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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 Founder operating in the Fantasy Sports 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.
Nick Smith
Founder & CEO of SportStack
Nick is the Founder & CEO of SportStack – a sports focussed fin-tech company pioneering a revolutionary exchange to speculate on and trade professional athletes. Prior to founding SportStack he was an Executive Director within the macro trading division at Goldman Sachs & CitiGroup.
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About SportStack: The revolutionary betting exchange making fantasy sports REAL
Melissa Blau
Co-Founder & Investor of SportAD
Melissa Blau has been in the internet gaming sector for over 15 years as both an operator and adviser. She is currently the founder and director of iGaming Capital, a leading iGaming consulting and advisory company. . Clients include casino operators, suppliers and regulators as well as gaming related companies including esport, daily fantasy sports and affiliates. Prior to gaming, Melissa co-managed a $450m MediaTech Venture Capital Fund.
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About SportAD: SportAD is an innovative creator of new, simplified games for B2B daily fantasy sports and real-money sports gaming.
Ian Parkins
Senior Software Engineer & Co-Founder of SportAD
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About SportAD: SportAD is an innovative creator of new, simplified games for B2B daily fantasy sports and real-money sports gaming.
Catherine Jung
Chief Software Architect & Co-Founder of SportAD
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About SportAD: SportAD is an innovative creator of new, simplified games for B2B daily fantasy sports and real-money sports gaming.
Siobhan Myles
Program Mngt. & Co-Founder of SportAD
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About SportAD: SportAD is an innovative creator of new, simplified games for B2B daily fantasy sports and real-money sports gaming.
Andrew Moffatt
Founder of Dugout FC
Founder at DugoutFC Ltd
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About Dugout FC: Dugout FC is the ultimate fantasy football experience.
Daniel Burnside
Founder of Dugout FC
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About Dugout FC: Dugout FC is the ultimate fantasy football experience.
Frederik Wagner
Co-Founder & Developer of Drafthound
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About Drafthound: Drafthound is an online platform for fantasy football gaming activities.
Alex Deacon
Founder of Boxing Manager
Developer and publisher of World Title Boxing Manager. Formerly, various Director level roles at Betfair 2005-16 Launch editor of Racing Post online betting Part of Sports Interactive/Championship Manager team 1996-99
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About Boxing Manager: Publisher and developers of the highly acclaimed and top-ranked Boxing Manager game series.
