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 Manchester based CEO’ operating in the Financial Services 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.
Phillip Nunn
Chief Executive Officer of Wealth Chain Capital
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About Wealth Chain Capital: Wealth Chain Capital specializes in providing customized finance and alpha-generating solutions.
Zach Harvey
Co-Founder and CEO of Lamassu Bitcoin Ventures
Zach Harvey is a co-founder of Lamassu Bitcoin Ventures, creator of the first Bitcoin ATM machine.
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About Lamassu Bitcoin Ventures: Lamassu jump-started the cryptomats industry by creating the world’s first Bitcoin ATM.
Adam Ward
CEO & Co-Founder of Airtime Rewards
Adam is the co-founder and CEO of Airtime Rewards Ltd.
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About Airtime Rewards: Airtime Rewards is an innovative loyalty platform pioneering unique rewards solutions with mobile operators.
Paul Haydock
CEO & Co-founder of DueCourse
Paul Haydock co-founded a number of start-ups and raised multiple rounds of investment from Angels, VCs, Funds & Family Offices. Over the years he’s built up an extensive global investor network and knows the ins-and-outs of every phase of the fundraising journey. Paul now applies all this experience into helping other founders raise investment and get the best deal for them and their business.
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About DueCourse: DueCourse helps small businesses get paid on time by creating & sending ‘smart’ digital invoices to their customers in seconds. For Free.
Richard Hayes
Co-Founder & CEO of Mojo Mortgages
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About Life’s Great Limited, Mojo Mortgages: Mojo is digital mortgage broker, using technology to revolutionise the way people find and apply for mortgages online.
Anish Kapoor
Chief Executive Officer of AccessPay
Anish Kapoor is currently CEO of Yuuguu, and sits on the advisory Board of the UK Governments Technology Strategy Board. In 1997 he co-founded TeleCity – Europe’s leading provider of data centre and co-location facilities. Within 3 years the company had 500+ staff in 17 countries, and had IPO’d with a market cap of $1 billion. After IPO Anish ran M&A, strategy and new product development, until leaving to pursue a sabbatical in 2001. From 2004 onwards he served as Director and Non Executive Director on a number of VC backed software startups in the UK. In 2006 he co-founded Yuuguu – leading it’s launch and fundraising. Yuuguu was sold to a European telecoms company in 2010.
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About AccessPay: AccessPay develops cloud-based payment and cash management solutions.
Stuart Law
CEO, Co-owner & Founder of Assetz Capital
Stuart Law is the CEO and founder of the Assetz group of companies incorporating one of the largest private investor customer bases in the UK. He founded the Assetz Capital businesses, including Assetz SME Capital, as a solution to the shortage of capital available to businesses and property developers from the failed banking system and in order to provide enhanced and diversified returns for Assetz group investors who wish to invest in this new asset class. Stuart is a serial entrepreneur and a highly experienced businessman having run his own businesses for 30 years.
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About Assetz, Assetz Capital, Assetz Exchange: Assetz Capital is a lending business that provides its services for SME finance, bridging, and property development sectors.
Janice Leahy
CEO of OIKOS Software, Inc.
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About L&V Partners LLC, OIKOS Software, Inc.: OIKOS Software, Inc is a cloud-based financial applications provider for planning, reporting, and analytics headquartered in Manchester, NH.
Renate Kalnina
Founder & CEO of Gratuu
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About Gratuu: Gratuu is a compliant tipping solution that allows customers to tip staff directly into their bank accounts via a mobile device.
Paul Williams
Chief Executive Officer of Ripe Thinking
Paul Williams is the chief executive officer at Ripe Thinking. Prior to joining Ripe Thinking, Paul served as the managing director at Thistle Insurance Services.
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About Ripe Thinking: Ripe Thinking is a provider of niche insurance in the United Kingdom.
