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 Edinburgh based CEO’ operating in the FinTech 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.
Evangelos Pappas
CEO of Ocyan
CEO/Founder of Ocyan. Tech & Blockchain Advisor. More than 10 years of experience in Startups. Strong Technical Background in Software & Platforms Engineering.
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About Ocyan: Financial marketplace for European Expats
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James Varga
CEO & Founder of The ID Co.
James Varga is the CEO & Founder of DirectID & he attended Kwantlen Polytechnic University in 1991.
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About DirectID, The ID Co.: The ID Co. help businesses onboard their customers using Open Bank data to solve business pains such as credit risk and affordability.
Georgia Stewart
Co-Founder & CEO of Tumelo
Georgia Stewart is the Co-Founder and CEO of Tumelo.
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About Tumelo: Tumelo is an impact-focused financial technology firm with the mission of giving every investor a voice.
Joe Sluys
CEO of SquareBook
Joe is a highly experienced CEO with over 20 years experience working with and for Investment Banks. Joe is the CEO/Co-Founder of SquareBook, a tech platform that gives companies a new way to raise equity capital. Joe previously founded Sentronex and has significant experience of the Financial Services industry both from a business and technology perspective. Joe regularly gives talks and lectures on the future of public markets and fintech.
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About SquareBook: SquareBook is a socially responsible FinTech driving a new IPO equity culture.
Jude Cook
CEO, Co-Founder, Investment Based Crowdfunding Platforms of ShareIn
Jude has been hooked on crowdfunding since 2011. She’s a chartered accountant who loves hearing about exciting new companies and passionate about fuelling their growth.
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About ShareIn: ShareIn help our clients deliver market leading direct investment channels.
Alexander Peterman
CEO & Co-founder of Bpay.io
Internet entrepreneur, initiator of a number of successful projects in the niches of online marketing and mobile commerce. The last project attained $10 million of annual return without a single dollar of loan capital.
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About Bpay.io: Bpay.io is a payment processing company for cryptocurrency and blockchain payments.
Steve Tigar
CEO of Money Dashboard
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About Money Dashboard: Money Dashboard is an online personal financial management service allowing users to view their online financial accounts.
Manu Peleteiro
CEO of Inbest.ai
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About Inbest.ai: Inbest.ai is a data analytics platform that aims to democratise the access to wealth management.
Stuart Lunn
Founder & CEO of LendingCrowd
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About LendingCrowd: LendingCrowd is a fintech lending platform serving mainland UK.
