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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 Edinburgh based Founder operating in the Education 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.
Jim Thompson
Co-Founder & CEO of Cogbooks
Jim has a strong track record in bringing new technology products to market. It’s something he’s done successfully for Thermo Electron and Applied Materials, creating products that reached $100m+ in annual sales. Jim has extensive international experience in Asia, the US and Europe.
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About Cogbooks: CogBooks is an adaptive web-based learning platform.
Dr Javid Khan
Founder of Holoxica
Founder of Holoxica Ltd, a high tech startup working on holographic 3D visualisation including digital holograms and holographic displays. Javid Khan founded Holoxica in 2008 to commercialise the results of his research in Photonics Engineering on Holographic 3D displays at Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Holoxica’s R&D activities focus on naturally viewable (glassess-free) dynamic 3D displays. Holoxica also offers custom 3D digital hologram design and production services for professionals markets including medical imaging, scientific visualisation and engineering design. Over 23 years’ experience in microelectronics, photonics and displays. Javid holds a EngD (Engineering Doctorate) in Photonics plus MEng and MSc degrees in Microelectronics and Telecoms Engineering.
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About Holoxica: Holoxica is an award-winning high-tech company specializing in holographic 3D visualization technologies.
Ben Schogler
Co-Founder of SKOOG Inc.
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About SKOOG Inc.: SKOOG is a Children’s Early Learning Interactive platform that delivers a metaverse of insanely interactive content experiences.
David Skulina
Co-Founder of SKOOG Inc.
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About SKOOG Inc.: SKOOG is a Children’s Early Learning Interactive platform that delivers a metaverse of insanely interactive content experiences.
David Skulina
Co-Founder of SKOOG Inc.
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About SKOOG Inc.: SKOOG is a Children’s Early Learning Interactive platform that delivers a metaverse of insanely interactive content experiences.
Andy Muir
Co-Founder & CEO of Coach Logic
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About Coach Logic: Coach Logic is an online video analysis and feedback platform built by sports coaches for sports coaches.
Mark Cairns
CPO | Co-Founder of Coach Logic
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About Coach Logic: Coach Logic is an online video analysis and feedback platform built by sports coaches for sports coaches.
Adrian Binzaru
Co-Founder of Cademy
Adrian is the co-founder of Cademy.io – an SaaS enabled marketplace for local courses and workshops.
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About Cademy: Cademy is a SaaS enabled marketplace for local education services such as workshops, courses, CPDs, certification programs and degrees.
Artur Binzaru
Co-Founder of Cademy
Enterpreneur
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About Cademy: Cademy is a SaaS enabled marketplace for local education services such as workshops, courses, CPDs, certification programs and degrees.
Artur Binzaru
Co-Founder of Cademy
Enterpreneur
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About Cademy: Cademy is a SaaS enabled marketplace for local education services such as workshops, courses, CPDs, certification programs and degrees.
