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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 CEO’ operating in the Pet space. If you think a CEO’ 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.
Steven Mendel
Co-Founder and CEO of Bought By Many
Steven has over 25 years’ experience as an actuary in financial services which has included leading Close Brothers Wealth Management during the launch of their non-advised offering; creating the world’s first art-focused wealth advice offering for Christie’s; working as part of the team that formed Barclays Wealth and heading the McKinsey UK Savings and Investment Group. Steven now runs Bought By Many which is disrupting the world of insurance through the innovative use of search and social media. (www.boughtbymany.com). In April 2019 Steven was included in the London Business School Review of 30 People Who Are Changing The World.
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About Bought By Many: Bought By Many is a pet InsurTech company that provides insurance products and a streamlined customer experience.
Rikke Rosenlund
Founder & CEO of BorrowMyDoggy
Rikke Rosenlund is Co-Founder at BorrowMyDoggy.Rikke has always loved to spend time with dogs (everything from Shih Tzus to Golden Retrievers) and her favourite childhood memories include playing with her grandparents cute black Labrador on their farm. She was born in Denmark, has previously studied and worked in financial services and entrepreneurship in the US, the UK and Latin America, and moved to London 8 years ago. She feels fortunate to be a part of BorrowMyDoggy and believes we can all make a difference.
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About BorrowMyDoggy: BorrowMyDoggy is a trusted community where local dog lovers help take care of dogs for walkies.
James Davidson
Co-Founder and CEO of Tails.com
James Davidson is Co-Founder & CEO at Tails.com.
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About Tails.com: Tails.com is an online pet nutrition service that provides tailor-made food designed to deliver perfectly optimised nutrition for dogs.
Indy Sangha
Founder & CEO of Tailster
Indy Sangha is a Founder & CEO at Tailster.
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About Tailster: Tailster is an application that matches pet owners with people who are willing to care for your pet.
Sam Worthy
Co-founder & CEO of Tailwise
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About Tailwise: Tailwise connects dog buyers with responsibly bred dogs through trusted breeders.
Umut İlhan
CEO of Wufwuf
Bachelor: Studied for Marketing – Master: Advertising Venus Digital: He started one of the first digital marketing agencies in EU (2008). www.venusajans.com Venus Ajans won tax awards 4 years in a row. (2012-2017) He worked for international brands such as Turkish Air Lines, Opera, Ulker. HAVHAV: He started Havhav.com.tr in December 2017. HavHav is the biggest subscription business in Turkey. www.havhav.com.tr has the same business model with WUFWUF. WUFWUF: After HAVHAV experience, he moved to London and started WUFWUF in 2018.
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About Wufwuf: Monthly joy box subscription for your dog
Jared Ruddy
CEO – Founder of FitCat
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About FitCat: FitCat is an app, a device and a community that keeps your cat in top condition
