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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 Founder operating in the Simulation 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.
Kimmo Soramaki
Founder & CEO of FNA
Kimmo Soramäki is the Founder and CEO of Financial Network Analytics (FNA) and the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Network Theory in Finance. Kimmo started his career as an economist at the Bank of Finland where in 1997, he developed the first simulation model for interbank payment systems. In 2004, while at the research department of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, he was among the first to apply methods from network theory to improve our understanding of financial systems. During the financial crisis of 2007-2008, Kimmo advised several central banks, including the Bank of England and European Central Bank, in modeling interconnections and systemic risk. This work led him to found FNA in 2013 to solve important issues around financial risk and for exploring the complex financial networks that play a continually larger role in the world around us. Kimmo holds a Doctor of Science in Operations Research and a Master of Science in Economics (Finance), both from Aalto University in Helsinki.
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About FNA: FNA is a deep technology analytics company that offers financial system services.
Runish Gudhka
CEO and Co-Founder of BatFast
Runish’s main responsibilities are running the company, stakeholder management, sales & marketing and setting overall business strategy. Prior to BATFAST, Runish completed a MSc degree at University College London, and gained experience working in managerial roles at JP Morgan and PwC. He also has played international cricket for Kenya.
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About BatFast: Cricket simulators provide an immersive environment recreating the ambiance of an international stadium.
Robin North
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Lead Technologist of Immense
Building tools to support fleets and mobility. Development, implementation, field test and evaluation of complex transport systems across multiple modes. Environmental monitoring and modelling methodologies for the appraisal of transport systems and projects. Identification and development of innovation opportunities for multiple stakeholders.
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About Immense: A global decision-support platform for new mobility
Dídac Busquets i Font
Co-Founder and Chief Scientist of Immense
I am a Computer Scientist (BSc 1999, PhD 2003) specialised in Artificial Intelligence, and more concretely on agent-based simulation, task and resource allocation and self-organisation. I have worked in a wide range of domains, from robotics, to economics and justice, to transportation and logistics. I am co-founder and Chief Scientist of Immense Simulations, a software company that develops city-scale, predictive simulations to provide enhanced decision making capabilities in the mobility ecosystem. I have 15+ years of experience in research in Computer Science, specialized in Artificial Intelligence, and my main goal is to design and develop intelligent systems and infrastructures to allow people to use their resources more efficiently and in a sustainable way. I’m also interested in incorporating concepts of justice and fairness in ICT systems and infrastructures. I like to think outside the box and provide creative solutions to challenging problems. In the recent years I’ve been working on Smart Grids and Intelligent Transportation Systems, and how ICT can help people interact with them. I also co-founded Newronia (2011-present), a spinoff from Universitat de Girona, that develops software for intelligently and efficiently manage logistics resources. I’m currently acting as a board member and scientific advisor. Broadly, my main research areas are: – Intelligent Transportation Systems – Multi-agent systems – Self-adaptive and self-organising systems – Resource allocation – Computational justice – Market-mechanisms (auctions) – Robotics
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About Immense: A global decision-support platform for new mobility
Carl Goves
Co-Founder and Chief Engineer of Immense
I am Chief Engineer, so I’m responsible for our engineering team. This basically means I keep watch over our product’s technical development and progress our product roadmap, whilst making sure we are designing the right products to meet commercial demands. That’s my primary role… I’ve got about 50 other roles as well!
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About Immense: A global decision-support platform for new mobility
Giovanni Idili
COO / Co-Founder of MetaCell
COO / Co-Founder at MetaCell
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About MetaCell, OpenWorm: Software for Neuroscience
