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 Cambridge based CEO’ operating in the Consulting 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.
Ludwig Bull
CEO of CourtCorrect
As Elexirr’s Managing Director, Ludwig develops the software, oversees the team and builds the company’s strategy. He is fascinated by the way information flows – especially online – and how that changes what we think about. Born in Germany, he was raised in seven different countries and speaks six languages. Although the majority of his time is devoted to developing software tools to help professionals and ordinary people solve legal problems, in his spare time, Ludwig practices martial arts and competes in marathons.
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About CourtCorrect, Elexirr: CourtCorrect offers an AI-powered online legal system. We make it easy and affordable for people and companies to resolve legal disputes.
Scott N. Miller
Chief Executive Officer of Dragon Innovation
MD at Dragon Ventures.
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About Dragon Innovation, Dragon Ventures, Olin College: We help you navigate the New Product Introduction process as you launch complex products.
Pilgrim Beart
CEO & Founder of DevicePilot
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About 1248, DevicePilot: DevicePilot provides Service Monitoring for connected devices
Ramsey Faragher
Founder & CEO of Focal Point Positioning
Ramsey Faragher is the CEO and CTO at Focal Point Positioning. He is a world-leading expert in GNSS-denied positioning and is pioneering the development of game-changing new technologies to set new standards in indoor positioning and autonomous positioning systems. He holds a first class degree in Physics and a PhD in opportunistic radio positioning, both from the University of Cambridge. Ramsey is also a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation, and a Bye Fellow of Queens’ College, Cambridge. Previously he was a Senior Research Associate at the University of Cambridge, where he developed the first online SLAM-based indoor positioning system for smartphones. Prior to this he was a Principal Scientist at the BAE Systems Advanced Technology Centre where he developed the award-winning and patented NAVSOP opportunistic positioning suite and other GNSS-denied tracking technologies.
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About Focal Point Positioning: Focal Point has developed next generation navigation and positioning software for smartphones, wearables and autonomous vehicles.
Alexander Patto
Chief Executive Officer of Waterscope
Alexander Patto and Tianheng Zhao founded Waterscope in 2015, since which Alexander has been serving as its chief executive officer.
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About Waterscope: Waterscope is a not-for-profit impact-defined company based in Cambridge.
Raghu Das
CEO of IDTechEx
Raghu Das MA (Cantab) is CEO of IDTechEx. He has a Natural Sciences degree from the University of Cambridge, where he studied physics. He has been closely involved with this subject for over nine years, carrying out consultancy in Europe, USA, Asia and the Middle East. He has lectured on these topics at over 300 events around the world and is author of several IDTechEx publications. r.das@idtechex.com
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About IDTechEx: IDTechEx is a consultancy that provides market research, business intelligence, and events on emerging technology to its clients.
Antony Rix
CEO of Granta Innovation
An entrepreneur with an engineering background, Antony has spent over 20 years working in telecommunications, wireless technology, medical devices and product development. He started his career at a major telecoms research laboratory, then co-founded Psytechnics, a spin-out commercialising network quality assessment and monitoring technology. He then spent more than a decade at TTP, the leading technology and product development consultancy, before joining 8power as co-founder and CEO. He is currently founder and CEO at Lucida Medical, developing AI for cancer screening using MRI.
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About Lucida Medical: Research, consulting and development of AI and ML applications in business and healthcare
Carlos Ludlow-Palafox
CEO of Enval
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About Enval: Enval, originally formed as a spin-out from the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cambridge, is a privately funded
James Boyle
Founder, Chairman & CEO of Sustainability Roundtable
As Founder, Chairman & CEO of Sustainability Roundtable Inc. (“SR Inc”), Jim is responsible for building sustainable value for customers, investors and team. Since 2009, SR Inc has partnered with world leading corporations and building owners to introduce the advantages of shared-cost research and consulting on more sustainable buildings and business.
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About Sustainability Roundtable, The Alliance for Business Leadership: Sustainability Roundtable, a research and conferencing company, delivers actionable best practices for sustainable commercial real estate.
Mark Dawe
Chief Executive Officer of The Skills Network
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About The Skills Network: The Skills Network develop and deliver innovative technology-enabled training and skills solutions to individuals and organisations.
Pedro De Abreu
CEO of 14x Innovation Group
Pedro De Abreu is the founder of 14x Innovation Group, an innovation development practice that specializes in building innovation capabilities in individuals and organizations in business, government, and education by helping individuals leverage the impact of the brain and behavior on individual performance and by providing organizations with a framework for organizational innovation and change. 14x Innovation Group runs intensive workshops, provides consulting sessions, and keynote speeches. Through 14x, Pedro has traveled to countries including Dubai, Oman, Brazil, Kuwait, and the Kingdom of Bahrain to help organizations and individuals innovate. Pedro has a master’s degree in Applied Psychology, Neuroscience, and Practice in Mind, Brain, and Education from Harvard University. At Harvard, Pedro conducted research on the interplay of dispositions and environmental factors in the development of high performing individuals as well as on organizational behavior. Pedro assists with research in future self-perception and affective forecasting at Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology Daniel Gilbert’s laboratory at Harvard University.
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About 14X IG (14X Innovation Group), 14x Innovation Group: 14x Innovation Group helps organizations and individuals leverage the impact of the brain on individual performance.
