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 Liverpool based Founder operating in the Developer Platform 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.
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Lee Carus
Art Director and Co Founder of FireSprite
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About FireSprite: FireSprite is a video game development studio.
Andy Davidson
Founder & Commercial Director of Lucid Games
Andy Davidson is a serial tech entrepreneur having co-founded more than 100 tech businesses either directly or through Nova throughout his career. Andy started as a software engineer before his entrepreneurial career where he has spent the past 12 years creating and managing growth-focused EIS & SEIS investment portfolios.
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About Lucid Games, Nova Growth Capital, We Are Nova: An independent videogame developer in Liverpool, UK.
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Mark Craig
Founder & Programming Director of Lucid Games
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About Lucid Games, Lucid Games: An independent videogame developer in Liverpool, UK.
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Pete Wallace
Founder & Studio Head of Lucid Games
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About Lucid Games: An independent videogame developer in Liverpool, UK.
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Chris Davie
Founder of Lucid Games
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About Lucid Games: An independent videogame developer in Liverpool, UK.
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Craig Howard
Founder and Creative Director of Lucid Games
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About Lucid Games: An independent videogame developer in Liverpool, UK.
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Nick Davies
Founder & Production of Lucid Games
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About Lucid Games: An independent videogame developer in Liverpool, UK.
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Pete O’Brien
Founder & Production Design of Lucid Games
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About Lucid Games: An independent videogame developer in Liverpool, UK.
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Pete O’Brien
Founder & Production Design of Lucid Games
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About Lucid Games: An independent videogame developer in Liverpool, UK.