Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Bristol.
Designer, speaker, author. Founder of typography magazine @8faces. Co-founder of @viewportind. Married to @samkabam. Father of @black_labbath.
Award Winning Digital Entrepreneur, Executive, Digital Marketer & Active Investor. Find out more at www.edwardrelf.com
I make stuff happen • CEO of @hubbub-2 Worked at @xmos, @broadcom • Studied at @university-of-cambridge Team GB Foosballer
http://blog.siliconfutures.com
Investor and Advisor
Founder of many internet companies @potential.co.uk, carrentals.co.uk, discountvouchers.co.uk
20 angel investments in 24 months
IT Services Executive at Raytheon; Former Naval Submarine Officer; Founder at Task Force Web, US Navy's .com play
Founded two successful service businesses. Strong product development and digital marketing.
Co-founder, CTO at @mobilex-labs – The best platform for building native mobile apps without any coding.
Studied Computer Science at @cardiff-university.
Software Engineer + MBA by Education;
Manager @uptec by Profession;
Entrepreneur by Heart.
Start, Iterate and Grow!
http://www.nship.org
Entrepreneurial developer with international experience spanning Finance, Media and Ecommerce. Strong startup experience.
Creative Copywriter with start-up savvy. Seduced by novelty. Nourished by variety. Sustained by irony.
I specialise in web and user interface design, user experience and branding. I'm currently working as the lead designer for Adbrain.
http://www.sebastienpowell.com/blog
3rd Startup lucky. Business education. Strong global sales, consultancy and project management experience. Frustrated designer and improving coder. Outdoor Nut.
http://www.r3trosteve.com
Team member of @playmob.
Investor in @huddle, @zemanta, @acunu, @truphone, @voicevault, @doccom, @brightpearl, @newvoicemedia.
Founder PeopleGraph (500 Startups) & 2 prev. Social Entrepreneur of the Year & UK Prime Minister's 'Everyday Hero'. 2x scholarships Business @oxford-university
http://www.simpletom.co.uk
Founder @meals-3. Academic turned entrepreneur. Strong business background. 1st start-up out of university. PhD in Environmental Management, 2010.
Founder of @pyrocms. Englishman in New York. Public Speaker, PHP Town Crier, Charity Biker.
http://philsturgeon.co.uk/blog
Founder of @twidaq & Achieve Awesome, owner of @deep-blue-sky Digital.
http://www.deepbluesky.com/xml/latest.xml
Co-founder of Washbox; Programming since age 9; startups since age 16; Business graduate (BA HONS) 2012; Worked at Aptenex & Cellar Trends.
Co-founder and COO of unrival. Strategic operations, Large scale website redevelopments. Previously managed communications at Lloyds Bank.
Product Management executive in London with experience leading teams in building world class technology products with eBay, Visa, Betfair, and OVO.
Founder and CEO of ikle.co, Former Digital Insight Manager at Lloyds Bank, 2nd Enterprise Startup, MSc Public Relations, coder - built ikle platform.
INSEAD. Ex-Investment Banking professional. Outdoor Leisure sector growth expert and one time angel investor.
Founder of @resedu. Idea-wrangler. Occasional pixel-herder. A dreamer, mostly.
Worked at @triggertrap, @future-publishing • Studied at @university-of-bristol
CEO/CTO at @somnium-technologies
Studying computer security at UWE. Heavily interested in cryptocurrency. Proficient in software development, particularly web and mobile development.
Community and business development manager, passion for monetisation & user acquisition strategy, young and driven
Founder Doorbell.io • Worked at @nudge-digital, @loccit • Studied at @university-of-bristol
COO of Living Lab at @ubc. Experience as CTO and VC in tech sectors. PhD Cantab.
BSc PhD Computational Biochemistry.
Partner in 2 successful startup companies - software products.
Experienced in IT, Financial and Estate management.
I am a recent University of Bristol Computer Science Graduate and Self Employed Full Stack Developer looking to join a small innovative tech company.
Founder Washbox • Worked at @full-tilt-marketing • Studied at @university-of-bristol
Head of Android Development. Worked at @triggertrap Worked at @connect IB Worked at @sea Worked at @lucent-technologies
http://www.inter-fuser.com
2004 founded Enable, grew to become UK's #1 Digital Agency.
2012 founded myLovelyParent, social startup encouraging older people online dating.
Senior designer and front-end developer @hubbub-2. Worked at @alison, @national-university-of-ireland-galway • Studied at @university-of-limerick
founder @sadcheese, 3 online companies out of high school. Strong UI Design & Front-end Engineering background, founder & host @Raddeviant.com
http://samokoro.com/blog/
Founder of Zoetrope imaging
Founder vumbl • MPhil, MEng (1st Class Hons) @exeter-university University • 5+ years in Mechanical Design Engineering @Reinshaw • Designed @flytecam
Founder @find-your-perfect-venue, @chaletspace • Worked at @future-publishing, @coull-ltd • Studied at @university-of-bath
http://www.matevans.co.uk
Founded @blissity Worked at @LSRS, @voxster • Studying at @university-of-bristol
Co-Founder@Blissity, Front-End@favourful, previous Co-Founder @studentstarter.co.uk, Computer Vision research intern @bristol, Intern@Groupe Societe Generale.
Junior Mobile Developer at @triggertrap. Graduate from UWE Bristol.
Research engineer at Toshiba research Europe,strong indoor positioning background (two years).Good modelling, simulation, hands on and programming experiences.
Paul is a double World Record breaking adventurer and the founder of the Daredevil Project, a startup that developed Duel, a competitive photo sharing platform.
Worked at @triggertrap • Studied at @university-of-teesside
Photography Champion at @triggertrap • Studied Digital Photography at @london-south-bank-university
Freelance full stack web developer, with CS background. Ruby / Rails specialist. Love coding, and talking.
Studied MSc in Advanced Computing-Machine Learning, Data mining & HPC at @university-of-bristol Interested in ML, HPC and software development
Full-stack developer at Brightpearl. Speaks PHP, Java, SQL, JS, HTML, CSS. Fan of unit testing & agile. Dealt with APIs, performance optimisation & legacy code.
Worked at @yahoo, @trend-micro • Studied at @university-of-bristol
Founder at Campaignr, Liberal Democrat Activist, Developer, Computer Science student at @OpenUniversity, Community Vanguard at @PlanetaryResources.
Founder nu desine
Tenacity • Integrity • Vision
End to end developer (14yr) Prod $1m feature film, Active BAFTA member. Previously CTO UK leading museum video company (10yr) & Consultant leading UK University
Founding director @audiowings - All of your favourite music. Anywhere you are. All on your smart headphones. 7+ years commercial experience in the telecommunications sector.
http://carlthom.as/thoughts
Raised in an art-friendly environment (painting, photography, design, music, etc). Studied Computer Science for a perfect balance between art, design and logic.
CEO at Dsoundz Media. Broadcaster, Actor, Co-Host (TV/Radio Anchor), Musician, Journalist. Has #epilepsy / Worked at Apple, BBC, ITV Studios, CBS, Wikipedia etc
http://www.dsoundz.co.uk/news/
An established digital and marketing professional with experience in developing and executing successful marketing, e-commerce and business projects and strategies (Start Up, SME and Large Corporate)
Mobile and web app developer with over 13 years experience. Founded first startup at age 20 and closed first seed round at 21.
http://www.madcapsule.com/blog/author/Mark
Operations and Content at GetMeGone.com and MuchBetterAdventures.com.
http://www.muchbetteradventures.com/news
Digital marketing expert currently residing in Shanghai. Looking for programmers to collaborate with on a new web application within the online training space.
Law Degree (LLB) but switch to business development. Worked in social enterprise as a consultant for start-ups in Kenya to aid them in securing investment.
Studied at @university-of-bristol
Director of Instantiate, an exceptional web development company focusing on cutting edge technology. Involved with a number of startups, notably @fine-puzzles.
Masters in Aerospace Engineer from the University of Bristol. Built a Bamboo Bike and a Flying Human Powered Aircraft.
Founder @hoobulu • Worked at @beambox-distribution-1 • Studied at @the-university-of-the-west-of-england
Former GM, Product Manager and Marketing Manager at Zipcar from startup to IPO. Marketing/Operations expertise with lifestyle, web/mobile high growth busineses
All-round tech nerd with strong mathematics background and programming chops
http://projectgillespie.wordpress.com
Div'Up Co-Founder and Marketing Director // Media Analyst specialised in transmedia communication and new technologies.
Junior front end developer, proficient in the modern web stack, background in UX design. Always happy to play around with new languages and technologies.
1st Grade Film Technology Student, specialise in lighting and camera operating. Talented editor, great photographer and professional standard in Photoshop.
http://facebook.com/128DaysofChina
A highly experienced and passionate Sales and Business development professional.
1st Class degree with Honours in Electronic Engineering from The University of Southampton. RTL Engineer at Broadcom. Founder of Playlistful.
Background in travel business development, marketing and tour operating. Nottingham University 2:1. Skier, climber, wannabe explorer.
Worked with worked class clients such as MasterCard, Toshiba, Microsoft, Nikon, TomTom to deliver online campaigns for brand.
Founder of @lovecars. Experienced Director within the technology sector
http://blog.lovecars.com
International Business graduate from Loughborough. Looking for a marketing / product management opportunity.
Full stack engineer, love working with data and new ideas. Ran a software conference and hackathon.
Front and backend developer, api crafter, keen eye for usability and understanding how people use things.
tech. web. mobile. footy. startups.
Creating Web Apps for fun and for a living! Developer at TrueClarity.
http://mike-jam.es
Founder nu desine
Design • Manufacturing • Business
Simplicity-loving designer with a knack for all things digital. Father to an absolute nutcase and quite the pedant.
Founder @lovecars • Worked at @jpmorgan-chase • Studied at @bournemouth-university
CEO & founder of MyBandMarket & Div'Up // Digital-Music Columnist for LaTribune, PresseCitron // Destronics member // Serial Entrepreneur // Passionate Coder
"Jack of All Trades" Software Engineer rapid prototyping solutions for ESPN; Develop in a wide variety of languages/frameworks as an Innovative Problem Solver.
Enthusiastic Front-end and RoR web developer. Specialising in User Experience/Interface design. Passion for coding and startups.
Software Developer (Java, PHP, JavaScript, Node.js)
Co-Founder at Rain Cloud.
Designer and producer, specialising in R&D, product and experience design.
Marketing Director at ReTrack. Strong technology product and marketing management background. Formed own company KICK:SUM to make start-ups succeed.
Founder The Society • Worked at TOCCiC • @appco-group • Studied at @aberystwyth-university
http://fayuum.wordpress.com/
Illustrator, Graphic artist - for Content Marketing & Social Media Presentations, Web and Print.
My joy is creating technology. I lead software development teams in engineering from concepts to products. My approach is to be agnostic to technology.
CEO at Wild Things - Mass Customized outdoor apparel; CEO at FAO Schwarz; COO of RedEnvelope; President of Moonstone Mountain Equipment, COO of Patagonia
I am a seasoned business manager delivering market leading integrated communication solutions to the private, public and third sectors for more than 16 years.
Natural business developer, relationship builder and strategic thinker with a hunger to learn and deliver. Passionate about start ups and making a difference.
organisational consultant and social entrpreneur interested in innovations in nutrition, health and clean energy based in systemic thinking
Two arms, two legs and a head on top; 900 years old, Europhile, Photographer, 6Music lover, Vegetarian, Orthodox, Silly and Immortal (one of these is a lie) :-)
Stupefyingly irreverent design & UX lead for dubizzle UAE, entrepreneur, tent setter-upper, founder of @wepul & @intentsgp & lover of non sequiter light potato
http://blog.markchristianjames.com/
Brand Ambassador for @PROPERCORN.
Dog of Grantham Lodge.
Over 15 years Web experience. Over 12 years UX and Product Design experience. Can design full UX, brainstorm ideas, build prototypes even code front end.
Organisation and Process for Technology Businesses
I have just finished launching BeepTreat, a mobile start-up and am looking for a new opportunity
Official MBA student, Aspiring Entrepreneur
I'm an undergraduate studying Digital Art & Technology. Looking for industrial placement to use my expertise in digital media, computer science and technology.
http://www.wikoz.com/blog
Business Development Manager @ ISL focussing on the growth & development of start-ups in the UK.
Good experience of sales and marking of IT Hardware and Software markets in the UK.
Generalist developer (JS / Ruby / Python / Clojure / PHP)
http://kzar.co.uk/blog
French developer, entrepreneur. I have been freelancing for 4 years and developed my own PHP framework. I have my own start up (meetmydesigner.com) since 2012
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Known online as Benjojo Fixing things one op-code at a time.
Founder of a number of small business. Looking for additional opportunities to add value.
Creative Marketing Professional with a flair for unique, result driven content, great people skills and a passion to make things happen.
http://iammizzban.wordpress.com
Co-Founded Brownlie/Lamar Design 25+ yrs, founded themakersmill.com 2013
Worked at @isl-incite-solutions