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 Founder operating in the Ethereum 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.
Zachary Williamson
Co-Founder and CTO of Aztec Protocol
Zachary Williamson is Co-Founder & CTO at CreditMint.
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About Aztec Protocol, CreditMint: Aztec develops an ethereum trading protocol that enables private transactions across the public blockchain.
Alex Rea
Founder of Colony
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About Colony : Colony provides a social collaboration platform that makes it easy for people all over the world to build companies together online.
Rick Pardoe
Co-Founder and Core Developer of Liquity
Rick Pardoe is the Co-Founder and Core Developer of Liquity.
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About Liquity: Interest free borrowing, built on Ethereum.
Alan Vey
CEO and Co-Founder of Aventus Network Systems
Alan is an entrepreneur in the blockchain industry and is currently focused on his role as co-founder and CEO of Aventus Network Services, a blockchain layer 2 network, reshaping digital assets including ticketing, loyalty and financial assets, to name a few. Before moving into Blockchain, Alan worked at Deloitte in the Entrepreneurial Business Department and macro hedge fund Brevan Howard. He completed a Master’s Degree in Artificial Intelligence at Imperial College London. His masters thesis investigated film rights distribution using blockchain in partnership with BAFTA. a
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About : Aventus is a layer-2 blockchain protocol that brings scalability, lower costs, and speed to Ethereum transactions.
Pedro Gomes
Founder of WalletConnect
Pedro Gomes is the founder of Walletconnect.
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About WalletConnect: WalletConnect is an open source standard for connecting desktop Dapps to mobile Wallets.
Tomasz Kajetan Stanczak
Founder of Nethermind
Tomasz Kajetan Stanczak is the Founder at Nethermind.
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About Nethermind: API marketplace with blockchain payments for pay as you go for API usage, Ethereum clients, infrastructure and consulting.
Edward Budd
Co-Founder of Adhara
Ed has performed a broad range of leadership and transformation roles both in Deutsche Bank’s Investment Bank (1998-2010) and GTB (2011-Present) including Head of eCommerce, Distribution Product Development/Autobahn, CIB and Head of Product Strategy & COO for Product Management, GTB. In 2015 he was selected as one of the rising stars in Brummel’s third annual Ones to Watch/Rising Stars awards, acknowledging outstanding talent in London’s financial-services sector and related fields.
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About Adhara, Deutsche Bank: Real time global liquidity management, FX and international payments on CBDCs and tokenized money for banks and central banks
Kevin Hollands
Founder and CFO of Escrowblock
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About Escrowblock, XRED Foundation: Escrowblock is a platform that provides a gateway on the ethereum blockchain.
Robert Sams
Founder & CEO of clearmatics
Robert Sams Founded Clearmatics Technologies. and serves as its Chief Executive Officer.
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About clearmatics: Designing protocols and build platforms for decentralised Financial Market Infrastructure (dFMI).
Maria Tanjala
Co-Founder of Big Couch
Maria is the co-founder of Big Couch, a fintech startup, energising the entertainment industry with a new financial model: Crewfunding. Since 2017, Big Couch has been developing a new product, FilmChain on the blockchain, in partnership with Imperial College London. In 2018, they have been awarded an innovation grant from Innovate UK. Maria has been a prominent figure at film industry events and festivals worldwide, including Cannes, Berlin, Glasgow etc. She produced and associate produced two feature docs and one drama.
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About Big Couch, FilmChain: Big Couch is the ‘crewfunding’ platform that empowers filmmakers, connecting them with crews that invest in projects they believe in.
Gary McKay
Co-Founder & MD of APPII
Gary is the co-founder and managing director of APPII, a blockchain start up revolutionising CV verification and employee background checking. APPII was founded in early 2016 and is based in London. He has more than 20 years’ experience across many different industries including financial services, media, staffing and recruiting, and management consulting. All of his roles have centred around using his technology experience and knowledge to transform businesses and disrupt business models. Born is Scotland, Gary studied Building Surveying at the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture, before moving to Australia for 18 years where he studied at the UNSW Business School and was awarded a Master of Business and Technology.
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About APPII: Using blockchain technology to quickly and simply verify identities, backgrounds (such as criminal history) and career history (CV / Resume)
Mantas Malukas
Founder & CEO of Dapp Life
Mantas Malukas is an entrepreneur, journalist & blogger. As an entrepreneur his main focus is in the development of high level concepts mainly in the editorial news projects and journalism.
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About Dapp Life: Dapp Life is an online platform that features cryptocurrency news, crypto app reviews and incisive commentary on blockchain and dApps.
Oliver Carding
Founder of CryptoKaiju
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About CryptoKaiju: Collectible Vinyl Toys Powered by The Ethereum Blockchain
