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 GreenTech 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.
Philip Roell
Founder & CEO of Grabbit – The Social Delivery
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About Grabbit – The Social Delivery: App that matches people who need everyday items with people who can grab them.
Erik Fairbairn
Founder & CEO of Pod Point
Erik founded POD Point in 2009, in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. he saw the potential of electric vehicles as the next major mode of transportation and set himself the goal of wiring up the UK with charge points to facilitate the switch to EV from internal combustion engines. Fairbairn is also a member of the UK Automotive Council Technology Group and YPO (Young President’s Organisation) and featured on the 35th episode of their podcast.
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About Pod Point: We’re building the infrastructure needed for the mass adoption of electric vehicles in the UK & Europe.
Nigel Brandon
Co-Founder of Ceres Power
Mr. Nigel Brandon served as the Chief Scientist of Ceres Power Limited and Ceres Power Holdings PLC. Mr. Brandon co-founded Ceres Power Holdings PLC in June 2001 and served as its Chief Technology Officer. He served as the academic staff at Imperial since 1998 and now has a Chair at the College as the Shell Professor of Sustainable Energy Development. He spent over fourteen years in industry with both BP and Rolls-Royce in senior R&D roles in fuel cells and related areas. Mr. Brandon is a world-renowned figure in the fuel cell community holding a number of posts including: Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology; visiting Professor at the University of Connecticut Global Fuel Cell Centre; and co-ordinator of the Imperial College Centre for Ion Conducting Membranes. Mr. Brandon served as a Director at Ceres Power Limited and Ceres Power Holdings PLC. He serves as Member of Scientific Entrepreneurs Board at Imperial Innovations. He is a member of the Grove Fuel Cell Steering Committee. Mr. Brandon obtained his first degree and PhD from Imperial College London.
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About Ceres Power: Ceres Power Holdings PLC is a world leading developer of low cost, next generation fuel cell technology.
Ben Pugh
Co-Founder of Farmdrop
Spent 10 years working in finance and loves thinking about new economic models. Previously sailed boats for a living and is a keen surfer. Dreams of supplying FarmDrop as an organic grower one day
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About Farmdrop: Farmdrop: the online supermarket that delivers fresher, fairer food & home essentials directly to your door.
Eliza Becton
Co-Founder | Head of Product of Bevi
Eliza Becton is our CEO and product lead.Her background is in user-experience design at various startups,with end-to-end experiences from ideation to market research to prototyping. Eliza graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) with a Masters in Industrial Design, and from Yale University with a BS in Mechanical Engineering.
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About Bevi: Bevi is a smart water dispenser that customizes flavored and sparkling beverages on demand.
Sean Grundy
Co-Founder, CEO of Bevi
Redesigning the beverage supply chain @Bevi. Previously, 3 years experience managing environmental projects.MIT Sloan MBA, Princeton undergrad.
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About Bevi, Hydration Labs: Bevi is a smart water dispenser that customizes flavored and sparkling beverages on demand.
Cristian Parrino
CEO and Co-Founder of Greengame
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About Greengame, OpenUK: Working with organisations to incentivise sustainable behaviour using automated activity detection, gamification and behavioural economics
Joff Hamilton-Dick
Co-Founder & CEO of SparkChange
Co-founder & CEO at Spark Change, a single, unified platform that makes investing in carbon as easy as investing in the stock market. Part of the Barclays Accelerator powered by Techstars, London 2019.
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About SparkChange: SparkChange is a provider of specialist carbon investment products and data, serving global institutions and their clients.
Zac Gazit
Founder, CEO & Managing Director of ALVATECH
Zac Gazit is the founder, CEO & Managing Director of ALVATECH & he attended The College of Management Academic Studies in 1997.
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About ALVATECH: ALVATECH develops water treatment solutions and technology for effective farming productivity.
Kayleigh Bottomley
VP And Founder of Storm4
Kayleigh Bottomley is the Founder and VP at Storm4.
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About Storm4: Storm4 is a specialist GreenTech recruitment marketplace, connecting organizations with the senior talent to drive their mission.
Veera Johnson
Chief Commercial Officer and Co-Founder of Circulor
Veera Johnson is the co-founder and chief commercial officer of Circulor.
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About Circulor, groupthink: Circulor uses blockchain and AI to cut the cost of traceability and due diligence in raw materials supply chains.
Matt Brookes
Founder of Selected Interventions
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About Selected Interventions: Transforming technology for large enterprises in the municipal and commercial smart waste collection sector
Kaushal Shah
Founder and CEO of envoPAP
Trying to turn Ideas into Reality!
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About envoPAP, Inwius: envoPAP is a Sustainable Materials Company utilizing green technology to provide agricultural waste with a second life.
Catherine White
Co-Founder & CEO of Fundzzle
Highly motivated entrepreneur with exceptional sales, marketing and business development skills. After 20+ years in Healthcare industry, now focused on doing good by leading a new innovative plaform that helps people gather more meaningfully through charitable giving and environmentally friendly group gifting.
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About Fundzzle: Fundzzle is an eco-friendly invitation, group gift and charity fundraising service all wrapped into one privately and securely.
Michael Brown
Co-Founder & CTO of Fundzzle
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About Fundzzle: Fundzzle is an eco-friendly invitation, group gift and charity fundraising service all wrapped into one privately and securely.
Charles Pilgrim
Founder of Bolt Go
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About Bolt Go: Bolt Go provides tools and data to make smarter decisions when buying energy technology.
Mikel Christian Candusso
Founder of Ever-So-Clean Custodial
Founder at Ever-So-Clean Custodial
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About Ever-So-Clean Custodial: Green Clean
