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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 CEO’ operating in the Commercial Real Estate space. If you think a CEO’ 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.
Matt Robinson
CEO of Nested
Matt Robinson is the CEO and a co-founder at Nested, a property technology company. Prior to this, he founded GoCardless in 2010 and remains on the board of the recurring payment company.
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About GoCardless, Nested: Nested operates as a data-driven estate agency enabling customers to be chain-free buyers.
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Daniel Attia
Founder & CEO of YOPA
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About YOPA, YOPA: YOPA provides real estate agency services that assist clients in selling their properties.
Sanjay Choudhary
Founder & CEO of Incuspaze
Sanjay Choudhary founded Incuspaze; he is UK based entrepreneur, startup enthusiast, and a startup growth consultant. He has vast experience across Enterprises, SMEs, and Startups in UK and India.
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About CrowdInvest, Incuspaze: Incuspaze is on a mission to bridge the gap that exists within Indian startup ecosystem.
Tushar Agarwal
Co-Founder & CEO of Hubble
Tushar is the Co-Founder of Spacious.
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About Hubble: A platform to search, set up, and manage your hybrid workplace
Jack Jenkins
Founder and CEO of Resooma
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About Resooma: We’re building an end-to-end rental marketplace with simplified payment solutions that serves both tenants and property owners.
Ross Bailey
CEO of Appear Here
Ross Bailey is the Founder and CEO of Appear Here. Appear Here is a short-term retail space marketplace used by thousands of brands and landlords every month. Based on the concept that renting commercial property should be as easy as booking a hotel room, Appear Here’s mission is to make retail space accessible to everyone. Hailed a “Digital game changer for the high street” by The Guardian, Appear Here, has received investment from the previous backers of Hailo, Pinterest, Spotify and Trivago.
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About Appear Here: Appear Here is an online marketplace for retail space.
Mikus Opelts
CEO & Founder of Giraffe360
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About Giraffe Visual, Giraffe360: Get high-quality property photography in one cost-efficient streamlined process
Gabriela Hersham
Founder & CEO of Huckletree
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About Huckletree: The brave home of innovation.
Shravane Balabasqer
Founder | CEO of Carbon Analytics
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About Carbon Analytics: A granular asset focused carbon intelligence & offsetting platform for active industrial decarbonisation across the value chain.
Matthew Beatty
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Spacehop
Founder of Spacehop
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About Spacehop: An online platform for people to list and book cheap, flexible office space at the days and hours of their choosing in London and the UK.
Tom Wallace
Founder & CEO of Re-Leased Property Software
Tom Wallace is the Founder and CEO at Re-Leased Property Software.
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About Re-Leased Property Software: Re-Leased is a centralised cloud-based property management software designed for landlords and property managers.
Jamie Holmes
CEO of VU.CITY
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About VU.CITY: SaaS scale-up helping real estate professionals make better design and planning decisions, faster
Tobi Crosbie
CEO and Founder of Making Moves London
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About Making Moves London: Making Moves London offers a modern, refreshing approach to finding new office premises on behalf of clients.
Richard Du
Founder and CEO of Agorafy
Richard founded Dumann Associates in 2004, where his focus on real estate advisory and investment services include profit-oriented management, leasing, acquisition/sales, and marketing programs for commercial properties owned by investor groups and clients. He transforms non-traditional real estate opportunities into high performing assets, unlocking the worth of undervalued properties. He’s also the reigning office ping pong champ.
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About Agorafy: Agorafy is an open platform for organizing and sharing real estate listings and information in the U.S.
Darren Richards
CEO of EstatesDirect.com
Identifying a marketplace’s key wants and needs and strategising a service to fulfill a gap in the industry Building a national recognisable brand, accessible to all Successfully championing the migration of an industry service, from the high street to online Darren Richards is a prolific Internet entrepreneur and was the founder of the UK’s largest online dating service, DatingDirect.com, which successfully took the dating industry from the High Street to online. In January 2007, just 7 years after launch, DatingDirect.com was sold to French company, Meetic (the owner of Match.com), for £30 million. Following this success, Darren invested in a multi-million pound property portfolio, gaining a great insight into the property sector which led him to question the costs involved with buying, selling and letting property. “When you look into the costs of marketing property with a traditional high street estate agent, most charge a fee of 1% – 2% commission based on your asking price. Basically, the more your property is worth, the more you pay for the same service, why?” These findings led to a conversation with Ben Grove and the inception of EstatesDirect.com.
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About EstatesDirect.com: EstatesDirect.com is a National Estate Agency with local area specialists in all areas of the UK.
Andrew Vertes
CEO of Virtual Commercial
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About Virtual Commercial: Virtual Commercial is the UK’s Online Commercial Estate Agent.
Tim Rodber
CEO of The Instant Group
Tim joined The Instant Group in 2013 to spearhead our growth as a dynamic and innovative property solutions provider. Previously he spent 10 years at global outsourcing firm Williams Lea, most recently as CEO of the Americas business; he was also personally responsible for relationships with several key FTSE 100 and S&P 500 clients. Prior to Williams Lea, Tim held the role of Managing Director at London-based marketing and communications company, Rodber Thorneycroft Ltd, which Williams Lea acquired in 2003. Tim launched his career as an Army officer, and then as a successful international rugby player. Playing for Northampton Saints, he appeared 44 times for England, twice for the British and Irish Lions, and was a Rugby World Sevens Cup Winner. He is a graduate of Oxford Brookes University.
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About Instant Offices, The Instant Group: The Instant Group is a specialist in independent flexible workspace solutions.
Muhammad A. Bhatti
CEO of Apex Housing Group
The founder of Apex Airspace and Apex Housing Group, Arshad is responsible for developing the business strategy and delivering consistent growth. He is a pioneer in airspace development and highly passionate about how innovative development methods can produce new housing supply. He utilises a hands-on and personable approach to provide day-to-day operational and personnel direction, ensuring functional efficiency and sustainability across the company.
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About Apex Airspace Housing, Apex Housing Group: Apex Housing Group specialises in property management and social housing solutions plus property
Joseph Kelly
CEO of DealX
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About DealX: DealX is a big data cloud computing platform for commercial real estate.
Russell C. Platt
Founder & CEO of Forum Partners
Russell Platt is the Founder and CEO of Forum Partners.
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About Forum Partners: Forum Partners is a real estate investment and asset management firm.
