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 Geospatial 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.
Corentin Guillo
Founder & CEO of Bird.i
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About Bird.i: Bird.i provides access to the latest, up to date satellite imagery, helping you obtain valuable insights & make better business decisions.
David Mullett
Founder & Chief Design Officer of Pupil
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About Pupil: Pupil is changing the world of data capture, creating immersive 3D experiences through revolutionary technology.
Oliver Breach
Founder & COO of Pupil
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About MBM Capital Partners, Pupil: Pupil is changing the world of data capture, creating immersive 3D experiences through revolutionary technology.
James D. Marshall
Founder and CEO of Pupil
James D Marshall is the founder and CEO at Pupil.
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About MBM Capital Partners, Pupil: Pupil is changing the world of data capture, creating immersive 3D experiences through revolutionary technology.
Anthony Baker
Founder & CEO of Satellite Vu
Anthony Baker is the Founder & CEO at Satellite Vu.
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About Satellite Vu: Satellite Vu An Earth Observation and satellite imagery analytics company deriving insights into economic activity
Orla Shields
CEO & Co-Founder of Kamma
Orla left behind her homeland and background in accountancy at the Irish Central Bank to manage a £650m logistics budget for the London 2012 Olympics. After then moving into the digital agency world for a number of years, she left to found GetRentr.
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About Kamma: Kamma provides data-driven technology solutions to simplify the complexity of Property Licensing in the Private Rented Sector
Richard Lainchbury
Tech Architect and Co-Founder of Kamma
Richard spent most of his career as freelance LAMP developer with experience across many internet related technologies. Having known Alex since childhood, they teamed up to build the tech behind GetRentr’s first product and launch it into the market.
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About Kamma: Kamma provides data-driven technology solutions to simplify the complexity of Property Licensing in the Private Rented Sector
Matt Tyburski
Chief Scientist and Founder of Global Surface Intelligence Ltd.
Matt is an interdisciplinary geospatial data scientist. He has a PhD, LLM, MSc and BA. He has 10 years’ post-PhD experience originating data science concepts in the private sector as wells as leading on data science systems development at Johns Hopkins and within the U.S. Federal Government.
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About Global Surface Intelligence Ltd.: Global Surface Intelligence is an Edinburgh-based earth observation and artificial-intelligence-as-a-service provider
Ege Akpinar
Founder and CEO of Pointr
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About Pointr: Pointr is an indoor positioning and navigation company with analytics and messaging features.
Mike Miner
Founder of GoLocate
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About GoLocate: GoLocate provides multi-modal fleet management and real-time visibility over their fleets, helping companies save time and money.
Mark Brundell
Head of System Integration and Co-Founder of Emu Analytics
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About Emu Analytics: Emu Analytics provides real-time geospatial analytics and visualisation software for IoT, Smart Cities and Digital Twins.
Richard Vilton
CEO and Co-Founder of Emu Analytics
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About Emu Analytics: Emu Analytics provides real-time geospatial analytics and visualisation software for IoT, Smart Cities and Digital Twins.
Richard Vilton
CEO and Co-Founder of Emu Analytics
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About Emu Analytics: Emu Analytics provides real-time geospatial analytics and visualisation software for IoT, Smart Cities and Digital Twins.
