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 Software 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.
Matthew Scullion
Co-Founder and CEO of Matillion
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About Matillion: Matillion is an integration platform for cloud data warehouses.
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Lauren Riley
Founder & CEO of The Link App
Lauren Riley is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at The Link App.
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About The Link App: The Link App is an easy-to-use platform that reinvents a law firm’s client experience.
Gareth Edwards
CEO of Cubic Motion
Gareth Edwards is the CEO of Cubic Motion He is Winner of the 2015 IEEE Test of Time Award for “one of the most influential papers in the field; inspired many (if not all) subsequent works on deformable models for face analysis.” Also awarded Olympus Science for Life and Sullivan Prizes. Creating novel technologies for 20 years.
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About Cubic Motion: Cubic Motion is the world leader in real-time model-based computer vision and digital animation technology.
Michael Denham
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Mindtrace
Michael is Professor Emeritus at the University of Plymouth, UK where he was Director of the Centre for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience. He received his PhD from Imperial Colege and has 40+ years of experience in academia and industry.
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About Mindtrace: Mindtrace builds intelligent systems which exploit the synergy of brain-inspired algorithms and neuromorphic hardware.
David Clee
Founder and CEO of MirrorWeb
David is the Chief Executive Officer of MirrorWeb and a member of the company’s board of directors.
David co-founded MirrorWeb, bringing more than 20 years of technology leadership, computer software expertise, and executive management experience to his role with the company.
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About MirrorWeb: We archive thousands of websites, social media accounts and messaging platforms each year, and index billions of documents.
Tom Pickersgill
Co-Founder and CEO of Orka Technology Group
Tom Pickersgill is the Co-Founder and CEO at Orka Technology Group.
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About Orka Technology Group: Orka Technology Group develops solutions that help hourly workers with sourcing, on-boarding, and getting paid for work.
Simon Dance
CEO of Interact
CEO of Interact Software
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About Interact: Interact supplies an award-winning employee experience platform that boosts productivity and drives engagement.
Jamaal Brathwaite
Founder & CEO of Jobseekrs
Barbadian-British entrepreneur residing in Manchester, UK. Passionate about: start-ups, entrepreneurship, aviation, social enterprises, cloud technology, human capital, starting and globally scaling innovate business ideas and above all…., creating a more joyful, healthy & happy world. Founder & CEO of Jobseekrs®, the “Future of Hiring”. A next generation ‘jobs & recruitment’ platform that utilises revolutionary technology to further enhance the personalization and pairing experience moving past the current access barriers for candidates seeking jobs or visa versa. My first startup was NextGen Interview Ltd. Imagine being able to see and hear from candidates before organizing face-to-face meetings. Now let me introduce you to NextGen Interview: the newest way for employers to find qualified applicants and job-seekers to find their dream jobs in the most technologically efficient manner possible. It offered a convenient way to screen candidates which assists reducing interviewing costs during the recruitment process and enhancing branding. Prior to launching Jobseekrs® & NextGen Interview, I served as a Senior Sales Manager with the Appco Group (#1 Direct Marketing Company in the world), managing sales representatives from SRJ Marketing and was awarded the Sales Leadership Excellence Award in 2012. My goal is to be a globally successful and inspirational leader, who creates vision and opportunity for myself and for those around me. I want to be someone who leads by example and strives for success. I will always work hard to ensure optimum performance of my business. I like to think of myself an open, honest and approachable leader, who shares the trials and tribulations. I believe that it’s my generosity and fair approach which makes me a strong leader, and I will ensure that my businesses benefit from good people and their commitment to excel in their roles.
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About : Jobseekrs is the world’s first, video interactive job-site that mitigates unconscious bias when matching great candidates to suitable roles.
Louis-James Davis
CEO And Founder of VST Enterprises
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About Kidscan Children’s Cancer Research, Manchester Metropolitan University, V-Health Passport, VST Enterprises: VST Enterprises has been widely recognize for its development of VCode.
Paul Liburd
CEO of Bloxup
I do things online
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About Bloxup: Bloxup is a provider to create own free website easily and quickly.
Martin Balaam
CEO of Pimberly
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About Pimberly: Pimberly is a SaaS PIM (Product Information Management), DAM (Digital Asset Management) and Workflow platform.
Alexander Alimovs
Founder & CEO of Automations.io
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About Automations.io: No-code automation platform to visually automate repetitive work and build workflows to save time and increase productivity.
Bharat Lad
Chief Executive Officer (Founder) of DadShed
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About Aaron Mani, DadShed, RoomAgree: DadShed is enabling the data within buildings to be ‘easily’ accessible for marketplace opportunities.
Lee Connolly
Founder and CEO of Swimphony
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About Kinetic Insight, Swimphony: Swimphony is a swimming software solution that facilitates the management, delivery, and evaluation of learn to swim programmes.
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.
Günter Dahm
CEO of Virtalis
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About Virtalis: Virtalis is a Virtual Reality (VR), simulation technology and advanced visualisation company.
Piotr Zarobkiewicz
Chief Executive Officer of Ovon Home
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About Ovon Home: We create stylish home automation, IoT devices that save energy and improve comfort. Globally active through Ovon Home and Ovon Technology.
Tom Dunlop
Founder & CEO of Summize
As an accomplished commercial and technology lawyer, Tom’s experience with reviewing contracts was the catalyst that led to Summize. Prior to this, he worked as a Global Legal Director for several fast-growth technology companies.
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About Summize: Summize is the lightweight platform for contracts that provides bridges the gap between legal and technology.
Ryan Cook
Chief Executive Officer of NextUpRecruitment
Ryan Cook is a self-motivated and enthusiastic entrepreneur from Manchester in England with a passion for helping young athletes achieve their goal of receiving a scholarship at the collegiate level in the United States. A former collegiate athlete, he played for both Wilbur Wright and Morton College.
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About NextUpRecruitment: Making scholarships more accessible than ever before by pairing student-athletes with college coaches
Richard Bradshaw
BossBoss (CEO) of Ministry of Testing
Richard Bradshaw is an experienced tester, consultant and generally a friendly guy. He shares his passion for testing through consulting, training and giving presentation on a variety of topics related to testing. With over 12 years testing experience, he has a lot of insights into the world of testing and software development. Richard is a very active member of the testing community. He is the co-creator of the Automation in Testing (Ait) namespace, currently the BossBoss at Ministry of Testing, blogs at http://thefriendlytester.co.uk, tweets as @FriendlyTester and also the creator of the YouTube channel, Whiteboard Testing.
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About Ministry of Testing: Ministry of Testing – good stuff for software testers! Learning, events and general awesomeness.
Bob Cote
CEO & Founder of SubItUp, Inc.
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About SubItUp, Inc.: Online Employee Scheduling & Management Software
Rick Turner
CEO and Founder of Ditto
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About Ditto: A company at the top of its game in harnessing intelligent systems and emerging technologies.
Tom Grant
Co-founder & CEO of Zeavo
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About Zeavo: Zeavo creates great software for the web, such as DebtKit for debt management and insolvency companies.
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.
