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 Bristol based CEO’ operating in the Information Technology space. If you think a CEO’ 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.
Joel Gibbard
CEO of Open Bionics
Joel Gibbard is the founder of Open Bionics and the inventor of the world’s first and most advanced 3D printed robotic hand prosthetic. Joel has won multiple awards for engineering, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Joel was recently named ‘Britain’s Design Engineer of the Year,’ and awarded the Limbless Association’s ‘Prosthetic Innovation of the Year’ award. The roboticist is based inside of the Bristol Robotics Laboratory and is committed to keeping his robotic hands open source.
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About Open Bionics: Open Bionics is a robotics company creating affordable 3D-printed bionic hands for amputees, researchers and makers.
Chris Erven
CEO and Co-Founder of KETS Quantum Security
Chris Erven(CEO & Founder) has been thinking about the commercial application of quantum encryption for over 12 years since he started building these systems experimentally. He has commercial start-up experience with QuSpin Inc., in Canada and is currently Deputy Director of the Quantum Technology Enterprise Centre at the University of Bristol.
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About KETS Quantum Security: KETS Quantum Security is developing a range of future-proof, cost-effective technologies for quantum-secured communications.
Martin Jonik
Co-Founder and CEO of Techmodal
Martin Jonik is a co-founder and CEO at Techmodal.
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About Techmodal: Techmodal is a consultancy and technology company that offers data-driven decision support for the defense, commercial, and public sectors.
Matt Butcher
CEO of Inductosense
Matt has extensive experience in developing early stage companies and has undertaken commercial roles and directorships in a variety of engineering companies.
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About Inductosense: Inductosense is developing wireless, battery-free, sensors that can be permanently fixed.
Vassilis Seferidis
Co-Founder & CEO of Zeetta Networks
Vassilis has more than 25 years of experience in the Telecom and Consumer Electronics (CE) industries mainly in Strategic Business Planning and Development roles. Before co-founding Zeetta Networks, Vassilis was VP of European Business Development for Samsung Electronics responsible for driving revenue growth and strategic development of the company’s Consumer Electronics business in Europe. Prior to Samsung, he held senior management positions with British Telecom, Toshiba Information Systems, Philips Electronics, and British Standards Institute. During 2006-2009 he was the CTO of QIO Systems Inc., a pioneer in wearable electronics based in New York City. Vassilis holds a BSc and MSc from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, a PhD in Electronic Systems Engineering from Essex University and an MBA from Cass Business School, University of London. In 2011 he was included in Euro50, a list of Europe’s 50 most influential people in Broadband &Telecoms industries.
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About Zeetta Networks: Zeetta Networks simplifies the monitoring, management and automation of complex ICT networks
David Lipkin
CEO and co-founder of LiFT Learning
David brings skills in systems thinking and a background in mental health to his role as SchooHack’s CEO. In his clinical mental health work with children and families, David specialized in engaging with particularly challenging populations by building trusting relationships that enabled meaningful learning and growth. He is knowledgeable about behavioral intervention, self-regulation skills, social-emotional development, and trauma-informed systems of care, especially as they relate to the design of optimal learning environments. He has worked as a school-based clinician, a musician, and an educator at the college and middle school levels. He is the proud father of three wonderful children.
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About LearnLaunch, LiFT Learning: LiFT is a platform that elevates educational experience with collaborative project-based learning and competency-based portfolio assessment.
Rob Hall
Founder & CEO of Wriggle
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About Wriggle: A web and app marketplace helping people discover and transact at handpicked local food & drink establishments.
Silas Adekunle
Co-Founder and CEO of Reach Industries
Silas Adekunle is the Co-Founder and CEO at Reach Industries.
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About Reach Industries: Reach Industries focuses on developing cutting-edge products for companies.
Craig Hooper
Co-Founder and CEO of DWCC
Craig Hooper is the founder and CEO of DWCC. He has over 20 years’ experience in global solution selling and has also worked in senior IT buying positions across a number of successful global technology start-ups. His other experience includes stints at Airbus and JP Morgan, where he served as SVP of EU Supply Chain Product Management.
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Ben Howes
Founder & CEO of Overlock
Ben Howes been designing, creating and shipping IoT solutions in the IoT space for 3 years. Over this time Ben has worked with organisations spanning startups through to some of the largest companies in Europe. As founder and CEO of Overlock, Ben heads up a team of 8 engineers in Bristol who’re building tools to roll all of their experience in to making reliable and scalable IoT solutions a reality.
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About Overlock, Zoetrope: Overlock allows you to discover exceptions and faults in your IoT system.
Ben Howes
Founder & CEO of Overlock
Ben Howes been designing, creating and shipping IoT solutions in the IoT space for 3 years. Over this time Ben has worked with organisations spanning startups through to some of the largest companies in Europe. As founder and CEO of Overlock, Ben heads up a team of 8 engineers in Bristol who’re building tools to roll all of their experience in to making reliable and scalable IoT solutions a reality.
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About Overlock, Zoetrope: Overlock allows you to discover exceptions and faults in your IoT system.
