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 Birmingham based Founder operating in the E-Commerce space. If you think a Founder 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.
Nick Holzherr
Founder & CEO of Whisk
Whisk helps turn food inspiration into meals on the table, through software that makes the process seamless for users. Nick now leads Whisk at Samsung NEXT, Samsung’s software and innovation division. Before Whisk was acquired by Samsung in March 2019, Whisk had grown from a team of 2 to 32, integrating the world’s largest food ecosystem players in the US, UK, Australia and Germany. As a serial entrepreneur, Nick raised over $2m in VC funding to first found Whisk after pitching Whisk.com to Lord Sugar in the final of the BBC Apprentice 2012, where he achieved the series’ best task-win record. In 2017 Nick was awarded an honorary doctorate from Aston University. Nick and his businesses have been featured in leading publications including Newsweek, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The BBC and The Next Web.
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About Air, Samsung NEXT, Whisk: Whisk powers the creation, discovery, personalization, and monetization of food content online, in-store, and at home.
Ben Francis
Founder and Owner of Gymshark
Ben Francis is the owner and founder of Gymshark.
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About Gymshark: Gymshark is an online retailer and technology company of fitness apparel and accessories brands.
Melissa Snover
Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Board Member of Nourished
Melissa Snover CEO and founder of Nourished.
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About Goody Good Stuff, Nourished: Nourished provides a customized nutrition product that uses patented 3D printing technology to create bespoke gummy vitamins on demand.
Stephen Vlahos
Founder of Gratsi
Co-Founder of Bellhops & Gratsi. Investor in Popchew & Ubiquitous Influence
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About Bellhop, Gratsi: Direct to Consumer Wine
Aidan Burley
Co-Founder & former CEO of Friction Free Shaving
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About Friction Free Shaving: UK razor delivery service designed exclusively for women.
Sarah Eaglesfield
Founder & Owner of OwnersAbroad.org
In her spare time, SARAH runs OwnersAbroad.org, a website advertising holiday rental properties around the world, Trophymaker.co.uk, a webshop for trophies, and ChileVibe, a music magazine website about nightlife in Chile. She also recently created ThroneRushHelp.com – a strategy website for players of Throne Rush. Sarah’s latest big project is NervousDating.com, a website developed to help nervous people actually go on dates instead of feeling too nervous to do so.
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About OwnersAbroad.org: Owners Abroad is a Primary/Secondary company located in 6900 S Orange Blossom Trl # 43, Orlando, Florida, United States.
