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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 Partner operating in the Product Design space. If you think a Partner 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 Falla
Founding Partner of Parallel
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About Parallel: Parallel is a product development firm that helps companies develop proposals based on simulations and synthetic environments.
Christian Thümer
Founding Partner of Parallel
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About Parallel: Parallel is a product development firm that helps companies develop proposals based on simulations and synthetic environments.
Andrew MCGEE
EcoSystem Venture Builder; Arrow ECS Partner of Vivolution
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About Innovation Centre Scotland Limited, Vivolution: Vivolution empowers the growth of emerging technology businesses with an emphasis on digital health, AI, ML and IoT solutions.
Howard Simms
Director Of Strategic Partnerships of Apadmi Ltd.
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About Apadmi Ltd.: Apadmi Ltd is a mobile technology company who improves operations and implements solutions using mobile.
Chris Connell
Partner / Chief Operating Officer of Conjure
Chris Connell, is co-founder and CEO of Mixer. He is also a partner at Conjure a smartphone digital agency based in London, that specialise in native application development for high profile brands and clients.
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About Conjure, Mixer: Conjure is a London based digital experience company developing daring, original applications for emerging technology platforms.
Patrik Schumacher
Partner and Director of Zaha Hadid Architects
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About Zaha Hadid Architects: We work at all scales and in all sectors. We create transformative cultural, corporate, residential and other spaces .
Irina Pafomova
Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Engelworks
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About Engelworks, Opporta: We help companies grow by creating desirable products & services based on human-centric design principles & actionable business strategies.
James Knight
Director, Co-Founder & Partner of Original Content London
Interested in #Cryptoassets & #Govtech | Previously @Mosaic_VC, International @Techhub | Engineer | Board Game Aficionado
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About Original Content London, Tech London Advocates: Original Content London is a Product Studio specialising in ideation around digital culture.
Karl Sharro
Partner of PLP architecture
Karl Sharro is an architect, satirist and commentator on the Middle East. He is a Director at PLP Architecture in London and co-author of Manifesto: Towards a New Humanism in Architecture which was included in 100 Artists’ Manifestos: from the Futurists to the Stuckists, a survey of 100 influential art manifestos from the last 100 years. Karl has practised architecture in London and Beirut, and taught for five years at the American University of Beirut. He wrote a chapter on Density vs Sprawl in the The Future of Community: Reports of a Death Greatly Exaggerated and a chapter entitled ‘The Visionary City’ in The Lure of the City: From Slums to Suburbs. He is also the author of Style: In defence of Islamic Architecture. He has been involved in the design of various buildings and master plans in the UK, Europe and the Middle East, as well as theoretical projects that look at how cities could look in the future.
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About PLP architecture: PLP Architecture is a London-based group of architects, designers.
Tim Ellis
Partner of First Partners
Tim Ellis is a Partner at FirstPartner, specialising in technology market and commercial strategies. He has lead a number of projects in Automotive, IoT and Wearables sectors along with advising on Sales & Marketing Effectiveness programmes. Tim Ells has extensive previous experience in the start up and growth of EMEA divisions of US Technology companies. Tim also served as MD for Active Voice Ltd, a division of Active Voice Corp (Seattle WA), a developer of Enterprise mobility software applications and an early entrant into Enterprise VoIP and Unified Messaging systems market, which was purchased by Cisco Systems in 2001. Previously, Tim Ellis was involved in the ASIC sector of the semiconductor industry, working both in Europe and USA for a variety of major companies, providing experience in both technology production ramp ups and Intellectual Property based ventures. Tim is qualified with both BSc Engineering and MSc Microelectronics degrees, and is a Member of the Institute of Directors.
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About First Partners: FirstPartner is structured as a partnership, working hand-in-hand with clients to solve their new product development and marketing.
