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 Product operating in the Virtual Reality space. If you think a Product 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.
Sameer Baroova
Co Founder & Chief Product Officer of FitXR
A lifelong fan of emerging technologies, Sameer found his flow in the video game industry working on mobile games from their onset, including titles such as Plants vs. Zombies and Bejewelled. Now Sameer uses his design, development, and management skills while building the best workout product on the market. At FitXR, Sameer loves combining immersive technology and AI to create unique personalised experiences that put the fun into fitness.
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About FitXR: FitXR, the leading developer of VR/AR fitness apps, is passionately dedicated to making fitness more fun and accessible for everyone.
Anders Hakfelt
Global VP of Product & Marketing of Ultraleap
Anders has over 20 years’ experience in strategy, marketing and innovation. Over the past seven years Anders has been at the forefront of digital innovation and customer experience transformation, creating and delivering new propositions for a wide range of blue chip clients. He joined Ultrahaptics from Accenture, where he was a Director and member of the management team in their Digital Design and Innovation company, Fjord. Prior to Accenture, Anders was head of Strategic Business Development, EMEA, for frog Design. He has also worked in commercial and strategic roles in a variety of companies, from automotive and gaming to tech startups and strategy consulting. Anders has also been a business mentor for the Prince’s Trust.
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About Ultraleap: Ultraleap is working to create the most remarkable connection between people and technology.
Robert Blenkinsopp
VP Product of Ultraleap
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About Ultraleap, Ultraleap: Ultraleap is working to create the most remarkable connection between people and technology.
Chris Holton
Head of Product of Zappar
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About Zappar: Zappar is a clever little app that can see and recognise images and objects in the world around us.
Emily Savage
Commercial Product Lead – Immersive (XR) of Digital Catapult
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About Digital Catapult: Digital Catapult drives early adoption of advanced digital technologies to grow the country’s economy.
Fabio Murra
Product & Marketing of V-Nova
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About V-Nova: Next-generation video and image compression that works today
