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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 Founder operating in the Child Care 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.
Damian Kimmelman
Founder and CEO of Batelle
Founder of Batelle, Co-founder of Founders Pledge, Rho.co and DueDil
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About Batelle, Creative Destruction Lab (CDL): Batelle is a modern childcare company that uses high-tech solutions to support mental, emotional, and physical development.
Elizabeth Tweedale
Founder and CEO of Cypher Coders
Elizabeth Tweedale is the CEO and founder of Cypher Coders
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About Cypher Coders: Cypher inspires children to learn the language of the future through hands-on creative coding camps and courses.
Jen Lexmond
Founder & CEO of Easy Peasy
Jen Lexmond the founder of EasyPeasy, an app that sends game ideas to parents of pre-school children, to help develop the skills that will prepare them for school, and beyond. She hatched EasyPeasy in 2014 through the Design Council’s Knee High Challenge to come up with ideas improve the health and wellbeing of children under 5.
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About Easy Peasy: EasyPeasy is an app that sends game ideas to parents of young children, to help develop the skills that will prepare children for school.
Richard Pursey
Founder & CEO of SafeToNet
A proven businessman having started and sold 4 technology companies and an insurance business. He was also a Board member of an NHS trust where he learned about social care and welfare issues but his biggest success came in the disaster recovery and risk management industry where he developed software to profile and predict the operational and risk behavioural patterns of businesses. It’s those same behavioural patterning techniques that are used in SafeToNet today.
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About SafeToNet: SafeToNet makes the digital world safer for children to explore and enjoy.
Georgina Pursey
Co-Founder of SafeToNet
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About BarChick, SafeToNet: SafeToNet makes the digital world safer for children to explore and enjoy.
Jack Pursey
Co Founder & Product Manager of SafeToNet
Jack is a recent Marketing, Advertising and Communications graduate from the University of Gloucestershire. Already an entrepreneur, Jack founded the award winning business Seen Clothing in 2012. Jack is our product manager and works closely with the design and development teams. He also likes Nando’s and long walks on the beach.
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About SafeToNet: SafeToNet makes the digital world safer for children to explore and enjoy.
Sharon Pursey
Co-Founder, Head of Strategic Alliances of SafeToNet
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About SafeToNet: SafeToNet makes the digital world safer for children to explore and enjoy.
Vlada Bell
Founder of MEplace
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About MEplace: MEplace creates a new approach to children’s wellbeing and preschool education.
Marg Randles
Co-Founder and CAO of Busy Bees Childcare
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About Busy Bees Childcare: Busy Bees Childcare provides childcare services in England, Scotland, and Wales.
Toni Hull
Founder of MomOnWheels
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About MomOnWheels, MomOnWheels: A ride booking app for busy parents enabling them to source on demand and scheduled rides for their children with security vetted drivers.
Sarah Bellamy
Founder of Poppy & Jacks
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About Poppy & Jacks: Poppy & Jacks raising the standard for exceptional quality childcare.
Adeola Adesuyi
Co Founder & CFO of mytoddlr
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About mytoddlr: mytoddlr is a new improved tool that helps early education providers better manage their setting and engage parents.
Mark Bates
Founder and Managing Director of Banana Moon Day Nursery Limited
Mark is the Managing Director and founder of Banana Moon Day Nursery. After becoming frustrated with the shortage of good, high quality nurseries into which he would have been happy to place his own children, he decided to take matters into his own hands and build his own! Mark’s approach has always been from the point-of-view of a concerned parent and it is this approach which has led to Banana Moon developing such a unique and distinctive model. Whilst every nursery is clearly governed by current legislation, the Banana Moon system adds a whole new layer of experience on top of this and it is this approach which has resulted in the success that Banana Moon now enjoys.
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About Banana Moon Day Nursery Limited: Banana Moon Day Nursery is the leading franchise in UK for best day care services which build up with quality environment of child care.
Hans Wiberg
Founder & boardmember of Be My Eyes
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About Be My Eyes: Be My Eyes is a free app that connects blind and low-vision people with sighted volunteers and companies.
Andrew Purcell
CEO, Founder of Child Angel
Andrew has run a Wealth Management company for 25 years and is the Founder of Child Angel. He is at the forefront of the company and strives to achieve his heart’s desire of having an Angel look over your Child.
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About Child Angel: Child Angel™ is one of the smallest and most advanced child tracking devices available in the world today.
Sara Tateno
Founder and CEO of Happity
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About Happity: Happity helps parents find baby & toddler classes. Fast.
Chris Reid
Founder & CEO of Connect Childcare
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About Connect Childcare: Connect Childcare are proud to develop integrated solutions for Management, Observation & Communication for Childcare Providers.
Dentaa Amoateng
Founder of Guba Foundation
Dentaa Amoateng is the Founder of the Guba Foundation. She is also the CEO & Founder of Guba Expo & Guba Enterprise and also a Board Member of Ghana Tourism Authority.
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About Guba Foundation: Guba Foundation is a non-profit organization that supports families living with children with Autism.
