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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 Content Marketing 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.
Raj Anand
Founder & CEO of Goodman Lantern
Raj is the winner of Europe’s Young Entrepreneur 2007 by BusinessWeek, Digital Future 50 by Revolution Magazine (alongside Twitter and Spotify), Courvoisier/The Observer Future 500 (2008) and Finalist of Sussex Entrepreneur 2008. He graduated from Sussex University with a Bachelors in Engineering (1.1)/Masters in Research, at 23 he setup Anderstand Limited and developed the majority of the software. Raj worked for the European Union, Sussex University research laboratory and Shell STEP internships developing software projects for several start-ups. Raj won many national awards for projects in computer science, leadership skills and entrepreneurship.
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About Goodman Lantern: Goodman Lantern provides content that helps you increase subscriptions and grow faster.
Mike Jordan
CEO of Bink
Over 20 years’ experience in the payment card industry at American Express, HSBC and AlphaCard. Mike has worked across diverse cultures and multiple geographies including Europe and the Middle East. Mike has experience in joint venture business management at board level and as CEO of AlphaCard and is highly active in the European FinTech community.
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About Bink, JAGARS LLP: Bink develops a mobile application that links card payment to loyalty schemes.
Antoine Amann
Founder & CEO of Echobox
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About Echobox: Echobox is the leading content automation platform
Andrew Foyle
Co-Founder & CEO of Miappi
Andrew Foyle joined Miappi as Co-Founder and Chief Executive in 2012.
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About Miappi: Miappi helps brands to discover authentic consumer stories, manage the digital rights and to distribute to marketing channels and ecommerce.
Yannis Piperakis-Papadakis
CEO of DOPE Studio
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About DOPE Studio: DOPE creates [D]ata driven, fully [O]ptimized, top [P]erforming, digital [E]xperiences for local & international brands!
Holly Stephens
Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Subly
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About Subly: Subly makes content simple, by automatically transcribing, translating, and adding subtitles.
Jenny Tsai
Founder & CEO of Wearisma
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About Wearisma: Wearisma is a premium influencer marketing solution for brands, agencies & influencers.
William Rowe
Founder & CEO of Protein
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About Protein: Protein is a global marketing company with a focus on long term strategies.
Alessandra Di Lorenzo
CEO & Founder of LM Forward
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About LM Forward: LM Forward is a marketing services company that offers media and content activations.
Vivian Chan
CEO and Co-Founder of Sparrho
Vivian completed her PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, after spending a year working in a venture fund in Australia. Vivian has twice been invited to address EU ministers, alongside other speakers including Bill Gates, about the importance of Open Data for innovation, and was selected by Management Today as one of the 35 Women Under 35 in 2015. Vivian is a former President & Chairman of Cambridge University Technology Enterprise Club (CUTEC), and was part of the inaugural Entrepreneur First cohort in 2012.
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About Sparrho: Sparrho lead the world in democratising science using augmented intelligence.
Paola Marinone
Founder & CEO of BuzzMyVideos
Founder & CEO at BuzzMyVideos.
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About Blackbox, BuzzMyVideos, TechItalia:Lab: BuzzMyVideos is leading martech company that drives hyper-growth & new revenue from and on YouTube.
Danny Ashton
Founder & CEO of NeoMam Studios
Danny Ashton has a strong digital marketing background and has been an active part of the SEO industry since 2006. He founded NeoMam Studios in September 2011 and has been the CEO of the agency since then, leading a team of talented and passionate people – including designers, copywriters and digital PR specialists.
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About NeoMam Studios: NeoMam Studios is a visual content marketing agency based in Manchester, UK.
Chris Liversidge
Director, CEO & Founder of QueryClick
Chris Liversidge is a Founder, CEO, and Director of QueryClick. With over 12 years of web development experience, Chris delivered his first web build projects on floppy disk. A big supporter of web standards and accessibility, search marketing was a natural fit, complementary to his skill set. Chris founded QueryClick in 2008 with a focus on harnessing data, to deliver actionable insights for clients that drive strong performance in-line with business objectives. With a focus on using R&D to deliver insights, backed up by tailored multichannel strategies tied to business metrics. QueryClick challenge assumptions and focus on transforming clients digital marketing to better find & connect with customers.
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About QueryClick: Independent digital marketing agency QueryClick uses unique technology to maximise ROI across brands’ multi-channel marketing campaigns
Matthew Colebourne
Chief Executive Officer of Searchmetrics
Matthew Colebourne is the Chief Executive Officer at Searchmetrics. He also the Director – New Businesses of Reach plc.
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About Reach plc, Searchmetrics: Searchmetrics is a global provider of search data, software and consulting solutions.
Bob Jones
Founder and CEO of OriginalityB2B
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About OriginalityB2B: OriginalityB2B is a marketing agency that focuses on the global electronic engineering community and technical sectors.
David Creuzot
Founder and CEO of Konbini
David Creuzot is a Founder at Konbini.
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About Konbini: Konbini is a media company and an advertising agency focused on delivering creative content over the internet.
Julio Taylor
CEO of Hallam
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About BigSpring, Hallam: Hallam is a full service digital marketing agency providing digital campaigns and strategy, SEO, PPC, content marketing, web development.
Damian Dutton
CEO (co-founder) of BeeLiked Media Ltd
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About BeeLiked Media Ltd: An interactive content platform for brands to engage their digital audience, build first-party data and drive sales
Nadav Shmuel
Co-founder and CEO @ Precise TV of Precise TV
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About Precise TV: ROI driven video advertising powered by Contextual Intelligence & AI.
Carrie Rose
CEO of Rise at Seven
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About Rise at Seven: The Search-First Creative Agency
Charlie Buckle
Founder / CEO of Amondo
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About Amondo: We create content destinations that drive audience engagement
Nigel Botterill
Owner, CEO of Entrepreneurs Circle
Nigel Botterill is a straight-talking UK entrepreneur and bestselling author who has built eight separate £million+ businesses from scratch. Nigel is passionate about business/marketing; he now devotes a big chunk of his time to helping other entrepreneurs.
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About Entrepreneurs Circle: Entrepreneurs Circle exist to educate, motivate, help and inspire business owners to achieve more than they ever thought possible.
Matt Lowe
CEO and founder of performance.io
Networker, broker, influencer, and experienced digital ambassador and communications advocate, Matt is passionate about accelerating growth and innovation in healthcare through use of new technologies and modern day communications disciplines. He provides high-end consultancy to many C-suite executives and fortune 500 healthcare companies, building integrated brand engagement strategies on forensic insights that deliver measurable outcomes impacting the lives of millions. A judge on several awards networks, a regular contributor to many leading publications and regular keynote speaker he also provides advice for a number of start-ups, is a faculty member at BartsXMedicine and sits on the Advisory Board for Webit Health, the single most influential digital economy, tech, policy & startup event for Europe in 2018. Having joined the Board of an integrated network group, in 2015 he founded and launched the world’s first health specialist SEO and SEM company out of London and NY. Passionate about mental wellness, people and productivity he is a Board member for the Hatch supported PeaceLove Foundation, and through his Marketing agency he provides pro bono solutions to ensure as many people as possible help create peace of mind. With faith in people, technology and the marriage of the two, Matt also advises for Artmatr, a pioneering company that are developing next level technologies that sit at the nexus of art, engineering and robotics. Artmatr have several labs and incubators that allow engineers and artists to collaborate to find new solutions in health, art and engineering that are the driving force for the next great crossover of our time, (digital art and physical art) and are helping people with disabilities to express their creativity through technology.
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About performance.io: performance.io is a performance marketing agency focused on health & tech.
Fahim Pour
CEO and Co-founder of Pukket
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About Pukket: Enabling brands to turn their customers into a powerful community of loyal brand advocates on social media
Fahim Pour
CEO and Co-founder of Pukket
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About Pukket: Enabling brands to turn their customers into a powerful community of loyal brand advocates on social media
Toni Hopponen
Chief Executive Officer of Flockler
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About Flockler: The Best Social Aggregator & Social Website Builder
