Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in London.
Co-founder and head of design at http://carwow.co.uk
Founder of @nuji. Previously worked at @yahoo, @havas and various digital agencies in @london and abroad in @strategy and @user Experience Design
http://blog.nuji.com
Jesse Thomas is the Founder of @jess3 – a creative interactive agency specializing in Social Media Data Visualization.
http://blog.jess3.com
Founder of the FIG Group
http://www.independent.co.uk/student/young-entrepreneurs/
CEO @printmo-by-keen // CEO @europe Venture Summit // Mentor @500startups @happy-farm @innovation-nest // Award-winning designer // Speaker
Tech Entrepreneur,• Founder @wave-4 • Studied at @Defence College of Telecommunications and Information Systems
http://trusted-office.blogspot.co.uk/
Designer & Over Drinker of Coffee. Ex Yahoo, MTV, Caffeinehit & Pin Drop.
http://caffeinehit.com/blog/
Every Interaction are a small independent UI/UX design studio in London working with startups & SMEs on web apps, mobile apps and websites
http://www.everyinteraction.com/blog
Founded @bloom-studio. Named & helped conceive of @flickr. Design Fellow at @samsung-electronics, Advisor to @arup, @snibbe-studio, @scoot-networks, and @funomena
co-founded ustwo, ustwogames (maker of Monument Valley) and DICE - the worlds smartest ticketing app with zero booking fees.
General Partner Google Ventures Europe, Founder & Board Director OpenIDEO.com & OIEngine.com, Advisor at IDEO
http://thulme.com
BA at @skimlinks, Prev @shutl, @duedil • Studied at @university-college-london,@draper-university-1 & @University of York
CEO at Spotnight. Product manager, coder, data guy. Previously cofounded 3 startups. Ex Booz&Co consultant, math grad at Oxford Uni, Singularity Uni GSP'11.
http://brazilhacks.com/
Entrepreneur, product manager, designer, front-end dev. Founder at @lawpal and @socialgo. 10 years experience in startups, SaaS, community, marketing.
Designer, Educator, Entrepreneur on the world wide internets. Partner at @founder-centric, co-founder at @lyst, EIR at @university-college-london-1
Strong focus in product innovation, data, strategy, and business development. In my last startup, worked with One Kings Lane, ebay, URBN, and Huawei.
Co founder @incubusldn, Engineer @huddle, Global Business competition UK and Entrepreneur of the Year 2012
Designing Experiences at Automattic • Design Advisor • Product Manager • @baker-framework Founder • Startup and corporate experience
Entrepreneur.
Founder @tok-tok-tok
Ex @ebuzzing, @zong
CEO - @mitoo - Serial entrepreneur and UX Designer. Loosely a Mentor at Tech Stars London, 500, Seecamp and others.
https://medium.com/@Andycru_mp
Cross-platform UI+UX designer experienced in mobile devices and game consoles. Bullet-Proof Adobe PS, Flash and Illustrator user. Worked at Globant and Ubisoft.
Engineer @lyst , perviously @xing
Co-Founder @snug • Worked at @skimlinks, @cambellrigg • Studied at @university-of-westminster-uk
Worked at @hailo, @bizzby, @boppl, @we-r-interactive, @saffron-digital
Co-founder & UX Designer @togethera. Co-founder at @camayak. Previously @facebook Product Design Intern. Portfolio at MattDempsey.com
Digital Product Designer
designer, singer, photographer, barbershop harmony aficionado, philosopher, polymath; improving the world through design. also, half-English by birth. ⁂
Proud Co-Founder of @funddy. Speedy minded Product Designer and coder wannabe. Sometimes medium runner and hardcore gamer.
http://blog.funddy.com
Design direction at @songkick.com
http://zerp.ly/gideonb
Founder of Clip. Clip simplifies the creation of rich media channels for unique experience-driven brands. Clip is creative, collaborative and experiential.
DC/LA Superconnector @forbes @MoxieStrategy @StartupGrindDC @ADmapco Creative Strategist, Media2.0Sensei, Political Wonketeer, Entrepreneurial Techie, Neuro PhD
design @childishgambino | @disneyaccel • worked at @techstars & @betaltd • Studied at @startupinst • Designed for @powerinbox, @eyenetra & @zagster.
Founder and CEO @mytips & @motify-me-1. Entrepreneur and growth hacker apprentice. Passionate about gaming, UX design and front-end development.
http://zanderbrade.com
10 years mobile design experience with @intel, @telefonica, @qualcomm, @taptu, @yahoo and @skype. Proud parent.
Experienced in Design & Branding as well as other disciplines such as Marketing, Web Design, Product Design, Interactive Design and UX Design Will has consulting globally.
Enthusiastic front-end developer and entrepreneur
Current: Lead Designer at @citymapper
Previous: Co-Founder @lookk
Designer with a love for clean pixels, breathtaking typography, semantic markup and awful puns.
http://visualidiot.com
VP Product at @yoyo-3 @wayra ; Previously Founder at @tab-1 @seedcamp
http://zvin.is
Founder of @twidaq & Achieve Awesome, owner of @deep-blue-sky Digital.
http://www.deepbluesky.com/xml/latest.xml
Founder at Burnt Fingers and Marco & Bee. 18y UX/Product Design, 25y Tech. Worked projects with BBC, Channel 4, @microsoft, Lonely Planet, Sony, UK Gov, etc
Founder of Race Yourself (Augmented Reality Exercise Games). Fourth startup, first full-time. Worked in Venture capital and M&A. Masters in Engineering from UCL.
I firmly believe in the ability of design to improve the world around us and make it better. Why not to participate in this change?
Digital product designer
Founder of @citymapper. Previously: @google, WorldBank, Seedcamp, venture capital, bum.
Founder/Product at @voicecandy-1. Founder of @taste-cocktails Formerly Head of Product and UX at @enthuse-me ; Product Manager at @groupspaces
UI/UX designer, people thinker, interaction solver and wanter of great experiences for everyone.
Founder & CEO of Swipe, We're making @chec. @angelpad Alum. UI/UX & Full Stack Developer. Took Kout (now Ribbon) from dorm in UK to San Francisco in 3 months.
I like to make useful things.
http://blog.rb.cm
Co-founder at @antavo. Serial entrepreneur with 3 successful IT companies. 14 years of experience in web development & visual communication.
http://www.antavo.com/en/blog
Crazy Execute Officer, creative developer, designer, explorer and human being
Product and UI designer in London. Ex Lead Designer at Top10 (Accel, Founder Collective). Extensive startup experience w/ web, iOS, Spotify and other platforms.
My studies and strong interest in information and communications technology, computer science, social networking and the web have become my career.
http://www.bucchi.me
Full stack startup designer.
Digital product design and strategy.
Co-founder Kopi.
Product lead on Google Global Impact Challenge finalist - TaskSquad.
Ex-agency Creative Director.
UI and UX Designer • 5y in startups, 9y in telecom, 3y in banking • Passion for simplicity
Chief Product Officer & Founder @fluentify
I specialise in web and user interface design, user experience and branding. I'm currently working as the lead designer for Adbrain.
http://www.sebastienpowell.com/blog
Product Designer at @fleksy. 1st startup during engineering school. #1 iOS app with iSteam. Founder and CEO of GreatApps.
http://fleksy.com/blog-posts
Designer/Developer hybrid. Interested in all aspects of the web.
I'm Co-founder of Magnific. I started my first company at 16 and have spent the last five years specialising in defining and building great products.
Creative director and product/platform designer. Previously at @trumaker; @musicfloss.
http://desaturate.net/blog
Product designer and company developer • Co-founder and CEO of Seene • Responsible for product design & vision, company strategy, marketing + bizdev
https://medium.com/@culturengine
UX & Product designer with more than 6 years of experience interested in usability, data, new technologies and visual innovation. Always driven by curiosity.
Worked at @tastebuds, @edelman • Studied at @central-st-martins-college-of-art-and-design, @london-university-of-the-arts
Head of Product/Tech @synkio Former: Design lead @groupspaces and developer / designer @absolute-radio
Data Analyst, Angel Investor, LSE Economist, @paybygroup, @hello Fresh, @davidmerrill Lynch, Hackathon (@LendMeIt, @ThredThat), NACUE Business Plan winner (GoPort!)
Co-founder and CPO @poetica. Formerly founding designer at UK Government Digital Service and GOV.UK
CEO of @readwave - mixing science and arts: B.sc from UCL but worked as a script reader in film production. Product orientated.
Front-End Dev & Designer @DazedMagazine, Co-Founder of @usethefood, pretty good cook.
http://www.usethefood.com
Front-end web developer at @ometria, previously at @vodafone • MSc Computer Sciences from @universidade-de-coimbra and @lund-university
Founder of the @ghost blogging platform. Previously designer and developer for @microsoft, Virgin Atlantic, easyJet @wordpress and Ubisoft amongst others.
http://john.onolan.org
Co-founder @hype-1 | Love arts, culture, subculture, code and good design. Experienced in web design, UI and creative lead.
A full-stack Product Designer with a passion for product. I am looking for an agile environment, working with smart people that care about what they do.
https://medium.com/@whebdesign
Designer. Belgian. Previously Lead @citysocializer + @uberlife, @littlemissrobot & @gentsagency.
Founder MadebyMedics
Founder at @roadtrippers.com
I create.
http://kathleenwarner.me/
BSc Astrophysics & Senior Designer at Forward Labs. Founder of x-ray.io and Cofounder of thewoogame.com
Founder Marvel • Worked at @nokia, @enpocket • Studied at @university-of-brighton. I love design and being creative with tech
http://www.mobileinc.co.uk
Founder @dropr. UX/UI Designer, interaction developer, animator and sometimes photographer.
Product director at Outfit7. Previously head of product at Adzuna, exec producer at Playfish, Electronic Arts. Stanford MBA
Head of Operations and Portfolio at Firestartr.co
Operations Director at LondonLabs.co
Strong Background in Design
studied at London College of Communication,
Fashion Institute of Technology NYC & UC Berkeley
Half French - Half British Problem Solver
http://www.cecilebaird.com
Startup Founder, Cofounder | ceo, growth, strategy, M&A, exit, IPO. | @3m @the-scalable-startup @nasa-ames @mentor-graphics
: : CS/EE @stanford @usc
http://tomnora.wordpress.com
Founder and Chief Executive at @enigmatic-flare
http://adamroberts.brandyourself.com/
User Interface Designer | Creative Director @zesty-1 | Previously designed for @truphone, @hall, @betterlesson, @conversocial http://dribbble.com/dannykeane
@thiel-fellowship-20-under-20 Fellow. Co-founded GetDealy '10 (100K signups). Organised TWMeetup (Sponsored by Twilio, SendGrid, MSFT).
CEO / Editor in Chief: CoinTelegraph. Advisor, ChangeTip. ENTJ. Strong background in creative business. UT/SCAD.
http://instagram.com/tonilanec
Founder @wearepopup • Studied at @dartmouth-college, @university-college-london
CTO / Founder Vimily • Founder @bleebook • Founder ZeroMail • MA Design Innovation. Worked as the leading UI designer for start-ups in Australia & Germany.
Designer @quantemplate. 10 years UX and wayfinding. MA at Central Saint Martins.
Sometimes a designer, sometimes an entrepreneur, sometimes dancing. I put blurry photos on http://horia.co. CEO and co-founder of http://swipe.to/
http://horia.co
Founder of Stylect. Graduate of Startup Institute. Former Techstars Hacker in residence. Design, analytics, hacking and traveling make me happy :)
BS in CE from Syracuse University. Mobile Application Developer with a thrist for new experience. Experience with working in start-up companies.
Co founder @cocontest
I am an architect,3d printing & Internet of things. My goal is make the technology and new service affordable and accessible for all
Co-founder @cottontracks • Alum @startupchile • Worked at @applidium, @work4labs • Studied at @hec-paris & @telecom-paristech
Crazy Monster!
Early career @goldman-sachs after postgrad in Law @london-school-of-economics, entrepreneur since 2001, owns @starboard-group behind i.a. @otonomos, @tilt-it
http://participalism.org
Creative, Designer, Entrepreneur.
Director at @SPORK.
Founder @tgthr • Worked at @myspace, @microsoft
http://rhysfuckyeah.tumblr.com
Self taught in web design, development and marketing.
Designer + Creative & Product Director + Stuff. Founder of @weddar, @factory-productions. Co-Founder at Owlr.
http://weddar.com
London based, designer, developer & growth hacker. Currently expanding Zendesk in Europe. Previously worked with YC startups, investors, and individuals.
Founder of UXdna.
Entrepreneur, product specialist, UX & Lean Practitioner. Mentor, advisor.
I help startups make great UX their secret weapon.
Product guy. Founded @weroll @exitlist. Well-travelled, designed-focussed, art-lover, dedicated coder, bicycle rider.
Founder @mentat-innovations. Lecturer in Statistics @imperial-college-london. PhD in Streaming Data Analysis @imperial-college-london. Studied mathematics @Cambridge-University
Creative Lead at Osper
http://shellsuitzombie.co.uk
Co-Founder @preboo • Worked at @ubisoft, @gameloft. Product guy, strong UX/UI skills.
http://razvan.co
Brand strategist focused on emotional impact
Digital Product Designer, with engineering background, helped companies building tools, processes and the team to deliver highest quality digital experiences.
http://nuthinking.com/blog
Designer @notebetter
CEO @needmade. UI/UX Designer & Digital Marketer. Professional Actor. Startup Pitch Coach. Matter.Vc Alumni on a mission to empower freelance professionals
Founder of @knodium. A design-gineer interested in technology, design, and making things. Often found cycling or in the pool swimming and playing water polo.
http://mwillmott.co
Designer. Developer. Blogger.
Founder @jaqard, @stylenda @HenceJustMe • Worked at @Taento
http://www.martinimarco.com
Founder @buddy-drinks, @instacarte • Worked at @livecliq, @odpiralni • Studied at @university-of-ljubljana, @lulea-technical-university
http://www.ivanturkovic.com
Co-founder and CEO at @momento. 2nd startup. Product designer with background in tech, design & business. Passion for well crafted, simple & intuitive products.
Advertising student at @central-st-martins-college-of-art-and-design. Co-Founder of @Beelief_org, Creative Director of @wobu and working at @3d-hubs
Experience:
Leading international agencies and brands.
Transformation and growth within agencies.
Mentoring management, clients and team on best practice for digital acceleration and revenue.
Proven delivery of campaigns and new business.
I type random characters into a text editor and somehow it ends up as code.
5 years of experience working in the design industry
Founder @hire-my-friend; full-stack designer @makeshift • Worked at @prismatic
Founder of @arteestic. UI/UX Designer at @peerindex. Freelancing since 2007.
Founder of @firefly-experience-ltd, multi-Cannes Lion award-winning digital creative with expertise honed in both agencies (@sapientnitro) & start-ups (3rd) @university-of-oregon
Designer / Android Engineer @stublisher-inc, Interned at @zoic-studios, Worked at @id-tech-camps
UX and brand strategy ninja.
Freelance graphic designer working for a few clients including French Connection, Eyeko, Great Plains and Free Tibet. Founder @bespont. MA Graphic Design 2008.
http://eachthursday.tumblr.com
Founder @vexpop-1 • Worked at @cisco-systems-deleted-deleted, @ubs • Studied at @middlesex-university
Co-founder: 3beards (Silicon Drinkabout, Chew The Fat, Don't Pitch Me Bro, Digital Sizzle).
Co-founder: Pollarize.
Also freelance designer & illustrator.
http://www.tremulantdesign.com/blog
Mobile App Expert
Senior UX Designer at @google. Background in mobile interface dev, innovation and service design. Previously at Samsung Design and @hutchison-3g.
Designer, blogger, entrepreneur and adventurer from Lithuania. Founder of @despreneur and co-founder of @refe. Living to inspire and be inspired.
http://medium.com/@tomaslau
UI Designer & Entrepreneur - @techstars / @draper-university - www.carlosxcl.com
http://www.carlosxcl.com/blog
Founder @primo
http://primo.io/blog/
Team member of @playmob.
Founder of @trianglecirclesquare & @bertie-bean. Worked at @one-diary, @clear-channel-outdoor-uk
Innovation consultant and entrepreneur. Founder and CEO @ondamove. Founder and Financial Manager @CascinaMora. Innovation Analyst @BIP Financial Services
Lead front-end developer & interaction designer at @marvel. 1/2 of @finely
UX product designer with a passion for R&D at the intersection of games and education.
Currently looking for opportunities in digital learning & innovation.
China CEO @powa-technologies-ltd My job is to sell ideas. @samsung Ásia, @ogilvy @dentsu Creative, @research-in-motion Evangelist @kpmg Innovator
http://www.withatwistbakery.com
Software engineer and designer hybrid. I design and create software, I run my design studio.
Cofounder, VP of product and at Blurb.com. Now adventuring in future of online learning in UK. father. product guy. designer. whiteboard warrior. foodog killah.
UX, Design, Product Management. Founder @utelly, @via-viaggi-in-avventura • Worked at @news-corporation, @national-geographic • Studied at @domus-academy
http://dariodaprile.com
11 Years in music • 22 years in software • Worked at @ibm, @bbc, @mtv-networks @uk NHS • Studied at @new-york-university music prod and @tisch-school-of-the-arts
Designer by nature, UX/UID by trade. Developer by choice. Over 15 years experience on the web. Taking yet another swing at startups - this time fintech.
Founder & CEO @halocline
Disruptive technology innovator, creative director, filmmaker & philanthropist.
Royal College of Art & Central Saint Martins alumni.
Founder @buddybounce, BusinessDesignTools • MSc Design at @politecnico-milano, MA Entrepreneurship at @goldsmiths • Strong Design Strategy and UX background.
CEO & Founder @simplib. Passionate entrepreneur and creator with a strong product designer background. Track record over 3 years' experience in design firms.
http://webentrepreneurstudent.tumblr.com/
Creative & Product Direction with extensive background in R&D, advertising and branding. Obsessed with building things and working with inspiring minds.
Hi, I'm Oykun, a self-taught designer from London, fuelled with curiosity and passion for simplicity in design.
http://oykun.com/journal/
More than just a founder of @3nder. Failed with @pokke and @memento-1 .
http://pleasurearchive.tumblr.com
Co-founder @nobly • 20+ UX/UI consulting contracts, including @bmw, @blackberry-2 and @coca-cola • 1st software startup out of high school
Co-founder / Lead Designer at www.opendesk.cc. Previously co-founded www.wikihouse.cc, www.fabhub.io, www.theciviccrowd.org. Architect at 00 London.
• Co-Founder @Styleprofile • Founder @jasmine-lilac • Worked in Leadership Advisory @heidrick-and-struggles • Worked in Law @Allen&Overy • Graduated from @university-college-london-1 and @BPPLawSchool • Grew up London / Singapore
Founder, Web designer & Social Media Strategist at Fanchimp
http://medium.com/@nikla88
Recent Computer Science Graduate. Developer @gitter.
http://www.waltfy.net
Founder Four O Nine • Studied at @university-of-toronto, @jagiellonian-university
I design digital products and services. Co-founder of @you-the-gang. Formerly at Last.fm, Edenspiekermann, Amen and more. Started up.front
Designer of digital things. Recovering scientist and journalist.
Designer and front-end developer; instructor at General Assembly London. Make/eat/sleep.
Visual designer specialising in user experience & interface design for startup companies. Founder of @traveltrooper & @dotgrid-company.
http://callumchapman.com
Full Stack Web Developer. Front-end and Back-end Web Development. Ruby on Rails, JS, HTML, CSS, jQuery, AJAX, SQL, Git, AWS, Heroku
CEO of @ux-passion. Founder of @pulse-wall-1 . Astronomy and agronomy enthusiast.
http://www.uxpassion.com/blog/
Design-driven startupper. Founder of @aidyn. Former UX Director of @circleme. ex @ActivearkJWT, ex @mit.
Webdesigner since 2005, co-founder at @unplugg. Currently at @vibrant-media. Previously at @eurorscg, @burocratik. MSc in Multimedia design.
http://www.antoniopratas.com/blog
Founder @barbuddy. Developer at @Simply-Business • Studied at @university-of-bristol
@barclays Director of Digital @ebay Product manager @dogwoof Founder. I specialise in scaling digital businesses. Looking for creative start-ups to grow.
UX Research & Design
Founder. Art Director. Launched mobile app Area Now.
Game industry conference planner. Worked @ startups in Tokyo & Vienna. Speaker @ MIT, GDC, Gamescom. PhD.
Founder @fallingelephant, @startigniter • Partner @taggzy • Worked at @visionmobile, @logicom • Studied at @university-of-bristol, @cardiff-university
http://voulgaris.net
Working on something new. Experienced in product an business innovation. Loves a good story. Previously of @MeetStrange and @pollarizeme.
https://medium.com/43-cents
Founder @esportsify. CCO @xfire, Founder of @jowst acquired by @xfire. Creator of @RocketeerCMS, @xivui & @WarcraftUI. UI/UX designer & developer since 1998
Design & Art Director. Industrial Designer, Ex-Coder. Passionate about product development. Currently at R/GA and working on @daytrippr, have been at @qwiki.