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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 Sports 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.
Malte Barth
Founding General Partner of BITKRAFT Ventures
Malte is a Founding General Partner of BITKRAFT Esports Ventures based in London/Lisbon. Since 2014 he served as Head of Esports at Modern Times Group, which holds one of the largest Esports portfolios globally with leading brands like ESL, DreamHack, ESEA, and others. He holds Board Roles at ESL and DreamHack and serves as an Industrial Advisor to EQT, a leading global Private Equity, since 2010. Malte graduated in Industrial Engineering and Business Management from Nordakademie and is active as an entrepreneurial leader, investor and operator in the Media, Games and Esports space for over 20 years.
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About BITKRAFT Ventures: BITKRAFT Ventures is an early-stage investment platform for gaming, esports, and interactive media.
Livingstone Ian
Co-founding Partner of Hiro Capital
Ian Livingstone CBE is one of the founding fathers of the UK games industry. He co-founded iconic games company Games Workshop in 1975, launching Dungeons & Dragons and Warhammer in Europe. He co-authored The Warlock of Firetop Mountain with Steve Jackson in 1982, writing 14 titles in the Fighting Fantasy gamebook series which has sold over 18 million copies worldwide. He designed Eureka, the first computer game published by Domark in 1984. He joined the Domark board in 1992, overseeing a merger that created Eidos plc in 1995 where he served as Executive Chairman until 2002, and as Creative Director until 2006. At Eidos he launched global video games franchises including Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. He co-authored the influential Livingstone-Hope Next Gen review published by NESTA in 2011, recommending changes in ICT education policy. Following publication, he chaired the Next Gen Skills campaign, working with government to introduce the new Computing curriculum in schools in 2014. In the Wired 100 list for 2012, he was ranked the 16th most influential person in the UK’s digital economy. He was listed in the 2015 Debrett’s 500 of most influential people in UK. Roles (as of May 2016): Founder and Chairman of the Livingstone Foundation, Chairman of Playdemic, Chairman of Midoki, Chairman of Sumo-Digital, Chairman of PlayMob, Chairman of Antstream, Chairman of The Secret Police, Chairman of Flavourworks, Vice Chair of UKIE, Patron and Non-executive director of Creative Skillset, a Member of the Creative Industries Council, Non-executive director of Creative Industries Federation, Non-executive director of Creative England, Non-executive director of Young Rewired State, GamesAid Trustee, Advisory Board Member of GameCity, and Adviser to the British Council.
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About AntStream Arcade, Flavourworks, Hiro Capital, Mediatonic Games, Sumo Digital: Hiro Capital is a tech VC fund focused on Games, Esports and Digital Sports.
Nick Hoyle
Head of Partnership Development of Tottenham Hotspur
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About Tottenham Hotspur: Tottenham Hotspur is a professional football club in London, competing in the Premier League.
Sam Colley
Partnerships Manager of Tottenham Hotspur
Sam Colley is a partnerships manager at Tottenham Hotspur Club.
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About Tottenham Hotspur: Tottenham Hotspur is a professional football club in London, competing in the Premier League.
Constantine Louloudis
Head of Partnerships of Let’s Do This
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About Let’s Do This: Let’s Do This is an online marketplace that features almost every endurance event on the planet.
Charlie Vernon
Director of UK Partnerships of Let’s Do This
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About Let’s Do This: Let’s Do This is an online marketplace that features almost every endurance event on the planet.
Harj Hir
Head of Partnership Engagement of Leicester City Football Club
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About Leicester City Football Club: Leicester City are a Premier League football club.
Steve Madincea
Managing Partner of Fantastec
Steve Madincea is a recognised international sports industry entrepreneur having created, built and led sports sponsorship teams around the world to serve blue chip clients such as Aston Martin, Ford, Coca-Cola, Rolex, Subway, Casio, Samsung, PUMA, Jaguar, AT&T, Bridgestone, Red Bull, Land Rover, Shell, the NFL, the NBA, The UEFA Champions League, Formula 1 and The FIFA World Cup amongst others. Founder of PRISM, global leader in sports marketing and WPP’s first acquisition in the sponsorship and brand activation space. Founder & Group Managing Director, PRISM & Sports Marketing Global Leader, WPP (2000 – 2016); Startup Engineer, Outside the Box (1998 – 2004); Founder, of PRISM (Public Relations & International Sports Marketing) (1993 – 1999) (acquired by WPP); Commercial Director, Benetton-Ford Formula One team (1990 -1992).
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About Fantastec: Fantastec invents the future of international sports fan engagement.
Matt Gilewicz
Head of Partnerships of Baker Sport Capital
A creative, strategic thinking sales and key partnership head with 15+ years managing global and local sales revenue channels. An experienced leader directing sales team of 30+ with £multimillion annual targets across international territories who successfully navigates complex matrix organisations and galvanises cross-functional teams to deliver impactful B2B and B2C revenues. P&L and A&P budget planning and management, global stakeholder management, local, regional and global team leadership, Agency management
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About Baker Sport Capital: Baker Sport Capital is a growth capital company that offers sports governing bodies the opportunity to fully engage with technology.
Alexander G. Immink
VP Sponsorships & Brand Partnerships _ WiCis Sports of WiCis-Sports
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About WiCis-Sports: Climb the highest mountain and anybody in the world can follow where you are or any of your vital signs with a one second resolution!
Alexander G. Immink
VP Sponsorships & Brand Partnerships _ WiCis Sports of WiCis-Sports
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About WiCis-Sports: Climb the highest mountain and anybody in the world can follow where you are or any of your vital signs with a one second resolution!
Roheel Ahmad
Managing Partner of Forsyth Barnes
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About Forsyth Barnes: Executive Search & Senior Interim Specialists within Fintech, Software & Etail industries.
Scott Parsons
Managing Partner of Forsyth Barnes
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About Forsyth Barnes: Executive Search & Senior Interim Specialists within Fintech, Software & Etail industries.
Peter Clare
Consulting Partner of Seven League
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About Seven League: Seven League is a digital consultancy with a specialism in sport.
Ian Lynam
Founding Partner of Northridge Law
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About Northridge Law: Northridge Law is an independent law firm that focuses on the most complex and important sports-related issues.
