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 London based Founder operating in the Building Material 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.
Paul Bennett
Co-Founder & CEO of PerchPeek
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About PerchPeek: PerchPeek uses AI to guide people through every stage of their relocation from search to settling in.
Oliver Markham
Co-Founder of PerchPeek
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About PerchPeek: PerchPeek uses AI to guide people through every stage of their relocation from search to settling in.
Marwan Field
Co Founder of Skrap
Marwan Field is the co-founder of Skrap.
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About Byoot, Skrap, Skraps: Construction hire, made simple. Order waste services, bulky materials, and plant hire – anytime, anywhere.
Hussain Hilli
Founder & COO of Skrap
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About Byoot, Skrap: Construction hire, made simple. Order waste services, bulky materials, and plant hire – anytime, anywhere.
Ahmed Rao
Founder of Skrap
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About Skrap: Construction hire, made simple. Order waste services, bulky materials, and plant hire – anytime, anywhere.
Jeremy J. Martin
Founder and Director of Medgold Resources
Mr. Martin holds a degree in mining geology from the Camborne School of Mines, and a MSc. in mineral exploration from the University of Leicester. He has worked in South America and in Central America and Europe, where he was responsible for grassroots regional metalliferous exploration programmes through to resources definition and mine development. Jeremy has been involved in the formation of two AIM traded companies and has completed a number of high value mineral project transactions. He has served on the board of Ovoca Gold Plc and is a member of the Society of Economic Geologists and the Institute of Mining Analysts.
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About Horizonte Minerals, Medgold Resources: Medgold is a Mediterranean-focused TSX-V listed gold exploration and development company.
Chris Donegan
Co Founder of Invention Capital Associates
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About Invention Capital Associates: A network consulting organisation that works with innovators, investors and intellectual property assets to catalyse and generate value.
Michael Small
Founder of Construct Technology
Mike Small is a founder at @INTRO Labs. He cites his steep learning curve as a founder of VC funded StreetSpark. Previously, Mike ran info security at Reuters and Credit Suisse. He graduated from Cape Peninsula University of Technology in South Africa
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About Construct Technology: Construct enables paperless site-to-office information management and communication for the construction industry.
Sophie Bush
Founder & Director of Warehouse Home
Sophie Bush has over a decade’s experience working in publishing for some of the world’s most renowned magazine titles. As a keen intrapreneur, she launched two successful ventures for Condé Nast Publications; a travel guide in 2006, the company’s first print and digital title, and a consulting business for WIRED magazine in 2012. It was the purchase of her home, in a grade II listed east London warehouse conversion, that offered Sophie the opportunity to pursue her passion for architecture and design and to found a business of her own. Sophie left WIRED in 2014 and launched Warehouse Home, knowing she had spotted a gap in the market.
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About Warehouse Home: Warehouse Home is the definitive media brand for urban living, an essential resource for anyone aspiring to the industrial look in any home.
Nigel Walley
Founder of Chimni
Since 1998 Nigel has worked with large media companies in the UK and Europe to understand the commercial implications of new consumer technologies. Nigel is a marketer at heart, but with an intuitive sense of the potential of digital technologies. His particular focus is the evolution of commercial advertising models in media markets affected by the advent of new consumer technology. Since 1998 Nigel has worked on interactive media and technology projects for a wide range of media clients. Since 2002 he has pioneered research into the impact of convergent media, PVRs, VOD and connected devices on the TV advertising markets. Previously Marketing Director of the Internet Division of NTL, he holds an MBA from Cornell University in the USA. He is widely published in trade and national press and has appeared on the Today Programme, BBC Business Breakfast, The Money Programme and Bloomberg TV commenting on digital issues. He is a regular speaker at conferences organised by the UK trade body for TV advertising, Thinkbox.
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About Chimni: A West London based property tech startup focussing on home data management
Samuel Hunt
Co-Founder / CEO of Materials Market
Samuel Hunt Co-Founder / CEO at Materials Market.
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About Materials Market: Materials Market is an online platform that connects customers and suppliers of building materials in a competitive marketplace.
Thomas Cleverdon
Co-Founder of Plantribe.io
Entrepreneur and founder of over a dozen companies in both Tech, Entertainment and Automotive sectors. A galvanized optimist, inspiring team player with a can-do attitude and unrelenting perseverance – Enjoying life & making it count! Recent projects include a portfolio of 14 high profit e-commerce ventures across 8 major international markets. Stoked to be gearing up for the launch of an MVP peer-to-peer marketplace project.
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About Plantribe.io: Plantribe.io is the online community for houseplans. Launching 2017
Harry Molyneux
CEO Founder of Buildupp
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About Buildupp: Market Network for the entire construction industry
