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 Southampton based Founder operating in the Marketing 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.
Jaime Lomeli-R.
Co-Founder & CTO of Aura Vision
Co-Founder and CTO at Aura Vision Labs
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About Aura Vision: Aura Vision enables brick-and-mortar retailers to positively influence shopper journeys with cutting-edge computer vision.
Charlotte Pearce
Founder and CEO of Inkpact
Charlotte Pearce is the founder and CEO of Inkpact.
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About Inkpact: Deliver handwritten personalised notes and gifts to the people who make your business great
Samantha Kingston
Co-Founder & CEO of Virtual Umbrella
Samantha Kingston is the award-winning Client Director of Virtual Umbrella – a marketing and PR specialist working only in the Virtual Reality industry. Virtual Umbrella has been active in the industry for the past two years working with companies such as Leo Burnett, Nokia, AT&T, Bam Nuttall, Uber, Lipton Ice Tea, as well as a variety of agencies and game companies. Samantha is a proactive voice within the VR community and an advocate for Women in Tech. She is often found moderating panels on equality in the workplace.
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About Virtual Umbrella: Virtual Umbrella The world’s first marketing agency for VR companies and brands. We also run awesome VR events in UK.
Samantha Kingston
Co-Founder & CEO of Virtual Umbrella
Samantha Kingston is the award-winning Client Director of Virtual Umbrella – a marketing and PR specialist working only in the Virtual Reality industry. Virtual Umbrella has been active in the industry for the past two years working with companies such as Leo Burnett, Nokia, AT&T, Bam Nuttall, Uber, Lipton Ice Tea, as well as a variety of agencies and game companies. Samantha is a proactive voice within the VR community and an advocate for Women in Tech. She is often found moderating panels on equality in the workplace.
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About Virtual Umbrella: Virtual Umbrella The world’s first marketing agency for VR companies and brands. We also run awesome VR events in UK.
Pete Jakob
MD and Founder of Purple Salix
Pete Jakob has a reputation and passion for driving change that links marketing to the broader business. In 2012 he established Purple Salix – an independent marketing consultancy that helps clients and agencies transform their marketing and results. Purple Salix helps large global tech companies, SMEs, early startups and marketing agencies in their short term strategic priorities, or longer term engagements to help lead and deliver the required change. Previously, Pete spent 28 years at IBM, where he led major transformational initiatives around MA, contact database strategy, lead nurturing, telemarketing, digital marketing and sales/marketing alignment. He’s been a close associate of B2B Marketing for many years – as a B2B Awards judge, trainer, and conference speaker.
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About Purple Salix: Purple Salix helps you drive marketing change linked to improved business results.
