press London on Crunchbase…
Sebastian Francis
Co-Founder & Director @ Titus Learning
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Fayimora Femi-Balogun
Co-Founder & Director of Technology @ Locus
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Fayimora Femi-Balogun
Co-Founder & Director of Technology @ Locus
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Paul Brewster
Co-Founder & Director @ Pure Marine
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Pure Marine is a technology company focused on generating electricity from off-shore waves. Read more about Pure Marine on Crunchbase…
Paul Brewster
Co-Founder & Director @ Pure Marine
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Pure Marine is a technology company focused on generating electricity from off-shore waves. Read more about Pure Marine on Crunchbase…
Bengu Atamer
Co-Founder & Director @ BuzzMyVideos
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BuzzMyVideos is leading martech company that drives hyper-growth & new revenue from and on YouTube. Read more about BuzzMyVideos on Crunchbase…
Bengu Atamer
Co-Founder & Director @ BuzzMyVideos
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BuzzMyVideos is leading martech company that drives hyper-growth & new revenue from and on YouTube. Read more about BuzzMyVideos on Crunchbase…
Alison Keeling
Co-Founder & Director @ Jobtrain
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Streamline recruitment and secure top-talent through Jobtrain’s innovative applicant tracking system and online candidate management. Read more about Jobtrain on Crunchbase…
Massimo Bernardoni
Co-Founder & Director @ Airlite
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Anna Ojutkangas
Co-Founder & Director @ Arctic Power Berries
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BERRY POWDERS are 100% pure dried berries with no added non-sense or sugar, only unbelievable health benefits. Read more about Arctic Power Berries on Crunchbase…
Steve Webster
Co-Founder & Director of Technology @ Tails.com
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Tails.com is an online pet nutrition service that provides tailor-made food designed to deliver perfectly optimised nutrition for dogs. Read more about Tails.com on Crunchbase…
Cavid Nadirov
Co-Founder & Director @ GETGUIDED
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GETGUIDED is capturing uncaptured data in tours & activities industry by bringing offline players to online using innovative tech solutions. Read more about GETGUIDED on Crunchbase…
Vatsal Trivedi
Co-founder & Director @ Overseas Property Forum
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Overseas Property Forum provides engagement opportunities for property professionals with both buyers and sellers. Read more about Overseas Property Forum on Crunchbase…
Ya Sun
Co-founder & Director @ GreenRide Sharing Limited
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GreenRide is a UK based startup developing a ride sharing mobile application within the sharing economy. Read more about GreenRide Sharing Limited on Crunchbase…
Martin Orme
Co-founder & Director @ GreenRide Sharing Limited
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GreenRide is a UK based startup developing a ride sharing mobile application within the sharing economy. Read more about GreenRide Sharing Limited on Crunchbase…
Janet Russell
Co-Founder & Director of Design @ Arran Aromatics
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Arran Aromatics produces fragranced body and bath products, and candles. Read more about Arran Aromatics on Crunchbase…
Greg Chivers
Co-Founder & Director @ Lunar Aerial Imaging
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Greg started out in Australia with a degree in naval architecture and marine engineering. From tug boat engineer to captain of luxury yachts, Greg has sailed around the world. During this time he honed his photography, video and editing skills with specialist courses on the west coast of California. Greg is proficient in hand-held and underwater video and is a yachting community prize-winner for two videos. He assembled and flew his first drone on California beaches in 2011, where he fell in love with what the drone could capture. He saw the potential and so mastered his drone flying skills. In 2015 he took to land life in the UK and completed his formal UAV training to set up the drone business Lunar Aerial Imaging.
Learn more about Greg Chivers on Crunchbase…LUNAR Aerial Imaging creates compelling imagery using drones. Read more about Lunar Aerial Imaging on Crunchbase…
Shaun Dunne
Co-Founder & Director of VR @ Studio Zero
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Shaun Co-founded Studio Zero and is bringing WebVR to various clients, showing them the possibilities and building them interactive storytelling, products and experiences.
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Jonathan Davies
Co-Founder & Director @ Pervade Software
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Jonathan is responsible for product development as well as support and installation services at Pervade Software. Before helping to form Pervade, Jonathan served as the head of EMEA for eIQnetworks, a Gartner ranked SIEM vendor based in the US. Before that, Jonathan worked in various technical roles in the security industry including penetration tester, head of security, security analyst and project architect.
Learn more about Jonathan Davies on Crunchbase…Pervade Software is the UK-based creator of OpViewTM and OpAuditTM. The company is a privately funded software vendor with strong roots. Read more about Pervade Software on Crunchbase…
Dom Robinson
Co-Founder & Director and Creative Firestarter @ id3as
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Dom Robinson has spent over 20 years focussed specifically on the complex challenges facing the exploding ‘Streaming Media’ market. A pioneer in the sector, he was responsible for the propositioning, architecture, technical design and implementation of many, now well established, online media publishing workflows. He has always had a strong focus on live / linear content delivery, which requires not only a deep understanding of the computational issues involved, but also of intricacies of network provisioning. He founded the first large-scale Content Delivery Network in Europe. This CDN was pioneering in its focus on driving IP Multicast adoption in the consumer markets, and between 2001 and 2009 it grew to carry over 150m streams each month for clients as diverse as Sky Sports, RT News and over 60% of the UK’s Internet Radio. Between 1999 and 2009 he was closely involved with projects including live streaming of the UK Parliament, Number 10 Downing Street, Glastonbury Festivals (for the BBC) and FatBoySlim; in many cases breaking new ground while doing so, both technically and in terms of providing entirely new consumer propositions. He produced the world’s first 3D webcast (for Universal, broadcasting a Keane concert) and coauthored several Patents that now underpin many common media workflows. He also began using Satellite IP for Contribution and Distribution models in 1998, building a satellite-based CDN for Enfocast / Microsoft in 2001/2002 and consulting with Eutelsat and Astra on several of their deployments. Widely recognised as a sector visionary, he holds several International Awards for his work, and regularly Chairs or speaks at conferences ranging from Cloud TV, SDN/NFV, CDN, Distributed Compute, OTTTV and IPTV. He has been a Contributing Editor of StreamingMedia.com (and its print magazine) for 15 years, and has been published by Wiley Academic Press including 2017 Content Delivery Networks: Fundamentals, Design and Evolution
Learn more about Dom Robinson on Crunchbase…id3as provides best in class professional services and consultancy to the streamingmedia sector. Read more about id3as on Crunchbase…
Richard Cook
Co-Founder & Director @ Lets Rent
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Lets Rent provides property letting service. Read more about Lets Rent on Crunchbase…
Matt Sullivan
Co-Founder & Director of Data Quality @ Intelligent Reach
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Intelligent Reach optimises the product discovery journey with augmented product data and scientific testing that drives conversion. Read more about Intelligent Reach on Crunchbase…
Leigh Garland
Co-Founder & Director of Praxis @ Studio Zero
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WebVR, Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Development and Consulting Read more about Studio Zero on Crunchbase…
Ian Lewis
Co-Founder & Director @ PSA Academies
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High performance international sports coaching & personal development business. Read more about PSA Academies on Crunchbase…
Thiago Mundim
Co-Founder & Director @ propmap.io
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Master in Architecture and Design Research at the Architectural Association London. Thiago has over 13 years of experience working with Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Digital Construction on large developments in South America, Europe and Asia. The passion for technology and problem solving, combined with the experience on the building lifecycle drove him to co-found propmap in early 2018. Current Role: Director, UX Design, Product Management.
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Steven Osborn
Co-Founder & Director @ Fresh Range
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Fresh Range is a food tech company . Read more about Fresh Range on Crunchbase…
Geoffrey Banda
Co-Founder & Director @ Myjobo.com
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