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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 Associate operating in the Business Development space. If you think a Associate 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.
Shaun Dunlop
Investment Associate of Summit Partners
https://about.me/shaundunlop
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About Summit Partners: Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
Robert L. Fee
Associate of Summit Partners
Founder at NewCo.
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About NewCo, Summit Partners: Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
Chris Bon
Senior Associate of Summit Partners
Chris focuses primarily on the growth products and services sector in Europe. He is a dual French and British citizen, and is bilingual in French and English. His investment experience includes Normec, OnRobot and Sipartech. Prior to Summit, Chris worked in M&A advisory at J.P. Morgan in London. He holds a BCom in economics, with high honors, from the University of Toronto and an MSc in finance, with distinction, from HEC Paris.
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About Summit Partners: Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
Jono Pagden
Senior Associate of Summit Partners
Jono focuses primarily on the healthcare and life sciences sector in Europe. He is a dual British and South African national. His investment experience includes Advance Medical (acquired by Teladoc) and zahneins. Prior to Summit, Jono worked on the Retail/Healthcare and U.K. M&A teams at Goldman Sachs. Jono holds a Bachelor of Business Science, with honors, in accounting and finance from the University of Cape Town.
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About Summit Partners: Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
Harriet Hamblin
Associate of Northzone
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About Northzone: Northzone is an early-stage venture capital fund built on experience spanning multiple economic and disruptive technology cycles.
Brett Cook
Senior Associate of F-Prime Capital
Brett Cook joined Fidelity Biosciences in 2013. Prior to Fidelity Biosciences, he was a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company. At McKinsey, he advised hospital & health systems, pharmaceutical / medical device, non-profit, and retail clients. His engagements covered a variety of topics, including strategy, organization, operations, and pricing. Brett received his B.S.E. in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University, graduating cum laude and Tau Beta Pi.
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About F-Prime Capital: F-Prime Capital is a venture capital firm investing in healthcare and technology.
Ginny Watsham
Investment Associate of GMG Ventures
Ginny Watsham is an investment associate at GMG Ventures. Before joining GMGV, Ginny was a strategy consultant at EY-Parthenon, working in the Education, Consumer Goods, TMT, Business Services and Healthcare industries. She has an MEng with 1st class honours in civil engineering from the University of Warwick.
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About GMG Ventures: GMG Ventures is an early stage venture capital fund that invests in companies related to media-tech.
