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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 Founder operating in the Internet of Things 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.
Dirk Englund
Co-Founder of DUST Identity
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About DUST Identity, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, QuEra Computing: DUST Identity is a proprietary technology which utilizes nanodiamonds to create an unclonable identity layer on any object.
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Ophir Gaathon
Co-Founder & CEO of DUST Identity
Ophir Gaathon is the CEO and co-founder of DUST Identity.
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About DUST Identity: DUST Identity is a proprietary technology which utilizes nanodiamonds to create an unclonable identity layer on any object.
Pilgrim Beart
CEO & Founder of DevicePilot
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About 1248, DevicePilot: DevicePilot provides Service Monitoring for connected devices
Sam Bose
CEO / Founder of IntelliSense.io
Sam got exposed to the world of Machine 2 Machine some 10 years ago. Back then he could see the potential of technology in changing the world around us, but change came with numerous obstacles. After encountering the challenges of first generation technologies, IntellISense.io was started as one of the first next generation IoT solutions companies. The technology and solution were selected as one of the eight IoT solutions to be showcased by the UK government.
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About IntelliSense.io: An Industrial AI company focusing on the Mining sector increasing efficiency sustainability & safety with trusted & transparent AI solutions
Steve Marsh
Founder and CEO of GeoSpock
Steven Marsh is a Co-Founder of GeoSpock Limited and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. Steven Marsh is also the lead architect of the Collide platform and co-lead architect of GeoSpock DB. He has experience of building real-time and highly-scalable systems he has overseen the creation of GeoSpock’s state-of-the-art geo-location and social networking mobile development platform. Steven Marsh is a computer scientist. As part of his research, Steve is part of a team building a customisable FPGA-based super-computer designed to carry out real-time simulation of extreme-scale neural networks such as the brain. He holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge.
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About GeoSpock: GeoSpock builds GeoSpock DB, the unique space-time analytics database that delivers rapid insights at a fraction of the cost.
Jason Hill
Co-Founder & CEO of BeTH
Jason Hill is Founder and CEO of BeTH, a medtech start-up and pioneer of human-device interface technology aimed at delivering unprecedented healthcare savings and comfort for patients worldwide. Specific expertise in the development products that rely on novel technologies and are differentiated by human centered design. Previously principal of Sonhill Research and Design with specialty in market research, product positioning design strategy and execution for of novel technologies for various start-ups and think tank Applied Minds. Jason co-authored research framework and served as a mentor at the D-Lab at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has lectured on design at Harvard University. Jason received a Bachelor of Science with Honors from Art Center College of Design (Pasadena) and certificate form highly selective graduate business school exchange program at INSEAD (Singapore).
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About BeTH: Human-device interface solutions.
Zied Etleb
Co Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Curiato Inc.
Zied Etleb is the co-founder and chief executive officer at Curiato.
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About Curiato Inc.: Provides caregivers and patients a holistic, end-to-end, management system.
Peter White
Founder and CEO of Rethink Technology Research
Peter is the CEO of Rethink Technology Research and helped create the company in 2002.
Peter is the principal analyst on Rethink Energy, focusing on the transition from fossil fuels to renewables, taking in Wind, Solar, Energy storage and the new Hydrogen economy. He also touches on the digitalization of the grid, the effect of EVs on electricity supply and any new ideas in energy.
Peter’s coverage area takes in solar design including perovskite, multi-junction solar, crystalline silicon, as well as floating platforms, carbon-nanotube layering, all types of turbines and lithium ion batteries or other form of energy storage, green hydrogen production economics, undersea cabling, demand response utility systems and Distributed Energy Management Systems.
Peter was previously involved in technology since 1978. For 17 years at Rethink, his research was focused on video and digital networks. He has consulted with set top and home gateway manufacturers, encoder specialists, chip vendors, flash memory providers, security companies and TV UI specialists over that time.
If you want to email Peter, ask him a question or invite him to attend or speak at an event, then please email peter@rethinkresearch.biz
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About Rethink Technology Research: Experts in Wireless, Video and Renewable Energy. Rethink is the thought leader in emerging wireless technologies, video-based quadruple play and the energy transition.
Andy Ward FREng
CTO & Founder of Ubisense
Andy Ward FREng is the Chief Technology Officer and Founder at Ubisense.
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About Ubisense: Ubisense is a developer of real-time location systems that provide enterprise business automation services.
Pete Steggles
Founder & Chief Software Architect of Ubisense
Pete Steggles is the Founder and Chief Software Architect at Ubisense.
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About Ubisense: Ubisense is a developer of real-time location systems that provide enterprise business automation services.
Rupert Curwen
Founder and Applications Fellow of Ubisense
Rupert Curwen is the Founder and Software Director at Ubisense Limited.
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About Ubisense: Ubisense is a developer of real-time location systems that provide enterprise business automation services.
Paul Webster
Founder & Director of Hardware of Ubisense
Paul Webster is the Founder and Director of Hardware at Ubisense Limited.
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About Ubisense: Ubisense is a developer of real-time location systems that provide enterprise business automation services.
Brian Sullivan
Technical Founder of Sullivan Software Systems
Inventor of Open Platform as a Service & Green Code openplatformasaservice.com sullivansoftwaresystems.com
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About Sullivan Software Systems: Inventors of Open Platform as a Service & Green Code
Zhuoqun Li
CEO and Founder of ZifiSense
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About ZifiSense: ZifiSense is a telecommunications company.
