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 Partner operating in the Cloud Computing space. If you think a Partner 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.
Doruk Aytulu
Head of Technology Partners of Google Cloud
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About Google Cloud: Google Cloud focuses on business challenges that head-on with cloud computing services from Google.
Sahil Rekhi
Vice President Global Strategic Partnerships of RingCentral
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About RingCentral: RingCentral, a global distributor of cloud-unified communications and collaboration solutions, offers its users with technology services.
Steve Miller-Jones
Vice President of Strategy, Industry & Partners of Limelight Networks
As Vice President of Product Strategy at Limelight Networks, Steve focuses on driving the long term product roadmap for the company with a focus on delivering the highest quality online experiences. This includes live and on-demand online video streaming, edge services, downloadable software and updates, online video games, as well as web application acceleration, cloud storage and security services. Steve has extensive experience designing and delivering solutions to help companies manage and optimize their online presence. His expertise ranges from defining, planning, implementing and managing complex streaming, content distribution and workflow solutions across Broadcast, Media & Entertainment and Enterprise verticals. Prior to joining Limelight in 2010 he served as Chief Operating Officer for Global MIX and SetTopSolutions before that. Steve holds an MBA from Henley Management College and resides in Brighton, England.
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About Limelight Networks: Limelight Networks provides content delivery network services to deliver digital content over the internet.
David Leftley
Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Bloc Ventures
David has more than 30 years global technology industry experience in start-ups and multi-nationals as an engineer, manager, director and investor. From 1983 he worked as a design engineer in the defence industry, specialising in radar and airborne electronic countermeasures, first at Cossor Electronics and then at Racal Defence. In 1987 he moved into the TV and film industry, working for Abacus Cox and then Vistek on the design of the world’s first digital TV production technology. In this time he progressed to become R&D Manager and later became General Manager. In 1996, as CTO he founded Digital Vision UK for DV AB of Sweden, a world leader in video compression, transmission and post production technology, securing contracts with the BBC, several Hollywood studios and customers as far afield as China. In 1999 DV AB successfully went to an IPO. In 2009 he joined Vodafone’s corporate venture team as head of its European activity, closing numerous investments in Mobile Health, Clean Tech, Infrastructure and Financial Tech services. In this time the fund ranked in the top 5 CVCs, achieved an IRR of 27% and in 2012 received an industry award for its exit of portfolio company Amobee for $321M. In 2010 David was ranked in Wired Magazine’s top 100 innovators’ list. He represented Vodafone on the boards of nine portfolio companies. In April 2013 David departed Vodafone to establish Bloc Ventures with Bruce. He has a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Aston Birmingham, and is a Chartered Engineer.
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About Bloc Ventures: Bloc Ventures is an early-stage Deep Tech investment company. Pitch to Bloc here: https://blocventures.com/pitching/
Matthew Treagus
Partner – Baringa of rtobjects
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About : “World Streaming” — delivering rich interactive visuals to everyone everywhere.
Dimitrie Sandu
Partner Solutions Architect & WAN Specialist of Meraki
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About Meraki: Meraki provides Cisco-based, cloud-controlled Wi-Fi and routing and security products for distributed wired and wireless networks.
Pavel Dolezal
Partner of Keboola
Pavel has been building companies since 1999, starting with the largest portal network, CEE, under the group name Atlas Portal. After the group was sold, he built Ataxo, one of the EU’s largest digital agencies in the performing media space. Ataxo serviced 15,000 customers and had almost 200 agents in Customer Support. In addition, Pavel actively invests in early-stage tech companies in the EU, Brazil and the USA. In 2014, Pavel became a partner at Keboola.com and is responsible for its international expansion and business development, currently focusing on UK and Singapore operations.
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About Keboola: Keboola is a cloud platform helping clients combine, enhance & publish crucial information for internal analytics & data products.
Dan Zelezinski
Director of Health Partnerships of Biovotion
Dan has recently taken up the role of Director of Health Partnerships for Biovotion. A leading medical grade, wearable technology company headquartered in Zurich. Prior to this, he has an academic background in physiology and applied this in the health and high performance domain, operating for the past 15 years as a consultant within the Goldman Sachs Wellness & Leadership Programmes. His expertise lies in the application of scientific principles to enhance mind and body interconnectedness, to distil and leverage insights afforded by cutting edge sensing technology and ultimately, to drive sustainable high performance. On a personal level, he has been involved in competitive sports most of his life and continues to actively seek opportunities to push limits. He has completed Ironman events, climbed Himalayan peaks, competed in the ACR, billed as the “toughest ski race in the world” – a 180km X Country ski race in the Arctic Circle and has rowed across the Mediterranean, raising $1m for the HPV foundation. He still claims that the hardest challenge is bed and bath time duties for his 4 young children!
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About Biovotion, Goldman Sachs: Biovotion AG is a digital health company in the field of sophisticated, medical-grade, wearable health monitoring solutions.
Sophie Cohen
Executive Search Partner of Mitchellake Executive Search
Senior Executive Search / Head Hunter / recruitment professional with focus on high standard delivery. Passionate about digital and technology start-up and helping them acquiring the best talent for a healthy international growth or digital transformation. Experience in managing executive search, market intelligence, succession planning, salary surveys, talent mapping and pipeline projects across EMEA, North America, Russia, Asia Pacific (Australia, China, India, Philippines,..), UAE and LATAM. Broad sectorial experience in digital, advertising, marketing, media, pharmaceutical, industrial.
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About Mitchellake Executive Search: MitchelLake provides executive search, specialist recruitment and embedded talent solutions.
Kristy Roff
Customer & Partner Relationship Manager of add3
Every successful business needs someone like Kristy, an essential cog and link between both Danny and Andy who run the business, the teams that are delivering the projects and services and the clients who’s needs are being met. Kristy is a driven individual who is always looking to make a positive difference, bringing a calm and cool yet organised approach to ensuring momentum is maintained on all partner and client engagements. At the heart of the business Kristy has shaped the core business processes to ensure the clients expectations are always fully met – high customer retension is a testament to this approach.
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About add3: add3 is a U.K.-based company that offers its users with application transformation and cloud migration services.
Mark Hodges
Tax Partner of Horizon Tax & Accounting LLC
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About Horizon Tax & Accounting LLC, PTC: Horizon Tax and Accounting services is a bookkeeping, Financial analysis, notary public, payroll services, sale tax and tax preparation.
