Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in London.
Serial entrepreneur turned investor always looking for passionate entrepreneurs and amazing teams!
Product Management; Product Marketing; Program Management: UX, Web, Mobile, Emerging Technologies.
http://No time.
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
Co-founder & General Partner @sparklabs-global-ventures & @sparklabs Accelerator in Seoul. Former Executive at @facebook. Father of 4. Mountain Biker.
COO at PeerIndex, Formerly @tizaro @ad-avengers. @yahoo, @london-business-school-2 MBA, went from building websites to building companies.
CEO/Director BlueBay Asset Management (London); previously at Morgan Stanley. Cornell Ph.D. Physics
Investing in 2 to 3 startups a week via @kima-ventures for $150K each • Worked at @seedcamp, @smarkets • Studied at @ku-leuven • Belgian abroad
eCommerce expert & solution finder
Currently Head of Solutions at a SaaS eCommerce provider, with a background in retail, ecommerce, logistics & technology..
Founder Stimulate Media & Intabank. Advisory Board Nearmap. Former CEO VIAP, SVP Telstra, VP Yahoo!, VP IMG, BSkyB.
http://intabank.com
Worked at @ariadne-capital, @dn-capital • Studied at @ecole-centrale-paris, @universite-paris-dauphine,
Internet geek. I speak: Java, Scala and Python. Sometimes I fly kites.
https://www.twitter.com/groodt
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 & Owner @socomo, @Borealis IT Ltd • Co-Owner & CTO @masterbranch
Co-Founder & President Mendeley • Worked at @sap, @university-of-cologne • MBA from WHU • Loves latin-american dances • Voted "Best European Founder 2013"
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
Entrepreneur, product manager, designer, front-end dev. Founder at @lawpal and @socialgo. 10 years experience in startups, SaaS, community, marketing.
Investor @ Puntclub @lumific
Team @bridgelane-group
Chief Operating Officer & Investor at @datasift Inc
@yahoo
http://www.digital-return.com.au/
Hacker, investor & serial entrepreneur. Founder & CEO, @hifi. Venture Partner, @dev. Co-founder & CEO, @echospin (acquired '10). VP, Digital, MTV. 6 patents.
Founder @nuji. Focus on @product-development and @business-operations. Worked at @nokia, @akqa. 1st startup out of high school. 2:1 Master in Business.
10+ yrs working with/advising, investing in early stage ventures. Diversified, international business/investment interests. Founder & CEO @ The Upside Club.
Run Operations & Finance at @songkick. Worked at @google and OC&C Strategy Consultants • Studied at @university-of-cambridge
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.
VP Business Development @workable
http://blog.workable.com/
E-Commerce business specialist, with extensive international trading experience.
Analyst at EC1 Capital, an early stage $15m web and mobile tech investment firm based in London.
http://www.ec1capital.com/blog
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
Co-founder at @pick. Early at @yammer. I like working with disruptive technologies and bringing them to market. I enjoy Product & Design.
Adaptable and agile professional who has delivered significant results in a short amount of time at one the UK’s most successful start-ups.
Founding Member at $5bn financial services firm @markit • Studied at @imperial-college-london-2. Launched multiple businesses across London and New York
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.
'COO' & marketer, mentor & advisor. Formerly: Googler, strat consultant, Oxford grad, MBA.
Geek. Open-source enthusiast. CCO @nodejitsu. Founder @thenodefirm & curator @lxjs
http://writings.nunojob.com
Head of Account Management at programmatic advertising company, ex google, salesforce. Strong relationship building, sales and media experience.
Rinkya MFCEO, entrepreneur, resident nerd, techie, otaku, pimp, Ironman
Born & raised in Brooklyn, lived in Tokyo for 11 years, just moved to London.
Postgraduate student with work experience across North America, London and Hong Kong - seeking full time role for Sept. 2015
Currently working as CTO at Wimdu, Rocket Internet in Berlin, Germany
Product & Operations Director at Resolver. Previously at @busuu-1, @badoo, @mblox • Studied at @university-of-leeds
Marketing/Analytics/Strategy @twitter @liv-ex & @groupon. I have a strong understanding of marketplaces, consumer tech & the media. LSE Graduate.
http://www.andrewrajanathan.com
Oxford CS with Architecture, Consulting and startup experience; Worked at Accenture, AppNexus
Founder & CEO @sorted, Investor @asianbride-me, extensive experience with start ups. great at getting things done, always learning!
http://www.jadesehbat.wordpress.com
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!
Founder @satago • Worked at @palantir-technologies, @barclays-capital • Studied CS at @imperial-college-london-1
http://www.adamhorner.co.uk
Christoph Auer-Welsbach: Innovation Programme Manager @PivotalInnovate | BScEcon MBA MBA • Former Investment Manager | FinTech Wearables IoT SmartCities
http://auervonwelsbach.com
Analytical manager with experience of designing and managing complex operational businesses. I come complete with engineering degree and consultancy skillset
I am Social Media & Content Planner at AEG• I have an engineering degree and social media & business analytics experience.
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Co-founder & CEO of Workshape.io.
http://hunglee.me
Founder @fundspire • Worked at @accenture, @evestment • Investor @placemeter • Studied at @telecom-paristech
http://cfr.io
Scaling fast growing companies through NewGenAngels.
Entrepreneurial CFO/COO with significant experience in early stage VC backed businesses.
CEO @InstantAPI, Mentor @bitangels First book published on .NET in 2001, various others since.
http://blog.instantapi.co
Inhouse Recruiter at @skimlinks
Operations Manager with Onefinestay currently located in LA managing in-home operations. Specialist in process design, efficiency planning and management
Marketing at @wauwaa; Co-founder at thehotsauceclub.com; formerly Euro Ops Manager at FormBay
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).
Strategy & analytics at MarketInvoice. Finance background (Morgan Stanley). Art interest (Yale Art Gallery). Fluent Mandarin, French. Yale BA 2012, HBS MBA 2018
Hustling generalist looking for new exciting start up opportunities. Worked at onefinestay as a launcher.
currently Managing Director - Tech / Experience Design / Finance / Team Leadership / Product / Marketing / Operations background
Passionate about internet, I am an enthusiast for Business Development and marketing strategy
http://www.maxtheswiss.com
Co-founder and COO of Obvious Engineering. I develop and manage technology businesses, creating IP, apps, and products for web and mobile.
CEO at @ Oxygen Accelerator a 13-week mentor led tech accelerator
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.
Business Development Exec passionate about new technology and companies offering innovate solutions.
Founder @touch-surgery
Healthcare tech entrepreneur
http://www.touch-surgery.com/wordpress/
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
Tech background, veteran of the 90s dot-com bubble with ten years experience in the financial sector. Recovering MBA.
http://disruptdecentralisedisintermediate.wordpress.com/
Startups Champion for Collider, an accelerator dedicated to startups which help brands understand, engage with, and sell to customers. Commercial & strat background
strategist & advisor to startups, Editor-at-Large at GBOpera, helping growth companies develop their China strategy, equestrian, polyglot, adventure seeker
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
Founder @guevara, @jfloat-1 • Worked at @macquarie-bank, @macquarie-group • Studied at @university-of-western-australia
Early stage tech VC @wellington-partners, previously @citymapper, @stylistpick-2, @mckinsey-company . CompSci @university-of-oxford-1
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/
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/
Investor @wiser-2, @mycirqle
Co-founder at Hassle.com. Strong business & tech background (Accenture). Masters University of Chicago 2005.
Customers & Community at @pact-1 Uni of Aberdeen MA Politics & IR; Previously worked at @apple
Founder and CEO @digit-game-studios • CEO @jolt-online, Sr Exec @jagex • Advisor to various VCs/Boards/Startups
Experienced startup founder and CEO with strong leadership, business development and monetisation know-how.
Biomedical engineer, doctor, research scientist
Product Leader (prev. Motorola / Google), Advertising Expert, Doer & Achiever, Mobile Pioneer, 'The un-comfort zone is my elixir'
Founder of FunPuntos and Chuzer • Worked at infosys-technologies, prgx • Studied at oxford-university
Founder / CEO of Startup Crowdfunding. Entrepreneur and finance professional with a decade of experience in investment banking, private equity & start-ups.
Growth & Venture Capital since 2007
Tech Entrepreneur since 1999.
http://neilmorecraft.com
Hands-on strategist - atypical MBA
Validate Innovation Ideas Early-on
Get to Product-Market Fit Faster
COO - Make Things Happen
http://pretotype.co.uk
British corporate finance professional. Strong international business background - worked in Investment Banking at @goldman-sachs in both London and New York
Business Development & Operations @spatch
http:/marcogiunta.com/about
http://marcogiunta.com/blog
Physicist, entrepreneur and corporate financier; developed a number of successful websites and apps; masters degree in physics; chartered accountant
Founder of @unioncy. Strongly execution focused serial entrepreneur. Worked at @rocket-internet, @wimdu-gmbh-deleted, @philips, and @ericsson
Business development for private and government organizations. Co-founder of HeySuccess LTD, in charge of operations and finances.
Start-up ops and finance specialist. Reformed E&Y accountant. Likes spreadsheets. Neophile. @bookingbug. Amateur Mixologist. Mentor.
Cofounded and Invested in The Search Party, Cofounded LawPath, Director of Sales at Spreets which sold for $40 million after 11 months.
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
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
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
COO. Strong technical, finance and product background.
Adventurer, start-upper, getter-of-things-done.
COO/Co Founder of @mediabadger and Founder of @working-space-digital-labs. 15+ years experience in the digital space.
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
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/
Currently at Citymapper, previously @techhub. Operations, community & social. Soft spot for startups. Past = events, music, tv and radio. Still do voiceovers.
Founder & CEO of moKee • Currently Fundraising • Strong Operational back ground (founded Boudoir privé sold to @joliebox ,consulted @wool-and-the-gang)
Co-founder of @crowd-valley, Advisor at Kapipal. Worked at @bloomberg and British Telecom. MSc in Finance.
Entrepreneur
Consumer growth operator/investor/advisor. Significant experience working and investing in growth stage to public company.
VP Media & Publishers at myThings
Deep understanding of both web/advertising technologies, online and e-commerce business and a passion for start-ups
Co-founder at dijima; Strong product strategy, project management, BI & data analytics background (Aon Hewitt, EMC); Oxford Said Business School MBA 2014.
Worked at @moni-3 • London, @cass-business-school
Interested in Clean Technology
Entrepreneur interested in So/Lo/Mo, built many apps, interested in growth strategies and optimization.
Revenue Hacker
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-
CFO. Experienced in O&G and Shipping. Angel investor.
CMO at TheReadingRoom & SheSaidBeauty Founder. Leadership (Organisational Management) and Digital Strategy roles for over 13 years.
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/
Operational rainmaker with strong business development experience. Expert drone pilot.
Student at LSE, worked at Deloitte and co-founder at Yappie. President of LSE Entrepreneurs Society.
Current: Marketing API Program @ Facebook. Previous: 8 years of startups.
Cambridge & Oxford grad, early team at Betfair, start up co-founder turned investor, stint at Google.
http://nothingifnotcompetitive.wordpress.com/
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
VC, London, UK
http://norrisnode.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
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/
Innovation consultant and entrepreneur. Founder and CEO @ondamove. Founder and Financial Manager @CascinaMora. Innovation Analyst @BIP Financial Services
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
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
Durham CS, Chartered Accountant, Software Developer, Bitcoin Enthusiast
Co-Founder @stackd • Co-Founder @chefler • Founder @startingbloc • Mergers & Acquisitions @dresdner-kleinwort • Studied @northwestern-university-1
http://www.thepeopleshed.com
Intern at Google, Masters in Finance at LBS 2014, Computer Engineering at U of T 2007
http://blog.adamdebowski.com
MD & Founder @E2matic an enterprise class SaaS SEO Platform
I just love creating things, that make a difference
Oregon Duck, Ex-BASC, Ex-Sales at HHC , Traveler, Skateboarder, Blogger, Startup Junkie. Manager at State.com
Founder @syllabontes. Sailor. An autodidact. An eugenicist. And above all, a hacker.
I build. Founded and led "pre-iphone and android app store" start up.
Founder and CEO at @merocrat. Ex-Skype. MBA and MSc.
International level digital media business development exec/COO/CEO
I have proven experience in scaling start ups
Founder Yubyap • Worked at @siemens, @schlumberger • Studied at @harvard-business-school, @hec-paris
Graduate of Entrepreneur First seeking challenging
opportunity with fast growing startup.
Experience in marketing for a Seedcamp startup (BridgeU) located on the Google Campus. Now with Plytech helping market their new website waterproofsystems.co.uk
Co-founder and CEO at @applyed • Worked at @wayra
Senior Vendor Manager @amazon • Co-Founded @officefab, Former MD @rocket Internet • MBA @Kellogg, Economics @Bocconi University
Founder Boston Technologies, @boston-prime • Worked at @fxcm • Studied at @colby-college, @university-of-tasmania
Entrepreneur/startup exec: Former Co-CEO of Linio (Latam Amazon), ex-MD Rocket Internet USA, ex-Mckinsey, HBS MBA
Practice Leader in Technology and Media for Largest Global Expert Network connecting investors with senior industry experts
Co-Founder of Proxly, a platform for building contextually relevant mobile experiences using proximity and context. Alumni of Springboard and Wayra UK.
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
Full Stack Web Developer. Front-end and Back-end Web Development. Ruby on Rails, JS, HTML, CSS, jQuery, AJAX, SQL, Git, AWS, Heroku
Founder @fallingelephant, @startigniter • Partner @taggzy • Worked at @visionmobile, @logicom • Studied at @university-of-bristol, @cardiff-university
http://voulgaris.net
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.
Ex-Chief Strategy Officer @ Tele2 Group. X-Googler (7 years in Operations, Strategic Partnerships & Strategy). LBS MBA2003
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/
@barclays Director of Digital @ebay Product manager @dogwoof Founder. I specialise in scaling digital businesses. Looking for creative start-ups to grow.
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.
Search marketing veteran (12 years exp). UC Berkeley CS, Wharton MBA -- Launched successful venture firm, COO of Internet Start-up, Worked at Microsoft & Yahoo