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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 COO’ operating in the Blockchain space. If you think a COO’ 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.
Sash Jeetun
COO of Spherium.Finance
Sash is a London based investor, advisor and co-founder, he has been involved in blockchain since 2014 and is a big believer in DeFi, he comes with degrees in business management and international business as well as vast background in research, advisory, crypto funds and fundraising. Sash has led investments rounds into several projects as a business angel before deciding to take a plunge into founding spherium.
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About BTCD LTD, Spherium.Finance: A Decentralized and Borderless Financial System that gives users complete control of their finances
Tristan Jose
Chief Operating Officer of Integritee
Tristan Jose is the Chief Operating Officer of Integritee. He is an experienced manager, entrepreneur, and certified project manager with a demonstrated successful history of scaling large teams, agile project delivery, digitization in the public sector, and FinTech industries. He is a strong business development professional with an MSc in Money, Banking, and Finance from the University of St Andrews.
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About Integritee: Integritee is a scalable public blockchain solution for securely processing sensitive business or personal data.
Krasina Mileva
COO, Legal Counsel & Founder of DOVU
Register European lawyer with over 11 years of experience in Contract and Commercial Law. Krasina has headed an international legal department in a law firm, having to deal with various civil and international matters. Then she became a sole-practitioner, focused mainly in Contract, Commercial and Company Law, whilst co-founding a construction business in Belgium. As Head of Legal at a million dollar ad-tech company she discovered her passion around Data protection, Privacy and Smart legal agreements. Being part of the Company Secretariat team in Associated British Ports gave her an additional layer of Corporate Governance expertise.
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About DOVU: DOVU is a global rewards platform for smart travel, powered by cryptocurrency.
Austin Kimm
COO, Co-Founder of Crypterium
Former CEO of Renaissance Life and Pensions (Russia & Ukraine) and CEO Renaissance Insurance Group. Austin led company to #1 Position for Life Insurance in Russia (by written premium – approx $250m per annum) and Top 10 Position for voluntary pensions in Russia ($800m assets under management. Company was sold for approx $200m in 2013. Former CEO of Workle, a high-profile digital startup with over $30 million business turnover and 200 000 active users in 2015, specializing in creating sales forces via online training and support systems Director for Strategy at PayQR, an electronic payment systems pioneer with a market valuation exceeding $20 million.
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About Crypterium: Crypterium mobile app allows instant payments in cryptocurrency. Whatever you can do with your money, you can now do with your crypto.
Dominic Brown
COO of DocTailor
Having successfully cultivated communities in China, USA and Europe to gain exposure for the development of ICO’s in the past. Dominic is adding operations and experience management to the role as COO. Having worked in the field of Blockchain technology and Cryptocurrencies for over two years Dominic has seen the fluctuations of the cypto environment and can see the rationalisation through the chaos.
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About DocTailor: DocTailor is a unique legal document platform.
Simone Maini
Chief Operating Officer of Elliptic
Simone Maini is the chief operating officer at Elliptic. Simone brings extensive expertise in strategy and operations to the Elliptic team, along with experience working on complex financial crime investigations. As COO, she oversees operations, finance, marketing and sales for the company. She holds a BA in History from the University of Cambridge.
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About Elliptic: Elliptic makes cryptocurrency transaction activity more transparent and accountable.
Daniel Ahmed
Co-founder & COO of Fasset
Daniel Ahmed is the Co-Founder and COO at Fasset.
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About Fasset: A globally regulated digital asset exchange for the next billion.
Igors Astapchiks
COO of Forty Seven
Founder of Forty Seven
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About Forty Seven: Forty Seven is a software consulting and development company providing IT outsourcing services.
Khai Vualnam
Chief Operating Officer of Satoshi Systems Limited
Khai, our Chief Operating Officer, brings nearly 2 decades of leadership experience in commodity supply chain to Satoshi. After his MBA from IIM Ahmedabad, Khai has worked in several locations across Africa, Asia and Europe. He is enthusiastic about applying the latest technologies to the commodity supply chain which he believes will bring a transformational change. Whenever possible Khai is delving into the world of cryptocurrency and its unique opportunities.
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About Satoshi Systems Limited: Satoshi Systems provides state of the art software solutions for the trading space, currently focusing on the commodity.
Henrike Grund
COO of AtHashtags
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About AtHashtags: Combined Online and real world Marketplace that allows vendors to sell and connect with consumers online and in multiple physical locations
Dylan Sutton
Founder & COO of LemoChain
A Bachelor of Business Management BSc from Swansea University, U.K. Dylan has a wealth of business experience and financial data understanding. At LemoChain, he’ll be in charge of: LemoChain community growth, core user maintenance, operational strategies and marketing/branding strategies. He is also the planner for LemoChain’s future rewards engine.
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About LemoChain: LemoChain is a decentralized, industry-oriented cross-application data circulation infrastructure that connects blockchain technology.
Dylan Sutton
Founder & COO of LemoChain
A Bachelor of Business Management BSc from Swansea University, U.K. Dylan has a wealth of business experience and financial data understanding. At LemoChain, he’ll be in charge of: LemoChain community growth, core user maintenance, operational strategies and marketing/branding strategies. He is also the planner for LemoChain’s future rewards engine.
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About LemoChain: LemoChain is a decentralized, industry-oriented cross-application data circulation infrastructure that connects blockchain technology.
