Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in London.
Founded and exited 7 businesses over 15 yrs. now involved at a venture capital firm called Entreé Capital
Partner @connect-ventures. Focus on early-stage product/design led companies. I led DHTV's investment in @soundcloud and am also an investor in @pact-1, @citymapper and @readwave . Duke Engineering, 2001
http://sitarteli.com
Founder @conversion-capital
Co-Founder of early stage VC, @real-ventures (Montreal, Canada) and an investor in the FounderFuel Accelerator.
Partner at @passion-capital and Co-founder @white-bear-yard (London). Online identities: Eileen Tso, Eileen Broch, Eileen Burbidge
http://catalyses.wordpress.com/
CEO/Director BlueBay Asset Management (London); previously at Morgan Stanley. Cornell Ph.D. Physics
Co-Founder & Partner @seedcamp. Invested in 120+ startups. Worked @vodafone eVentures India, Broadview. @insead-1 MBA, @university-of-pennsylvania Eng & Bus.
Seed and early stage investor at Octopus
General Partner at @london-venture-partners
Partner at Micro-Seed fund @seedcamp, investor in 100+ awesome companies, mobile tech lover & blogger. Alumni of @doughty-hanson-technology-ventures, @nyse Euronext @carnegie-mellon-university, @babson-college
http://www.thedrawingboard.me
Managing Partner at 500 Startups. Ex-Googler & ex-YouTuber. Left-handed. Ballet dancer of ~25 yrs. Go Bears.
http://christinetsai.co
Founder of DSG Consumer Partners (DSGCP), an investment company focusing on identifying, selecting and investing in consumer businesses.
Founder Shopgenie / @kelkoo UK (sold to @yahoo); Founder Crowdstorm (sold to @genieventures); Co-Founder @keynoir (sold to Timeout), Investor in @webtogs.co.uk
http://plus.google.com/111993378229955805496/
Founder @x-ventures, @biggeorge-s-holding • Investor @realty-mogul • Studied at @london-business-school, @nottingham-trent-university MBA, MSc Re, Serial entrepreneur, investor.
Managing partner at @k5vp.and Bayspring Group.
Board Member and Emeritus President at @tech-coast-angels. Passionate product and go-to-market strategist
Partner @initial-capital. Previously: Chairman / co-founder @playfish, co-founder @glumobile
Worked at @mckinsey-company, @sony-pictures-entertainment • Studied at @columbia-university
Partner at Venrex
Founder @passion-capital, @white-bear-yard. First investor and exec chairman @lastfm and @mendeley, named best angel investor in Europe by @techcrunch-europe .
Founder and Managing Partner @white-star-capital • Investor @betaworks, @science, @execution-labs, @bloglovin, @dollar-shave-club
Investor and entrepreneur. Managing Partner @Centralway-AG . Co-founder @Sandbox-Network and Solosso. @lse
Founder wauwaa • Worked at @the-walt-disney-company, @sony-pictures-entertainment
Director at Techstars. Founded Forward Labs, a London-based startup studio. Former entrepreneur.
http://hockestickapps.com
Early Stage UK focussed VC, passionate about Tech and startups. Seed through series A
• • Hustle in my DNA
• • CEO of @justgo
• • Worked at @us-senate @lehman-brothers , @dubai-international-capital , @gi-partners
Early Stage Investor @point-nine-capital
Founder @south-ventures, @ig-business-angels-club-1 and @quanbit. Investor in +15 startups
http://sebastian.quanbit.com/
Founding Partner at Episode 1 Ventures
MBA from Stanford Business School
TechStars investor/mentor, Entrepreneur First investor/mentor, EtonPreneurs founder
Ph.D. quant in financial engineering; CFA, CAIA. Investing in industries such as healthcare, B2C e-commerce and social media. .
Partner @playfair-capital. Entrepreneur at @tractionhub. Co-working space operator @warneryard.
I'm a freckle faced Irish hustler with a rebellious heart! Partner @FrontlineVC & London Ambassador @Sandbox_network
Backing founders of early stage tech-enabled companies with @playfair-capital and @warneryard. Former cancer research PhD.
https://medium.com/@NathanBenaich/
Founder & Owner @socomo, @Borealis IT Ltd • Co-Owner & CTO @masterbranch
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Privately owned investment company specialising in funding early stage technology startups.
Consumer Brands Director at @bazaarvoice, Mentor at @seedcamp, Angel Investor
I personally invest in and help a very small number of entrepreneurs.
Venture capitalist, investor, entrepreneur, writer, boatrocker
Managing Director, Founder at @start-capital
MD at TechStars, Co-Founder of f6s and tech.eu
http://jd.me
Executive Director, Village Capital
Investing in 2 to 3 startups a week via @kima-ventures for $150K each • Worked at @seedcamp, @smarkets • Studied at @ku-leuven • Belgian abroad
Co Founder of Rock E Ventures, investing in technology and hospitality startups in the UK, US, and the Middle East.
CEO & Co-founder at @trafi. ex @inmobi, ex @adform
Venture Partner at Hummingbird Ventures
Investor, Intellectual Property Guru, Smithsonian Laureate CTO at @Majestyk -- founder @instantservice (now Oracle), VirtualOR (now Swedish Medical) -- ingk.com/d
We are an online platform allowing anyone to invest in ambitious, growth-focused businesses. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
http://blog.seedrs.com
Passionate about @consumer-internet @e-commerce @software-1 VC @episode-1 (ex - @partech-ventures @sofinnova-partners ) Prev Entrepreneur @rockin & @asos
http://t.co/Io67LwMkzV
Founder Stimulate Media & Intabank. Advisory Board Nearmap. Former CEO VIAP, SVP Telstra, VP Yahoo!, VP IMG, BSkyB.
http://intabank.com
Board member/Investor @good-co Adviser @whisk-3 Board/Investor @RevolutionWear Board/Investor @Kingfish do Brasil Investor @black Duck Software 3 patents
Member of the Executive Staff at Cisco. Early investor in @powerset (acquired by @microsoft), @parallele (Acquired by Affymetrix).
@savannah-fund Partner & @i-o-ventures EIR. Founded Tanzania's 1st ecommerce travel portal. @microsoft PM (US), in Aerospace Eng (UK). Africa tech. Stanford MBA
http://afrinnovator.com/blog/author/mbwana/
Building Asia's first digital media venture studio
Director of Ad-Ventures @carrot-creative . Before: Corporate Development @ @kit-digital. 4 years: ~100-1500 people, NASDAQ IPO, 12 acquisitions, 4 Secondaries.
http://garysheynkman.com
Operation Manager at @uber FR
CTO/Founder living in London. Co-founded @dealchecker-co-uk (acquired 2011 Easy Voyage), Co-founded @secret-escapes , Co-founded @what-s-in-my-handbag
Founder of Mandalay Media and BGO Entertainment.
Co-Founder @neo Ideo, @goviral • CEO at @ The Huffington Post and Angel investor.
Worked at @hsbc, @bank-of-america • Studied at @tufts-university
Founder of GetPrototyped.com. Head of Digital at MHP in London. Mentor at Techstars and advisor to Kiip and others. Writer for Wired, Mashable and others.
https://medium.com/@eamonncarey
Mr. Smith is the Syndicate Lead for Media Li²ght Entertainment , BitCoin India, Nonlinear Film Technology and The Exchange Visionary Laboratories,
Investor @bird-eye-cam, @agusta-investments.
Vice President at Notion Capital, investing across Europe in the best B2B SaaS companies at Seed & Series A stage
BBC Micro urchin at Acorn; author of the first ARM book; Dot Com survivor at 35; two exits through IPOs: ANT, nCipher; only FTSE CEO with a pony-tail :-)
Co-founder of ActiveHotels (sold to Priceline), former CEO of Priceline Intnll (now Booking.com), Chairman Toptable (sold to Opentable), teach at LBS + INSEAD
Portfolio Analyst & tech enthusiast @seedcamp • Founder & travel addict @tripflr • Alumni @esade @university-of-kent @ernst-and-young @ubs
Serial entrepreneur and seed investor. Co-founder of @rainmaking, @startupbootcamp and 10+ other companies
http://www.carstenkolbek.com
Early stage tech VC @wellington-partners, previously @citymapper, @stylistpick-2, @mckinsey-company . CompSci @university-of-oxford-1
Early Stage VC at Wellington Partners
ex corporate. emerging markets, mobile focussed active angel.
Fintech Angel
- Peer to Peer Finance
- Alternative Lending
- Bitcoin
- Blockchain / Crypto
- Reputation / Identity
Founder @sfilatino, @99 fahrenheit
Ninja who advises and consults tech companies and VC funds among US, EU & Brasil.
Selective Angel investor and lover of binary.
Finance, tech and media. Founder @premia-capital, @node-1. Co-founder @financial-times-tilt @l-o-a-f
COO/Head of Ventures at @archer-gray. Worked at @barclays-investment-bank. Investor in @anthemis-group. Studied at @university-of-maryland-college-park
EiR at VC Fund Majuven
CxO through We Are CxO (www.wearecxo.com)
Co-Founder of @flocations
Invested up to E1.3bn in listed entrepreneurs with AXA IM - Talents
http://floriancornu.blogspot.com/
Filling the gaps @thoboo! Managed portfolio investments @tlabs accelerator (worked with 30+ startups) / ex. strategy consultant / Masters LSE & B.Tech IIT
http://abhimanyugodara.com
@london-school-of-economics @harvard-business-school @boston-consulting-group
Managing Director at Techstars, Founder and CEO of Pictela (sold to AOL), VP at Tacoda (sold to AOL), Board Director Schedulicity, Active angel investor
Co-founder 2dehands.be (acquired by Ebay), TTY, EU1.tv, Adgoji and Searcle.
Entrepreneur and early stage investor.
12 years at IG. Active Angel Investor @simpletax, @jeanography, Capitaine Train, Lot18, carwow, Reqqi, Taximo, Great British Chefs, Handpicked Collection...
Ex-Summit Partners
founded rikimu
Based in London with focus in Real Estate, Banking, Textiles and Tech. Involved in number of Tech investments and keen to invest in start ups
Co-Founder of the school collective
Worked in tech on both engineering & commercial sides, launching products in Aerospace & Mobile, then seed funding startups and Founding my own CTRLio.
CEO of Spades Media. Media buyer, PPC expert, speaker, advisor.
http://www.jimbanks.co
VC MD. 10+ years in professional investing. Venture Partner - DFJ Esprit, Formerly: Radiant/ digito.me/ AtlasVenture/ Imperial/ Enigma/ Wellcome
Cofounded and Invested in The Search Party, Cofounded LawPath, Director of Sales at Spreets which sold for $40 million after 11 months.
The fastest growing network for creative and digital entrepreneurs
Co-founder PriceMetrix Inc. Former President Accretive Advisor. Strategic manager. Fundraising experienced. Financial Services Expert. Ideas, pragmatism & focus
Commercially minded lawyer developed into wide business and operational experience in ecommerce, egaming.
MD at Nesta Investments, early stage innovation fund in UK. VC background at 3i - worked with lots of early stage businesses successes and failures!
I work exclusively with internet dating companies. My team and I have worked with and advised the CEOs of PlentyofFish, @friendster, FriendFinder, TRUE...
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com
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/
Investment adviser and Entrepreneur in Tech, Media and Sport.
Developer (C#.Net) at myCCA.net
Founder / retained adviser @BKAdvisory @clixlex for strategy/market-making/business dev/growth
Prev: @credit-suisse @linklaters
Founder of Lidealist.com, Smartdate, Up&Buzz • 15 years as entrepreneur since 19 • 1 year as an actor, 1 as a writer • Studied at @harvard-business-school, @hec-paris • Member of 6 Boards
http://www.fabriceleparc.com
Founded BytePlay (sold to Zoopla) and Post.fm
Founder Symfonie Capital • Worked at @credit-suisse, @ing • Studied at @tufts-university, @university-of-rochester
CEO of 3 REITs. Computer Science from CMU, Harvard MBA. Solid business background with BCG, JPMorgan and Lazard
Founded Edequal Foundation, now focusing on Right Skills
http://get-transformed.blogspot.co.uk/
Investor, Advisor & Entrepreneur
Founded Ecodesk. Founder, Deepsync. Strong Corporate F500 connections. Harvard BNV, NYU, UCLA
Worked @Oaktree, @Cerberus, @McKinsey, @ml. 3x Entrepreneur. MBA @Wharton.
Combining technology logic, business logic and finance logic. Undecided, if entrepreneur, coach, M&A or finance guy
VC, London, UK
http://norrisnode.com
Now Co-Founder & Managing Director @bystored • Co-Founder & Ex CEO @cronlab • Time @bain-company, @ge-capital • Investor @wizee • Studied @harvard-university, @lund-university
Oxford University, Wealth management @ Goldman Sachs, now @ Caparo Group
Executive and Non Executive Director, Corporate Strategist and Investor. Active in large corporates and start ups. Technology and Consulting specialist.
Founded Beead / Wespread, sold successfully to Ebuzzing in 2013 .
Founded Surikate , leading Mobile Ad company in Europe .
Founder and CEO | @firehost
Founder & Investor @techmeetups, @techstartupjobs @techstarthub
http://techmeetups.com
Founded Markco Media recently acquired by Monitise plc for £55m, also an investor and founder of several other start ups all viewable at www.fuel.ventures
Programme Manager / Management Consultant - founder of a consulting company, e-marketplace and mobile games studio
Hospitality, Real Estate, Food, Sporting Goods, Sports, I Gaming & Big Data.
I develop proof of concept projects in exciting new start up's.
http://www.jamescarstairs.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
Investment banker with 10+ years of experience in M&A, IPOs, debt and structured finance. Strong focus on software, Internet, FIG and consumer sectors.
Current: Marketing API Program @ Facebook. Previous: 8 years of startups.
Advisor in internet start-ups - collaborative businesss and market places