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 Gloucestershire based Founder operating in the Software 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.
Aynsley Damery
CEO and Founder of Clarity HQ
Aynsley is the CEO of business advisory platform, Clarity. He was also the CEO and founder of Tayabali Tomlin, a multi-award-winning advisory led practice based in Cheltenham, UK. Aynsley is a chartered accountant, accoladed entrepreneur and international keynote speaker. He has advised thousands of businesses around the world and sits as an advisory board member on a number of companies and charities. Aynsley is considered one of the most influential accountants in the UK and has co-authored an international best seller.
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About Clarity HQ: A global business advisory platform that empowers accountants, bookkeepers and advisers to help small business owners achieve success.
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Peter Rodgers
Founder and CEO of 1060 Research Limited
Peter Rodgers is the architect of NetKernel and the father of Resource Oriented Computing. Peter started his research into ROC at Hewlett Packard Labs. When trying to build very large scale software solutions, he discovered that with traditional software he could afford to “build-one” but the long-tail cost of software dwarves the headline costs. He started thinking seriously about the Web as an abstraction for general software with the aim that the economics of the Web could be introduced to any software solution.
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About 1060 Research Limited: 1060 Research develops and reinvents software based on scalability, architecture, and operational performance.
Oliver Gleave
Founder of Monii
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About Monii: A sales & finance productivity platform for small businesses
Chris Farrelly
Founder & CTO of Volo
Chris Farrelly is the Founder and CTO, an ecommerce software pioneer Chris founded eSellerPro in response to the growing demand for solutions to manage the complexity of marketplace selling. Chris has previously built successful platforms and companies focussed on business process automation principally in the Insurance and Retail sectors.
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About CFA, Volo: Volo is an ecommerce business.
Martin Fuggle
Founder & President of Adaxa
Martin’s career has spanned more than forty years in the Information & Communications Technology industry. He has held board and senior management positions with major ICT service providers in the United Kingdom and Australia. He spent seven years as a board member of the Victorian Branch of the Australian Information Industries Association, focusing on the development of ICT policy for small to medium business.
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About Adaxa: Adaxa is an Open Source ERP Software.
Steve Hurcombe
CTO and Co-Founder of Enterprise Study
In 1983 Steve was described by the Guardian newspaper as a computer whizz-kid – and this is what a whizz-kid becomes when they grow up. He loves technology and grew up programming Dragon 32 and Sharp MZ-80K home computers, but of course eventually the PC reigned supreme. He later took up Bjarne Stroustroup’s C++ using the Zortech C++ compiler to write Windows 16 bit applications. All of this was a hobby until 2000 when it became the day job, and in 2002 Steve co-founded Enterprise Study. Now, moving with the times, Steve works with Internet technologies, ASP.Net 4.5 and the latest Javascript libraries to develop the numerous products that the company now boasts. Steve’s hobbies are DIY, being husband and a father to 3 young (and very excitable) children. Generally the (2nd from) last to be picked at sports, sport and the gym are definitely not his cup of tea!
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About Enterprise Study: Enterprise Study is a cloud-based system that offers learning and compliance management, and training administration services.
Charles Curry
Founder & Owner of Chronos Technology
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About Chronos Technology: Chronos delivers the solutions, the components, the knowledge and service assurance tools.
Adrian Wild
Founder of BuildingWorks
Former Civil Engineer and Property Developer, Adrian Wild is our Managing Director and founder of Integro Construction Software. Adrian was a builder for 25 years and has built 80+ houses and 300 extensions. He developed software for his own business which other contractors liked a lot and the result is BuildingWorks.
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About BuildingWorks, HBXL Building Software: BuildingWorks is a fully integrated, subscription-based construction software platform for new builds, extensions, conversions and refurbs.
