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 Ticketing 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.
Callum Negus-Fancey
CEO & Founder of Pollen
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About Pollen: Pollen builds, curates, and delivers the best travel experiences.
Liam Negus-Fancey
Founder & President of Pollen
Pollen is a members-only community that curates and shares experiences for you and your friends to discover. As a marketplace of the best experiences in the world, our mission is to elevate lives by bringing people closer to the people and the things they love. From festivals, events, dining experiences, island escapes, and beyond, we want to help create unforgettable memories shared between friends old and new by allowing members to unlock a range of experiential rewards.
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About Pollen: Pollen builds, curates, and delivers the best travel experiences.
Nick Sabine
Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Resident Advisor
Nick Sabine is the co-founder of Resident Advisor (RA). Established in 2001, RA enables the discovery of new music and events through a unique combination of original content and listings. By providing a platform for artists, promoters and fans RA connects the global dance music community and plays an indispensable role in supporting the electronic music industry worldwide.
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About Resident Advisor: RA is an online music magazine and community platform that’s dedicated to showcasing electronic music, artists and events across the globe.
Dan Hubert
CEO & Founder of AppyWay
Dan initially founded AppyParking after experiencing first-hand the pain of parking caused by a fragmented and broken market when trying to park near the Royal Albert Hall for a concert. From this was born the AppyParking mobile app, but more questions quickly arose… What if we could digitise parking spaces? And not just spaces – but all of the UK’s kerbs? What opportunities would that unlock? How could a digitised, dynamic kerb not only meet the ever-growing demands of urban transport today – but shape that of tomorrow? From that lightbulb moment onwards, Dan was hooked and with AppyWay, he’s leading the charge to help cities thrive, from the kerb up.
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About AppyWay: AppyWay is a kerbside management & technology firm enabling intelligent mobility for cities.
Alan Vey
CEO and Co-Founder of Aventus Network Systems
Alan is an entrepreneur in the blockchain industry and is currently focused on his role as co-founder and CEO of Aventus Network Services, a blockchain layer 2 network, reshaping digital assets including ticketing, loyalty and financial assets, to name a few. Before moving into Blockchain, Alan worked at Deloitte in the Entrepreneurial Business Department and macro hedge fund Brevan Howard. He completed a Master’s Degree in Artificial Intelligence at Imperial College London. His masters thesis investigated film rights distribution using blockchain in partnership with BAFTA. a
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About : Aventus is a layer-2 blockchain protocol that brings scalability, lower costs, and speed to Ethereum transactions.
Zack Sabban
Co-Founder and CEO of Festicket
While he was a student and later a banker in NYC and London, Zacharie traveled the world to fulfill his passion for live music. He attended countless festivals and concerts around the world where he realized the need for better access to information. His creativity, social network, and his amazing experience of music festivals are a competitive advantage for the growth of Festicket. Zacharie supervises all the operations and development of the company.
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About Festicket: Festicket is a marketplace to discover and book music festival tickets, accommodation, transfers and extras.
Tom Godber
Co-Founder & CTO of Masabi
Tom is a Co-Founder of Masabi and a mobile programming expert with a passion for design and usability. Keenly aware of changing mobile trends in what is one the fastest moving consumer markets today, he defines the technical strategic goals and implementation plans that allow Masabi to best meet the needs of end users. Tom has spent almost ten years at Masabi building mobile applications, servers and frameworks, troubleshooting, and architected a gaming platform now processing millions of dollars per month. Prior to founding Masabi, Tom worked with Accenture and Trilogy Software in addition to founding MoMo Estonia. Tom has a master’s degree in Computer Science from Cambridge University.
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About Masabi, Masabi: Masabi is the global leader in transport mobile ticketing and payments.
Ben Whitaker
Head of Innovation, Founder & Director of Masabi
Ben Whitaker Co-Founder of Masabi, Ben is the company’s product evangelist, focussing primarily on business development at the company. He is a familiar face on both the mobile and train industry circuits, regularly invited to interviews and speaking slots at major industry events worldwide. A classic visionary, Ben helped define the UK rail mobile ticketing standard and move the weight of industry opinion behind it. He is also a security expert with a strong engineering background, designing Masabi’s award-winning encryptMe product. Prior to founding Masabi, Ben worked at IBM, Xerox and Raytheon (Encrypted Radar Systems) on projects ranging from computer interface usability to military cryptography. Ben has an MEng degree in Engineering and Management (MET) from Cambridge University.
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About Masabi: Masabi is the global leader in transport mobile ticketing and payments.
Ed Howson
Co-Founder of Masabi
Ed has over ten years experience in telecoms marketing and PR working with companies from across the value chain from core infrastructure technology, through handset components to mobile content. Since co-founding Masabi in 2001, he has lead marketing and media outreach for the company. In 2005, Ed also founded specialist PR agency Temono which has since grown its client base to include: IPWireless, Ubiquisys, RAD Data Communications, the Femto Forum and Ericsson IPX. He previously worked at AxiCom, a leading pan-European PR and Marketing consultancy where he managed accounts including Flarion, Trigenix, Airespace, RealNetworks, Symbian, Sierra Wireless, Esmertec, Beatnik and IBM.
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About Masabi: Masabi is the global leader in transport mobile ticketing and payments.
Phil Hutcheon
Founder & CEO of DICE
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About DICE: DICE is a curated platform that connects fans to live shows.
Dom Marmont
CTO & Co-Founder of FIXR
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About FIXR: FIXR is a leading ticketing and event management platform built for fans and organisers.
Hugh Hudleston
Commercial Director & Co-Founder of FIXR
Hugh is a founding Director of FIXR. He most recently spent a year doing his MBA at Cambridge University before joining FIXR full time in June 2014. Hugh started his financial career at Matrix Corporate Capital in equity sales. Following Matrix, Hugh became a partner of a corporate advisory boutique, Hawkwood Capital, raising money for private companies. He is also Director of a fast growing visual recognition company, WeSee. Past exploits included launching 2 magazines. He is a keen sailor.
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About FIXR: FIXR is a leading ticketing and event management platform built for fans and organisers.
Kresimir Budinski
Managing Director & Founder of AirTicketArena Ltd.
Kresimir Budinski is the Managing Director & Founder at AirTicketArena.
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About AirTicketArena Ltd.: Air Ticket Arena is the first fully automated platform which matches unsold seats on scheduled flights with air traveller’s bids.
Louise Broni-Mensah
Founder & CEO of Shoobs
Founder of Shoobs.
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About Shoobs: Shoobs is the online discovery & ticketing platform.
Jigar Patel
CEO & Co-Founder of The Ticket Fairy
COO & Founder at The Ticket Fairy. CEO & Founder at Desinex Group International.
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About Desinex Group International, The Ticket Fairy: Full-stack event marketing, ticketing, analytics and advertising platform
Tony Davey
Founder & CEO of Red61
Tony has been the driving force behind the company, from developing the original software concept to generating interest and building sales to more than £2m. Tony has 31 years’ experience in the ticketing business ranging from managing venue box offices to running ticket agencies as well as being involved in running venues and events.
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About Red61: Red61 is a successful Edinburgh-based ticketing software supplier.
Kamlesh Raichura
Chairman and Co-Founder of Raviga Group
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About Raviga Group: Raviga Group is the technology firm driving the creative and performing arts industry’s fastest growing online ticketing platform.
Carl-Erik Michalsen Moberg
Co-Founder & CSO at TicketCo Norge of TicketCo
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About TicketCo, TicketCo, TicketCo: TicketCo is an omnichannel ticketing and sales solution for live and physical events.
Ryan Wylie
Co-Founder of SPLT
With over 15 years of running design and development teams, Ryan is perfectly placed to steer product for SPLT. He built and ran the world’s first MP3 player on Google’s Android platform, worked to define pre-investment products that have gone onto be million dollar operations, and helped Ford Motor Company to digitize and monetize a connected vehicle experience for global markets. A digital native, a hungry and hybrid innovator, he believes we can solve most problems with a better product or a better service.
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About SPLT: Splt is an integrated payment system designed to make paying for things as a group, effortless.
Neil Pollard
Founder of Ents24
Neil graduated with a MSc in Advanced Computing from Bristol University in 1997. He developed the UK’s first ever mobile website in 1999 – “The UK Entertainment Centre” – which won several awards and formed the basis of Ents24, a company that he co-founded in 2000. Ents24.com now receives 2m visitors per month, making it the third most popular destination for tickets in the UK, after Ticketmaster and See Tickets.
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About Ents24: Ents24 is a live entertainment website covering live music, comedy, theatre and shows.
Howard Davies
Founder of Direct Ferries
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About Direct Ferries: Direct Ferries helps customers plan ferry routes and compare prices on different lines.
Stoyan Dobrev
COO and Founder of SpeediFly
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About SpeediFly: SpeediFly is for spontaneous travelers who want to get away last minute, but don’t know where they can go on a budget.
Claire Skerrett
CEO / Founder of Picniq
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About Picniq: Picniq is a site for all parents on the hunt for fun things to do with the kids!
Alex Philips
Founder of Advenjo
Founder at Advenjo
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About Advenjo: Advenjo Unveils A Social Networking Platform For Travel Enthusiasts
Joss Hughes
Ploxel Co-Founder of Ploxel
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About Ploxel: Sell tickets online with Ploxel in minutes with everything you need from start to finish to host your event.
