Best Startup
At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top London based CEO’ operating in the Internet of Things space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Oliver Oram
Founder & CEO of Chainvine
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About Chainvine: Next Generation Enterprise Systems / Identity Access Management (IAM) / Technology Providers Blockchain
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Matthew O’Riordan
CEO & Co-founder of Ably Realtime
A serial entrepreneur and seasoned developer with over 15 years of hands-on development experience. Matthew co-founded Econsultancy (http://econsultancy.com), a global digital marketing publishing, training and research business, with Ashley Friedlein and exited via a £25m trade sale to Centaur Media plc in 2012. Matthew was Co-founder and Technical Director of Aqueduct (http://aqueduct.co.uk), a leading digital agency in London and Founder of easyBacklog (http://easybacklog.com), a SaaS agile backlog management tool. Matthew was also founder of Lemon Studios http://lemonstudioslondon.com/ in 2016, a serviced office for digital marketing and technology companies in London.
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About Ably Realtime, easyBacklog, Open API Initiative: Ably is the platform to power synchronized digital experiences in realtime.
Christian Lane
Founder and CEO of Smarter
As the CEO of Smarter, Christian Lane is a seven-time award-winning Entrepreneur and has over 15 years experience in building successful companies. As a retail expert, Christian was mentored by Theo Paphitis via an investment in his first company which revolutionised design and acquired listings in thousands of stores worldwide. Now on a mission to connect the future of buying groceries, Christian has secured retail listings with the world’s largest retailers to deliver a new way of shopping. “Our technology has enabled a traditional industry to grow as the future is based on the connection between people”. Smarter is now a leading connected home company and has been voted by ‘Tech Track’ as one of the fastest growing startups in London.
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About Smarter: Smarter develops connected kitchen products that bridge the gap between the traditional and smart kitchen.
Alexandros Marinos
Founder & CEO of Balena
Alexandros Marinos is the Founder & CEO at resin.io
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About Balena: Balena is a complete set of tools for building, deploying, and managing fleets of connected IoT devices.
Ales Spetic
Co-founder & CEO of Klevio
Aleš Špetič is a co-founder and CEO of Klevio, a startups working on platform for managing access. Previously he ran a hardware startup that built and shipped its first product to over 50 countries worldwide from Ljubljana, Slovenia without traditional or crowd funding. Previously he cofounded and ran Zemanta, one of the first successful East European startups. Even though he holds an MBA and has extensive managerial experience in IT companies of different sizes, he started his career with a computer science degree and an O’Reilly book on SQL programing. He’s also Slovenia’s Digital Champion, a father, food and wine enthusiast, and a certified pastry chef.
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About Klevio, Koto Labs: Klevio lets users open doors and share their virtual keys using a smartphone.
Martin Blinder
Founder and CEO of Tictrac
Martin is an Internet and Digital Health entrepreneur with a focus on consumer web. He is co-founder and CEO of Tictrac, a leading Connected Health platform that engages people in their health, through their data. Tictrac is at the forefront of the consumerization of healthcare, centralizing an otherwise fragmented sector around the consumer, under the credo: consumer engagement is the key to better health outcomes. Tictrac won Best New Company at Health 2.0 in 2012. Martin was named among the 15 most influential in Digital Health, and has been featured in Wired, NYT, BBC, CNBC, Fortune, Mashable, Wall Street Journal, among others. He is also an active member of YPO, London chapter. Prior to Tictrac, Martin cofounded one of the first online financial services sites in Europe and has advised Prime Ministers and other state officials on innovation, foreign direct investment and entrepreneurship.
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About Tictrac: Tictrac is a connected health platform that engages people in their health through their data.
Dan Hubert
CEO & Founder of AppyWay
Dan initially founded AppyParking after experiencing first-hand the pain of parking caused by a fragmented and broken market when trying to park near the Royal Albert Hall for a concert. From this was born the AppyParking mobile app, but more questions quickly arose… What if we could digitise parking spaces? And not just spaces – but all of the UK’s kerbs? What opportunities would that unlock? How could a digitised, dynamic kerb not only meet the ever-growing demands of urban transport today – but shape that of tomorrow? From that lightbulb moment onwards, Dan was hooked and with AppyWay, he’s leading the charge to help cities thrive, from the kerb up.
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About AppyWay: AppyWay is a kerbside management & technology firm enabling intelligent mobility for cities.
Nigel Chadwick
Founder and CEO of Stream Technologies
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About Stream Technologies: Stream Technologies is a pioneer in machine-to-machine communications and the Internet of Things.
Mark Read
CEO of WPP
Mark Read is the CEO at WPP Digital. Mark was appointed a director in March 2005. He is chief executive of WPP Digital, and was previously WPP’s Director of Strategy.Mark is a director of CHI&Partners. Mark worked at WPP between 1989 and 1995 in both parent company and operating company roles.Prior to rejoining WPP in 2002, Mark was a principal at the consultancy firm of Booz-Allen & Hamilton and founded and developed the company WebRewards in the UK. Mark is a trustee of the Natural History Museum Development Trust.
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About WPP: WPP creates transformative ideas and outcomes for its clients through an integrated offer of communications, commerce, and technology.
Ralph Steffens
Chief Executive Officer of Truphone
Ralph Steffens is CEO at TruPhone. Steffens has held senior positions at some of the world’s leading telecoms companies, including NBN Co Limited, BT, Colt Telecom and most recently, Reliance Jio Infocom, heading up operations in various regions including Europe, India and Australia.
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About Truphone: A global leader in digital connectivity software
Daniel P Dykes
CEO of Aeotec
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About Aeotec: Creators of home automation products and specialists in Z-Wave, Aeon Labs offers a broad range of IoT accessories under its Aeotec brand.
Paul Drayson
Chairman and CEO of Drayson Technologies Group
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About Drayson Technologies Group, Sensyne Health: Drayson Technologies is an Internet of Things (IoT) platform that uses wireless charging technology and machine learning software.
Stuart Waplington
Chief Executive Officer of theprintspace
Stuart founded theprintspace in 2007 to make premium art printing accessible to everyone. He drives the vision and keeps us all striving for ever greater things.
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About theprintspace: theprintspace also have a central London gallery which hosts regular exhibitions with partners and organisations ranging.
Gary Cottle
CEO of Metrikus
Gary has been involved in real estate for the last 20 years both professionally and personally. Professionally, he has been responsible for originating, structuring, arranging, financing, and risk managing multi billion-pound Real Estate backed portfolios over the last decade. Gary was previously EMEA Head of Global Markets at Nomura with a $120bn investment portfolio, and more than 1,000 front office professionals across Trading, Structuring, Origination and Sales.
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About Metrikus: Metrikus is a smart building platform that integrates sensors to create more sustainable, healthy, and productive places to live and work.
William B.
Co-founder & CEO of Doordeck
Co-Founder & CEO at Doordeck
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About Doordeck: Doordeck replaces traditional proximity cards with your smartphone.
Paul Sheedy
CEO & Founder of Unifi.id
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About Reward Technology, Unifi.id: Unifi.id is digital engagement through our Smart card long-range card detection, data interrogation and communication protocols.
Cyrille Najjar
CEO of Sensio Air
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About HIAGO Inc., Sensio Air, White sur White: Sensio Air is a healthcare analytics company that helps people with asthma and allergy predict prevent and manage their symptoms.
Jozef Wallis
Group Chief Executive Officer of Terraprima Group
17 years of Digital Adtech, Business Development, Start-up and Executive Management experience.
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About Terraprima Group: Terraprima Group specializes in design, development, marketing, and distribution of IoT solutions.
Miloš Milisavljević
CEO of Strawberry energy
Miloš Milisavljević is a Founder & CEO at Strawberry energy.
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About Serbian Association of Managers, Strawberry energy: Strawberry energy develops smart green urban devices in order to improve our everyday lives in cities.
Yodit Stanton
Founder and CEO of OpenSensors
Software and Data engineer working to helping people understand their physical space. Currently growing OpenSensors. OpenSensors aggregates data from a variety of sensors for the next generation of smart Building Management Systems. Our dashboards help you make the most effective use of your office space. With experience in helping more than 100 companies to combine data from new workplace sensors seamlessly, interoperating it with existing and familiar mobile and desktop systems, we aim to give you a fully comprehensive overview.
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About OpenSensors: OpenSensors is an internet of things company that builds a connected world that puts people first.
Tim Horlick
Chief Executive Officer of Sensify
Tim qualified as a chartered accountant with Price Waterhouse & Co. in London and then spent 14 years in investment banking as a Director of Kleinwort Benson Limited and Chief Operating Officer of European Investment Banking for Salomon Brothers International. He holds a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of Oxford, and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Over the last 15 years Tim has played an important role in technology venture capital, having set up and managed a venture capital business focused on enabling technologies for the mobile internet including 802.11 technologies, telco mediation software and RFID software and hardware solutions. The move to Bitcoin and Blockchain technology was a natural progression into Fintech, the next frontier of innovation. He was an early believer in the potential of Bitcoins to both appreciate in value, and to shake up the financial and technology sector.
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About Bitcoin Global Capital™, Sensify: Sensify provides IoT solutions designed to remotely track, monitor, trace, control, manage, verify, and secure fixed and mobile assets.
Amit Pate
Founder & CEO of Snaptivity
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About Snaptivity: Snaptivity is a stadium tech that drives fan engagement by capturing key moments of events using AI, IoT sensors, and robotic cams.
Patrick Beraud
Founder & CEO of bemoir
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About bemoir: Bemoir is a social media platform that enables its users to share their stories with photos and videos.
Sharon Costi
CEO of Decology
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About Decology: Decology is an interior design platform that helps anyone design & furnish their perfect home.
Daniel Ng
CEO of CyberOwl
Dan was Associate Director at KPMG, where he focused on the Defence, Security, and Industrial sectors. During that time, he worked extensively developing propositions, market entry and commercial strategies for global security, defense, technology and engineering companies such as Northrop Grumman, Atos, and BP. Dan is also Chair of a Working Group at the IoT Security Foundation, a non-profit working towards establishing principles and improving capability globally for IoT security.
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About CyberOwl: CyberOwl offers an early warning system for cyber attacks through real-time monitoring of high value targets for malicious behavior.
Mark Nicholson
Co-founder & CEO of Vivacity Labs
Mark has overall responsibility for the strategic direction of Vivacity. Mark co-founded Vivacity Labs with Yang Lu & Peter Mildon, who met while designing, manufacturing and racing a road-legal solar-powered car. Subsequently, Mark worked at a top-tier strategy consultancy, supporting board-level decisions at a range of household brands, including Pizza Express and Hertz. Now, Mark combines his technical and commercial experience with a passion for bringing artificial intelligence to the transport systems we all use every day.
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About Vivacity Labs: Vivacity Labs makes intelligent cameras to gather transport data, using the latest machine learning & computer vision techniques.
Hellen Bowey
CEO & Co-founder of Alcove
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About Alcove: Alcove is an internet-of-things powered care technology ecosystem pioneering independent living for older and disabled adults.
Nektarios Liolios
Co-Founder and CEO of Startupbootcamp InsurTech London
Co-founder & Managing Director of Startupbootcamp FinTech, the leading innovation program in the financial industry, providing funding, mentorship, office space in the heart of London and access to a global network of investors and VCs, for up to 10 selected FinTech startups. More than 15 years in the business, they last three with Innotribe, SWIFT’s initiative to enable collaborative innovation and running the Innotribe Startup Challenge. Driven by entrepreneurship, collaboration and the desire to transform the financial industry. Global nomad, travel geek, sneaker freaker.
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About Startupbootcamp FinTech Singapore, Startupbootcamp InsurTech London: Startupbootcamp InsurTech is the leading accelerator focused on insurance innovation.
Aalok Y Shukla
Co-Founder & CEO of Straight Teeth Direct
Aalok Y Shukla is the CEO and Co-Founder of Straight Teeth Direct.
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About Straight Teeth Direct: Straight TeethDirect to consumer teledentistry platform that connects users to online dentists globally enabling low cost.
Rafael Jorda Siquier
Founder and CEO of Open Cosmos
As CEO and co-founder, Rafael leads the Open Cosmos team. From leading the team to deliver the first satellite mission within eight months, to managing the expanding team and range of customers today, Rafael has overseen the overall company strategy and directed its execution, all while working towards the original mission of democratizing access to space. After studying aerospace engineering at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in Barcelona and completing an MBA, Rafael has worked at large corporations, such as Airbus Defence and Space, as well as small, innovative space start-ups. His desire to make space more accessible led him to develop Open Cosmos while at the prestigious Entrepreneur First incubator program in July 2015. For his work leading Open Cosmos, Rafael has been recognized most recently as Entrepreneur of the Year 2018 by EuroConsult.
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About Open Cosmos: Open Cosmos provides simple and affordable space missions.
Neale Foster
CEO of Access
Dr Neale Foster is the CEO of ACCESS Europe. In this capacity, he ensures that the company develops software solutions that enable broadcasters, operators, consumer electronics manufacturers and car manufacturers to connect the connected entertainment, automotive and smart home worlds to successfully launch new business models and consumer services that cater to all screens, including connected cars and IoT enabled devices. An experienced public speaker, Neale has spoken at a variety of events dedicated to connected entertainment. Most recently, he was a judge at the CES innovation awards 2019. Neale holds a PhD in helicopter digital control systems.
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About Access, Indra Renewable Technologies: ACCESS provides of software to the mobile and beyond-PC markets.
Silvio Di Crosta
CEO of Domotz
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About Domotz: Remote Monitoring & Management in an IoT World.
Pedro Nuñez Porras
Founder and CEO of Eskesso
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About Eskesso: Eskesso is smart sous vide cooking appliance and cloud platform.
Gabriel Jacobson
Co-founder & CEO of Valerann
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About Valerann: Valerann empowers road network operators and creates certainty through data – to save lives, reduce congestion and decrease emissions
Iftikhar Ahmad Dar
CEO of ZIN TECHNOLOGIES
A Professional Who successfully led IoT/M2M SaaS/PaaS vision & strategy for one of the world’s largest MVNOs with more than 3 million global IoT/M2M deployments with fortune 500 companies to SMEs. My focus has always been by bringing value for end customer, competitive edge, transparency, scale and resilience into IoT/M2M Platform. A significant role played to bring 30% YoY growth in Wyless. An Entrepreneur Who founded a technology company back in 2007 to help its global partners achieve their IoT/M2M growth goals faster and at low price. A Leader Who dreams big, strategize and then put structured effort to achieve it for the better.
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About ZIN TECHNOLOGIES: Since 2007, We are successfully delivering for our customers in IoT | M2M | APIs | Mobile Apps | Software Development | Dedicated Staff.
Fred de Haro
CEO & Co-Founder of Pycom
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About Pycom: The world’s most integrated IoT Platform
Nils Mattisson
CEO & Co-founder of Minut
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About Minut: Minut is a computer software company that specializes in product design, hardware, electronics, software, IoT, and smart home.
Dave Watson
CEO and Founder of Trendalyze
Dave Watson is CTO and Co-Founder of Trendalyze and works on developing the database search and analytics platform for various IoT projects. He holds number of UK and US patents and has led engineering in database middleware, OLAP and time series databases in the past.
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About Trendalyze: Trendalyze is a cloud-based time patterns, motif search, analysis, and monitoring platform for healthcare IoT data.
Ales Teska
CEO of TeskaLabs
Owner of SeaCat.
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About LibertyAces, SeaCat, TeskaLabs: TeskaLabs is a mobile application security provider.
Miroslav Kovac
Founder, CEO of Coffee Cloud
CEO at Coffee Cloud.
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About Coffee Cloud: Coffee Cloud, IOT Software Analytics for professional HoReCa coffee industry
Roisin Meehan
CEO and Founder of Verifoxx
Róisín Meehan is the CEO and Founder of Verifoxx.
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About Verifoxx: Verifoxx is an AIoT blockchain company that enables easy and secure identity verification of customers.
William Makant
Co-Founder and CEO of Plumis
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About Plumis: Intelligence in the fabric of every building
Andrew Kron
CEO of Unet
I have an ability to create complex IT projects, that’s what i do.
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About Unet: Unet helps businesses stay in touch with customers.
Dan Collier
Co-Founder, Director of Sales and Strategy & CEO of ElevateDirect.com
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About ElevateDirect.com: Productivity enhancement tool for recruitment across all workforce categories
Richard Hancock
Chief Executive Officer of Blue Maestro
Richard Hancock joined Blue Maestro as Chief Executive Officer in 2012.
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About Blue Maestro: Environment and health monitoring solutions from developing innovative Bluetooth devices to hosting a cloud platform for sensor telemetrics.
Jim McCoy
Founder/CEO of Q-Branch Labs
Jim McCoy joined Q-Branch Labs as Founder/CEO in 2016.
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About Q-Branch Labs: Cybersecurity protection for remote and work from home employees
Pauline Issard
CEO & Co-Founder of Trackener
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About Trackener: Trackener is revolutionising the equine care with data and technology.
Joe HQ Luong
CEO of Crypta Labs
Joe is the CEO of Crypta Labs, an IoT security startup that is developing a quantum-based encryption chip and software to secure the Internet of Things, Prior to Crypta Labs, Joe Co-founded iProsper Media (a marketing agency and advertising platform focusing on Financial Services). Joe also founded financial websites MyEggNest, FinanceNews, and PensionCalculator. Joe is also an active advisory member for several UK tech Start-ups.
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About Crypta Labs: Crypta Labs is an award winning Mobile and IoT Security company.
Richard Vilton
CEO and Co-Founder of Emu Analytics
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About Emu Analytics: Emu Analytics provides real-time geospatial analytics and visualisation software for IoT, Smart Cities and Digital Twins.
Richard Vilton
CEO and Co-Founder of Emu Analytics
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About Emu Analytics: Emu Analytics provides real-time geospatial analytics and visualisation software for IoT, Smart Cities and Digital Twins.
Andreas Constantinou
CEO & Founder of VisionMobile
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About VisionMobile: VisionMobile is the leading analyst firm in the developer economy.
Marcin Piatkowski
Founder & CEO of JIVR
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About JIVR: JIVR is a hassle-free commuting bike, allowing you to enjoy the benefits of cycling, without any lifestyle compromises.
