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 Founder operating in the Technical Support 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.
Nejc Kodric
Co-Founder & CEO of Bitstamp
Nejc Kodric Since starting out in 2011 with little more than some basic computer equipment, €1,000 and a love of technology, Nejc has been instrumental in developing Bitstamp into one of the most trusted and highest volume bitcoin exchanges in the world. With offices in Luxembourg, London and New York, Bitstamp continues to grow from strength to strength, serving its customers’ bitcoin trading requirements. Among his many achievements as chief executive officer, Nejc spearheaded the approach to become the first fully licensed virtual currency exchange in EU, which was granted in 2016, setting the benchmark for the Bitcoin industry’s continued consolidation and strength. With a keen interest in promoting economic empowerment and technology, Nejc has spoken at several conferences including Techcrunch, Bitcoin Foundation, MoneyConf, Deloitte Conference: Future Challenges, ICT Spring Europe and FundForum International, and was awarded Best Virtual Currency Start-up at The Europas in June 2014. Nejc was born in Slovenia, where he studied Organization and Management of Information Systems and Economics, and currently splits his time between his home country and Luxembourg. Specialities: Bitcoin, blockchain, trading, virtual currencies, economic empowerment, education, science and technology
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About Bitstamp: Bitstamp allows companies and individuals from all around the world to buy and sell bitcoin, litecoin, ethereum, ripple, and bitcoin cash.
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Elizabeth Varley
Founder & CEO of TechHub
Elizabeth is a serial entrepreneur and founded TechHub, the community for high-growth tech companies. TechHub has worked with thousands of companies to help them scale. TechHub member companies have been acquired by Google, Facebook, Twitter, Oracle and Microsoft among others, and have raised over $1billion in funding. TechHub also helps corporates like Google and BT access innovation culture and to work with startups to solve business challenges or develop new products. Previously Elizabeth ran an editorial and content agency, and built communities. She’s been selected for Computer Weekly’s UKtech50 top influencers, the Debrett’s 500, and Vogue UK’s Generation Tech among others. Elizabeth also sits on the board of the Digital City Exchange smart cities programme at Imperial College, the Open Data Institute’s Data Pitch technology innovation board, and the Silicon Valley Bank early-stage advisory board. @evarley @TechHub
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About TechHub: TechHub is the home of technology entrepreneurs and startup teams
Peter Sweetbaum
CEO & Founder of Content+Cloud
Peter Sweetbaum is the CEO & Founder of Content+Cloud & he attended London Business School in 1995.
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About Content+Cloud: Content+Cloud provides secure technology solutions, services, and support with a focus on Microsoft 365, Azure, and Dynamics 365.
Bret Boivin
Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder of Incopro
Incopro’s cutting-edge technology has been spearheaded by anti-piracy expert Bret Boivin. Bret initially made his mark as a Systems Engineer for Warner Brothers, working on a wide variety of projects including security for its first massively multiplayer online game. In 2006 he began managing internet anti-piracy operations for the UK, co-ordinating activities across Europe, Asia and the Middle East for both Warner Brothers and NBC Universal. Working in the film industry and constantly breaking new ground in content protection technology provided a unique insight into what content owners really need. Bret has pioneered new standards in film studio enforcement capabilities, developing significant new technology, extending piracy monitoring capabilities and helping shape strategic focus.
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About Incopro: Incopro is an online brand and intellectual property protection company.
Simon Baggs
CEO & Co-Founder of Incopro
Simon Baggs is CEO at INCOPRO and Partner and Head of IP at Wiggin LLP. His litigation team has won many of the most significant cases in the UK concerned with protecting IP rights in the online environment. Simon co-founded INCOPRO to provide IP owning businesses and their legal advisers with intelligence based technology and services to help fight the explosion of IP infringement online. In 2015, Simon’s team won the Financial Times Award for Innovation in Intellectual Property and in 2016 his team won the Legal Week award for innovation.
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About Incopro, Wiggin: Incopro is an online brand and intellectual property protection company.
Mark Williams
Founder & CEO of CloudSaver
Mark has extensive experience in taking blue chip companies in the IT and telecommunications industry to the next level in their growth phase. At OrderDynamics, Mark creates the business development strategy for the European market with a focus on developing and managing the Business Development Team.
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About CloudSaver, FishNet Security: CloudSaver is a cost optimization firm that offers outsourcing, cloud computing and technical support to IT organizations.
Andy Etches
Co-Founder and Director of Rezzil
Andy Etches is the Co-Founder and Director of Rezzil.
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About Rezzil: Rezzil improves resilience ,performance and reaction times across a wide range of sports, from beginner to Elite level.
Adam Dickinson
Co-Founder and Development Director of Rezzil
Adam Dickinson is the Co-Founder and Development Director of Rezzil.
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About Rezzil: Rezzil improves resilience, performance and reaction times across a wide range of sports, from beginner to Elite level.
Sarah Mintey
Founder & CEO of Developing Experts
Sarah is the founder and CEO of Developing Experts.and has 20 years experience in education and the third sector. Previously she was CEO of the OPEN Youth Trust and most recently worked for Inspiration Trust as their curriculum designer.
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About Developing Experts: Bridging the gap between education and industry through our online curriculum.
Richard Stobart
CEO & Founder of Unboxed
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About Unboxed: The largest Ruby on Rails development agency in London and Cape Town
Simon La Fosse
CEO, Founder & Co-Chairman of La Fosse Associates
Simon has worked in technology executive search for the last 20 years. Up until the end of 2006 he worked for a leading executive search firm and helped to grow the business from an embryonic team to an international organisation of over 500 people. Simon was part of the executive team that took the organisation public in 1997 and left to start La Fosse Associates at the beginning of 2007. La Fosse Associates has since grown to a position of prominence as one of the most respected technology search firms in the UK, and is poised for further significant growth.
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About La Fosse Associates: La Fosse Associates focus all our efforts on providing an outstanding service to our clients and candidates
