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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 Advisor operating in the E-Commerce space. If you think a Advisor 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.
Robert Howes
CTO & Board Advisor of Judopay
Rob co-founded Algomi to build on a strong technology background engineering sophisticated solutions to complex problems. Drawn to opportunities where technology can be used to challenge the status quo, Rob has spent many years successfully leading the delivery of ambitious Fixed Income solutions, including Credit List Trading at UBS and more recently a first of its kind anonymous crossing platform for bonds. Rob holds a M. Eng. in Information Systems Engineering from Imperial College.
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About Judopay, Judopay: Judopay is a mobile-first payments platform.
Heiko Schilling
Technology Advisory Board Member of Gousto
Heiko Schilling launched his first startup in 1989. Since then, his passion for algorithms, data, and software has led his to start two more business ventures at the same time that he was completing four academic degrees and working for several large corporations. He had joined TomTom in 2007, where he has lead TomTom Navigation – with his team they are responsible for delivering the software components (APIs,SDKs,Apps) for the TomTom products that are used by several hundred million people every day.
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About : Gousto is an online meal-kit manufacturer and retailer, using AI and automation to provide extensive choice and personalisation.
Lopo Champalimaud
Advisor of Treatwell
Lopo is currently the CEO of Wahanda (http://www.wahanda.com), a London based health, beauty and wellness community & marketplace that connects consumers, wellness businesses and professionals through content, ratings & reviews and commerce. Lopo co-founded Wahanda with Salim Mitha in February 2008. Prior to Wahanda, Lopo was the Managing Director of European Lifestyle for lastminute.com. In this role he was responsible for developing all aspects of the non-travel business across Europe at lastminute.com which included Theatre ticketing, concert ticketing, restaurant bookings, days out, experiences and spas. Lopo joined lastminute.com in January 2004 and when he left to found Wahanda, lifestyle respresented more than 40% of all the sales by volume at the company. From 1994 to 2004, Lopo was the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Fulcrum Analytics (http://www.fulcrumanalytics.com). Fulcrum is today one of the leading database marketing firms in North America but was initially known as Cyber Dialogue and was the world’s first online market research firm. Cyber Dialogue is credited with having created the online survey, the online focus group while providing industry leading insight on the internet consumer.
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About Treatwell: Treatwell is Europe’s leading marketplace for booking hair and beauty appointments online.
David Pritchard
Advisor of Hassle.com
David Pritchard serves as an advisor of Hassle.com. David was Founder and Managing Director of OpenTable Europe. David has enjoyed a 30 year transatlantic career as a senior operating executive in primarily US based software before becoming an angel investor.
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About : Hassle.com is an online marketplace that matches busy people with local, trusted cleaners.
Sir Alan Collins
Board Advisor of Ensygnia
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About : Ensygnia delivers integration Platform as a Service for large payment companies and corporations deploying omnichannel solutions
Daniel King
Advisor of HotelRunner
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About : SaaS enabled B2B network for accommodations and travel agencies to find, contract, connect, and transact with each other online.
Natalia Krupina
Formerly Marketing Director, currently Advisor of Pulp
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About : Pulp allows its users to get the most diverse selection of wines from independent producers.
Riccardo Santoro
Co-Founder, currently Advisor of Pulp
Riccardo is a co-founder of Pulp. Riccardo has 9 years of experience in management consulting, the last 3 of which advising startups on growth strategies.
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About : Pulp allows its users to get the most diverse selection of wines from independent producers.
Mark Arayeenia
Chief Strategy Advisor of HealRWorld LLC
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About HealRWorld LLC: Social impact company with big data and technology platform on global sustainable SMEs.
Artemi Krymski
Advisor of GetVape
Artemi Krymski works as a Co-Founder at MailMinute Corporation.
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About : We manufacture e-liquid and deliver direct to vapers
Spencer Forrest
Advisor, Co-Founder of Ekos Global
Managing Director of Ekos Global Ltd.
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About Ekos Global: Ekos Global is the fastest way for retail to go global: any language, any currency, on all devices and in one day.
Sir Peter Thompson
Investor and Advisor of RAIS
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About : The Customer Intelligence Business – helping D2C brands grow the value of their customers faster.
Tony Kypreos
Board Advisor of Six3
Tony Kypreos works as a Founder & CEO at DUPL.
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About : Transforming mobile communication and commerce through the power of video.
Aeneas Mackay
Advisor of ScreenHits TV
Aeneas Mackay is a graduate from Brown University in Economics. He has worked for Salomon Brothers, Robert Fleming and JP Morgan before setting up his own financial advisory and capital raising business, Montrose Partners. At Montrose, Aeneas has advised and raised finance for a number of growth businesses in the media sector as well as technology and natural resource companies. At ScreenHits he oversees our capital raising, corporate structure, and the development and management of our strategic investment partners.
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About : ScreenHits TV app integrates all your TV and film streaming apps, Live TV and VOD channels into one place.
Tom Tobia
Advisor of Envio
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About : Envio powers scalable home demo programs for high-end consumer technology brands
Tom Tobia
Advisor of Envio
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About : Envio powers scalable home demo programs for high-end consumer technology brands
Heidi Margeret Kristiansen
Fashion Advisor of TI&SHRT
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About : TI&SHRT is evolving the fashion experience , by making casual clothes a social vector with full comunicative power.
Tristan Caulfield
Advisor of Tuittio
Dr Tristan Caulfield is a Research Associate at University College London. He works in the field of information security, particularly looking at security within businesses. Tristan previously held postdoctoral positions in security, at the University of Aberdeen, and in economics, at the University of Bath, where he also received his PhD in Computer Science. He has extensive experience teaching and tutoring for a range of university courses. Tristan and a team from UCL recently won the “best go-to-market strategy” prize at the London CyberHack for Financial Security.
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About : Tuittio connects bilingual, subject expert tutors with learners online.
Robin Phillips
Advisor of HOLM
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About : HOLM is the most powerful clothing recommendation tool for fashion retail
Mark Johnson
CFO & Advisor of SBOODLE
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About SBOODLE: Merchandising for Content Creators
Dan Singerman
Advisor of Cahootsy Limited
Dan has worked in web based software development since 1996 at all levels from developer to CTO. His open source software is used by hundreds of web sites, including Microsoft.com. Dan was Head of Digital Software Development for Trinity Mirror, then realised newspapers were a dinosaur industry heading for extinction, and moved into startups where he has been CTO at multiple companies. Dan is a seasoned start up CTO advisor on products and technology.
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About : Cahootsy connects like-minded enthusiasts to share opinions, offers and best buys.
Sean Colson
Advisor of Beepal
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About : Beepal is a next generation social shopping site, connecting people with products and brands through A.I. recommendation system.
Morten Tonnesen
Advisor of Ve Global
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About : Ve Global a marketing technology business.
