Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in London.
Internet geek. I speak: Java, Scala and Python. Sometimes I fly kites.
https://www.twitter.com/groodt
Investing in 2 to 3 startups a week via @kima-ventures for $150K each • Worked at @seedcamp, @smarkets • Studied at @ku-leuven • Belgian abroad
Mentor, Advisor, and Angel. Currently @essence-digital. Formerly in leadership @acquia, @razorfish, @accenture. Built and sold multiple digital agencies.
Cofounder of @lovefilm, @secret-escapes and @Fletcher Research; angel investor in @graze , @zoopla , @sport-pursuit , and others
http://Www.wreeve.com
Product Management; Product Marketing; Program Management: UX, Web, Mobile, Emerging Technologies.
http://No time.
Founder @prompt-ly @razorfish (LA), @schematic, Digital business unit leader @bbc & @DailyMail Pre-IPO investor: @facebook, @tesla-motors @razorfish Entrepreneur, coach, angel, Chairman, Board member, CEO, adventurer, documentary filmmaker, & raconteur.
http://www.rxdxt.com
Serial entrepreneur turned investor always looking for passionate entrepreneurs and amazing teams!
CEO/Director BlueBay Asset Management (London); previously at Morgan Stanley. Cornell Ph.D. Physics
Media, content and tech. Director of Sales Planning & Analytics at Lionsgate. Previous experience at Warner Bros, NBCUniversal, Citigroup and StormHarbour.
https://profiles.google.com/108606554951783575740/about
Founder Stimulate Media & Intabank. Advisory Board Nearmap. Former CEO VIAP, SVP Telstra, VP Yahoo!, VP IMG, BSkyB.
http://intabank.com
Investor @ Puntclub @lumific
Team @bridgelane-group
Chief Operating Officer & Investor at @datasift Inc
@yahoo
http://www.digital-return.com.au/
Co-Founder & President Mendeley • Worked at @sap, @university-of-cologne • MBA from WHU • Loves latin-american dances • Voted "Best European Founder 2013"
Entrepreneur, product manager, designer, front-end dev. Founder at @lawpal and @socialgo. 10 years experience in startups, SaaS, community, marketing.
Hacker, investor & serial entrepreneur. Founder & CEO, @hifi. Venture Partner, @dev. Co-founder & CEO, @echospin (acquired '10). VP, Digital, MTV. 6 patents.
eCommerce expert & solution finder
Currently Head of Solutions at a SaaS eCommerce provider, with a background in retail, ecommerce, logistics & technology..
Co-founder & General Partner @sparklabs-global-ventures & @sparklabs Accelerator in Seoul. Former Executive at @facebook. Father of 4. Mountain Biker.
Worked at @ariadne-capital, @dn-capital • Studied at @ecole-centrale-paris, @universite-paris-dauphine,
Founder & Owner @socomo, @Borealis IT Ltd • Co-Owner & CTO @masterbranch
COO at PeerIndex, Formerly @tizaro @ad-avengers. @yahoo, @london-business-school-2 MBA, went from building websites to building companies.
Founder @nuji. Focus on @product-development and @business-operations. Worked at @nokia, @akqa. 1st startup out of high school. 2:1 Master in Business.
Run Operations & Finance at @songkick. Worked at @google and OC&C Strategy Consultants • Studied at @university-of-cambridge
Founding Member at $5bn financial services firm @markit • Studied at @imperial-college-london-2. Launched multiple businesses across London and New York
10+ yrs working with/advising, investing in early stage ventures. Diversified, international business/investment interests. Founder & CEO @ The Upside Club.
Postgraduate student with work experience across North America, London and Hong Kong - seeking full time role for Sept. 2015
Philomath humanitarian technophile polycultural pescetarian atheist. 10 years at @google & @foursquare. Currently General Manager at @citymapper.
Passionate about @consumer-internet @e-commerce @software-1 VC @episode-1 (ex - @partech-ventures @sofinnova-partners ) Prev Entrepreneur @rockin & @asos
http://t.co/Io67LwMkzV
Business Development (Yahoo!, Tiffany & Co.), Strategy & Operations (Yahoo!, Tiffany & Co., Accenture), Corp. Finance (Disney), Wharton MBA, Brown University, US Citizen authorized to work in the UK.
Analyst at EC1 Capital, an early stage $15m web and mobile tech investment firm based in London.
http://www.ec1capital.com/blog
Geek. Open-source enthusiast. CCO @nodejitsu. Founder @thenodefirm & curator @lxjs
http://writings.nunojob.com
Investor with media, content, advertising and tech focus in Europe. 20 yrs of int'l C-level media industry experience. $25K-$50K per round. Board-level support.
Rinkya MFCEO, entrepreneur, resident nerd, techie, otaku, pimp, Ironman
Born & raised in Brooklyn, lived in Tokyo for 11 years, just moved to London.
Head of Account Management at programmatic advertising company, ex google, salesforce. Strong relationship building, sales and media experience.
Marketing/Analytics/Strategy @twitter @liv-ex & @groupon. I have a strong understanding of marketplaces, consumer tech & the media. LSE Graduate.
http://www.andrewrajanathan.com
VP Business Development @workable
http://blog.workable.com/
Adaptable and agile professional who has delivered significant results in a short amount of time at one the UK’s most successful start-ups.
Currently working as CTO at Wimdu, Rocket Internet in Berlin, Germany
Oxford CS with Architecture, Consulting and startup experience; Worked at Accenture, AppNexus
'COO' & marketer, mentor & advisor. Formerly: Googler, strat consultant, Oxford grad, MBA.
E-Commerce business specialist, with extensive international trading experience.
Product & Operations Director at Resolver. Previously at @busuu-1, @badoo, @mblox • Studied at @university-of-leeds
Co-founder at @pick. Early at @yammer. I like working with disruptive technologies and bringing them to market. I enjoy Product & Design.
Marketing at @wauwaa; Co-founder at thehotsauceclub.com; formerly Euro Ops Manager at FormBay
Inhouse Recruiter at @skimlinks
Co-founder & CEO of Workshape.io.
http://hunglee.me
Hustling generalist looking for new exciting start up opportunities. Worked at onefinestay as a launcher.
Former Office Mommy and Purveyor of All at @okcupid. Internationally minded, multilingual, and a quick and avid adopter of grand ideas. Teach me something new!
Strategy & analytics at MarketInvoice. Finance background (Morgan Stanley). Art interest (Yale Art Gallery). Fluent Mandarin, French. Yale BA 2012, HBS MBA 2018
I am Social Media & Content Planner at AEG• I have an engineering degree and social media & business analytics experience.
Scaling fast growing companies through NewGenAngels.
Entrepreneurial CFO/COO with significant experience in early stage VC backed businesses.
Founder @fundspire • Worked at @accenture, @evestment • Investor @placemeter • Studied at @telecom-paristech
http://cfr.io
CEO and Co-founder at @repairy.com.
8 years company finance management and restructuring (10-150m EUR in sales), M&A (5-200m EUR transaction value).
CEO @InstantAPI, Mentor @bitangels First book published on .NET in 2001, various others since.
http://blog.instantapi.co
Co-founder and COO of Obvious Engineering. I develop and manage technology businesses, creating IP, apps, and products for web and mobile.
Founder @satago • Worked at @palantir-technologies, @barclays-capital • Studied CS at @imperial-college-london-1
http://www.adamhorner.co.uk
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Christoph Auer-Welsbach: Innovation Programme Manager @PivotalInnovate | BScEcon MBA MBA • Former Investment Manager | FinTech Wearables IoT SmartCities
http://auervonwelsbach.com
Operations Manager with Onefinestay currently located in LA managing in-home operations. Specialist in process design, efficiency planning and management
Analytical manager with experience of designing and managing complex operational businesses. I come complete with engineering degree and consultancy skillset
currently Managing Director - Tech / Experience Design / Finance / Team Leadership / Product / Marketing / Operations background
Founder & CEO @sorted, Investor @asianbride-me, extensive experience with start ups. great at getting things done, always learning!
http://www.jadesehbat.wordpress.com
Passionate about internet, I am an enthusiast for Business Development and marketing strategy
http://www.maxtheswiss.com
Startups Champion for Collider, an accelerator dedicated to startups which help brands understand, engage with, and sell to customers. Commercial & strat background
CEO at @ Oxygen Accelerator a 13-week mentor led tech accelerator
Tech background, veteran of the 90s dot-com bubble with ten years experience in the financial sector. Recovering MBA.
http://disruptdecentralisedisintermediate.wordpress.com/
Co-founder at Hassle.com. Strong business & tech background (Accenture). Masters University of Chicago 2005.
Co-Founder & CEO Coteries. Energetic. Blogger at startupolic.com. Top 300 most influential people in Switzerland. Studied @university of Lausanne & Karlsruhe
http://www.startupolic.com
Customers & Community at @pact-1 Uni of Aberdeen MA Politics & IR; Previously worked at @apple
Early stage tech VC @wellington-partners, previously @citymapper, @stylistpick-2, @mckinsey-company . CompSci @university-of-oxford-1
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
Worked at @import.io
http://theshahroz.wordpress.com
Founder @guevara, @jfloat-1 • Worked at @macquarie-bank, @macquarie-group • Studied at @university-of-western-australia
Investor @wiser-2, @mycirqle
Founder of Fnatic. Worlds number 1 competitive video gaming brand. Founder of NEVERBLAND, leading London product studio.
COO & Co-Founder @GoSuperAwesome - our brands include Box of Awesome, Box of OMG, Swapit, Bin Weevils, SAgames.
strategist & advisor to startups, Editor-at-Large at GBOpera, helping growth companies develop their China strategy, equestrian, polyglot, adventure seeker
Business Development Exec passionate about new technology and companies offering innovate solutions.
Customer Happiness Fanatic | Veteran BD, Sales & Marketing Director | Start-up Growth, Community, Operations | Serial Entrepreneur
Co-founder of @teamup.
Mechanical Engineering University of Bristol/University of Texas at Austin. £20k @university-of-bristol New Enterprise award.
Business/Product guy that loves to create new experiences for the unexpecting world. Worked at Samsung, DN Capital, Startup Sauna, Slush. Now based in London.
http://rudiskogman.tumblr.com/
Founder @touch-surgery
Healthcare tech entrepreneur
http://www.touch-surgery.com/wordpress/
Founder of evvnt.com - Disruptive local event marketing. Submit your event once, we put it everywhere! Worked at eBay, Accenture, Miva & Qype.
http://evvnt.com/category/about-evvnt/background/
Business development for private and government organizations. Co-founder of HeySuccess LTD, in charge of operations and finances.
Hands-on strategist - atypical MBA
Validate Innovation Ideas Early-on
Get to Product-Market Fit Faster
COO - Make Things Happen
http://pretotype.co.uk
Product Leader (prev. Motorola / Google), Advertising Expert, Doer & Achiever, Mobile Pioneer, 'The un-comfort zone is my elixir'
Cofounded and Invested in The Search Party, Cofounded LawPath, Director of Sales at Spreets which sold for $40 million after 11 months.
Experienced startup founder and CEO with strong leadership, business development and monetisation know-how.
Founder of FunPuntos and Chuzer • Worked at infosys-technologies, prgx • Studied at oxford-university
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
CEO at T & O Applications GmbH (official partner of Microsoft), worked at Deutsche Bank, Student speaker, Scholar, Marketing Manager at Kairos Society.
http://www.app-rocket.com
Physicist, entrepreneur and corporate financier; developed a number of successful websites and apps; masters degree in physics; chartered accountant
Founder and CEO @digit-game-studios • CEO @jolt-online, Sr Exec @jagex • Advisor to various VCs/Boards/Startups
Business Development & Operations @spatch
Start-up ops and finance specialist. Reformed E&Y accountant. Likes spreadsheets. Neophile. @bookingbug. Amateur Mixologist. Mentor.
Biomedical engineer, doctor, research scientist
Founder @masterscroll. Previous founder/CTO of Digital Oxygen, sold to Silverpop (now IBM). Former COO @prfsn (data science) and Marketing Director @silverpop
http://www.riazkanani.com?utm_medium=angel
Founder / CEO of Startup Crowdfunding. Entrepreneur and finance professional with a decade of experience in investment banking, private equity & start-ups.
Tech Entrepreneur since 1999.
http://neilmorecraft.com
Founder of @unioncy. Strongly execution focused serial entrepreneur. Worked at @rocket-internet, @wimdu-gmbh-deleted, @philips, and @ericsson
Growth & Venture Capital since 2007
COO. Strong technical, finance and product background.
British corporate finance professional. Strong international business background - worked in Investment Banking at @goldman-sachs in both London and New York
http:/marcogiunta.com/about
http://marcogiunta.com/blog
Interested in Clean Technology
Student at LSE, worked at Deloitte and co-founder at Yappie. President of LSE Entrepreneurs Society.
Worked at @moni-3 • London, @cass-business-school
Operational rainmaker with strong business development experience. Expert drone pilot.
CEO of Annotag. I have worked in streaming A/V for 15 years building my first company Datmedia Ltd a to 1.5 Million dollar turn over business selling tagged streaming services and hosting to enterprise clients. Started Annotag 19 months ago to provide in-
Co-founder at dijima; Strong product strategy, project management, BI & data analytics background (Aon Hewitt, EMC); Oxford Said Business School MBA 2014.
Adventurer, start-upper, getter-of-things-done.
Head of Innovation at Apptivation, engineering undergrad, LBS MBA 2012, advisor to startups around London as well as playing with ideas in the smart home space
http://www.sebsutherland.com/blog/
Currently at Citymapper, previously @techhub. Operations, community & social. Soft spot for startups. Past = events, music, tv and radio. Still do voiceovers.
CFO. Experienced in O&G and Shipping. Angel investor.
Entrepreneur interested in So/Lo/Mo, built many apps, interested in growth strategies and optimization.
COO/Co Founder of @mediabadger and Founder of @working-space-digital-labs. 15+ years experience in the digital space.
CMO at TheReadingRoom & SheSaidBeauty Founder. Leadership (Organisational Management) and Digital Strategy roles for over 13 years.
I was was the Co-Founder and CEO/COO of @dropwines and ShortersClub.co.uk based in London and currently consulting on e-commerce
http://henryhobhouse.com
Co-founder of @crowd-valley, Advisor at Kapipal. Worked at @bloomberg and British Telecom. MSc in Finance.
With over 15 years of diversified experience in the Technology, Telecom & Creative Industries, Nic has undertaken a variety of challenges from founding, investing and driving growth in a variety of disruptive start-ups to managing global businesses.
http://uk.linkedin.com/in/nicgorini/
VP Media & Publishers at myThings
Deep understanding of both web/advertising technologies, online and e-commerce business and a passion for start-ups
Revenue Hacker
Consumer growth operator/investor/advisor. Significant experience working and investing in growth stage to public company.
Founder & CEO of moKee • Currently Fundraising • Strong Operational back ground (founded Boudoir privé sold to @joliebox ,consulted @wool-and-the-gang)
Entrepreneur
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/
Oregon Duck, Ex-BASC, Ex-Sales at HHC , Traveler, Skateboarder, Blogger, Startup Junkie. Manager at State.com
Current: Marketing API Program @ Facebook. Previous: 8 years of startups.
Intern at Google, Masters in Finance at LBS 2014, Computer Engineering at U of T 2007
http://blog.adamdebowski.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
Founder Project OUTPost • Worked at @sow-asia-foundation, @tedxyouth-hongkong, Designed 1st social accelerator in HK • Studied at @london-school-of-economics, @university-of-toronto
I just love creating things, that make a difference
Investment company CEO. Angel for London based early-stage companies. Member of a club deal called Club degli Investitori. iStarter accelerator Mentor.
http://www.cimminelli.com
MD & Founder @E2matic an enterprise class SaaS SEO Platform
Co-Founder @stackd • Co-Founder @chefler • Founder @startingbloc • Mergers & Acquisitions @dresdner-kleinwort • Studied @northwestern-university-1
http://www.thepeopleshed.com
Founder and CEO at @merocrat. Ex-Skype. MBA and MSc.
Igaming expert moving to new sector. Strong General Manager with broad range of skills: Betfair, GoIndustry, E&Y + own start-ups GEA, deeVide, Beagle Tech
I build. Founded and led "pre-iphone and android app store" start up.
Durham CS, Chartered Accountant, Software Developer, Bitcoin Enthusiast
VC, London, UK
http://norrisnode.com
International level digital media business development exec/COO/CEO
Multichannel Strategy and Planning Director at Underwired >> Multichannel CRM agency
Director, Product @getty-images Previously @playfish.Worked in VC @blackberry-partners-fund,consulting @simon-kucher-partners.Studied @london-business-school-2
Cambridge & Oxford grad, early team at Betfair, start up co-founder turned investor, stint at Google.
http://nothingifnotcompetitive.wordpress.com/
Innovation consultant and entrepreneur. Founder and CEO @ondamove. Founder and Financial Manager @CascinaMora. Innovation Analyst @BIP Financial Services
Founder @syllabontes. Sailor. An autodidact. An eugenicist. And above all, a hacker.
Experience in marketing for a Seedcamp startup (BridgeU) located on the Google Campus. Now with Plytech helping market their new website waterproofsystems.co.uk
Built/ran Skype's Billing & Payments to scale to $800M. Ops Strategy inc. Customer Service, Fraud, Billing and Carrier Relations leading to $8.5bn buyout by MS.
Search marketing veteran (12 years exp). UC Berkeley CS, Wharton MBA -- Launched successful venture firm, COO of Internet Start-up, Worked at Microsoft & Yahoo
Founder Yubyap • Worked at @siemens, @schlumberger • Studied at @harvard-business-school, @hec-paris
Ex-Chief Strategy Officer @ Tele2 Group. X-Googler (7 years in Operations, Strategic Partnerships & Strategy). LBS MBA2003
Founder @fallingelephant, @startigniter • Partner @taggzy • Worked at @visionmobile, @logicom • Studied at @university-of-bristol, @cardiff-university
http://voulgaris.net
Founder Boston Technologies, @boston-prime • Worked at @fxcm • Studied at @colby-college, @university-of-tasmania
I have proven experience in scaling start ups
In-house Entrepreneur; 2+ years creating, managing & consulting startups. linkedin.com/in/noahjlevenson
http://atiku.org/aa/2014/09/03/e-alert-digital-war-against-terror/
Practice Leader in Technology and Media for Largest Global Expert Network connecting investors with senior industry experts
Senior Vendor Manager @amazon • Co-Founded @officefab, Former MD @rocket Internet • MBA @Kellogg, Economics @Bocconi University
@barclays Director of Digital @ebay Product manager @dogwoof Founder. I specialise in scaling digital businesses. Looking for creative start-ups to grow.
Full Stack Web Developer. Front-end and Back-end Web Development. Ruby on Rails, JS, HTML, CSS, jQuery, AJAX, SQL, Git, AWS, Heroku
Six years in TV News. Founded 1st fitness business in 2009. Profitable in three months and was copied after nine. Three startups total. All going strong.
Google, Electrical Engineer BSc (Honours), London Business School, Startups, product marketing and biz dev background, entrepreneur, team player
http://www.tipsytography.com - I am a photographer
Co-founder and CEO at @applyed • Worked at @wayra
Graduate of Entrepreneur First seeking challenging
opportunity with fast growing startup.
Entrepreneur/startup exec: Former Co-CEO of Linio (Latam Amazon), ex-MD Rocket Internet USA, ex-Mckinsey, HBS MBA
Co-Founder of Proxly, a platform for building contextually relevant mobile experiences using proximity and context. Alumni of Springboard and Wayra UK.