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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 Founder operating in the Intellectual Property 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.
Jaco van Eeden
Founder of Humanstate
Jaco, the founder of GivenGain, studied theology, biblical languages and computer science at the University of Pretoria. Jaco received extensive programming training at Logos Research Systems and entered into the consultancy market as a SAP HR consultant for EPI-USE Systems. Prior to founding GivenGain, Jaco worked extensively in the CRM field, consulting at companies such as Sun Microsystems, Applied Materials, Hilton Hotels, Campus Pipeline, Webvan.com, Buy.com, Express Scripts and Buildscape.
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About Humanstate: Owns cloud-based transactional platforms GivenGain & PayProp & financial services company PayProp Capital.
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.
Boyd Mulvey
CEO & Founder of Chorus Intelligence
Boyd started his career in 1990 as a data analyst for Credit Suisse Financial Products (CSFP), an investment bank which created and traded derivative financial instruments based in London. At CSFP Boyd created a database for analysing capital at risk for the bank called FRED (Financial Risk Exposure Database) which is still in use today. Boyd moved from analyst to strategy at UBS and then into investment banking where he helped to raise money for and float several technology companies on the UK Stock Exchange before launching a Venture Capitalist Fund called the CREATE East of England Fund, which specialised in investing into early stage tech companies around the Cambridge area. Following the completion of that Fund, Boyd founded Chorus Intelligence to focus on data analytics once again.
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About Chorus Intelligence: Chorus Intelligence provides technology that allows authorities to investigate crimes using mobile phone records.
Tim Chater
Founder of Phoenix Ventures
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About KOJI Drinks, Phoenix Ventures: Phoenix Ventures operates as a market platform for intellectual property asset trading that facilitates and accelerates transactions.
Jan Telander
Founder, President and CEO of ProGreen US
Jan Telander is the Founder & CEO at ProGreen US.
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About ProGreen US: ProGreen US engages in the ownership and management of agricultural and real estate projects.
Roman Demidov
Founder of GPCC
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About GPCC: GPCC is Blockchain based platform.
Loren Barton
Founder, Managing Director of Kaleidoscope Group Ltd
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About Kaleidoscope Group Ltd: Consultancy and advisory firm focused on bridging the gap between innovation and performance in the market
