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 Reading based Founder operating in the Information Technology 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.
Andrew Yeoman
Co-Founder and CEO of Concirrus
Andy is the founding CEO of Concirrus and since then has led the company’s strategy to solve a problem in the insurance industry – how to harness the power of big data and artificial intelligence to improve loss ratios. Andy has driven the vision and product roadmap of the company built a solid customer base and reputation for the business. In 2019 Andy was voted the second most influential person Worldwide in Marine Insurance. Prior to Concirrus Andy had extensive experience in telematics, big data, and insurance in start-ups, turnarounds, and M&A. He’s passionate about discovering new business models that technology can unlock for the insurance market and their customers.
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About Concirrus: Concirrus support digital transformation of the specialty insurance industry using the latest developments in technology.
Vivek Doraiswamy
Co-Founder / CTO of MeVitae
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About MeVitae: Deep tech company helping companies find talent smarter, faster and fairer without unconscious or algorithmic bias.
Richard Pursey
Founder & CEO of SafeToNet
A proven businessman having started and sold 4 technology companies and an insurance business. He was also a Board member of an NHS trust where he learned about social care and welfare issues but his biggest success came in the disaster recovery and risk management industry where he developed software to profile and predict the operational and risk behavioural patterns of businesses. It’s those same behavioural patterning techniques that are used in SafeToNet today.
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About SafeToNet: SafeToNet makes the digital world safer for children to explore and enjoy.
Andrew Yates
Founder & CEO of Artesian Solutions
What does Andrew do at Artesian? I am responsible for helping shape our strategy and engagement plans. Our vision is to change the world through the provision of *the* must have app for B2B sales professionals so I have a busy agenda! I am operationally focused and aim to spend as much of my working day with customers, colleagues and our investor community. About Andrew I started as a sports scientist and did a post grad in marketing – I wanted to play rugby for England but only made it as high as England Students. By chance I was asked to join a grad-program which changed my life and opened the door to the most exciting industry on the planet – software! I have been lucky to work with some fantastic mentors: @ SCG learning from Frank O’Rourke; @ Misys learning from Kevin Lomax; @ Cognos learning from Chris Coan, Peter Beard and Ron Zambonini; @ Eyretel learning from Nick Discombe; @ Then learning from Chris Sykes [building my first software business]; @ Aprimo learning from Bill Godfrey; and @ Artesian we have Dr. Steve Garnett as our Chairman and a cast of super talented executives who teach me new things everyday. Outside Artesian it’s all about family and all things petrol.
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About Artesian Solutions: Artesian is the company intelligence service which is changing the way B2B sales people work.
Steve Borthwick
Founder & CTO of Artesian Solutions
What does Steve do at Artesian? I am responsible for helping to shape and implement our strategic business goals through the design, development and roll-out of innovative and market leading software products. About Steve I have over 30 years’ experience in the software and IT services industries, prior to founding Artesian I was CTO of a MRM software start-up “Then-UK” which was successfully acquired by US firm Aprimo. Prior to Aprimo I was CTO of Palo Alto (USA) based analytics software vendor WhiteLight and helped design and develop a market leading multi-dimensional BI/analysis product which was later acquired by SunGard. Before WhiteLight I worked in a number of senior roles for Canadian software firm Cognos in the UK and Europe, both in the product consulting and product development groups. Outside of being a student of the art of making great software and my family I have a wide range of interests which include collecting fine wine, playing guitar and keeping fit.
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About Artesian Solutions: Artesian is the company intelligence service which is changing the way B2B sales people work.
Imran Shafqat
Co-Founder & CTO of ThingTrax
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About ThingTrax: ThingTrax helps manufacturers reduce downtime and increase operational efficiency with their devices capturing data from machines.
Simon Corley
Co-Founder & CFO of CloudApps
Simon is a co-founder of CloudApps and is responsible for Finance, Administration & Operations and brings over 18 years of relevant experience to this role gained whilst working at Salesforce, Siebel Systems and Informix. Prior to founding CloudApps, Simon spent over 6 years at salesforce.com, joining in 2003 before its IPO. Simon has been a member of the European Management team since hire and initially was responsible for the company’s Finance and Administration for EMEA. In 2007 Simon was promoted to Vice President, Operations for EMEA, and in 2009 to Vice President of Strategy for International Sales. Simon’s focus was to optimise sales performance through targeted go-to-market strategies, coverage models, and evaluation of sales execution. Prior to joining Salesforce, Simon spent 6 years at Siebel and 5 years at Informix within the European Finance functions, providing infrastructure support to enable explosive growth in their sales teams. Simon is a Chartered Accountant who gained his professional qualification with Deloitte and Touche in London in 1990. He has a BSc in Geography from King’s College, London University. Simon is married with two children and lives in Hampshire, UK.
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About CloudApps: CloudApps increases sales performance by motivating more of your high-value, winning sales behaviours
Dan Hydes
CEO & Co-Founder of IgniteData
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About IgniteData: IgniteData is the company shaping the future of clinical trials through its innovative digital health platform, Archer.
Steve Bennett
Founder/Director of Dae.mn
My love of a challenge led me to create Daemon Solutions, an innovative company that can really cut through traditional IT barriers. As part of the senior leadership, I inject my high energy approach to continually motivate all of the team to deliver results in the fast paced ‘agile’ way we best add value. I like to personally demonstrate this by being the driving force behind my client’s technical engagements, whilst always maintaining a considerate collaborative approach, which is one of Daemon’s core values.
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About Dae.mn: It’s time to make technology work better for you and your business.
Omer Dawelbeit
Founder of OfficeMA Timesheet
A high caliber IT professional, technology Evangelist and Entrepreneur. Founder @ http://www.officema.co.uk. Founder @ http://www.myworldapp.co.uk. Developer @ http://ecarf.io
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About OfficeMA Timesheet: Provider of cost effective cloud based time tracking and reporting for individuals and teams.
Ed Bradley
Co -Founder & Director of Virtualstock
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About Virtualstock: Fast-growing technology company providing digital supply chains solutions across the retail and healthcare sectors.
Mike Bagshaw
Founder of International Taste Solutions Ltd
Mike is a highly experience food ingredients specialist who has held a number of senior positions in the food industry in a career spanning almost 20 years.. He is the founder of ITS (International Taste Solutions Ltd) which is recognised as one of the fastest growing taste and texture companies in the world. Along with other successful investments in the food industry Mike is also the Chairman of the British Society of Baking which focuses on bringing the bakery industry together and helping students to realise careers in the industry. Mike has numerous food & business qualifications along with being an advocate of the University of Life. He believes that you never ever stop learning in the fast paced ever changing world we live in, so enjoy the ride!. Mike is married with 3 children and his hobbies include rugby, boxing and brewing beer as a craft brewer.
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About International Taste Solutions Ltd, Takestock: International Taste Solutions Ltd
Tim Redgate
Co-Founder of EchoMany Limited
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About EchoMany Limited: The UK’s leading 1:1 personalised video platform.
