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 United Kingdom based Founder operating in the Sales 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.
Michael Raven
Founder of Blazon Agency
Michael Raven is Founder & Managing Director of Blazon Agency. Michael has had Two Startup exits, and has ran 70 Agency Campaigns across Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and direct launches, actively participating in the raising of over $115M+ for his extensive list of clients.
Follow Michael Raven:
About Blazon Agency: The Brand Launch Agency
_______
Alizay Saeed
Co-Founder and CFO of VavaCars
Alizay Saeed is the Co-Founder and CFO at VavaCars.
Follow Alizay Saeed:
About VavaCars: VavaCars is an online used car transaction platform
Qamar Aziz
Founder & CEO of SalesSeek
Follow Qamar Aziz:
About CloudApps, Opsview, SalesSeek, Traackr: All-in-one business CRM platform and hub for your customer data.
Paul Black
Co-Founder & CEO of Sales-i
At sales-i though, Paul Black sets the company’s technical direction and spearheads business and sales partnerships. Paul is heavily involved in defining the company’s marketing strategy and technical delivery of sales-i. To top that all off, Paul is a complete adrenaline junkie and he’s really in his element burning rubber around a racetrack. Paul competes regularly on the international racing stage and yes, we all get to go and cheer him on!
Follow Paul Black:
About Sales-i: sales-i transforms the way manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors work.
Kevin Beales
Founder & CEO of Refract
Follow Kevin Beales:
About Altitude Angel, Refract: Coachable insight on every rep on every call, using AI to highlight what aligns with success & your top performers, & coach decisive moments
Richard H Harris
Group CEO, Founder of Ensygnia
Richard is known as a hands-on, technology entrepreneur with a track record of building and transforming early-stage technology companies such as Ensygnia, Swivel Secure, Mobix, SAVortex, Clearswift and Tumbleweed. As Chief Executive and a founder of Ensygnia, Richard conceptualised and patented a visual alternative to NFC called Onescan. Ensygnia’s Onescan platform enables a consumer to go from looking to buying in under 10s from first contact – including new customers! At the Mobile World Congress over 1500 industry leaders voted Onescan as one of top 3 the innovations most likely to have the greatest impact on the mobile industry over the next ten years! Ensygnia beat tough competition from AirWatch, CloudX, Metrical and SpatialBuzz to win the Mobile Industry Awards 2014: Best Use of Software. In his spare time, he enjoys Ceroc & Scuba, is a campaigner for the rights of vulnerable adults and mental health issues when possible working with Zacchaeus 2000 Trust and Mental Health Research UK as well as mentoring Nicholas Fearn a young man with Asperger’s. Also enjoys mucking around with molten glass, composing music, painting and digital art.
Follow Richard H Harris:
About Ensygnia: Ensygnia delivers integration Platform as a Service for large payment companies and corporations deploying omnichannel solutions
Alistair Russell
Co-Founder/CTO of tray.io
Alistair Russell is the co-founder and CTO of Tray.
Follow Alistair Russell:
About tray.io: Tray.io provides a cloud-based software integration platform for automators.
Greg Toner
CFO and Co-Founder of SalesRight
A CPA based out of London, Ontario, Greg has been working as a startup CFO for the past several years. He specializes in working with early to growth stage startups and has been critical to the success of many SaaS companies throughout Canada. Greg straps on his skis and hits the slopes often, but always saves time to spend with his two children.
Follow Greg Toner:
About SalesRight: SalesRight helps SaaS sales teams close deals faster through Interactive Live Quotes.
Jamila Jamani
CEO and Founder of Modist
Jamila Jamani is the founder and CEO of Modist. She is also a business development director at Village Supermarket Ltd. Jamila holds a master’s degree in fashion and luxury brand management.
Follow Jamila Jamani:
About Modist: Modist is a digital platform that gives sales teams one access point to e-commerce, client, inventory, and digital marketing information.
Dexter Grima
CO-Founder of Everly Wellness
Follow Dexter Grima:
About Everly Wellness: Everly Wellness is a technology healthcare company focused on providing honest, expertly researched and personalised nutritional products.
Tom Scarborough
Founder of MoveWise
Follow Tom Scarborough:
About MoveWise: MoveWise is a UK-based proptech company that uses deep technology to help property sellers efficiently sell their homes.
Kapil Singhal
Co-Founder and CEO of Vyntelligence
Kapil Singhal is the co-founder and CEO of vyn.
Follow Kapil Singhal:
About Vyntelligence: Vyntelligence is a mobile-first, secure, cloud-based enterprise tool that increases productivity and builds capability.
Richard Davies
Owner & Founder of Twickets
Follow Richard Davies:
About Future Platforms, Twickets: A London-based ticket resale platform .
Rory Brown
Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer of Kluster
Follow Rory Brown:
About Kluster: Forecast, manage pipeline, and execute strategies to beat your revenue target using Kluster’s revenue analytics platform.
Daniel Thompson
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Kluster
Follow Daniel Thompson:
About Kluster: Forecast, manage pipeline, and execute strategies to beat your revenue target using Kluster’s revenue analytics platform.
Emmanuel Eribo
Co-Founder & CEO of LOCI
Follow Emmanuel Eribo:
About LOCI: LOCI is an online shop that offers products for men and women.
Richard Ozols
Founder and CEO of Solution Rock
Richard Ozols is the Founder and CEO of Formyoula and Solution Rock.
Follow Richard Ozols:
About Solution Rock: Solution Rock specializes in Salesforce CRM implementations and Force.com application developments.
Dinesh Acharya
Co-Founder and CTO of Solution Rock
Dinesh Acharya is the Co-Founder and CTO of Formyoula.com and Solution Rock Technologies.
Follow Dinesh Acharya:
About Solution Rock: Solution Rock specializes in Salesforce CRM implementations and Force.com application developments.
Simon Wheeldon
Co-Founder and COO of CloudApps
Simon is a co-founder of CloudApps and is responsible for Professional Services Delivery and Corporate Strategy. Prior to founding CloudApps, Simon spent 4 years at Salesforce.com leading the adoption of the pioneering Force.com platform across EMEA. Under Simon’s guidance the Force.com platform in Europe grew to be a multi-million dollar business. With over 20 years experience in the software industry, Simon was responsible for the widespread sales and adoption of the Force.com platform; helping numerous Salesforce.com’s customers to build and sell their very own Software-as-a-Service applications. Prior to joining Salesforce.com Simon was responsible for the financial services business at Siebel Systems in the UK. Previously, he has held senior positions at Business Objects and Accenture. Simon has a BSc in Computer Science from Bristol University. He is married with two children and lives in Oxfordshire, UK.
Follow Simon Wheeldon:
About CloudApps: CloudApps increases sales performance by motivating more of your high-value, winning sales behaviours
Simon Corley
Co-Founder & CFO of CloudApps
Simon is a co-founder of CloudApps and is responsible for Finance, Administration & Operations and brings over 18 years of relevant experience to this role gained whilst working at Salesforce, Siebel Systems and Informix. Prior to founding CloudApps, Simon spent over 6 years at salesforce.com, joining in 2003 before its IPO. Simon has been a member of the European Management team since hire and initially was responsible for the company’s Finance and Administration for EMEA. In 2007 Simon was promoted to Vice President, Operations for EMEA, and in 2009 to Vice President of Strategy for International Sales. Simon’s focus was to optimise sales performance through targeted go-to-market strategies, coverage models, and evaluation of sales execution. Prior to joining Salesforce, Simon spent 6 years at Siebel and 5 years at Informix within the European Finance functions, providing infrastructure support to enable explosive growth in their sales teams. Simon is a Chartered Accountant who gained his professional qualification with Deloitte and Touche in London in 1990. He has a BSc in Geography from King’s College, London University. Simon is married with two children and lives in Hampshire, UK.
Follow Simon Corley:
About CloudApps: CloudApps increases sales performance by motivating more of your high-value, winning sales behaviours
Anthony Day
Co-Founder & Board Member of CloudApps
Follow Anthony Day:
About CloudApps: CloudApps increases sales performance by motivating more of your high-value, winning sales behaviours
Ash Makwana
Founder and CEO of Trigerz
Ash Makwana is the founder and CEO of Trigerz.
Follow Ash Makwana:
About Trigerz: Trigerz is a Salesforce Native application that helps sales teams increase productivity and sales performance.
Marc Hartog
Founder & CEO of 1854 Media
Marc Hartog is the Founder & CEO at 1854 Media
Follow Marc Hartog:
About 1854 Media, MN Digital Media, theprintspace: 1854 Media is an award-winning digital media organisation
Alexander Alimovs
Founder & CEO of Automations.io
Follow Alexander Alimovs:
About Automations.io: No-code automation platform to visually automate repetitive work and build workflows to save time and increase productivity.
Rachel Clark
Founder of Nut and Noggin
Follow Rachel Clark:
About Nut and Noggin: Nut and Noggin creates an e-commerce brand that focuses on hair care and beauty products.
Eric Tomaszewski
Founder / Managing Director of Itoma Lux
Eric Tomaszewski is the Founder & Managing Director of Itoma Lux. He founded Itoma Lux in 2017 after 10 years of corporate experience with companies like Ocado, Magna Exteriors and Magna Interiors, Ishida Europe Ltd, and Kimberly-Clark.
Follow Eric Tomaszewski:
About Itoma Lux: We enable PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT with FINANCE and then de-risk it and increase chances of commercial success with MARKETING & SALES solutions.
Diane Roberts
CEO & Founder of XPinnovates
Follow Diane Roberts:
About EIT Food, Xcell Partners, XPinnovates: XPinnovates is a management consulting firm that offers business planning, development, sales, marketing, investment and funding services.
Martin Baker
CEO & Founder of Commissionly
Martin has 25 years experience running business’s and advising SME’s. He has experience in building successful startups and as a senior manager in bluechip organisations. He holds an MBA from the Open Business School.
Follow Martin Baker:
About Commissionly: Commissionly is the cloud based sales commission software focused solely on the small to medium business sector.
Nick Ellenden
Director & Founder of secur-view AB
Follow Nick Ellenden:
About secur-view AB: Secur-view provides companies with sales, marketing, and channel development services, as well as the tools and programs they need.
A Hallam
Founder of Minelead.io
Entrepreneur & Investor
Follow A Hallam:
About Minelead.io: Minelead is a leading saas platform to find and verify b2b email addresses
Geoff Young
Founder and CEO of Mint CRM & Marketing Solutions
Geoff Young is the CEO and founder of Mint CRM.
Follow Geoff Young:
About Mint CRM & Marketing Solutions: Mint CRM & Marketing Solutions helps companies to deploy Salesforce solutions.
Geraint Waters
Founder and CEO of Provar
Geraint Waters is the CEO and Co-founder at Provar.
Follow Geraint Waters:
About Provar: Provar test automation designed for Salesforce.
Matthew Carver
Founder of The Cheese Truck
Follow Matthew Carver:
About The Cheese Truck: The Cheese Truck sells gourmet toasted cheese sandwiches.
Darren Hill
Founder & CEO of Inzite
Founder & CEO, Inzite (inzite.com)
Follow Darren Hill:
About Inzite: Smart discovery tools and streamlined scheduling help your customers hold meetings with the right people, at the right time.
Matthew Snyman
Co-Founder and Creative Director of Grass & Co.
Follow Matthew Snyman:
About Grass & Co.: Grass & Co. is one of the leading CBD & wellness brand in the UK.
Stuart McClure
Founder & Chief Growth Officer of Love the Sales
Stuart McClure is the Founder and Chief Growth Officer at Love the Sales.
Follow Stuart McClure:
About Love the Sales: Love the Sales takes the sales on many websites and puts them on one website.
Mark Solomon
CEO and Founder of Love the Sales
Mark Solomon is the Founder and CEO at Love the Sales.
Follow Mark Solomon:
About Love the Sales: Love the Sales takes the sales on many websites and puts them on one website.
David Bishop
CTO and Founder of Love the Sales
David Bishop is the Founder and CTO at Love the Sales.
Follow David Bishop:
About Love the Sales: Love the Sales takes the sales on many websites and puts them on one website.
Brian McGuire
Founder of IOLLA
Follow Brian McGuire:
About IOLLA: IOLLA is an online shop that offers different kinds of eyewear to customers.
Richard Gilder
Co-Founder and CRO of SalesMethods
Richard Gilder is a co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer at SalesMethods.
Follow Richard Gilder:
About SalesMethods: SalesMethods is the leader in sales performance software for Salesforce that empowers sales team success.
Clare Eluka
Founder of Premae Skincare
Clare Eluka is the Founder of Premae Skincare and Co-Founder of BUFF Originals.
Follow Clare Eluka:
About Premae Skincare: Premae Skincare is an allergen-free skincare brand making natural and vegan-friendly products.
Michael Maven
Founder of Topgrowthexperts.com
Follow Michael Maven:
About CatchAndRetain.com, Topgrowthexperts.com: Topgrowthexperts.com helps companies to be discovered online and to generate leads and sales.
James Burgess
CEO & Founder of Application Perfection
James Burgess is the CEO and founder of Applications Perfection. Prior to founding the company, James spent three years at The Travel Corporation as a head of product and operations from the year 2017 to 2018 and as a technical delivery manager of 360 engagement from the year 2015 to 2018.
Follow James Burgess:
About Application Perfection: Application Perfection specializes in developing applications for Salesforce.com.
James Burgess
CEO & Founder of Application Perfection
James Burgess is the CEO and founder of Applications Perfection. Prior to founding the company, James spent three years at The Travel Corporation as a head of product and operations from the year 2017 to 2018 and as a technical delivery manager of 360 engagement from the year 2015 to 2018.
Follow James Burgess:
About Application Perfection: Application Perfection specializes in developing applications for Salesforce.com.
Nancy Waters
Founder of items of note
Follow Nancy Waters:
About items of note: Items of Note is a modern gift shop that showcasing independent brands in retail residencies and online.
Rafael McDonnell
Founder of Talent & Brands
Raf has spent most of his career in marketing working with major brands and famous celebrity talent. After starting his brand career at Fosters Lager, he has held senior marketing roles at Pepsico/Walkers Crisps and Coca-Cola. While at Coca-Cola as Head of UK Marketing Activation, he founded MyCokemusic.com, one of Europe’s first major legal music download and streaming websites. In 2005 he left Coca-Cola to set up RED Entertainment Marketing, an agency helping brands work with music and entertainment partners. In 2008 he joined EMI Music and was Senior Vice President for Brand Partnerships Licensing & Synchronisation for Europe & Rest of World, where he was responsible for creating partnerships between brands and music talent, and licensing music to partners in the advertising, gaming, TV and film industries. In 2012 he joined Creative Artists Agency (CAA), the world’s leading entertainment agency, to lead Brand Partnerships and Sponsorships in London for their roster of music and entertainment artists, representing many of the biggest names in the industry. He joined Amazon in 2017 as Head of Business Development and Partnerships for Amazon Tickets negotiating partnerships with major music artists and venues.
Follow Rafael McDonnell:
About Talent & Brands: Talent & Brands is specialise in connecting celebrity talent & brands.
Rafael McDonnell
Founder of Talent & Brands
Raf has spent most of his career in marketing working with major brands and famous celebrity talent. After starting his brand career at Fosters Lager, he has held senior marketing roles at Pepsico/Walkers Crisps and Coca-Cola. While at Coca-Cola as Head of UK Marketing Activation, he founded MyCokemusic.com, one of Europe’s first major legal music download and streaming websites. In 2005 he left Coca-Cola to set up RED Entertainment Marketing, an agency helping brands work with music and entertainment partners. In 2008 he joined EMI Music and was Senior Vice President for Brand Partnerships Licensing & Synchronisation for Europe & Rest of World, where he was responsible for creating partnerships between brands and music talent, and licensing music to partners in the advertising, gaming, TV and film industries. In 2012 he joined Creative Artists Agency (CAA), the world’s leading entertainment agency, to lead Brand Partnerships and Sponsorships in London for their roster of music and entertainment artists, representing many of the biggest names in the industry. He joined Amazon in 2017 as Head of Business Development and Partnerships for Amazon Tickets negotiating partnerships with major music artists and venues.
Follow Rafael McDonnell:
About Talent & Brands: Talent & Brands is specialise in connecting celebrity talent & brands.
Kevin Dixon
Founder & CEO of Boxxstep
Follow Kevin Dixon:
About Boxxstep: Buyer Relationship Management (BRM) – The sales platform that aligns selling with buying
