Leeds Startups List
Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Leeds.
Matt Bindoff
CTO and co-founder of @myactivbook. Technical Director of WUWI. Runs web development studio and works for brands VW, Lego, Mazda, Swiss Re.
Martyn Gould + 44 742 300 0002
CEO and Founder of @leesa-mobile. Previous COO of desi mobi. I get things done quickly. Ultra determined to change the UK Mobile market forever.
Vladyslava Podzigun
Tech for good enthusiast, passionate social lobbyist, advocate for socap market economy, fair tax, circular power and positive media. CEO @bookivi @tba-14
Rosie Manning
Interested to discuss creative opportunities
Patrick Molgaard
Founder @gleepost • Studied at @university-of-leeds
Joe Simons
Creative with a commercial outlook - form through function. Strong background in brand creation, user experience and digital design.
Founder @jeanography • Worked at @the-vast-agency, @l-k-creative-lowd-klea
Jamie Anderson
Business dev - open to opportunities with great teams and great products
Matthew Screeton
Founder Robotiky • Worked at @national-physical-laboratory • Studied at @university-of-cambridge
Kyle Hudson
CEO of MatchboxHQ, Technical Lead of LaravelCloud. Worked at Nexmo, Microsoft.
http://blog.kylehudson.co.uk/
Ed French
Investor
Engineer & MBA, 10 years as a VC with EV Group, now running Tangentix Ltd, a software company revolutionising game delivery
http://techgain.net
Paul Foley
Founder @versatile-security • Worked at @gemalto • Studied at @university-of-limerick
Doug Scott
Investor
Investor and Advisor
Founder of many internet companies @potential.co.uk, carrentals.co.uk, discountvouchers.co.uk
20 angel investments in 24 months
Rob Haswell
CTO at HybridLogic. Distributed systems engineer, problem solver. Systems and web programmer, security officer. Previously programmer @Bronco.
Imran Ali
Founder @ensembli • Worked at @o-reilly-media, @orange • Studied at @leeds-metropolitan-university
http://fb.me/imranalix
Paul Mackenzie
31 year old designer, passionate about creating memorable experiences and beautiful interfaces.
Joe Mewis
CMO of @recensus. Previously worked at Blueberry Marketing, Accenture and as a freelance journalist. Four-time published author.
Stas Adamovic
Chathura J Bandara
Founder Wardrobe Media, CharityDEN • Worked at @global-market-insite-inc
http://jeewe.blogspot.com
Dan Sensecall
Co-owner & Designer at @tappcandy, a small agency focussed on brilliant mobile apps. Co-founder of @farmly & @fokus-1.
http://tappcandy.com/blog
Thomas Wilkinson
33% Alan Sugar, 33% Don Draper, 33% Kanye West - 100% Wilko. Founder: Clouder Founded: Generation i, BeatzMag
Samuel Odekunle
Co-founder and Director of Operations at Steexhouse.
http://samuelodekunle.co.uk
Alistair Lawson
Founder Smacking Fish Ltd • Worked at @tbwa • Studied at @university-of-huddersfield
Andrew Wray
Confident graduate, great web experience, constantly studying more and creating software for fun.
Mark Fidell
Thomas Sheppard
Founder @presence-orb • Worked at @microsoft
http://blog.presenceorb.com
Simon Dempsey
Founder @likewhere-1, LikeWhere
http://blog.likewhere.com
Sam Tomlinson
Business postgraduate and physics graduate. Experience in consulting and financial services.
Charlotte Britton
MD Optimum Exposure, consultancy helping companies making the most of the social web. Strong digital marketing & technology background.
http://www.optimumexposure.co.uk/blog/
Daniel Williams
Former CEO & founder of commercial cleaning company, turnover of £250k in 3 years and was sold in 2013. Significant business experience, now CEO of Zappd.
https://zappdrewards.com/blog
Oliver Shaw
Founder at @mindyourservice.com. 1st class Software Engineering Degree UK Uni. Strong business background (10 years). 2nd software start-up.
Dominic Fee
Founder of @jollywatcher and HelloJolly. Freelance front-end developer currently based at Sky Sports. Previously Digital Director at The Spirit Of..., Leeds, UK
http://www.jollywatcher.com/news
Mandeep Singh
Senior entrepreneurial executive with more than 10 years of experience with proven sales & business development background.
William Stevens-Smith
University of Leeds Philosophy student. Worked in sales positions and interned at Major UK commercial property company.
Simon Brown
Founder @myfiveby, sys & tech admin, coder, musician, sound engineer, studio owner
Vishnu
Prashant Gandhi
Cofounder at ComputoVision, Management Graduate from University of Leeds, looking forward to join new start-ups into management, marketing and sales consulting.
Pete Mills
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Paul Roberts
Founder of @instantcart and @clickfeed. We build beautiful cloud based products with a special interest in @e-commerce and channel selling.
John Guzdek
Product Manager at Gold Crest Holidays with strong copywriting experience.
Ka-Chun Chau
Something something web designer.
Oliver Hellewell
Ahmed
Simon J. Edwards
Co-founder and CEO of Beanify.com. Freshly roasted gourmet coffee delivered to your door each month!
Luis Joglar Ongay
Cathryn Zimsek
Gabriella Carden
Currently enrolled at Birkbeck, University of London (formerly Birkbeck College), Gabriella Carden is pursuing a BA in English.
http://gabriellacarden.wordpress.com/
Tim Green
CS hopeful, currently designing a web app, stated at 15.
James Bluemink
Founder and Landlord of @pubme The loyalty based social media app on tap.Tap in earn reward points claim free drinks and discounts.
Samuel Odekunle
COO of The JobCaster Limited. Strong Business administration and management background.
Aaron Lumsden
Lead Digital Scientist @ http://t.co/5GhsqbopDP. Co-founder of http://t.co/weKqRQydWu & http://t.co/1K98mIsRg1
christopher frazer
Craig
Studied at @newcastle-college
Steven Helliwell
Liam O'Dowd
Co-Founder @holideals; Life Long Entrepreneur; Looking to change the way people take a holiday forever.
Ian Hudson
Product manager Java Developer
Alex Liebowitz
Freelance web developer, webmaster/web dev for the MaximumFun.org podcast network (best known for Judge John Hodgman and NPR's Bullseye with Jesse Thorn).
Gavin Stevenson
Clare DeTamble
Freelance Digital Copywriter. Wordpress, Photoshop CS6, InDesign, Excel, Some CSS/HTML. Organic & Technical SEO.
http://www.copper-creative.com/bloh
Daniel Boroujerdi
3 years Java development experience at William Hill.