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 Bristol based Founder operating in the Security 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.
Nigel Smart
Co-Founder of Unbound Security
Nigel Smart work on the interface of public key cryptography and cryptographic protocols. I am interested mainly in looking at how to turn theoretical constructions into practical reality, and how these can then be leveraged to solve real world problems. In the last five years my work has focused around methods to compute on encrypted data; in particular Multi-Party Computation and Fully Homomorphic Encryption. Previously I have worked on key agreement protocols, pairing based cryptography and elliptic curve based cryptography.
Follow Nigel Smart:
About International Association for Cryptologic Research, Unbound Security: Unbound Security providing protection for cryptographic keys and credentials, even in the presence of a network and server breach.
Chris Erven
CEO and Co-Founder of KETS Quantum Security
Chris Erven(CEO & Founder) has been thinking about the commercial application of quantum encryption for over 12 years since he started building these systems experimentally. He has commercial start-up experience with QuSpin Inc., in Canada and is currently Deputy Director of the Quantum Technology Enterprise Centre at the University of Bristol.
Follow Chris Erven:
About KETS Quantum Security: KETS Quantum Security is developing a range of future-proof, cost-effective technologies for quantum-secured communications.
Philip Sibson
CTO and Co-Founder of KETS Quantum Security
Philip is arguably the world leader in integrated photonic systems for quantum communications. He is the lead developer behind the world’s first chip-to-chip QKD demonstration and the main inventor on both of KETS’ patents. He is a QTEC alumni fellow and a key contributor to the UK’s Quantum Communications Hub.
Follow Philip Sibson:
About KETS Quantum Security: KETS Quantum Security is developing a range of future-proof, cost-effective technologies for quantum-secured communications.
Jake Kennard
Technical Sales Director and Co-Founder of KETS Quantum Security
Jake has 10 years of applied integrated quantum optics and industrial research experience. He is passionate about taking KETS’ technology to market and has quickly developed a multi-award winning pitch. A former post-doctoral researcher at the University of Bristol’s Quantum Engineering Technology Labs, he is an expert in integrated quantum photonics and communications and a key contributor to the UK’s Quantum Communications Hub.
Follow Jake Kennard:
About KETS Quantum Security: KETS Quantum Security is developing a range of future-proof, cost-effective technologies for quantum-secured communications.
Tom Griffin
Director and Co-Founder of Ripjar
Follow Tom Griffin:
About Ripjar: Ripjar is a data intelligence company that transforms global institutions ability to manage strategic risks.
Vassilis Seferidis
Co-Founder & CEO of Zeetta Networks
Vassilis has more than 25 years of experience in the Telecom and Consumer Electronics (CE) industries mainly in Strategic Business Planning and Development roles. Before co-founding Zeetta Networks, Vassilis was VP of European Business Development for Samsung Electronics responsible for driving revenue growth and strategic development of the company’s Consumer Electronics business in Europe. Prior to Samsung, he held senior management positions with British Telecom, Toshiba Information Systems, Philips Electronics, and British Standards Institute. During 2006-2009 he was the CTO of QIO Systems Inc., a pioneer in wearable electronics based in New York City. Vassilis holds a BSc and MSc from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, a PhD in Electronic Systems Engineering from Essex University and an MBA from Cass Business School, University of London. In 2011 he was included in Euro50, a list of Europe’s 50 most influential people in Broadband &Telecoms industries.
Follow Vassilis Seferidis:
About Zeetta Networks: Zeetta Networks simplifies the monitoring, management and automation of complex ICT networks
Reza Nejabati
Co Founder, Director of Zeetta Networks
Reza is currently a Senior Lecturer in Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Bristol, UK. Prior to moving into academia he worked in project management and network architecture roles with leading telecom vendors. Reza has over fifteen years of experience in the field of telecommunication and computer science and has been actively involved in SDN and Network Function Virtualisation (NFV) standardisation. He has made important and pioneering contributions to the research fields of Optical Networking, Software Defined Networking, Network & Data Centre Infrastructure Virtualization, Grid Networking and Large Scale Future Internet Experimentation. He has co-/authored over 150 peer reviewed papers and three SDN standardisation documents.
Follow Reza Nejabati:
About University of Bristol, Zeetta Networks: Zeetta Networks simplifies the monitoring, management and automation of complex ICT networks
Carl Shaw
Founder of Cerberus Security Laboratories
Carl has over 25 years experience of designing, developing, analysing and securing embedded system hardware and software for military and consumer electronics. An experienced entrepreneur, he was co-founder of MathEmbedded Ltd., a well-respected company providing advanced embedded software development services globally in which he also built a software security capability and analysed the security vulnerabilities of a wide range of products. Prior to that, Carl was Technical Leader of the Linux OS team at STMicroelectronics, a global silicon manufacturer. In that role he ran a multinational team that supported customers with complex issues and developed the Linux OS on embedded and proprietary chip architectures. He also developed low-level security software and worked alongside the hardware security architects to ensure that next generation hardware security features could work effectively with complex operating systems. In the past he has also designed embedded system PCBs, programmed too many CPUs of all shapes and sizes to remember, worked in big-data analysis and signal processing and gained a Ph.D. in astrophysics. A regular speaker at events, he is particularly interested in security vulnerabilities at the hardware / software boundary.
Follow Carl Shaw:
About Cerberus Security Laboratories: Cerberus Security Laboratories is a business that is focused on delivering leading edge embedded system security for connected IoT devices.
Osman Mogga
Co-Founder of iDentiMob
Osman Mogga is the Co-Founder at iDentiMob.
Follow Osman Mogga:
About iDentiMob: iDentiMob is a mobile identity application that can verify the age and identity of individuals giving the company needing verification.
Osman Mogga
Co-Founder of iDentiMob
Osman Mogga is the Co-Founder at iDentiMob.
Follow Osman Mogga:
About iDentiMob: iDentiMob is a mobile identity application that can verify the age and identity of individuals giving the company needing verification.
