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 United Kingdom based Product operating in the Gaming space. If you think a Product 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.
Sameer Baroova
Co Founder & Chief Product Officer of FitXR
A lifelong fan of emerging technologies, Sameer found his flow in the video game industry working on mobile games from their onset, including titles such as Plants vs. Zombies and Bejewelled. Now Sameer uses his design, development, and management skills while building the best workout product on the market. At FitXR, Sameer loves combining immersive technology and AI to create unique personalised experiences that put the fun into fitness.
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About FitXR: FitXR, the leading developer of VR/AR fitness apps, is passionately dedicated to making fitness more fun and accessible for everyone.
Andy Charlton
Co-Founder & Head of Product of Stakester
Andy Charlton is the Co-Founder and Head of Product at Stakester.
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About Stakester: Stakester is a mobile first skill-based competition platform that enables competitors to compete with each other for prizes.
Nick Davies
Founder & Production of Lucid Games
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About Lucid Games: An independent videogame developer in Liverpool, UK.
Pete O’Brien
Founder & Production Design of Lucid Games
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About Lucid Games: An independent videogame developer in Liverpool, UK.
Pete O’Brien
Founder & Production Design of Lucid Games
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About Lucid Games: An independent videogame developer in Liverpool, UK.
Georgy Kravtsov
Product Owner of William Hill
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About iWantRobot, William Hill: William Hill is a is a bookmaker that provides online betting and gambling games for sports betting and gaming markets.
Richard Terry
UK Market Product Director of Inspired Gaming Group
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About Inspired Gaming Group: Inspired Gaming Group supplier worldwide of Server Based Gaming (SBG) systems.
Victoria Potts
Co-Founder, Production & Dev of Whitepot Studios
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About Whitepot Studios: A kickass games studio founded in 2016, creating Android, iOS, & PC games, for clients & bespoke use cases, using both HTML5 & Unity
Thomas Kinniburgh
Director of Product and Monetization of Ayopa Games
With years of mobile games industry experience, Tom has been a key contributor to some of the largest mobile gaming franchises. Starting his career as a hands-on producer at Chillingo, Tom helped to establish the publishing process and worked with talented development studios such as Rovio, Zeptolab, 11-bit and Mokus Games. He worked directly with each of these previously unheralded partners to create worldwide hits and award-winning franchises. As a mobile game producer with Chillingo, Tom was responsible for helping developers to create their best content specifically for mobile platforms. As the transition into free-to-play began, Tom showcased key skills working with EA as well as helping major license-holders such as NBC and Fox Digital to move into the mobile space. Tom then sought further opportunities in the free-to-play genre, moving into a production and game management role with Wooga, the largest free-to-play development studio in Germany. There, he brought his experience and knowledge to help the company transition from Facebook to mobile. With Wooga, Tom honed his expertise specifically in game design and monetization of a variety of hit franchises, as well as immersing himself in the groundbreaking data-driven approach needed to create hit free-to-play mobile games. Tom has now decided to return to his indie game publishing roots with Ayopa Games. He’s keen to advise and collaborate with indie developers on creating and managing hit new mobile brands that really resonate with players globally. Together with Johnny Coghlan, Tom guarantees genuine publishing prowess for Ayopa Games and its indie development partners, enabling them to succeed and perform in the hugely profitable and highly competitive mobile gaming industry.
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About Ayopa Games: Ayopa Games is an independent game publisher for mobile platforms.MacGuffin’s Curse is a game developed by this company.
Kate Jachimowicz
Co-founder, Head of Product of Motion Stride
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About Motion Stride: Game studio that creates meaningful mobile games to raise awareness and encourage to participate in a good social movement.
Gavin Ellis
Business and Product Development Manager of gamesGRABR
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About gamesGRABR: gamesGRABR is a London-based social gaming network, which is available on mobile, tablet, and PC.
