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 Data Storage 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 โ Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth โ Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management โ Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact โ Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data โ 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.
Manpreet Singh
Co-Founder of Innokrats
Manpreet Singh is an Indian business executive and serial entrepreneur. He is the Co-Founder of Innokrats, an India based NAS (Network-Attached Storage) company. He has had the opportunity of working with many tech giants all around the globe especially Microsoft UK and Microsoft India as a tech evangelist. Manpreet is also highly recognized by other enterprises for his creativity, ideas and magic. He handles software, food tech, sustainable fashion, real estate sectors and holds contracts worldwide.
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About Innokrats: Innokrats Solution Private Limited is a tech storage company, founded in 2018.
John Michael
CEO & Founder of iStorage
With 32 years within the Data Storage Industry, John Michael has been running successful innovative businesses throughout his working life. With Johnโs extensive knowledge and experience within the industry, he recognised early on that data was becoming a precious commodity. Johnโs vision of creating secure solutions to protect sensitive data led him to develop a range of ground-breaking industry leading products, consisting of USB Flash, Hard Disk and Solid-State Drives, which have been certified to the highest government accreditations!
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About iStorage: iStorage is the trusted global leader of PIN authenticated, hardware encrypted data storage devices.
Alex Chircop
Founder, CEO and CTO of Ondat
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About : Ondat supports your freedom with industry-leading levels of data performance, resilience, security, and scale.
Simon Croome
Founder & VP of Engineering of Ondat
Simon Croome is the Founder & VP Engineering at StorageOS.
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About Ondat: Ondat supports your freedom with industry-leading levels of data performance, resilience, security, and scale.
Warren Russell
Founder & CEO of W2 Global Data
Over 14 yearsโ experience in working within the Financial Service Sector. Warren has extensive expertise in AML (Anti Money Laundering), Anti-fraud, CTF (Counter Terrorism Financing), Loss Prevention, Regulation and Compliance working within companies such as HSBC, Morgan Stanley, Cheltenham & Gloucester and C6 Group.
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About W2 Global Data: W2 Global Data is a provider of international data, software and services.
Chris Roche
Co-Founder , Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director of Celerity
Chris Roche is the chief executive officer at Celerity.
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About Celerity: Celerity designs and builds systems to support servers and data storage.