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 Laundry and Dry-cleaning 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.
Deyan Dimitrov
Founder & CEO of Laundryheap
Deyan Dimitrov is the Founder and CEO at Laundryheap.
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About Laundryheap: Laundryheap is an on-demand dry cleaning and laundry service available in the UK, Ireland, Netherlands and the UAE.
Sebastian Os
Co-Founder, Chief Commercial Officer, and Board Member of Laundryheap
Sebastian Os is the Co-Founder, Chief Commercial Officer, and Board Member at Laundryheap.
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About Laundryheap: Laundryheap is an on-demand dry cleaning and laundry service available in the UK, Ireland, Netherlands and the UAE.
Kyle Grant
Founder & CEO of Oxwash
After a career at NASA, Kyle founded Oxwash during his Synthetic Biology PhD at Oxford University. Armed with just a bike and a backpack, Kyle started collecting and washing clothes for fellow students, this quickly snowballed into a growing on demand laundry business as interest grew. Kyle’s passion for sustainability and tenacious entrepreneurial attitude continue to propel Oxwash to lofty heights.
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About Oxwash: Oxwash is developing a clinical-grade laundry/dry cleaning service with space age technology.
Lorenzo Franzi
Co-Founder & Managing Director of Zipjet
Lorenzo is Co-Founder & Managing Director of ZipJet. ZipJet is an urban pick-up & delivery service for laundry & dry cleaning in London and Berlin. Previously, Lorenzo worked with McKinsey & Company as a consultant. Prior to McKinsey, he worked with Voice.ee a micro polling start up. Lorenzo started-off his professional career at JP Morgan in London. Lorenzo holds an MBA from INSEAD and Msc in Finance from the University of Maastricht.
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About Zipjet: Zipjet is an online laundry and dry cleaning service that enables its users to order laundry and dry cleaning pickup and delivery services.
Matthew Connelly
Founder & CEO of ihateironing.com
Mr. Matthew Connelly, also known as Matt, serves as Managing Director of ihateironing.com Ltd.
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About ihateironing.com: ihateironing.com is a company that provides dry cleaning and laundry services on delivery.
Nadeem Abbas
CEO & Founder of Love2Laundry
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About Love2Laundry: Founded in 2014, Love2Laundry is a digital laundry and dry-cleaning delivery service.
Ian Walker
Co-Founder of LaundryRepublic
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About LaundryRepublic: Lockers in your building for your laundry and dry cleaning
Russell Stinson
Founder and Owner of ACT Clean
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About ACT Clean, Fireheart Coffee: ACT Clean is providing the highest standards of outsourced cleaning and staffing services to the hospitality industry.
