Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in London.
Founder @nuji. Focus on @product-development and @business-operations. Worked at @nokia, @akqa. 1st startup out of high school. 2:1 Master in Business.
Co-Founder & President Mendeley • Worked at @sap, @university-of-cologne • MBA from WHU • Loves latin-american dances • Voted "Best European Founder 2013"
Mentor, Advisor, and Angel. Currently @essence-digital. Formerly in leadership @acquia, @razorfish, @accenture. Built and sold multiple digital agencies.
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
Cofounder of @lovefilm, @secret-escapes and @Fletcher Research; angel investor in @graze , @zoopla , @sport-pursuit , and others
http://Www.wreeve.com
Entrepreneur, product manager, designer, front-end dev. Founder at @lawpal and @socialgo. 10 years experience in startups, SaaS, community, marketing.
Worked at @ariadne-capital, @dn-capital • Studied at @ecole-centrale-paris, @universite-paris-dauphine,
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
Internet geek. I speak: Java, Scala and Python. Sometimes I fly kites.
https://www.twitter.com/groodt
Hacker, investor & serial entrepreneur. Founder & CEO, @hifi. Venture Partner, @dev. Co-founder & CEO, @echospin (acquired '10). VP, Digital, MTV. 6 patents.
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 & Owner @socomo, @Borealis IT Ltd • Co-Owner & CTO @masterbranch
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.
Investor @ Puntclub @lumific
Team @bridgelane-group
Chief Operating Officer & Investor at @datasift Inc
@yahoo
http://www.digital-return.com.au/
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.
Founder Stimulate Media & Intabank. Advisory Board Nearmap. Former CEO VIAP, SVP Telstra, VP Yahoo!, VP IMG, BSkyB.
http://intabank.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.
Adaptable and agile professional who has delivered significant results in a short amount of time at one the UK’s most successful start-ups.
Head of Account Management at programmatic advertising company, ex google, salesforce. Strong relationship building, sales and media experience.
Geek. Open-source enthusiast. CCO @nodejitsu. Founder @thenodefirm & curator @lxjs
http://writings.nunojob.com
Marketing/Analytics/Strategy @twitter @liv-ex & @groupon. I have a strong understanding of marketplaces, consumer tech & the media. LSE Graduate.
http://www.andrewrajanathan.com
Postgraduate student with work experience across North America, London and Hong Kong - seeking full time role for Sept. 2015
Oxford CS with Architecture, Consulting and startup experience; Worked at Accenture, AppNexus
Co-founder at @pick. Early at @yammer. I like working with disruptive technologies and bringing them to market. I enjoy Product & Design.
'COO' & marketer, mentor & advisor. Formerly: Googler, strat consultant, Oxford grad, MBA.
Analyst at EC1 Capital, an early stage $15m web and mobile tech investment firm based in London.
http://www.ec1capital.com/blog
E-Commerce business specialist, with extensive international trading experience.
10+ yrs working with/advising, investing in early stage ventures. Diversified, international business/investment interests. Founder & CEO @ The Upside Club.
Philomath humanitarian technophile polycultural pescetarian atheist. 10 years at @google & @foursquare. Currently General Manager at @citymapper.
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.
Rinkya MFCEO, entrepreneur, resident nerd, techie, otaku, pimp, Ironman
Born & raised in Brooklyn, lived in Tokyo for 11 years, just moved to London.
Currently working as CTO at Wimdu, Rocket Internet in Berlin, Germany
Passionate about @consumer-internet @e-commerce @software-1 VC @episode-1 (ex - @partech-ventures @sofinnova-partners ) Prev Entrepreneur @rockin & @asos
http://t.co/Io67LwMkzV
VP Business Development @workable
http://blog.workable.com/
Product & Operations Director at Resolver. Previously at @busuu-1, @badoo, @mblox • Studied at @university-of-leeds
Run Operations & Finance at @songkick. Worked at @google and OC&C Strategy Consultants • Studied at @university-of-cambridge
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!
I am Social Media & Content Planner at AEG• I have an engineering degree and social media & business analytics experience.
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Hustling generalist looking for new exciting start up opportunities. Worked at onefinestay as a launcher.
Marketing at @wauwaa; Co-founder at thehotsauceclub.com; formerly Euro Ops Manager at FormBay
Passionate about internet, I am an enthusiast for Business Development and marketing strategy
http://www.maxtheswiss.com
Strategy & analytics at MarketInvoice. Finance background (Morgan Stanley). Art interest (Yale Art Gallery). Fluent Mandarin, French. Yale BA 2012, HBS MBA 2018
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
Co-founder & CEO of Workshape.io.
http://hunglee.me
Inhouse Recruiter at @skimlinks
CEO @InstantAPI, Mentor @bitangels First book published on .NET in 2001, various others since.
http://blog.instantapi.co
Analytical manager with experience of designing and managing complex operational businesses. I come complete with engineering degree and consultancy skillset
Scaling fast growing companies through NewGenAngels.
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).
currently Managing Director - Tech / Experience Design / Finance / Team Leadership / Product / Marketing / Operations background
Founder @satago • Worked at @palantir-technologies, @barclays-capital • Studied CS at @imperial-college-london-1
http://www.adamhorner.co.uk
Founder @fundspire • Worked at @accenture, @evestment • Investor @placemeter • Studied at @telecom-paristech
http://cfr.io
Co-founder and COO of Obvious Engineering. I develop and manage technology businesses, creating IP, apps, and products for web and mobile.
Founder & CEO @sorted, Investor @asianbride-me, extensive experience with start ups. great at getting things done, always learning!
http://www.jadesehbat.wordpress.com
Entrepreneurial CFO/COO with significant experience in early stage VC backed businesses.
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 Exec passionate about new technology and companies offering innovate solutions.
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/
Co-founder of @teamup.
Mechanical Engineering University of Bristol/University of Texas at Austin. £20k @university-of-bristol New Enterprise award.
Startups Champion for Collider, an accelerator dedicated to startups which help brands understand, engage with, and sell to customers. Commercial & strat background
Worked at @import.io
http://theshahroz.wordpress.com
Founder @touch-surgery
Healthcare tech entrepreneur
http://www.touch-surgery.com/wordpress/
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/
Customer Happiness Fanatic | Veteran BD, Sales & Marketing Director | Start-up Growth, Community, Operations | Serial Entrepreneur
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
Co-founder at Hassle.com. Strong business & tech background (Accenture). Masters University of Chicago 2005.
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
Early stage tech VC @wellington-partners, previously @citymapper, @stylistpick-2, @mckinsey-company . CompSci @university-of-oxford-1
Founder of Fnatic. Worlds number 1 competitive video gaming brand. Founder of NEVERBLAND, leading London product studio.
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
Investor @wiser-2, @mycirqle
Customers & Community at @pact-1 Uni of Aberdeen MA Politics & IR; Previously worked at @apple
Physicist, entrepreneur and corporate financier; developed a number of successful websites and apps; masters degree in physics; chartered accountant
Founder of FunPuntos and Chuzer • Worked at infosys-technologies, prgx • Studied at oxford-university
Tech Entrepreneur since 1999.
http://neilmorecraft.com
http:/marcogiunta.com/about
http://marcogiunta.com/blog
COO. Strong technical, finance and product background.
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
Experienced startup founder and CEO with strong leadership, business development and monetisation know-how.
Biomedical engineer, doctor, research scientist
Hands-on strategist - atypical MBA
Validate Innovation Ideas Early-on
Get to Product-Market Fit Faster
COO - Make Things Happen
http://pretotype.co.uk
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
Cofounded and Invested in The Search Party, Cofounded LawPath, Director of Sales at Spreets which sold for $40 million after 11 months.
Founder and CEO @digit-game-studios • CEO @jolt-online, Sr Exec @jagex • Advisor to various VCs/Boards/Startups
Founder of @unioncy. Strongly execution focused serial entrepreneur. Worked at @rocket-internet, @wimdu-gmbh-deleted, @philips, and @ericsson
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
Growth & Venture Capital since 2007
Business development for private and government organizations. Co-founder of HeySuccess LTD, in charge of operations and finances.
British corporate finance professional. Strong international business background - worked in Investment Banking at @goldman-sachs in both London and New York
Founder / CEO of Startup Crowdfunding. Entrepreneur and finance professional with a decade of experience in investment banking, private equity & start-ups.
Product Leader (prev. Motorola / Google), Advertising Expert, Doer & Achiever, Mobile Pioneer, 'The un-comfort zone is my elixir'
Business Development & Operations @spatch
Start-up ops and finance specialist. Reformed E&Y accountant. Likes spreadsheets. Neophile. @bookingbug. Amateur Mixologist. Mentor.
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/
Worked at @moni-3 • London, @cass-business-school
Currently at Citymapper, previously @techhub. Operations, community & social. Soft spot for startups. Past = events, music, tv and radio. Still do voiceovers.
Co-founder of @crowd-valley, Advisor at Kapipal. Worked at @bloomberg and British Telecom. MSc in Finance.
Revenue Hacker
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
VP Media & Publishers at myThings
Deep understanding of both web/advertising technologies, online and e-commerce business and a passion for start-ups
Interested in Clean Technology
Adventurer, start-upper, getter-of-things-done.
CFO. Experienced in O&G and Shipping. Angel investor.
Operational rainmaker with strong business development experience. Expert drone pilot.
Co-founder at dijima; Strong product strategy, project management, BI & data analytics background (Aon Hewitt, EMC); Oxford Said Business School MBA 2014.
Founder & CEO of moKee • Currently Fundraising • Strong Operational back ground (founded Boudoir privé sold to @joliebox ,consulted @wool-and-the-gang)
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/
Entrepreneur interested in So/Lo/Mo, built many apps, interested in growth strategies and optimization.
Entrepreneur
Consumer growth operator/investor/advisor. Significant experience working and investing in growth stage to public company.
Student at LSE, worked at Deloitte and co-founder at Yappie. President of LSE Entrepreneurs Society.
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-
CMO at TheReadingRoom & SheSaidBeauty Founder. Leadership (Organisational Management) and Digital Strategy roles for over 13 years.
COO/Co Founder of @mediabadger and Founder of @working-space-digital-labs. 15+ years experience in the digital space.
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
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
Founder @syllabontes. Sailor. An autodidact. An eugenicist. And above all, a hacker.
Oregon Duck, Ex-BASC, Ex-Sales at HHC , Traveler, Skateboarder, Blogger, Startup Junkie. Manager at State.com
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
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
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
VC, London, UK
http://norrisnode.com
I just love creating things, that make a difference
Multichannel Strategy and Planning Director at Underwired >> Multichannel CRM agency
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/
Founder and CEO at @merocrat. Ex-Skype. MBA and MSc.
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/
Current: Marketing API Program @ Facebook. Previous: 8 years of startups.
I build. Founded and led "pre-iphone and android app store" start up.
MD & Founder @E2matic an enterprise class SaaS SEO Platform
International level digital media business development exec/COO/CEO
Innovation consultant and entrepreneur. Founder and CEO @ondamove. Founder and Financial Manager @CascinaMora. Innovation Analyst @BIP Financial Services
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
Search marketing veteran (12 years exp). UC Berkeley CS, Wharton MBA -- Launched successful venture firm, COO of Internet Start-up, Worked at Microsoft & Yahoo
Graduate of Entrepreneur First seeking challenging
opportunity with fast growing startup.
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.
I have proven experience in scaling start ups
Founder Yubyap • Worked at @siemens, @schlumberger • Studied at @harvard-business-school, @hec-paris
Experience in marketing for a Seedcamp startup (BridgeU) located on the Google Campus. Now with Plytech helping market their new website waterproofsystems.co.uk
Full Stack Web Developer. Front-end and Back-end Web Development. Ruby on Rails, JS, HTML, CSS, jQuery, AJAX, SQL, Git, AWS, Heroku
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/
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.
Co-Founder of Proxly, a platform for building contextually relevant mobile experiences using proximity and context. Alumni of Springboard and Wayra UK.
Ex-Chief Strategy Officer @ Tele2 Group. X-Googler (7 years in Operations, Strategic Partnerships & Strategy). LBS MBA2003
@barclays Director of Digital @ebay Product manager @dogwoof Founder. I specialise in scaling digital businesses. Looking for creative start-ups to grow.
Entrepreneur/startup exec: Former Co-CEO of Linio (Latam Amazon), ex-MD Rocket Internet USA, ex-Mckinsey, HBS MBA
Founder Boston Technologies, @boston-prime • Worked at @fxcm • Studied at @colby-college, @university-of-tasmania
Co-founder and CEO at @applyed • Worked at @wayra
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
Founder @fallingelephant, @startigniter • Partner @taggzy • Worked at @visionmobile, @logicom • Studied at @university-of-bristol, @cardiff-university
http://voulgaris.net