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 Associate operating in the Software space. If you think a Associate 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.
Serena Chaudhry
Associate Director of Dataminr
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About Dataminr, Dataminr, Observer Research Foundation, One Young World: Dataminr develops an artificial intelligence platform designed for real-time event and risk detection.
Stephanie Opdam
Associate of Notion Capital
Stephanie Opdam is an Associate at Columbia Lake Partners. She is responsible for the screening of investment opportunities, financial analysis, structuring, due diligence and portfolio management of debt relationships with technology companies. Prior to joining CLP, Stephanie worked as an Intern Structured Finance at NIBC Bank and as an Intern Product Development at ITPreneurs in the Netherlands. Stephanie graduated with a Bachelor of Science (BSc), International Business Administration (with distinction) from the Erasmus University Rotterdam and obtained a Master of Science (MSc), Finance & Private Equity (with merit) from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
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About Notion Capital: Notion is an early-stage venture fund that focuses on technology and cloud computing markets.
Hilary Wandall
Chief Compliance Officer and Associate General Counsel of Dun & Bradstreet
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About Dun & Bradstreet, Merck, TrustArc: Dun & Bradstreet grows the most valuable relationships in business by uncovering truth and meaning from data.
James Rowley
Associate Director – Communications, Media and Technology of Cognizant
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About Cognizant: Cognizant is a professional services company, transforming clients’ business, operating and technology models for the digital era.
Euan Davis
Associate Vice President of Cognizant
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About Cognizant: Cognizant is a professional services company, transforming clients’ business, operating and technology models for the digital era.
Theo Wethered
Investment Associate of Nauta Capital
Theo is an Investment Associate in Nauta Capital’s London office. His role involves generating deal flow, completing commercial due diligence and managing investment opportunities. Theo has previously worked in a number of startups, (including Loop Horizon and SimPrints Technologies), in Venture Capital (Draper Esprit), Strategy and M&A consulting (L.E.K. consulting, including work with the Data & Analytics team and internal investment group), and wealth management (MdF Family Partners). His interests lie in AI, data and analytics, financial services, and marketing technologies. He holds a Natural sciences degree from the University of Cambridge. Outside of technology and venture capital, Theo is interested in Psychology, running and comedy.
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About Nauta Capital: Nauta Capital is a pan-European Venture Capital firm investing in early stage technology companies.
Saagar Bhavsar
Investment Associate of Nauta Capital
Saagar is an Investment Associate at Nauta Capital. Based out of the London office, he is involved in the deal flow generation, investment screenings, and business due diligence process for the UK initiative. Prior to joining Nauta Capital, Saagar worked at the intersection of technology and finance with SimCorp, where he led large-scale transformational projects for the Buy-Side and advised the world’s leading asset managers and sovereign wealth funds how to be on the cutting edge of software technology. He has worked and lived in various countries across Europe, North America, and the Middle East. Saagar holds an MBA from London Business School, a Master of Mathematics from the University of Bath, and is a CFA Charterholder.
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About Nauta Capital: Nauta Capital is a pan-European Venture Capital firm investing in early stage technology companies.
Aman Krishna
Associate Director | Data Strategy & Analytics of Publicis Sapient
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About Publicis Sapient: Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation platform.
Dan Allan
Associate Director of Arthur Online
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About Arthur Online: Arthur simplifies property management, anywhere , anytime.
Max McCreery
Business Development Associate of Gravity Sketch
Max McCreery is the Business Development Associate at Gravity Sketch.
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About Gravity Sketch: Gravity Sketch is a VR-based design and collaboration platform that allows distributed teams to create, share, and build in 3D.
Beth Carroll
Associate Director of SEVEN
Beth has worked in the communications industry for a decade, specialising in digital and social media since 2006. Focussing on using her expertise to develop and implement social media strategies for clients (consumer and B2B) that lead to tangible business outcomes.
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About Iris, SEVEN: The full-service IT company that for 11 years has been a reliable 360º technological partner
Nicolas Slotine
Associate of Forestay Capital
Nicolas Slotine serves as a senior analyst at Forestay Capital.
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About Forestay Capital: Forestay Capital is dedicated to investing in the tech sector and reflects Waypoint’s focus on innovative, forward-looking industries.
Karen Fryatt
Associate Director of NCC Group
With years of experience in the defence and security industry and a lifelong passion for science and technology, having previously worked for almost 18 years at a multinational defence company, Karen is an expert in implementing sustainable and innovative approaches to the use of technology. Throughout her career, Karen has focused on driving a collaborative, people-first approach to working.
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About NCC Group: NCC Group exists to make the world safer and more secure.
Peter Barron
Associate Director of Liss Systems
Peter joined LISS in 2002, after leaving university where he achieved a first class honours degree in Computer Science. He was instrumental in the technical design of the LISSIA group version of the system and the implementation in 2003/2004 to Generali. Offering key technical input into the development of the LISSIA product suite over a number of years, Pete progressed to LISS Technical Architect in 2007 at the initiation of a project for Munich Re. In 2008 Pete was given the additional responsibility of heading up the onsite LISS project and team at Munich Re. On his return to LISS in 2009 he led the design, development and implementation of the eLISSIA product suite. Pete continues to drive the strategic technical design and development of the eLISSIA system.
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About Liss Systems: Liss Systems provides policy administration solutions.
Terry Corby
Associate Partner of Headforwards
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About Headforwards: Headforwards is a Cornish outsource software development company.
Vanessa King
Associate of Happiness Works
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About Happiness Works: HW provides science-based, responsive analytics with instant reporting that unlocks new ways to happiness and productivity for workplaces.
