Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Manchester.
Investor and Advisor
Founder of many internet companies @potential.co.uk, carrentals.co.uk, discountvouchers.co.uk
20 angel investments in 24 months
28 // Entrepreneur // Sold Co to FTSE 100 // Investor // Love the white island of Ibiza
Co-founder of Formisimo. Adopted Mancunian, and generally enthusiastic chap.
http://Www.formisimo.com/blog
Multiple founder. Advisor, Board member, Chairman at Cognisess. Raised, exited, succeeded & failed.
Founder of Formisimo (2013), founder of theEword (2006) - 32 strong digital agency.
VP of Sales @dyn-inc • Studied at University of New Hampshire Worked at @ibm, MYPN Board
Digital marketing & Product specialist distribution specialist with 10yrs experience in mobile and online gaming. Founder of in-game ad networks GamesChart & GameJacket.
Passionate about New Hampshire and Technology!
Scott Dylan a Consulting Chief Marketing Officer ★ Digital Consultant ★ Coach ★ Mentor ★ NED ★ Investor ★ Hootsuite Ambassador ► I can help grow your business!
http://www.scottdylan.co.uk
Founder of tech startups and SaaS All Rounder with special focus on strategy and commercialisation
http://www.manojranaweera.com
Investor: @innovid @sisense @loyalblocks @jfrog @the-gifts-project @yedda @front @resin-1. Angelist syndicate backs top-tier Israeli tech companies.
http://yankeesabralimey.tumblr.com/
Private investor based in Manchester, New Hampshire
Head of Engineering at Shutl (acquired eBay 2013), formerly PM for The Hut Group and Developer #1 for On The Beach Holidays.
@university-of-manchester-1 graduate. Founder & CEO of @clowdy, invested $600k. Created Amnis Technology, $2m revenue tech company with 5 million downloads
unconventional eɔcentrıc geek
Technology Venture Capitalist
Zack Young, Entrepreneur & Adventurer.
Founder @cherry-bird
http://www.doitforthestory.co.uk
Founder @blue-sphere-industries
CEO & Co-Founder @Moment_Us_. Rotman MBA. MBS PhD. PEO engineer. Speaker, advisor, DJ and music producer.
http://blog.wearemoment.us
Founder/CEO/Investor of Technology and healthcare companies. Adviser to several others. Worked at CitiCorp, MCI, and numerous start ups. MBA from U of Denver.
Supporter of UK startups. Co-founder of Tech Britain & SpacePortX. CEO of Telcom.
Founder of included.co - Loves turning ideas into working prototypes. Consults on social platform development and online marketing through Ektagon.
Engineer & MBA, 10 years as a VC with EV Group, now running Tangentix Ltd, a software company revolutionising game delivery
http://techgain.net
Innovative web and software developer.
Softball and Poker player.
ASP.NET MVC, Silverlight, WPF, WP7.
Future startup superstar.
Poker Rave founder.
CTO, Co-Founder @Moment_Us_. Comp Eng @university-of-toronto 2010.
http://blog.wearemoment.us
Experienced all-round Creative and Art Director with a functional mind. Gaming ideas with a commercial angle.
Founder Gay Homestays:
https://angel.co/gay-homestays
Studied at @university-of-birmingham
Early-stage VC with start-up experience. MSc LSE and MA Cambridge.
http://www.intelast.com/blog
Founder Purple WiFi, @applied-language-solutions
Business strategy consultant. More than 10 years’ experience in Telecom, Marketing & Sales. Studying Entrepreneurship in MBS at UoM.
Founder @rormix
CCO @roundwaves
Media Production Professional
Media Technology Graduate
Designer and developer/maker.
http://daneden.me/blog
UX at Formisimo. Previously worked on the design of Textburst, Timetastic & Crackle.io at @mediaburst-1
COO of UK supermarket chain $500m t/o.
Experienced Developer(RoR/Java), Face to face collaboration promoter, People connector, Co-Founder. Music fan. Walker.
Founder Wardrobe Media, CharityDEN • Worked at @global-market-insite-inc
http://jeewe.blogspot.com
Founder @todone. Award-winning developer. StartupBus Europe 2012 finalist.
http://bilaw.al/
Oxford Uni SoftEng MSc, BBC Sport, Software Engineer
Founder @shapey-surgical-limited • Worked at @nhs • Studied at @university-of-edinburgh, @university-of-birmingham
Co-founder of MVP Tracker
http://life.jamesbillingham.com/
If it can be comprehended, it can be achieved..!!
co-founder @hcg-partners • Partner in Management Consulting, serial entrepreneur and big company C-leve exec
Founder @bride-book
Sales Manager at PPLP
Founder Klinns • Worked at @natech-s-a • Studied at @university-of-manchester, @university-of-patras
System Architect @moment-us-1. Manchester Business School Alumni
Founder and Managing Director @eniyihekim-com • Worked at @astrazeneca • Studied MBA at @university-of-manchester
Founder Sumo Insight Ltd • Worked at @orange, @ee • Studied at @university-of-wolverhampton
MBA student at Indiana University.
Travel startup accelerator. Managing partners worked at @expedia, @datalex, @everbread, Boeing. Aggresive mentoring program + data and commercial support.
MSc student at the University of Manchester; Department Editor of ACM XRDS (Crossroads) Magazine; Worked at Microsoft as a 'Student Partner'.
Manchester Software Engineer, Working at BBC on iPlayer and have worked at IBM. Extensive ecommerce experience. Have launched and been the sole developer on a number of websites. Self motivated and enthusiastic looking for a move abroad.
Founder of 3 startups in the mobile space. Strong business and tech consulting background, advising IBM, Siemens, News Corp, the BBC. Worked in 5 countries.
Business creation and growth strategies for the startup generation. 12 years experience at the worlds most creative agencies Crispin Porter+Bogusky, TBWA, JWT.
VC dealmaker in tech and healthcare, occasional investor, startup advisor.
Marketing NINJA @rinku, • Worked at @sabisu • Studied at @university-of-liverpool
Data Science student at University of Sheffield, Worked as BI Developer for Information Architects.
Managing Director of Murmr. Studied International Management at @university-of-manchester. Strong business strategy and development background.
Founder @koa • Studied at @university-of-manchester
Founder Learning With Littles • Studied at @university-of-manchester MA student in Translation and Interpreting, BA Hons degree Spanish and Portuguese language
Studied at @university-of-manchester
Founder @kawarizmi • Worked at @ibm • Studied at @university-of-manchester
I hold 2 IP Rights in the area of processing of nanocrystals and bioconjugates.
Postgrad from Manchester Business School
University of Manchester CS, VicePresident @ Manchester Ultimate Programming, Machine Learning aficionado
2nd year CS student at @university-of-manchester;
Silver medal at International Mathematical Olympiad.
Studied at @university-of-manchester
http://andrewdisley.com/
Experienced business development coach; executives' professional and personal development
BSc student at The University of Manchester. Did placement with IBM.
Trying to see things in a different way by writing at @greatpreneurs. Interested in Entrepreneurship, Silicon Valley and Startups.
http://greatpreneurs.com
Co-founded Message Missile (Notify) and is currently the Chief Operating Officer of the company.
Saqib Bakht is the Business Development Manager for Alliance Disposables, Ltd., where he leads a team in a pilot project involving schools and nursing homes.
http://saqibbakht1.wordpress.com/
Aerospace Engineering Student @university-of-manchester
Graphic / Web Designer
Founder AirKitty • Worked at @telefonica • Studied at @manchester-metropolitan-university
Founder Malaika's Secret • Studied @manchester-metropolitan-university.
Award-winning sales manager with over 20 years sales and management experience
I'm a designer and a developer and work on both web and iOS products. I love design as much as I do development and push myself in both areas.
https://medium.com/@stephenmdixon
Founder Next-Gen Interview Limited • Studied at @aquinas-college
Co-Founder Proximote • Studied at @lancaster-university
Commercial Director & Advisor.
Raised commercial finance in excess of £15 Million for early stage companies.
CEO of CopyrightsWorld. Co-Founder for many online startups. Digital Nomad.
Founder Aughma • Studied at @university-of-central-florida
Founder -of Sportesk.com. Social networks for all involved in sport.
Manchester based startup-guy. 6 years web design and development experience. Studied a Masters in Mechanical Engineering and Robotics at @university-of-warwick.
Crime fighter, traveler & entrepreneurial spirit. Wears underpants on the outside.
http://datingshakeup.com
Software Engineer Team Leader, Microsoft Technologies, always has an idea.
E-Commerce expert, worked on several e-commerce stores large and small and started my own. Worked on everything from product design to after-sales support.
http://belfastnightlife.blogspot.com
Founder and CEO at www.thestudentcloud.co.uk and Director at @seddon-media.
VP Engineering @Quikkly, Mobile and Cloud evangelist with a strong engineering and leadership background.
Worked at @cdnify • Studied at @university-of-northumbria
David Dickinson is a co-founder of @tosouk.com; the UK and Worlds only completely free online marketplace for handmade, vintage and collectables
Founder Pletho (March 2014) •Strong business background • Studied at @university-of-salford
Browsing around for potential investment opportunities.
Our mission is to make law understandable, quick and accessible through innovative technology.
We are driven by what consumers want.
Worked at @thales, @htc
Founder @bxpediant • Studied at @manchester-metropolitan-university
https://soundcloud.com/lee-slaughter
Marketing Master at Uni of Salford. 1 year marketing executive experience at @toshiba. Interested in branding and web. Adaptive. Hardworking. Right brained.
Studied at @newcastle-college
Online entrepreneur,marketer,blogger and consultant.See my website at http://www.workwithneilball.com . My motto in life is Visualize,Believe,Achieve
http://www.empowernetwork.com/clickit/
Senior Programmer at Places for People, one of the largest property management companies in the UK. iOS / Android developer in my own time.
Founder @purple-wifi, @applied-language-solutions
http://www.purplewifi.net/wifi-blog/
Senior Graphic Design Student at Southern New Hampshire University '14
Founder @race-it-home • Worked at @various-micro-startups • Accomplished Photographer / TV Cameraman • Patience Of A Saint •
A highly skilled and extremely motivated User Interface & User Experience designer.
http://itswhite.co.uk/old/clients/clients.html
Full stack developer, currently working in C#. Previously worked as a Node.js/Ruby developer. Language agnostic, TDD, OO Agile developer.
Investment Manager at Enterprise Ventures
Entrepreneur & Philanthropist
Founder and Manager of Travelspec (part of Oniva Online Group Europe). CTO of Loadfill. Worked at Flightmapping. Over 10 years experience in online solutions.
MSc International Business
MA in Photography at MMU, Manchester, BA in Graphic Design at IED, Rome; fluent in Italian, Spanish and English.
http://micheladerossi.tumblr.com/
Ruby, JavaScript/CoffeeScript and newbie Go Hacker from Manchester.
Obsessed with Marketing - Graduated 2013 - in love with technology
Sales and Business Development Consultant. Expert in soft skill and competency development for growing SMBs
Founder of HQ, experienced engineering lead for high traffic mobile systems for companies including RBS/Natwest, payment startup Oink, BBC Sport and Chillingo.
Long term investor in niche markets
Business development
New music
Founder @harmony-benjamins • Studied at @loreto-college College. Business Entrepreneur.
Working at @adbrain-3
Postgraduate Geographer @ University of Manchester + UI/UX Designer @ RECAPP LLC + Owner @ Monkeys Writing Shakespeare LTD.
CEO & Founder of Teen Autos. Previous: Founded “Marketing-Express” (Sold in 2009). Founded “theweatherstone.co.uk” global success - selling all over the World.
Hacker. CS student at The University of Manchester. Works at CERN. Full stack generalist
Founder @fazo-development • Worked at @comarch, @salmon, @bjss • Studied at @wroclaw-university-of-technology
Anthony Dickinson is a co-founder of @tosouk.com; the UK and Worlds only completely free online marketplace for handmade, vintage and collectables
Enterprenur, with experience running businesses across sectors, with it a great depth of know how in operations, logistics, supply chain and digital strategy
Like. Hips
VC
Founder @strobe-digital • Worked around the UK at agencies @made-by-many, @great-fridays
Marketer & digital specialist with Int'l brands.I manage the complete marketing function;research,insight development,campaign planning,execution,analysis
Founder of Pied Piper Entertainment. I'm an Inventor focused on tackling the Mobile App Install Market.
Engineering Lead at Reach Messaging.
Retired
Experience Designer. Metalhead. Imperfect.
I’m an accomplished business development and sales professional, with strong problem solving abilities. I've excelled working in many differing environments.
Sales and Biz Ops leader with strong expertise leading and scaling hyper-growth within established and entrepreneureal org.
Podcaster and film nerd. @Action_Junkies Co-Host. Wearer of check shirts. LFC supporter. All views and bad grammar are all my own. [email protected]
Aussie expat living in the UK. Resource/mining background. Looking to re-invest in great ideas.
Worked at a digital marketing agency
Thinker, Blogger, Hacker, Hiker. Interested in early stage companies with positive values.
Managing Director, Oxalis Holidays Ltd.
Business Development for Moment.Us Ltd, MBA Candidate at Manchester Business School, Staff Accountant at RNK. Avid music lover and volunteer.
Head of community ops and professional raconteur at citysocializer - creating, organising and attending great social events across the UK and Europe
http://blog.citysocializer.com/
Mobile Technology Entrepreneur, Builds New Businesses and Fixes Broken Businesses. Working on some extremely exciting new projects.
Founder CJMT
Certified Management Consultant | NED and Interim | Works with award winning clients | #BusinessGrowth | Love sport and #LFC | [email protected]
Windows App Developer. PHP, MySQL, HTML5/CSS3/JS, Adwords, Analytics & Conversion tracking, Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects.
Founder of schoolpho.to an online image sharing tool for the education sector
Consultant CTO and start-up advisor. Founder of @fillip, @kukinto, and @opetec • CTO of @rooy and director of @exosphere-labs.
Digital strategy specialist and venture capital advisor.
Freelance Rails and iOS developer.
http://codebeef.com/articles
Hablo español
Digital Marketer at @crystal-ball-ltd
http://www.adamcasey.co
Engineering Architect @johnson-controls-building-efficiency-division. Engineer @anatu, Owner @westshore-development-group, Vice-Chair