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 CTO’ operating in the Crowdfunding space. If you think a CTO’ 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.
Anj Latif
Co-Founder and CTO of British Pearl
Anj Latif is one of the founders of British Pearl and is the Chief Technical Officer. He is responsible for the design, implementation and administration of the entire IT infrastructure, including information security. Anj is a highly motivated and ambitious professional with extensive experience in IT management and networking and two decades’ experience in the SME sector. He has worked with companies in retail, legal, manufacturing, finance and health using technologies from Cisco, WatchGuard, Citrix, VMware and Microsoft. He has a BSc (Hons) in Software Engineering from Oxford Brookes University.
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About British Pearl: British Pearl is an online property investment platform facilitating share and loan-based investment in UK property.
Ricardo Brizido
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer of Stake
Ricardo Brizido is the Co-Founder and CTO at Stake.
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About Stake: Stake Properties is a digital real estate investment platform.
Chris Wessels
Co-Founder & CTO of Paybase
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About Paybase: Paybase is a end-to-end solution for Payments, Compliance and Risk.
Hari Ramamurthy
Chief Technology Officer of Kuflink Group Plc
Hari Ramamurthy is a co-founder and the chief technology officer of [SimplyCook](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/simplycook#/entity), a food subscription business that offers restaurant-quality meals. Prior to that, he held the same position at [LendInvest](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/lendinvest#/entity). Before joining LendInvest, Ramamurthy served as the head of applications at [MadBid](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/madbid-com#/entity) for over 3 years. Previously, he was employed at [Unanimis](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/unanimis#/entity), FMC Marketing, and Quazzle Telecom, serving as a senior analyst programmer, senior web developer, and junior system administrator, respectively. Ramamurthy holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering from [Maharshi Dayanand University](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/maharshi-dayanand-university-rohtak#/entity) and master’s degree in computer science from [Charles Sturt University](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/charles-sturt-university#/entity). Ramamurthy lives in London, United Kingdom.
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About Kuflink Group Plc: Peer to Peer UK Property Investment platform, where we invest with you. Our Purpose is to Connect people to Financial Freedom.
Christophe Monget
CTO and Founder of MatchPlace Limited
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About MatchPlace Limited: New generation Fintech platform. Integrating Financial Services solutions, bridging the gap between Financial Institutions and SMEs
Lee Cadman
Group Chief Technology Officer of MYJAR
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About MYJAR: Helping people manage their finances by providing responsible short term loans to reliable borrowers.
Andrew Pickett
Co-Founder and CTO of ShareIn
Andrew has been pioneering web technology at startups since 2000. He benefits from combining his software development expertise with an excellent business background.
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About ShareIn: ShareIn help our clients deliver market leading direct investment channels.
Alexander Kustov
CTO of Crowd.Science
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About Crowd.Science: Crowd.Science is a crowdfunding platform that supports scientists build a community of funders for their research.
James Pursaill
Co-Founder & CTO of Plend
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About Plend: Building a better way to borrow, where people are no longer held back by their credit history
Carl Owens
CTO of Fruitful Homes™
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About Fruitful Homes™: Fruitful combines real estate crowdfunding with modular home developments to make beautiful, affordable homes
Michael Brown
Co-Founder & CTO of Fundzzle
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About Fundzzle: Fundzzle is an eco-friendly invitation, group gift and charity fundraising service all wrapped into one privately and securely.
