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 Web Apps 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.
Mac Dziedziela
CEO/CTO and Co-Founder of Screenable
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About Delta Heed, Screenable: Screenable is a smart video interview platform designed for recruiters to streamline applicant screenings.
Nikita Korotaev
Co-Founder & CTO of RELAYTO Document Experience Platform
Nikita Korotaev joined RELAYTO/ Document Experience as Co-Founder & CTO in 2017.
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About Glocal Partners, RELAYTO Document Experience Platform: RELAYTO helps B2B marketers generate more leads & sales by turning static documents into interactive presentations & webpages
Julian Bourne
CEO & Co-Founder of Sellar
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About Sellar, Waffle: Sellar is the new trade ordering experience for breweries selling beer directly to trade customers.
James Powell
CTO & Co-Founder of Sellar
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About Sellar, Waffle: Sellar is the new trade ordering experience for breweries selling beer directly to trade customers.
Vernon Dias
Founder and Managing Director of Made by Fire
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About Made by Fire: We create digital products for our ambitious clients with a team of over 100 specialists.
Ryzal Yusoff
Founder of Reader Mode
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About Reader Mode: Reader Mode is a chrome reading extension and web app that removes clutter, ads, and distractions.
Gary Bury
Founder of Timetastic Ltd
Founder of Timetastic Ltd. A privately held, profitable and debt free company in Manchester UK. Timetastic is a staff absence planner for small businesses, with a focus on doing one thing and doing it very well. Believer in keeping things simple, enjoying your time off work, and running your business with good ethics.
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About ep2: Timetastic is a SaaS company that offers staff holiday planner.
Gavin Eddy
Founder & CEO of We Are Coherent
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About Forward Space, We Are Coherent: Coherent is a web application specifically designed to manage coworking or shared workspaces and connect their communities
Andrew Kuzmych
Co-Founder and CTO of TechMagic
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About TechMagic: Top JavaScript and Serverless developers
Kaspar L. Palgi
Project Manager, Coder, Co-Founder of CrewNew.com – Freelancers’ Agency
I’m a BA IT graduate that’s best at UX/software planning, software architecture and developing software in various programming languages/frameworks/platforms, including Python, PHP, Node.js, Ruby and more. I’m worked with various frameworks like Django, Flask, Rails, CodeIgnitor, Yii, Zend etc. I have experience also with most of the popular open source solutions like Django CMS, KeystoneJS, MODx, Magento, WordPress, OpenCart, Prestashop, vTiger, Odoo, Rhadoop/Hadoop and the list goes on. I always keep my eyes open for the most promising new technologies such as MEAN Stack, Kivy, Meteor and many various others that facilitate building multi-platform applications. I’m a very adept project manager that can always come up with a short/smart and simple solution that works. I’ve completed a teaching course at university that has given me plenty of experience teaching in front of a classroom, performing remote one-on-one training and creating easy to follow manuals. My general skills are in business development. I started my first business when I was 13 and my first IT company when I was 17. Right now I’m a shareholder of four different companies and am currently working on establishing a promising new start-up that will utilise IT management to make freelancers (like us) much more productive.
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About CrewNew.com – Freelancers’ Agency: Platform for project managers. Work with hand picked freelancers used to work together & managed by local PMs. Mostly European developers.
Craig Gidley
Founder of Viper
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About : UK-based award-winning nightlife app that allows users to browse and book tables or booths, drinks packages and queue jump in bars and clubs
Stephen Powell
Founder of Viper
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About : UK-based award-winning nightlife app that allows users to browse and book tables or booths, drinks packages and queue jump in bars and clubs
Craig Davies
Founder of Viper
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About : UK-based award-winning nightlife app that allows users to browse and book tables or booths, drinks packages and queue jump in bars and clubs
Craig Davies
Founder of Viper
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About : UK-based award-winning nightlife app that allows users to browse and book tables or booths, drinks packages and queue jump in bars and clubs
Dan Simmons
Founder and Director of Quensus
Dr Dan Simmons has a Masters + PhD in Electrical Engineering, and is an expert in water sustainability, software development and wireless technologies. Based on this skill set, he founded Quensus in 2015, which shaped a step-change in the water-saving industry.
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About Quensus: Water management system to monitor and control water infrastructure
Anton Skrypnyk
Co-Founder & CEO of KindGeek
Anton Skrypnyk is a Co-Founder and serves as the Chief Executive Officer at KindGeek.
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About KindGeek: KindGeek is a software development company that helps entrepreneurs with product development and technical aspects of their projects.
Yuriy Gnatyuk
Co-Founder & COO of KindGeek
Yuriy Gnatyuk is a Co-Founder and serves as the Chief Operating Officer at KindGeek.
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About KindGeek: KindGeek is a software development company that helps entrepreneurs with product development and technical aspects of their projects.
Andy Greener
Founder & Managing Director of Komodo Design
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About Komodo Design: We help great teams build exceptional digital products that people prefer to use.
Chris Sterling
CEO & Founder of Worldweaver
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About Worldweaver: Worldweaver is a Software Consultancy that can design and implement apps to suit the clients business requirements.
Matt Pritchard
Product & Co-Founder of Waffle
Matt Pritchard is a Co-Founder at Sellar and Waffle.
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About Sellar, Waffle: Waffle is an intelligent Messenger chatbot that enables restaurants to maximise their revenue through dynamic pricing.
Paul Chester
Founder Owner of Sibylline Solutions
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About Sibylline Solutions: Sibylline Solutions is an Oracle® and Oracle® Application Express-focused information technology firm.
Doug Winter
Director and Founder of Isotoma
Doug Winter is a consultant, manager, engineer and architect and has over 20 years experience designing and building things on the Internet. For the last 14 years he has worked for customers from startups to global media giants with his company Isotoma, in the north of England. Doug can be heard regularly speaking at Digital North in Manchester and Leeds. Amongst other things, Doug has been a startup CTO and run the engineering team for Europe’s largest website.
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About Isotoma: Bespoke software developers specialising in getting startups started.
Andy Theyers
Director and Founder of Isotoma
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About Isotoma: Bespoke software developers specialising in getting startups started.
Samuel Jones
Co-Founder and Software Development Consultant of Codevate
Samuel Jones is the co-founder and software development consultant at Codevate Limited.
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About Codevate: We’re an exceptional team of UK-based custom software and app developers
Chris May
Founder & Managing Director of Mayden
The founder and managing director of Mayden. Formerly from a manufacturing background he has dedicated his career to the healthcare sector for the last 21 years, initially as a hospital manager and then as a management consultant specialising in information analysis and modelling to support strategic reviews and business cases. Chris is passionate about maximising the opportunities presented by the internet both to provide joined up healthcare and to increase the cost-effectiveness of healthcare IT. This is now his primary area of interest.
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About Mayden: Mayden provides end-to-end managed web applications and bespoke system development to the healthcare sector.
Jim McGuire
Founder of KitchenLogs
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About KitchenLogs: KITCHENLOGS HELPS FOOD BUSINESSES WITH THEIR FOOD SAFETY DIARY.
