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 Founder operating in the Advertising 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.
James Craven
Founder of Hybrid
James Craven is the Managing Director and founder of Hybrid, a place where traditional and contemporary communications merge and outcomes are measured. Powered by a young collective of journalists, strategists and business minds, Hybrid moves with unparalleled pace across five independent brands in high-growth markets. In June 2017, traffic to Hybrid’s combined portfolio exceeded 8.5m unique visitors. Hybrid operates out of Bristol (UK), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Sydney (Australia) and from Q1 2018, will open a further office in Boston (USA).
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About Hybrid: Hybrid is a media company that creates content for brands across digital platforms.
Panagiotis Tsarouchis
Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Duel
Panagiotis ‘Naio’ Tsarouchis is an award winning designer and developer with prolific experience in entrepreneurship having founded design and technology education startups including Consider Magazine, Art In Progress and Treesix. Naio is Duel’s Co-Founder, CTO and expert in both complex computer science and user-centric design, having built Duel from a UGC platform into a fully-featured Brand Advocacy suite. As a fellow Co-Founder of Daredevil Project gaming studio, he has a deep, technical understanding of how gaming virology, authentic brands and customer behaviour intersect on a platform level. When not working, you’ll probably find him rescuing art in Bristol, adding to his impressive rum collection and rocking his synth.
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About Duel: Brand Advocacy Platform that enables purpose-led brands to drive organic growth & retention through word-of-mouth & advocacy
Matthew Spurr
Co-Founder of Quuu
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About Quuu: Your social media marketing on autopilot
Ian Johnson
Founder of TechForge Media Ltd.
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About TechForge Media Ltd.: TechForge Media is an established, independent publishing company based in the center of Bristol, UK.
Nicola Ellison
Founder and Director of Digirank
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About Digirank: Online Marketing agency working closely with you to develop creative strategies to drive your business forward.
