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 Industrial 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.
Lorenzo Simonelli
Founder, Chairman & CEO of Baker Hughes
Lorenzo Simonelli is President & CEO of GE Oil & Gas, an advanced technology equipment and services company that serves all segments of the oil and gas industry from extraction to transportation to end use. The business employs 43,000 people around the world. Before joining GE Oil & Gas, Lorenzo was President and CEO of GE Transportation, a global transportation leader in the rail, mining, marine and energy storage industries. During his five-year tenure, he expanded and diversified GE Transportation by focusing on advanced technology manufacturing, intelligent control systems, and a diverse approach to new propulsion solutions to solve the world’s toughest transportation challenges. Lorenzo has also served as CFO Americas for GE Consumer & Industrial, as well as General Manager, Product Management for GE Appliances, Lighting, Electrical Distribution and Motors. He joined GE’s Financial Management Program in 1994, where he worked on assignments in GE International, GE Shared Services, GE Oil & Gas and Consolidated Financial Insurance. Originally from Florence, Italy, Lorenzo is is a Business & Economics Graduate from Cardiff University in South Wales.
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About Baker Hughes: Baker Hughes is an energy technology company that provides solutions for energy and industrial customers worldwide.
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Alexander Guslisty
Founder, CEO of BIG Atom
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About BIG Atom: Recycling company on a mission to end polymer waste. They develop, build and operate new generation infrastructure for processing waste.
Niccolò Corsini
Founder, CEO of Logidot
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About Logidot: Logidot is a plug-and-play and high-performance indoor location intelligence platform for warehousing and factory automation.
Valerio Magliulo
Co-Founder of Abatable
Valerio Magliulo is the Co-Founder at Abatable.
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About Abatable: Abatable is the robo-advisor for high quality carbon offsetting.
Oluwaseyi Sosanya
Co Founder and CEO of Gravity Sketch
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About Gravity Sketch: Gravity Sketch is a VR-based design and collaboration platform that allows distributed teams to create, share, and build in 3D.
Daniel Thomas
Co-Founder & CTO of Gravity Sketch
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About Gravity Sketch: Gravity Sketch is a VR-based design and collaboration platform that allows distributed teams to create, share, and build in 3D.
Daniela Paredes
Co-Founder and Director of Gravity Sketch
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About Gravity Sketch: Gravity Sketch is a VR-based design and collaboration platform that allows distributed teams to create, share, and build in 3D.
Theo Saville
Co-Founder & CEO of CloudNC
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About CloudNC: Creating autonomous manufacturing
Chris Emery
Co-Founder & CTO of CloudNC
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About CloudNC: Creating autonomous manufacturing
Limor Schweitzer
Founder and CTO of MOV.AI
Born in the UK, lived in Italy, USA, Israel and currently in Portugal, loves all things technical, has been granted some 15 patents, accumulated 25 years experience in IT, Telecom, web and robotics, and rarely ever worked for a company he didn’t own. Seasoned technologist entrepreneur with a passion to create startups that engage talented teams in transforming ideas into products and mind share. Born in the UK, lived in Italy, USA, Israel and currently in Portugal. Israeli Army-Intelligence, studied Physics, filed lots of patents and raised quite a bit of venture capital. Specialties Creating startups. Software development and distribution, IT services, Telecom software marketing, Internet Security, Computer Networks. Internet of Things, E-Commerce and making humanoid robots run.
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About BIND 4.0 Open Innovation and Acceleration Program, MOV.AI, RoboSavvy: We provide robotic developers with enterprise grade ROS development & run time environment (Robotics engine platform).
Alexander Schey
CEO & Co-Founder of Vantage Power
Alexander Schey is the Chief Commercial Officer & Electrification at Allison Transmission .
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About Allison Transmission Holdings, Vantage Power: Vantage Power designs and manufactures powertrain electrification and connectivity technologies for heavy-duty vehicles.
Toby Schulz
Co-Founder & CTO of Vantage Power
Toby Schulz is the Director Electrification & Systems IRD at Allison Transmission.
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About Allison Transmission Holdings, Vantage Power: Vantage Power designs and manufactures powertrain electrification and connectivity technologies for heavy-duty vehicles.
Kevin Lind
Co-Founder and CTO of Perceptual Robotics
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About Perceptual Robotics: Perceptual Robotics is creating intelligent automation to make wind turbine and other infrastructure inspection simple and fast
Ondrej Chudy
Founder of TMD STUDIO
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About TMD STUDIO, Trust List: TMD STUDIO provides creative ideas and online solutions to architectural designs.
Paul Domjan
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of ENODA
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About ENODA: ENODA provides the transition to a zero-carbon energy system in a way that is economically sustainable for all.
Jamie Potter
CEO & Co Founder of Flexciton
Jamie has led several projects with industrial clients across industrial sectors for clients including National Grid and RWE. Jamie graduated top of his year in Mathematics and Statistics from University of Oxford. Recently, Jamie was added to the 2018 Forbes 30 under 30 list.
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About Flexciton: Flexciton is an optimisation technology company solving complex scheduling problems in semiconductor wafer fabrication
Susan Graham
Co-Founder & CEO of Dendra Systems
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About Dendra Systems: We equip you with the data and tools to restore biodiverse ecosystems at scale.
Tien Nhan
Co-Founder & CTO of Prototype Hubs
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About Prototype Hubs: Advanced Manufacturing Platform – Connecting clients to a worldwide network of manufacturing partners with hundreds of instant prices.
Chris O’Brien
Co-Founder and CEO of Optial
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About Optial: Optial is a successful global supplier of Enterprise-wide EHS, Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC).
William Thomas
Co-Founder and CTO of Hoxton Analytics
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About Hoxton Analytics: Cloud computer vision software to digitise and automate processes in physical spaces.
Jianguo Lin
Founder of Impression Technologies
Jianguo has been the driving force behind the development of the HFQ process and has developed significant know how in the processing of hot and warm formed aluminium & steel . He currently heads the mechanics of materials division at Imperial, and previously was at Birmingham University.
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About Imperial College London, Impression Technologies: Impression Technologies is leading the path towards lightweighting solutions in automotive, aerospace and consumer product sectors.
Myke Hurley
Co-Founder of Relay FM
Myke Hurley is a co-founder of Relay FM and that British guy you might have heard on podcasts. He has been talking into a microphone since 2010 and lives just outside of London, England with his sticker-covered MacBook Pro. Myke quit his full-time Marketing job in October 2014 to focus on Relay FM full time, and has since gone on to enjoy the pleasures of Aeropress coffee.
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About Relay FM: Relay FM is an independent podcast network that shares content created by its hosts and internet users on a weekly basis.
Rupert Perry
Founder of Pirum Systems
Rupert Perry is co-founder at Pirum Systems Ltd.
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About Pirum Systems: Pirum Systems providing advanced, centralised and secure reconciliation services for financial market participants.
Alexandra Cameron
Founder & CEO of Decarb Connect
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About Decarb Connect: Decarb Connect organizes a community that promotes decarbonisation on energy-heavy businesses.
Adrian Karl
CTO & Co-Founder of Inspection2
Adrian has over 20 years’ experience working within the mobile telecommunications and Internet industry. Adrian joined Sky-Futures in 2014 to lead the delivery of a technology roadmap for Expanse® that aims to maximise the value and impact of the data captured by drones. Adrian has been involved in both the design and delivery of a wide range of high tech and business applications that have technology at the core. He now applies this experience and expertise to ensure Inspection² stay at the leading edge of AI technology with our software and sensor solutions.
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About Inspection2: Automate industrial asset management & inspection with Inspection2 an AI-powered asset management, data analytics and reporting software
David Uram
Founder and CEO of Factory Bucket
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About Factory Bucket: A no-code solutions for the manufacturing industry to automate processes from production to supply chain and everything in between
Adrien Hitz
Co-Founder and COO of Materialize.X
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About Materialize.X: Data-Driven Directors for Manufacturing
Haidin Rashid
Co-Founder and CEO of Materialize.X
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About Materialize.X: Data-Driven Directors for Manufacturing
Mark Lowdell
CSO, Founder & CMO of INmuneBIO
CSO INmuneBio Inc.
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About Achilles Therapeutics, INmuneBIO, The Royal Free: INmune Bio is developing therapies that harness the patient’s immune system to treat cancer.
Kenneth Winther
Founder and CEO of Moonwalk Innovation
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About Moonwalk Innovation: Moonwalk Innovation is a crowd-sourced, crowd-funded, and crowd-owned innovation program to reinvent learning fit for modern huma.
Gemma Milne
Co Founder of Science Disrupt
Gemma Milne is a Science & Technology Writer covering all things deep tech, including biotech, advanced computing, space, energy and innovation in academia, for titles such as Forbes, the BBC, CNBC, the Guardian, and Quartz. She is also Co-Host of Science: Disrupt – a podcast interviewing the innovators, iconoclasts & entrepreneurs creating change in science. As a deep tech consultant, she is an Expert Advisor for the European Commission and Innovate UK, and a Scout for Backed VC. Gemma is an Innovation Jury Member for SXSW and a World Economic Forum Global Shaper, and she is currently writing her first book on hype and idealism in science and tech.
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About Science Disrupt: Science Disrupt discussions with the innovators, iconoclasts, and entrepreneurs intent on creating change in science.
Riccardo Chiarelli
Co-Founder & Head of Product of Mela Works
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About Mela Works: Mela is a conversational platform for collaboration and cost control in construction and beyond.
Arjun Singh
Founder of Raptor Supplies
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About Raptor Supplies: Industrial supplies / MRO ecommerce, serving the world
Chris Lawrence
Co-Founder & COO of CGHero
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About CGHero: Outsource 3D Modelling, Concept Art, Textures, VFX & More
Alexandre Noirot-Cosson
Co-Founder, CEO of Biddly Ltd.
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About Biddly Ltd.: Biddly is the first Customer Data Platform for the performance marketing industry.
Thiago Azevedo
CEO & Founder of ZOA Robotics
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About ZOA Robotics: A Startup developing affordable robots inspired by nature.
Jonathon Hughes
Founder of Babihub
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About Babihub: Babihub develops a smart technology that combines with interactive play to encourage young children to be more physically active.
