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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 Advisor operating in the Software space. If you think a Advisor 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.
Richard Brown
Advisor of ChromaWay
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About : ChromaWay is a relational blockchain platform designed to enable a new generation of enterprise applications.
Richard Brown
Advisor of ChromaWay
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About : ChromaWay is a relational blockchain platform designed to enable a new generation of enterprise applications.
Lindsey Armstrong
Advisor of XANT.ai
Lindsey Armstrong joined InsideSales.com in March 2015, bringing nearly 30 years of experience in global technology sales leadership and management. Lindsey is guiding the company into its next phase of growth and global expansion, starting with Europe. She is responsible for establishing operations abroad and hiring an executive team. Before joining InsideSales.com, Lindsey spent more than four years with Salesforce, where she built growth engines in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), as well as Latin America and Asia-Pacific. She previously held numerous executive positions with Oracle, Veritas and Symantec, driving substantial growth in international revenues and scaling capabilities across multiple countries. Lindsey is a proven, world-class executive with a track record of excellence. During her time with Veritas, which was acquired by Symantec in 2005, EMEA revenues skyrocketed from $20 million to more than $2 billion. Lindsey serves on the board of directors for SalesHood and Bluewolf.
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About : XANT.ai provides solutions that accelerate revenue by enabling sales teams to build a better pipeline and close more deals.
Janet Williams
Director & Principal Advisor of CybSafe
Janet helps us keep the bigger picture on Cyber Security. in perspective. Janet, a former Chief Police Officer in the Metropolitan Police Service, held the National Law Enforcement Portfolio for Cyber-Crime 2008 – 2012. She developed the first police E-Crime Unit and was the Law Enforcement Lead engaged in writing the first UK Cyber Security Strategy in the Cabinet Office. She was the government Law-Enforcement Lead for Cyber-Crime for the 2012 Olympic Games taking her place at COBR. And in 2013, as a Non-Executive Director of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, she helped develop the organisation’s cyber security strategy. She is currently the National Security Adviser to the Security Committee of Qatar, where she advises on the development of Qatar’s cyber security capability and response. Janet works to enhance SME cyber security across the UK through her work as President of the Cross-sector Safety & Security (CSSC) charity. She is also a member of the Information Assurance Advisory Council (IAAC).
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About CybSafe: A behavioural security and data analytics platform helps people make better security decisions, and improve their security behaviour.
Matt Varughese
Tech Advisor of Propoly
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About : Propoly is a digital platform that enables letting agents to use the latest technologies to reduce on admin. (Acquired in 2021 by LFL)
Matt Varughese
Tech Advisor of Propoly
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About : Propoly is a digital platform that enables letting agents to use the latest technologies to reduce on admin. (Acquired in 2021 by LFL)
Jamie Brooker
Founder & Strategic Advisor of Kahoot!
Jamie Brooker is the Founder & Strategic Advisor at Kahoot!
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About Apps for Good, Kahoot!, The Nordic Web Ventures, We Are Human: Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform that makes it easy to create, share, and play fun learning games and trivia quizzes.
Claire Bridel
Board of Advisors of Kantox
Kantox’s goal is to create a transparent and fair market place for FX transactions, bringing unprecedented value to its clients. I am very excited at the prospect of helping this young, professional and passionate team to grow their business.
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About : Kantox is a leader in Currency Management Automation software that enables businesses to automate their end-to-end FX workflow
Steve Brown
Advisor of ctrlio
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About easyfundraising: ctrlio provides point of quote services to motor insurers
Tim Carter
Advisor Brand and Marketing of Baby2Body
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About : Baby2Body is a fully automated health, fitness and wellbeing coaching platform for pregnant women and mothers.
Geoff Sutton
Advisor of FLXone
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About : FLXone is a data management platform for customer-centric marketing
Robin Lawson
Board Advisor of MVF
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About : MVF provides Customer Generation for some of the world’s largest companies.
Nick Mueller
Lead Advisor of SMARTIFY
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About : SMARTIFY provides instant access to inspiring art commentary, straight to your smartphone.
Tirdad Sorooshian
Advisor of Claned Group
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About : The unparalleled digital learning solution – Modern LXP enabling superior engagement and measurement of impact
Nick Tong
Technical Advisor of Unmind
Often referred to as a “geek that can speak” Nick is a technologist with engaging communications skills. He is an entrepreneur with specialist experience in management information systems and product innovation. With other 15 years of technical experience Nick has worked with brands such as the NHS, Courvoisier, RSPCA, Publicis, Vodafone, Fixnetix, HomeTrack and the BBC. Nick has gained an exceptional ability in interpreting technology enablers and formulating digital strategies to fulfil business objectives. His experience includes: CTO and Co-Founder of Compare and Share, the worlds 1st marketplace focussing on the Sharing Economy; and founder of Tizuni Digital a full service digital agency specialising in information systems and product development.
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About SkillSnap, Unmind: Unmind is a B2B mental health platform providing clinically-backed tools and training.
Malcolm Hopping
Executive Advisor of Gospel Technology
Malcolm is a highly seasoned information technology executive, whose career spans over 50 years in the IT industry covering a wide range of operational, technical and management roles. Malcolm spent 25 years of his career successfully working for large US global corporations, with a particular focus on the high-speed networking and data storage sectors, including Hitachi Data Systems, Network Systems Corp. and Storagetek. In these roles, he excelled at managing large teams, as well as providing integrated hardware, software and networked business solutions to blue chip accounts, through both direct and indirect sales channels throughout Europe. His roles have included sales and marketing management, managing director, general manager and corporate officer. Malcolm previously worked closely with Ian Smith building Butterfly Software before it was acquired by IBM in 2012.
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About Gospel Technology: Gospel Technology is an enterprise data security platform, providing inter-enterprise data for secure & ethical business collaboration.
Richard Archdeacon
Advisory CISO of Duo Security
Richard is the Advisory CISO for the EMEA region working with clients on their Zero Trust solutions. He was previously with DXC – HPE – where he was a Chief Technologist in the Security Practice working with clients across all industries and regions. Prior to that, he worked for Symantec for many years. He has also contributed to security industry organisations such as IAAC and the IISP
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About Duo Security: Duo Security provides security software products and services.
Paul Field
Board Member, Advisor and Investor of Inn Style Ltd
CEO EMEA, TouchCast. Partner, bMuse. Director, Higgaboom. Advisor, Dugout. Advisor to Amaliah and Lead Investor. Board Member and Investor, Inn Style Ltd. Investor, The Memo. Ignite Accelerator Investor and Mentor. Free Word Board Member. Consultant. Ex Daily Mail executive
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About : Inn Style is an intelligent, easy-to-use property management system for hotels, inns, B&Bs and self-catering properties.
Julie Pelta
Senior Advisor Healthcare of DataArt
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About : DataArt is a global software engineering firm that takes a uniquely human approach to solve problems.
Jean-Michel Paul
Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Advisor of AkinovA
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About AkinovA: AkinovA: an electronic marketplace for the transfer and trading of (re)insurance risks.
Tim McSweeney
Senior Advisor of Inogesis
Tim is a founding member of Inogesis. He is responsible for the business strategy and process design, business development, special projects design, development and management support. Tim joined Inogesis in early 2017 after supporting the company as an advisor. He has over 15+ years’ experience in business analytics and information design, in the healthcare, media and non-profit sectors. Tim is also Partner of Restoration Partners and previously worked at GLL where he supported a partnership between GLL and the NHS in designing, implementing and operating a patient referral scheme.
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About Inogesis: Inogesis is a collaboration platform designed to drive impact between SME innovators and corporates.
Gordon Tees
Advisor and Investor of Mailzinger Ltd
Gordon Tees is founder and a board director of PNC (pnc.co.uk). Formerly the Systems Manager at Goldman Sachs Europe, Tees left Goldman to found PNC (Premier Networks Consulting Ltd) in 1992. PNC came to prominence by supplying cutting-edge technology solutions to the Banking, Finance, Insurance and Media sectors. It notably won Deloitte’s Fast 50 Award two years in a row (www.deloitte.co.uk/fast50filter/) in 1997 and 1998. Tees sold his controlling stake in PNC, by then PNC (UK) plc, in 2001. He joined Lehman Brothers in 2001 and bolstered management in the aftermath of the 9/11 attack which destroyed Lehman’s technology offices in the World Trade Center. He stayed with Lehman for over four years, initially responsible for the Investment Banking, Wealth & Asset Management and Private Client Services technology divisions. Latterly he relocated to New York as Global Head of Finance Technology, responsible for the financial records of the entire company. Following Lehman, Gordon Tees returned to PNC (pnc.co.uk) as Board Director where he focuses on a number of online technology investments, providing them with management and technical expertise and, where required, financing.
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About : Mailzinger provides users with enhanced privacy, protection and control over their email conversations.
Richard Gordon
Advisor of Strevus
Richard is an MD at Deutsche Bank in London, where he is currently the Global Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Market Risk Management.Richard has been with Deutsche Bank for 12 years, the last six of which have been in the Risk Division, where he has held a number of senior leadership roles, including COO for the Deputy Chief Risk Officer, and Global Head of Risk Operations.Before his employment at Deutsche Bank, Richard worked as a senior consultant for Capco and UBS, and he also served as a British Army Officer.
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About : Compliance solutions for financial servi
Rob Haslam
Strategic Advisor – T5-Digital ID of Tech5.ai
Rob Haslam is an expert with 30 years of experience in the secure identity industry. Rob is responsible for TECH5 strategy and customer-focused business plan for T5-MobileID – latest company’s innovation. His industry experience includes leading companies in the secure ID document and biometrics space, including HID Global, where he was responsible for the world’s first mobile National ID, in Argentina.
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About Tech5.ai: TECH5 is an international technology company which focuses on developing disruptive biometric and digital ID solutions.
Daniel King
Advisor of HotelRunner
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About : SaaS enabled B2B network for accommodations and travel agencies to find, contract, connect, and transact with each other online.
Mark Call
Advisor of Pointr
Following an MBA at INSEAD, Mark joined McKinsey to work on strategy and business development issues globally. He worked in over 40 countries in aviation and infrastructure, including over 20 years experience advising airports on privatisation, commercialisation, and business development. Mark is an experienced NED and senior adviser and loves sailing in his spare time.
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About : Pointr is an indoor positioning and navigation company with analytics and messaging features.
Natalia Krupina
Formerly Marketing Director, currently Advisor of Pulp
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About : Pulp allows its users to get the most diverse selection of wines from independent producers.
Riccardo Santoro
Co-Founder, currently Advisor of Pulp
Riccardo is a co-founder of Pulp. Riccardo has 9 years of experience in management consulting, the last 3 of which advising startups on growth strategies.
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About : Pulp allows its users to get the most diverse selection of wines from independent producers.
Simon Talling-Smith
Advisor of xCheck
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About : xCheck supplies ad-tech solutions designed specifically for airlines.
Jake Arnold-Forster
Business Advisor of MIRA Rehab
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About MIRA Rehab: Digital Health Company that is Gamifying Physiotherapy and Transforming Rehabilitation.
Amit Kahana
Advisor of Finiata
Amit Kahana is a Chief Risk Officer with over 10 years of experience in SME lending, within Risk and Product Management. Amit has worked in Fintechs across the UK, US, Israel and Europe.
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About Finiata: Finiata provides working capital financing for freelancers and SME’s over a fully automated data driven scoring technology.
Tim Chambers
Advisor of TicketingHub
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About : TicketingHub is a cloud based ticketing platform and is the easiest way to keep track, save time and sell more tickets on line and offline.
Alex Barros
Advisor of RateMate
At Duetto, Alex was the first executive in EMEA to launch the product and build the European organisation from scratch with focus on revenue generation. His contribution to Duetto amount to kick starting the organisation in Europe, Revenue Growth and Business Enablement: – Delivered several multi-million dollars in EBITDA by signing more than 600 properties, more than half of the global portfolio, building the brand into a major player – Delivered substantial portion of the company new business revenue globally in 2015/2016 – Signed the cornerstone account that propelled further capital investment to accelerate global expansion – Sold successfully into the C-Suite and the power base across EMEA, signing first major enterprise deal within six months – Hired and developed senior sales directors and mentored them on all deals enabling 15 operational hires – Leveraged customer and industry insights to adapt the product to EMEA markets – Game Changer Award – Signing the biggest contract in company history (nH Hotels) At SiteMinder, Alex has successfully eliminated entry hurdles, built alliances and negotiated integrations, catapulting the breakthrough of SiteMinder’s game-changing technology to empower hotels to boost profitability making it the industry standard channel manager in Spain. His leadership at SiteMinder took the taking the company from 14 to 3,500+ customers in two years, delivering over several million dollars in recurring revenue, a significant of the company’s revenue. Among his achievements: – Enterprise Sales individual contributor delivering 40+ new hotel chains – Led business development in Southern Europe and Latin America achieving the most successful model in the company worldwide, later replicated globally – Forged partnerships to deliver integrations with 50+ major technology providers: distribution channels, Property Management Systems, Central Reservation Systems, Internet Booking Engines & Revenue Management Systems – Cultivated and managed a strong white-labeled distribution network with Tech Providers across the region – Enabled head count growth of 40+ operational staff to service new customers Prior to this Alex worked for Hospitality Marketing Concepts and VOILA Hotel Rewards.
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About : Providing forward looking event data to maximize revenue through identification of compression dates and unique data for sales prospecting.
Yann Gindre
Deputy Chairman and Head of Advisory board of Akoni Hub
Advisory Board Member, bringing international finance and diverse experience servicing corporate banking clients. Senior executive with global experience In Corporate Investment Banking, Hedge Funds with a front to back experience. Previous roles from 2004 to late 2012, include CEO Natixis, The Americas & CEO Natixis UK, Chairman of the New York and London Executive committees, Chairman of Natixis Alternative assets. Yann has been a financial consultant and a Director at UNPRI until 2015. Between 1988 and 2004 he was MD Global Head of DCM at JP Morgan Chase, UBS and Barclays Capital and Global Head of Markets at Commerzbank. Yann Gindre holds an MBA from London Business School.
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About Akoni Hub: Akoni provides simple cash management tools for individuals and SMEs.
Christian Papathanasiou
Advisor of Credits
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About Credits: Blockchain Platform-As-A-Service
Arie Levy
Advisor of Credits
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About Credits: Blockchain Platform-As-A-Service
Crispin Lowery
Board Advisor of Qudini – Retail Choreography
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About : Retail Choreography solutions to transforming customer experience, operations and data for retailers and banks.
Bob Greig
Advisor of Datzing App
Bob Greig is Advisor at Datzing App.
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About : Datzing is an all-in-one beacon application for Android phones and tablets.
Suguna Nadhavan
Advisor of Datzing App
Suguna Nadhavan is Advisor at Datzing App.
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About : Datzing is an all-in-one beacon application for Android phones and tablets.
Barry Wakelin
Board Advisor of Torsion Information Security
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About : Confident Data Access Control – Get control of who has access to what, why and when. Secure, Compliant, Efficient.
Barry Wakelin
Board Advisor of Torsion Information Security
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About : Confident Data Access Control – Get control of who has access to what, why and when. Secure, Compliant, Efficient.
Pirjo Kontio-Blunt
Advisor of Readear
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About : ReadEar builds affordable audible products for businesses
Hans Beck
Advisor of ERN
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About : ERN offers a real-time big data analytics platform called “LOOOP”.
Jay Pidgeon
Senior Advisor of FanFair Technologies Ltd.
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About : Enterprise-class white label music event marketing and data management web application
Thanos Mitrelias
KinTrans Advisor of KinTrans
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About KinTrans: Collaborative machine learning platform offering access to 3D human movement datasets, and license KinTrans recognition APIs
Tom Pakenham
Advisor of Represent
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About : Building the tools for a better democracy.
Richard Baldock
Chairman of Advisory Board of GameFace Labs
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About : Worlds First ‘All In One’ standalone virtual reality headset and DARPA software platform for the next generation of VR gaming.
Janet Mudge
Advisor (Business Development & Marketing) of SpumeTech
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About : A start-up currently developing LiveERP, a SaaS solution for direct to consumer businesses.
Caroline Fiennes
Advisor of Makerble
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About : Makerble enables charities to track, review and share their impact
Juan Martin
Advisor of Oystext
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About Oystext: Oystext allows you to communicate with other users around the world, without any language skills.
Peter Groom
IT Assessor/Due Diligence, Mentor and Board Advisor of Network Knowledge
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About Network Knowledge: Network Knowledge offers IT management, software development, operations, infrastructure and project management services.
