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 Founder operating in the Internet 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.
Jeremy Hitchcock
Founder / Exec Chair of Minim
Operator/tech/investor, 2x founder/CEO, Bookery MHT.
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About Bookery Manchester, Minim, New North Ventures, Orbit Group: Minim (NASDAQ: MINM) was born as a networking company and now delivers intelligent software to protect and improve the WiFi we depend on.
James Mulvany
Founder/CEO of Radio.co
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About Igniso, matchmaker, Podcast.co, Radio.co: Radio.co is an all-in-one platform that lets one run radio station.
Jeremy Gidlow
CEO & Co-Founder of Netacea
Jeremy is actively involved in Intechnica and splits his time between the general management of the business, designing client solutions, and leading consultancy projects for digital transformation and IT due diligence.
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About Intechnica, Netacea: Smarter Bot Management using Intent Analytics™ powered by machine learning. A sophisticated approach for sophisticated threats.
Frank Staiger
Founder, Managing Director of Via Studios
Frank Staiger is Managing Director and founder of Via Studios. He has over twelve years experience in online design, development and digital management with a growing and exciting client portfolio including both private and public sectors. He has worked with many art directors, studios, developers and clients during his career. Via is the engine room driving his unstoppable passion for the internet and the digital sector. What’s more, the experience he brings to projects mediates between excitement for new channels and a sound business sense of what will work to deliver on the bottom line. Before founding the company back in 1998, German-born Frank was working freelance for many years in the media industry, including production and team management for large magazine publications. He also worked in branding, graphic design, pre-production and typography for traditional advertising agencies across Manchester.
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About Via Studios: Online Design, Usability and Development
Tim Panton
Founder and CTO of pipe
Tim believes that experiments are the key to successful innovation. His recent work includes Artworks, Lego dogs and various Internet of Everything (IoE) devices, trying to figure out how people actually relate to their smart objects and what security features they expect from them. Last year in Berlin he co-founded |pipe| to add a secure, direct authenticated data transport layer between connected devices and their owners, having tested the practicality of these solutions in a video calling app for pets, called YoPet. Previous projects have included a training simulation for oil platforms, a time management app for a space telescope, a mobile phone network on a remote Pacific Island, and a solar-powered interactive art exhibit at the Burning Man festival.
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About pipe: | pipe | offers a security toolkit for developers which is a simple, secure, and private way to connect to the Internet of Things.
Hector Kolonas
Co-Founder of Syncaroo
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About included.co, Syncaroo: Syncaroo develops infrastructure of various kinds of digital automations.
William Blears
Co-Founder of By Gamers For Gamers
Will Blears is the Co-Founder at By Gamers For Gamers.
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About By Gamers For Gamers: We’re here for gamers of every level, providing unbiased reviews of the latest tech and games to help you run the best games possible.
Jinny Chivers
Founder of Cooking With Jinny
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About Cooking With Jinny, Lunar Aerial Imaging: Cooking With Jinny holds online cooking and baking classes for families and colleagues.
Louis Trebaol
Co-Founder of Heat Oracle
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About Heat Oracle: Heat Oracle is a IoT enabled marketplace to help users save money on home heating costs
Alex Everitt
Founder of Condelo
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About Condelo: Chatbot powered customer support for your website
Elisa Mclean
Founder of Queek’d
Founder at Queek’d
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About Queek’d: Online Dating Comparison Platform
Imtiaz Haq
Founder of Stockdrift
Imtiaz Haq is Founder at Stockdrift.
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About Stockdrift: We are crowd-sourcing stock recommendations to provide more accurate, quantitative and transparent stock recommendations.
Imtiaz Haq
Founder of Stockdrift
Imtiaz Haq is Founder at Stockdrift.
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About Stockdrift: We are crowd-sourcing stock recommendations to provide more accurate, quantitative and transparent stock recommendations.
Mike Kelly
Founder & CEO of DataCentred
Mike Kelly is a Founder & CEO at DataCentred.
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About DataCentred: DataCentred has been created by the founder who established the first pan-European colocation company.
William Harvey
CEO / Founder of camono
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About camono: camono is a SaaS procurement startup that connects buyers with suppliers to save time and costs.
