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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 United Kingdom based Founder operating in the Toys 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.
Nigel Phan
Founder and Managing Director of Whirli
I am the Founder of Whirli – the ever-changing toy box, a start-up venture based in the UK. Prior to founding Whirli, I was an Associate Partner in McKinsey & Company’s London Office. I worked with retailers, CPG companies, and other consumer businesses on topics including strategy, marketing & sales, and operations. More broadly, I also worked with organisations in other sectors on strategic topics such as Corporate / Portfolio Strategy and Growth Strategy.
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About Whirli: Whirli is a provider of toy sharing subscription service for kids.
Soumyadip Rakshit
Co-Founder & CEO of MysteryVibe
Soumyadip is a serial entrepreneur and Co-Founder of sex-tech company MysteryVibe . His mission is to apply Intelligence of Things to the world of Pleasure and create and immersive experience to transform bedrooms into sensual sanctuaries. The mission is gaining pace. MysteryVibe won the consumer product design category at the Design Week awards, beating the Apple Watch. Last year, it closed a funding round worth $1.5 million (£1.1 million) bringing the total raised by the company to over $4 million in three years and valuing it at $13 million. The sex-tech market, which is estimated to be worth $15 billion, has so far had very little outside investment. Rakshit says: “There’s huge potential, and that’s helped investors get over their initial reservations about the sector.” He still loves the moment at tech conferences when he starts talking about sex and pleasure and people’s expressions turn from smiles and giggles to curiosity and seriousness.
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About MysteryVibe: Award Winning Sexual Health Products. Deeply researched, anatomically designed, doctor-endorsed products to make intimacy easy.
Robert Weekly
Co-Founder & CTO of MysteryVibe
Robert Weekly Co-Founder & CTO at MysteryVibe.
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About MysteryVibe: Award Winning Sexual Health Products. Deeply researched, anatomically designed, doctor-endorsed products to make intimacy easy.
Jen Lexmond
Founder & CEO of Easy Peasy
Jen Lexmond the founder of EasyPeasy, an app that sends game ideas to parents of pre-school children, to help develop the skills that will prepare them for school, and beyond. She hatched EasyPeasy in 2014 through the Design Council’s Knee High Challenge to come up with ideas improve the health and wellbeing of children under 5.
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About Easy Peasy: EasyPeasy is an app that sends game ideas to parents of young children, to help develop the skills that will prepare children for school.
Ben Schogler
Co-Founder of SKOOG Inc.
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About SKOOG Inc.: SKOOG is a Children’s Early Learning Interactive platform that delivers a metaverse of insanely interactive content experiences.
David Skulina
Co-Founder of SKOOG Inc.
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About SKOOG Inc.: SKOOG is a Children’s Early Learning Interactive platform that delivers a metaverse of insanely interactive content experiences.
David Skulina
Co-Founder of SKOOG Inc.
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About SKOOG Inc.: SKOOG is a Children’s Early Learning Interactive platform that delivers a metaverse of insanely interactive content experiences.
Oliver Carding
Founder of CryptoKaiju
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About CryptoKaiju: Collectible Vinyl Toys Powered by The Ethereum Blockchain
Jon Midgley
Founder of Clectaverse
Jon Midgley has been helping to build and scale technology businesses since 1994. Sold his first commercial software solution when he was 15 years old. Following his Degree in Computer Science he started his career running tech teams for multi-nationals in the finance sector and helped to found his 1st start-up in the 90’s. Jon has delivered solutions for a client list that includes Confused.com & Go Compare, and recently has been very involved in the UK tech start-up scene; Shareagift – last venture featured in Wired UK, and currently has a multi-million pound valuation. Jon brings agnostic and extensive tech build hands on skills, coupled with a lean methodology for design and platform development. He also has strong team leadership and evangelism experience.
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About Clectaverse: Clectaverse is a platform celebrating collections and collectors globally, we enable you to show off your collections and to connect
Pedro Bori
Founder & CEO of Smash-a-Ball
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About Smash-a-Ball: We create different toys for the Visually Impaired and Blind, our main product is the Smash-a-Ball, and Electronic board game.
