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 Director operating in the Web Apps space. If you think a Director 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.
Cathal Berragan
Creative Director and Founding Team of Thirdweb
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About Social Chain, Thirdweb: Thirdweb is a software that develops web3 apps.
Peter Lelliott
Commercial Director of Danburykline
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About Danburykline: Danburykline is a software company and provider of the SOROS web application to the UK rail industry.
Vernon Dias
Founder and Managing Director of Made by Fire
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About Made by Fire: We create digital products for our ambitious clients with a team of over 100 specialists.
Dan Simmons
Founder and Director of Quensus
Dr Dan Simmons has a Masters + PhD in Electrical Engineering, and is an expert in water sustainability, software development and wireless technologies. Based on this skill set, he founded Quensus in 2015, which shaped a step-change in the water-saving industry.
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About Quensus: Water management system to monitor and control water infrastructure
Andy Greener
Founder & Managing Director of Komodo Design
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About Komodo Design: We help great teams build exceptional digital products that people prefer to use.
Armin Talic
Commercial Director of Komodo Design
Bosnian-born. British-bred. Maker of lemonade. Director @komododigital. “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
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About Komodo Design: We help great teams build exceptional digital products that people prefer to use.
Ben Pawle
Design Director of Nord Projects
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About Nord Projects: Nord Projects is a consultancy for design and technology taht helps to solve business problems.
Doug Winter
Director and Founder of Isotoma
Doug Winter is a consultant, manager, engineer and architect and has over 20 years experience designing and building things on the Internet. For the last 14 years he has worked for customers from startups to global media giants with his company Isotoma, in the north of England. Doug can be heard regularly speaking at Digital North in Manchester and Leeds. Amongst other things, Doug has been a startup CTO and run the engineering team for Europe’s largest website.
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About Isotoma: Bespoke software developers specialising in getting startups started.
Andy Theyers
Director and Founder of Isotoma
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About Isotoma: Bespoke software developers specialising in getting startups started.
Jon Leighton
Director at Land Digital of Land Digital
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About iResources, Land Digital: Land Digital is a tech, web design, web creation, content marketing, digital marketing, SEO, and mobile application agency.
Chris May
Founder & Managing Director of Mayden
The founder and managing director of Mayden. Formerly from a manufacturing background he has dedicated his career to the healthcare sector for the last 21 years, initially as a hospital manager and then as a management consultant specialising in information analysis and modelling to support strategic reviews and business cases. Chris is passionate about maximising the opportunities presented by the internet both to provide joined up healthcare and to increase the cost-effectiveness of healthcare IT. This is now his primary area of interest.
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About Mayden: Mayden provides end-to-end managed web applications and bespoke system development to the healthcare sector.
Neil Lewin
Owner, Managing Director and Web Developer of Semantic
Neil Lewin is the owner, managing director and a web developer at Semantic.
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About Semantic: Semantic is a web agency that uses design, technology and psychology to help clients sell products, services and ideas.
