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 Hampshire based Founder operating in the Financial Services 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.
Zach Harvey
Co-Founder and CEO of Lamassu Bitcoin Ventures
Zach Harvey is a co-founder of Lamassu Bitcoin Ventures, creator of the first Bitcoin ATM machine.
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About Lamassu Bitcoin Ventures: Lamassu jump-started the cryptomats industry by creating the world’s first Bitcoin ATM.
Josh Harvey
Founder of Lamassu Bitcoin Ventures
Founder at Lamassu Bitcoin Ventures
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About Lamassu Bitcoin Ventures: Lamassu jump-started the cryptomats industry by creating the world’s first Bitcoin ATM.
Louise Hill
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer of gohenry
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About gohenry: Gohenry is a developer of a kids money management application helping young people to take part in the digital economy.
Michael Liberty
Co-Founder and CPO of Signifyd
Michael is a Co-Founder and the Chief Operating Officer of Signifyd. Prior to Signifyd, he was the Head of Digital Goods and Platform Risk at PayPal. Before PayPal, Michael served as the Director of Business Development and then COO of GWC Warranty, a 120-person specialty insurance company based in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Michael spent the early part of his career in investment banking and private equity, working at J.P. Morgan and CIVC Partners. Michael holds an A.B. in Economics from the University of Chicago and an MBA from Stanford.
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About Signifyd: Signifyd is a provider of an enterprise-grade fraud technology solution for e-commerce stores.
Julie Rodilosso
Founder and CEO of ZugarZnap Limited
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About ZugarZnap Limited: Fintech/Insutech start up for Millennials
Liam Brooke
Co-Founder and Director of Lendy
Liam co-founded Lendy Ltd in 2012. He is responsible for the operational performance of the company such as underwriting, disposals, legals and other key professional services, while also overseeing the commercial broker relationships. Liam has a background in corporate finance, private banking and investment management. He developed his early banking career with Barclays Corporate before moving on to United Trust Bank as a property development manager before moving to Ahli United Bank in Bahrain to head up the UK mortgage investment proposition. On his return from the Middle East, Liam worked as an Investment Director for a small asset manager in Switzerland.
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About Lendy: Lendy is Europe’s leading peer-to-peer secured property lending platform
Richard Jefferson
Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Quavo
Richard Jefferson is the Co-founder and Managing Partner at Quavo.
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About Quavo: Quavo offers managed solutions for payment disputes and pega implementation services for customer services, onboarding and case management.
Toni Dare
Managing Director & Founder of Pulse Cashflow Finance
With over 30 years’ experience in the asset-based lending market, Toni delivers a proven track record at a senior level in both operational and risk environments. She has successfully built and managed teams and processes in this space, consistently hitting performance targets. Having worked at Director level for the least 15 years in both the banking and independent sector from Barclays Bank to Bibby Financial Services, she has built a credible reputation for managing group and divisional risk portfolios. A consummate industry professional with a wealth of experience she is committed to facilitating quick decision making and well-structured facilities for clients. As such, she made her move in 2008 to lead her own firm to enable businesses to access funding quickly, simply and on their terms giving them greater control. Her reward comes from seeing others succeed in the work place and clients flourish from the firms flexible and transparent funding solutions.
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About Pulse Cashflow Finance: Pulse Cashflow Finance is a invoice finance and credit management specialist.
Paul Brown
Co-Founder and Chief Engineering Officer of GLU Group
Paul Brown serves as the Co-Founder at GLU Group.
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About GLU Group: Glu is a directory of cryptocurrencies and blockchain tokens.
