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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 Content Marketing 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.
Raj Anand
Founder & CEO of Goodman Lantern
Raj is the winner of Europe’s Young Entrepreneur 2007 by BusinessWeek, Digital Future 50 by Revolution Magazine (alongside Twitter and Spotify), Courvoisier/The Observer Future 500 (2008) and Finalist of Sussex Entrepreneur 2008. He graduated from Sussex University with a Bachelors in Engineering (1.1)/Masters in Research, at 23 he setup Anderstand Limited and developed the majority of the software. Raj worked for the European Union, Sussex University research laboratory and Shell STEP internships developing software projects for several start-ups. Raj won many national awards for projects in computer science, leadership skills and entrepreneurship.
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About Goodman Lantern: Goodman Lantern provides content that helps you increase subscriptions and grow faster.
Nikita Korotaev
Co-Founder & CTO of RELAYTO Document Experience Platform
Nikita Korotaev joined RELAYTO/ Document Experience as Co-Founder & CTO in 2017.
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About Glocal Partners, RELAYTO Document Experience Platform: RELAYTO helps B2B marketers generate more leads & sales by turning static documents into interactive presentations & webpages
Antoine Amann
Founder & CEO of Echobox
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About Echobox: Echobox is the leading content automation platform
Holly Stephens
Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Subly
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About Subly: Subly makes content simple, by automatically transcribing, translating, and adding subtitles.
Paul Archer
Founder and Managing Director of Duel
World Record-breaking Adventurer, Best-selling Author and founder of Duel. Aside from his expeditions and writing, he has spent his career building technology, including the Daredevil Project app development studio, and consulting for advertising agencies and tech companies. He founded Duel to democratise and decentralise marketing for brands. Duel is solving the lack of emotional connection and social proof in often clinical looking online stores by rewarding customers for creating visual testimonials and advocating among their friends, rather than wasting millions on advertising to drive sales. Before this Paul conceived and implemented the It’s on the Meter Expedition to drive to London taxi around the World. The expedition broke two Guinness World Records, raised over £20,000 and passed through 50 countries after driving 80,000 miles from London to London in Hannah, a 1992 London Taxi bought of eBay. Paul is also an experienced speaker, moderator and a conference host. Including TEDx, SXSW, Festival of Media, Cannes Lions, Social Media Week, GenerationE, the Content Marketing Institute and Retail.Tech, as well as guest lecturing at the British School of Fashion.
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About Duel: Brand Advocacy Platform that enables purpose-led brands to drive organic growth & retention through word-of-mouth & advocacy
Armaan Mehta
Co-Founder of Odore
Armaan Mehta is the Co-Founder at Odore.
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About Odore: We bring digital and data to sampling, providing data driven sampling solutions so brands get to know their customers better.
Karan Gupta
Co-Founder of Odore
Karan Gupta is the Co-Founder at Odore.
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About Odore: We bring digital and data to sampling, providing data driven sampling solutions so brands get to know their customers better.
Jenny Tsai
Founder & CEO of Wearisma
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About Wearisma: Wearisma is a premium influencer marketing solution for brands, agencies & influencers.
William Rowe
Founder & CEO of Protein
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About Protein: Protein is a global marketing company with a focus on long term strategies.
Alessandra Di Lorenzo
CEO & Founder of LM Forward
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About LM Forward: LM Forward is a marketing services company that offers media and content activations.
Vivian Chan
CEO and Co-Founder of Sparrho
Vivian completed her PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, after spending a year working in a venture fund in Australia. Vivian has twice been invited to address EU ministers, alongside other speakers including Bill Gates, about the importance of Open Data for innovation, and was selected by Management Today as one of the 35 Women Under 35 in 2015. Vivian is a former President & Chairman of Cambridge University Technology Enterprise Club (CUTEC), and was part of the inaugural Entrepreneur First cohort in 2012.
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About Sparrho: Sparrho lead the world in democratising science using augmented intelligence.
Paola Marinone
Founder & CEO of BuzzMyVideos
Founder & CEO at BuzzMyVideos.
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About Blackbox, BuzzMyVideos, TechItalia:Lab: BuzzMyVideos is leading martech company that drives hyper-growth & new revenue from and on YouTube.
Bengu Atamer
Co-Founder & Director of BuzzMyVideos
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About BuzzMyVideos: BuzzMyVideos is leading martech company that drives hyper-growth & new revenue from and on YouTube.
David Creuzot
Founder and CEO of Konbini
David Creuzot is a Founder at Konbini.
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About Konbini: Konbini is a media company and an advertising agency focused on delivering creative content over the internet.
Lucie Beudet
Co-Founder of Konbini
Lucie Beudet is a Founder at Konbini.
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About Konbini: Konbini is a media company and an advertising agency focused on delivering creative content over the internet.
Garth Shephard
Founder & Partner of 72 Capital Limited
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About 72 Capital Limited: Boutique M&A, fundraising and strategic adviser to the small and mid-cap technology, digital media and sport sectors.
Maya Bogle
Founder and Head of Agency Partnerships of Talenthouse
Maya Bogle is one of the Founders of Talenthouse, a platform dedicated to developing creative talent around the World with the technology to become the largest source of creative solutions for brands. Talenthouse meets the rapidly growing demand amongst brand owners to deliver these solutions at speed, at scale, with cultural relevance and at competitive cost. Maya is championing this cause and has over 25 years experience in media. She speaks regularly at conferences including Cannes Lions, Social Media Week New York, AdWeek Europe, Crowdsourcing Week Singapore, the London F.ounders Conference, Tech City Insider, the Media Summit Manchester, Ibiza Music Video Festival, Silicon Beach EU, NOAH and numerous educational establishments.
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About Talenthouse: 14.6 million strong global creative community power leading brands globally
Charlie Buckle
Founder / CEO of Amondo
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About Amondo: We create content destinations that drive audience engagement
Chad Harwood-Jones
Founder of WooContent
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About WooContent: Copywriting
Jane Henry
Co-Founder of Marylebone Marketing
Jane Henry is Co-Founder of Marylebone – Difference Marketing. With a love of marketing, tech and entrepreneurship at the heart of everything we do – Marylebone makes the difference to you and your business. From revamping your established digital marketing or social media presence to supercharging the marketing for your startup, we offer bespoke marketing, communications, sponsorship and technology services that deliver results. The Marylebone difference is our passion and years of experience working on FTSE and NYSE companies, as well as consumer brands, startups and international sponsorship projects. From TV and movies launches (CNBC, NBC, Turner Broadcasting, ITV, Channel 4, London Film Festival) and tech innovations (telecoms, cable & satellite TV, Voice-to-Text, Saas, Shazam, Global Xpress satellites) to multi-million dollar sponsorship activation for the Volvo Ocean Race. Jane has held a wide range of roles in international corporate, B2B and consumer marketing and communications for leading organisations such as NBC Television, Nuance Communications, CNBC, Turner Broadcasting and Inmarsat.
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About Marylebone Marketing: Strategic, hands-on and agile approach to international marketing & PR, with a strong dose of passion and creativity, to get results.
Alexander Gash
Co-Founder of Marylebone Marketing
Alex is a creative and entrepreneurial individual with a passion for rooting out the wants and needs of clients.
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About Marylebone Marketing: Strategic, hands-on and agile approach to international marketing & PR, with a strong dose of passion and creativity, to get results.
