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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 London based Founder operating in the Smart Cities 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.
Dan Hubert
CEO & Founder of AppyWay
Dan initially founded AppyParking after experiencing first-hand the pain of parking caused by a fragmented and broken market when trying to park near the Royal Albert Hall for a concert. From this was born the AppyParking mobile app, but more questions quickly arose… What if we could digitise parking spaces? And not just spaces – but all of the UK’s kerbs? What opportunities would that unlock? How could a digitised, dynamic kerb not only meet the ever-growing demands of urban transport today – but shape that of tomorrow? From that lightbulb moment onwards, Dan was hooked and with AppyWay, he’s leading the charge to help cities thrive, from the kerb up.
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About AppyWay: AppyWay is a kerbside management & technology firm enabling intelligent mobility for cities.
Krasina Mileva
COO, Legal Counsel & Founder of DOVU
Register European lawyer with over 11 years of experience in Contract and Commercial Law. Krasina has headed an international legal department in a law firm, having to deal with various civil and international matters. Then she became a sole-practitioner, focused mainly in Contract, Commercial and Company Law, whilst co-founding a construction business in Belgium. As Head of Legal at a million dollar ad-tech company she discovered her passion around Data protection, Privacy and Smart legal agreements. Being part of the Company Secretariat team in Associated British Ports gave her an additional layer of Corporate Governance expertise.
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About DOVU: DOVU is a global rewards platform for smart travel, powered by cryptocurrency.
Erik Nygard
Founder and CEO of Kofa
Erik is the Founder and CEO at Kofa.
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About Kofa: Kofa is an automotive company that utilizes the latest electric battery and motor technology.
Ian Hetherington
Co-Founder of WRLD
Ian has been involved in the video game industry since 1982. He founded and was Managing Director of Psygnosis Limited, which became one of the most successful UK based publishers. Psygnosis was sold to Sony in 1993 and Ian was retained as the Managing Director of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe from 1994-1997 where he was instrumental in the design and implementation of the hardware and software for Sony’s new Playstation console, and oversaw the development of the European launch catalogue (80% market share at launch).
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About Midoki, Realtime Worlds, WRLD: A 3D cloud-based platform of real-world environments to create digital twins.
Molawa Adesuyi
CoFounder & CTO of Recyclan
Tech entrepreneur passionate about building products and business that change lives
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About Recyclan: Tech Enabled Plastic Recycling Company
Cristian Parrino
CEO and Co-Founder of Greengame
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About Greengame, OpenUK: Working with organisations to incentivise sustainable behaviour using automated activity detection, gamification and behavioural economics
Raunaq Bose
CTO, Co-Founder of Humanising Autonomy
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About Humanising Autonomy: Humanising Autonomy is building the global standard for human machine interactions.
Maya Pindeus
Co-Founder, CEO of Humanising Autonomy
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About Humanising Autonomy: Humanising Autonomy is building the global standard for human machine interactions.
Leslie Nooteboom
Chief Product Officer, Co-Founder of Humanising Autonomy
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About Humanising Autonomy: Humanising Autonomy is building the global standard for human machine interactions.
Daniela Menzky
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer of Angoka
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About Angoka, Auto Clubs International, CyNation, CyNation: ANGOKA is an IoT security company focused on protecting machine-to-machine communications for Smart Cities and Mobility.
Shadi Razak
Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of Angoka
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About Angoka, CyNation: ANGOKA is an IoT security company focused on protecting machine-to-machine communications for Smart Cities and Mobility.
Eric Tomaszewski
Founder / Managing Director of Itoma Lux
Eric Tomaszewski is the Founder & Managing Director of Itoma Lux. He founded Itoma Lux in 2017 after 10 years of corporate experience with companies like Ocado, Magna Exteriors and Magna Interiors, Ishida Europe Ltd, and Kimberly-Clark.
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About Itoma Lux: We enable PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT with FINANCE and then de-risk it and increase chances of commercial success with MARKETING & SALES solutions.
