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 Enterprise Applications 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.
Chris Blackford
CEO & Co-founder of Sky-Futures
As COO, Chris drives the strategic development of Sky-Futures’ operational and technology frameworks and the development of new partnerships with leading companies across a range of markets. Chris combines extensive drone experience with a strong understanding of the technical and operational complexities and, indeed, the capacity of drones to provide cutting-edge solutions across industries.
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About Sky-Futures: Sky-Futures is a provider of drone-based inspection and data services to the industrial inspection market.
Maulik Sailor
CEO of Innovify
Maulik has a deep and long lasting passion for entrepreneurship and wanted a way to share that passion with the world. That’s why he founded Innovify. A company that allows him to help new entrepreneurs take their ideas to market and watch their companies flourish. His history working for leading companies like Nokia, Microsoft, BBC, The Wall Street Journal, Betfair, and Visa gave him the experience and contacts that every new startup dreams of having, while his unique vision and creative spirit will help your company achieve lasting success in the marketplace. A few startups Maulik has been founder/co-founder includes Innovify, Landbay, Kwanji, Brickowner, Instantt and more. Maulik obtained his MBA (Distinction) from Imperial College, London, MSc from Brunel University, London and B. Eng. from Sardar Patel University, India.
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About CodeMonk.ai, Innovify, Tech London Advocates: Innovify is a digital venture studio enabling startups and corporates to convert their ideas in to Most Lovable Products
Joe Taylor
Co-founder & CEO of Nemo
CEO and co-founder of Nemo. I’ve been building sync/async collaboration tools for distributed teams since 2013, with particular focus on audio/video. I’ve managed remote teams across multiple timezones and countries. Formerly manager of Cisco’s collaboration innovation labs in San Francisco and New York. Before that, head of UX and Mobile at Assemblage Inc in London/Copenhagen (acquired by Cisco in June 2014).
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About Nemo: Get more out of your virtual meetings – automatically
Alexander Malin
CEO of Forty Seven
Founder of Forty Seven
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About Forty Seven: Forty Seven is a software consulting and development company providing IT outsourcing services.
Draven McConville
CEO of Klipboard
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About Klipboard: Mobile Field Service Made Simple. Connect Your Office, Mobile Workers & Customers Together
Anton Skrypnyk
Co-Founder & CEO of KindGeek
Anton Skrypnyk is a Co-Founder and serves as the Chief Executive Officer at KindGeek.
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About KindGeek: KindGeek is a software development company that helps entrepreneurs with product development and technical aspects of their projects.
Syd Lawrence
CEO of The Bot Platform
CEO of The Bot Platform. Co-founded and sold various businesses. Serial Entrepreneur. First company at the age of 12.
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About : Empowering people to build a better employee experience using bots, digital assistants and automation tools.
Andi Brabin
Founder & CEO of CommuteMaster
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About CommuteMaster: CommuteMaster is an App that notifies and updates you on what commute issues you may face on your way to and from your place of work.