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 Web Design 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.
Kevin Helton
Co-Founder & Creative Director of Hello Love
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About Hello Love: Hello Love is a forward thinking branding and design studio that has a passion for communicating ideas and creating captivating adventures.
Amy Wilson
Marketing Consultant & Agency Founder of w digital
Amy Wilson is the Marketing Consultant and Agency Founder at w digital.
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About w digital: A privately owned Digital Marketing Agency based in Peckham, South East London.
AJ Joshi
Founder of Ikaroa
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About FIT.live, Gignify, Ikaroa, zessoo: Ikaroa is a full 360 service which means they’ve got you covered on design and content right through to digital.
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
Paul Farnell
Co-Founder & Board Member of Litmus
Paul Farnell is the CEO & Co-Founder of Litmus. After moving the company across the pond, Paul has come to love Boston and driving on the right side of the road. He can often be found anyplace with a good charcuterie plate.
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About Any One Thing, Litmus: Litmus is a testing and QA service for email marketers.
Sheenu Chawla
CEO and Co-Founder of Sush Labs
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About Sush Labs: Sush Labs is in designing, developing mobile and webs cloud-backed digital solutions.
Sebastian Lewis
Founder & CEO of Mettrr
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About Mettrr: Mettrr designs, builds and manages professional websites tailored to your small business.
Vernon Dias
Founder and Managing Director of Made by Fire
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About Made by Fire: We create digital products for our ambitious clients with a team of over 100 specialists.
Cameron Day
Founder of Together
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About Together: A full-service agency focused on helping tech companies acquire customers, attract talent and raise capital.
Marc Crouch
Founder & CEO of Firedrop
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About Firedrop: The world’s most advanced artificial intelligence website builder – uniquely designed sites in 60 seconds
Julian M. Baladurage
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of MBJ LONDON
Julian Baladurage joined MBJ LONDON as CEO & Co-founder in 2011.
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About Forbes New York Business Council, MBJ LONDON: MBJ LONDON is a web and app development company offering Website as a Service.
Kaspar L. Palgi
Project Manager, Coder, Co-Founder of CrewNew.com – Freelancers’ Agency
I’m a BA IT graduate that’s best at UX/software planning, software architecture and developing software in various programming languages/frameworks/platforms, including Python, PHP, Node.js, Ruby and more. I’m worked with various frameworks like Django, Flask, Rails, CodeIgnitor, Yii, Zend etc. I have experience also with most of the popular open source solutions like Django CMS, KeystoneJS, MODx, Magento, WordPress, OpenCart, Prestashop, vTiger, Odoo, Rhadoop/Hadoop and the list goes on. I always keep my eyes open for the most promising new technologies such as MEAN Stack, Kivy, Meteor and many various others that facilitate building multi-platform applications. I’m a very adept project manager that can always come up with a short/smart and simple solution that works. I’ve completed a teaching course at university that has given me plenty of experience teaching in front of a classroom, performing remote one-on-one training and creating easy to follow manuals. My general skills are in business development. I started my first business when I was 13 and my first IT company when I was 17. Right now I’m a shareholder of four different companies and am currently working on establishing a promising new start-up that will utilise IT management to make freelancers (like us) much more productive.
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About CrewNew.com – Freelancers’ Agency: Platform for project managers. Work with hand picked freelancers used to work together & managed by local PMs. Mostly European developers.
Tim Jarvis
Co-Founder & CEO of Fabrik
Tim Jarvis is an award-winning creative director and co-founder of Fabrik and Frēsh. As CEO of Fabrik Tim supports and champions creativity; helping creatives find a voice and audience for their talents regardless of their background, geography or experience. He designs products and brands, engineers desirability and builds communities.
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About Fabrik, Fresh Future: Fabrik is the fastest way on earth for creatives and small studios to build a beautiful, powerful portfolio website.
Alessia Sannazzaro
Co-Founder of Code & Wander
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About Code & Wander: Code & Wander is a digital product studio provides scalable web solutions for startups, brands and ourselves.
Chris Mackie
Director and Founder of 205 Media LTD
Chris Mackie is a Director and Founder of 205 Media LTD.
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About 205 Media LTD: 205 Media is a creative agency that offers a range of personalized services to its clients.
Rasesh Vasani
Founder and Finance Project Manager of kamzyada.com
Rasesh Vasani is the Founder of kamzyada.com.
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About kamzyada.com: Price Comparision Website
Vito Peleg
Founder of Atarim
I’ve built my first website on “Geocities” almost 20 years ago – Featuring my friends’ skateboarding crew when I was 14 yo. Since then I’ve built more than 250 websites. Some for me but most for small-medium businesses, fashion brands and startups. As a former touring musician, I looked for ways to allow me to work while I was touring the world playing my RNR to thousands of people and the web was, once again, there for me. I started to build websites for clients from the back of the van (and sometimes the odd broom closet) and my passion for the field grew with each project. When the band finally broke up I moved from the van to a tiny room at home, then to a larger room with one employee sitting right next to me all the way to having my own agency with 12 guys on my team. And I’m just getting started 😉 Even though I’ve had my share of experimentation between different platforms and building methods (I even gave Wix a shot for half a website), I fell in love with the WordPress ecosystem and the community around it. These days, my team and I are focused on Atarim.io – A revolutionary visual collaboration platfrom helping web agencies and freelancers get content, approve designs and provide support directly on their clients’ websites, visually.
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About Atarim: Allowing Web Creators to Manage Projects and Collaborate, Visually, Within a Website. Making Working With Clients, Easy & Extremely Fast
Rishi Kapoor
Founder and CEO of Webosaurus
Rishi Kapoor is the founder and CEO of Webosaurus. He is the previous Head of Performance Marketing for Monster UK/IE. He has over 15 years of experience in performance based online advertising and recently has taken up a new role where he is focussed on aligning the recruitment sector to the mainstream consumer advertising sector by making recruiting ROI more transparent & accessible. He has also been actively involved with the Internet Advertising Bureau(IAB) helping formulate the best practices for the online lead generation & performance marketing sector. His B2C specialisation is helping him transform talent acquisition strategy for leading gig economy and forward thinking brands. Close
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About Monster, Webosaurus: Webosaurus is a full service performance marketing agency that transform lead acquisition.
Mukhtar Sanders
Creative Director and Founder of Inspiral Design
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About Inspiral Design, Nuqta: Inspiral Design is an agency that combines contemporary craft-based British design, language, and culture.
Jon Harris
Founder & CEO of Simpl
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About Simpl: Simpl is the world’s simplest website builder. Mobile app for iPhone and iPad.
Sophie de Oliveira Barata
Prosthetics Artist and Founder of Alternative Limb Project
Sophie comes from an art background, with a first class honours degree in Special Effects prosthetics for film and TV. She worked as a sculptor for 8 years at one of the UK’s leading prosthetic providers, making realistic, bespoke prosthetics for amputees. In her spare time she made more experimental art work in this medium before setting up her own studio and launching the Alternative Limb Project. Sophie now works as a specialist consultant and works alongside prosthetists to produce realistic-looking artificial limbs as well as more imaginative limbs with direct input from the client to reflect their interests and personality.
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About Alternative Limb Project: The Alternative Limb Project was created in September 2011 after prosthetic limb designer Sophie De OIiveira Barata.
Jon Ardern
Co-Founder, Designer of Superflux
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About Superflux: Superflux is a design company that utilizes rapid prototyping and media sketches to produce concepts, experiences, products, and services.
Anab Jain
Founder & Director of Superflux
As Founder and Director of Superflux, Anab hopes to realise our vision of the studio as a new kind of design practice, responsive to the challenges and opportunities of the twenty-first century. Born and educated in India (NID), with an MA in Interaction Design from the Royal College of Art, Anab founded Superflux in 2009, leading the Consultancy’s client partnerships whilst balancing the Lab’s self-initiated conceptual projects. She has lead multidisciplinary design, strategy and foresight projects for businesses, think-tanks and research organisations such as Sony, BBC, Nokia, NHS, Design Council, Forum for the Future, Qatar Foundation and Govt. of UAE. Honoured as a TED Fellow, she is the receipient of several awards, including the Award of Excellence ICSID and Apply Computers, Innovation Award, Chicago International Film Festival and the UNESCO Digital Arts Award. Her experience and knowledge of design, futurescaping, emerging markets, new technologies and innovation has led her to be invited to speak at conferences such as PICNIC, WCIT2010, LIFT, SIGGRAPH, Global Design Forum, EPIC, Design Engaged and FuturEverything. Her work has been exhibited at MoMA New York, Apple Computers Inc, Mattel Toys, Tate Modern, Science Gallery Dublin, National Museum of China and the London Design Festival. She is on the Board of MzTek and Broadway Cinema and Media Centre, and is a guest lecturer at the Royal College of Art, VCUQatar, Architectural Association, Goldsmiths, Dundee Innovative Product Design and CIID. Previously Anab has held senior positions at the Helen Hamlyn Centre, Microsoft Research Cambridge and Nokia Design London.
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About Architectural Association School of Architecture, Goldsmiths, University of London, Superflux: Superflux is a design company that utilizes rapid prototyping and media sketches to produce concepts, experiences, products, and services.
Sam Hartnell
CEO / Founder of Xzero Entertainment
Sam Hartnell – YouTube Network Entrepreneur, Founder of Xzero Entertainment Xzero Entertainment Network (XEN) is a media & technology company that brings together content owners, network operators and advertisers to create economically sustainable online and mobile video business models. XEN specializes in the aggregation, optimization, protection and monetization of video content. We create compelling distribution opportunities for its content partners and income generation opportunities for its network and advertising partners.
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About Xzero Entertainment, YouTube: DigiYouTube MCN Network – Business Development & Music Distribution
Steve Boulton
Co Founder & CEO of Golden Egg Innovation
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About Golden Egg Innovation: Golden Egg Innovation offers strategy, video content, promotion, campaign, web and app design services.
Beau Buckley
CEO & Founder of Revolucion One Digital
Beau Buckley launched Revolucion One early 2016 and is fast becoming one of Australia’s leading digital marketing agencies. With over 10 years experience in digital marketing, Beau’s expertise in SEO, PPC & Web Design has not only helped him build a six-figure business from home, but his strategies have generated his clients more than $3 million dollars in the last two years. He is also the Founder of SEO Services London, strategic marketing partner at Jack Frost Mobile Car Air Conditioning, and marketing partner at MNU Digital. Never shy of a challenge, what separates Beau from other experts, is taking struggling startups and turning them into six and seven figure businesses. Beau has the unique ability to look at a business, know the exact areas which need improvement and put together an actionable game plan the business can implement to generate results…fast. With his wealth of knowledge, years of experience and proven results, Beau has established himself as a true industry expert and a respected figure in the digital marketing space.
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About Revolucion One Digital, SEO Services London, Streemie: Perth Digital Marketing Agency helping businesses generate more leads & sales with SEO, PPC & Web Design Solutions
Aravind Sopinti
Founder of 9tree.co.uk
Founder at 9tree
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About 9tree.co.uk, 9tree.co.uk: 9tree provides IT consulting, digitalization, and managed services.
Brent Burkett
Founder and CEO of Burkett Web Solutions
I founded Burkett Web Solutions (BWS) in 2013. We mainly focus on Web Development, Internet Marketing and Social Media Management, Optimization and Marketing. We have some pretty large clients in the UK and across Europe. Former to founding BWS, I gained extensive web experience at Facebook for 6 years and Yahoo! for 6 years. I learnt a lot (gross understatement) working for both of these Internet giants. At Facebook in particular and as a Senior Software Engineer, I gained great insights into how Facebook and by extension social media works (seen from an insider perspective).
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About Burkett Web Solutions: Web Development, Internet Marketing and Social Media Management, Optimization and Marketing Agency.
Athar Majeed
Founder of Savah App
Founder of Tyrocircle Empowering social learning in Higher Education.
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About Savah App, Tyrocircle: Design Collaboration and Prototyping Made Simple. Join the responsive revolution, Get your creative design team and clients together.
Kyle Ledermann
CEO/Founder of Grip The Edge
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About Grip The Edge: Creative Agency in London Ontario. Web Design and Development, Graphic Design, Photography and Video Production
Angela Massey
Founder of Telligen
Founder at Telligen
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About Telligen: Telligen is a UK based company creating digital identities, web and mobile applications for the Arts and Culture sector
Alex Deruette
Founder of Kickpush
Alex Deruette is a co-founder and creative director of Kickpush, I am a product designer with 8 years experience in web and mobile. I’ve designed products for BBC, Verizon, Tesco, Chelsea FC, O2 and Vodafone but my real passion is to collaborate with entrepreneurs and shape products from the ground up. Co-Founder of a Product design studio with specialist expertise in mobile and web UX/UI. We know that people and relationships define quality. Exploring new frontiers of design in VR and AR.
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About Baby Bundle, Kickpush: Kickpush is a London-based design studio that produces digital products.
Steve Kevin
Founder of Fortune Infotech
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About Fortune Infotech: Fortune Infotech is a tech company offering web hosting solutions.
Clover Lewis
Founder and CEO of Clover Lewis Swimwear
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About Clover Lewis Swimwear: Clover Lewis Swimwear is the post-surgery brand of the Year in the UK Lingerie Awards
Tristam Goch
Co-Founder & Creative Director of Damn Fine
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About Damn Fine: Experts in UX, strategy, design and development.
