Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Bristol.
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
Investor in @huddle, @zemanta, @acunu, @truphone, @voicevault, @doccom, @brightpearl, @newvoicemedia.
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
Co-founder, CTO at @mobilex-labs – The best platform for building native mobile apps without any coding.
Studied Computer Science at @cardiff-university.
Award Winning Digital Entrepreneur, Executive, Digital Marketer & Active Investor. Find out more at www.edwardrelf.com
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 of @pyrocms. Englishman in New York. Public Speaker, PHP Town Crier, Charity Biker.
http://philsturgeon.co.uk/blog
Creative Copywriter with start-up savvy. Seduced by novelty. Nourished by variety. Sustained by irony.
Founder of @twidaq & Achieve Awesome, owner of @deep-blue-sky Digital.
http://www.deepbluesky.com/xml/latest.xml
Designer, speaker, author. Founder of typography magazine @8faces. Co-founder of @viewportind. Married to @samkabam. Father of @black_labbath.
3rd Startup lucky. Business education. Strong global sales, consultancy and project management experience. Frustrated designer and improving coder. Outdoor Nut.
http://www.r3trosteve.com
IT Services Executive at Raytheon; Former Naval Submarine Officer; Founder at Task Force Web, US Navy's .com play
Team member of @playmob.
Founder @meals-3. Academic turned entrepreneur. Strong business background. 1st start-up out of university. PhD in Environmental Management, 2010.
Software Engineer + MBA by Education;
Manager @uptec by Profession;
Entrepreneur by Heart.
Start, Iterate and Grow!
http://www.nship.org
Founded two successful service businesses. Strong product development and digital marketing.
Entrepreneurial developer with international experience spanning Finance, Media and Ecommerce. Strong startup experience.
Founder Doorbell.io • Worked at @nudge-digital, @loccit • Studied at @university-of-bristol
Founder of @resedu. Idea-wrangler. Occasional pixel-herder. A dreamer, mostly.
Studying computer security at UWE. Heavily interested in cryptocurrency. Proficient in software development, particularly web and mobile development.
Worked at @triggertrap, @future-publishing • Studied at @university-of-bristol
Product Management executive in London with experience leading teams in building world class technology products with eBay, Visa, Betfair, and OVO.
Community and business development manager, passion for monetisation & user acquisition strategy, young and driven
2004 founded Enable, grew to become UK's #1 Digital Agency.
2012 founded myLovelyParent, social startup encouraging older people online dating.
Co-founder and COO of unrival. Strategic operations, Large scale website redevelopments. Previously managed communications at Lloyds Bank.
COO of Living Lab at @ubc. Experience as CTO and VC in tech sectors. PhD Cantab.
CEO/CTO at @somnium-technologies
INSEAD. Ex-Investment Banking professional. Outdoor Leisure sector growth expert and one time angel investor.
I am a recent University of Bristol Computer Science Graduate and Self Employed Full Stack Developer looking to join a small innovative tech company.
Head of Android Development. Worked at @triggertrap Worked at @connect IB Worked at @sea Worked at @lucent-technologies
http://www.inter-fuser.com
BSc PhD Computational Biochemistry.
Partner in 2 successful startup companies - software products.
Experienced in IT, Financial and Estate management.
Co-founder of Washbox; Programming since age 9; startups since age 16; Business graduate (BA HONS) 2012; Worked at Aptenex & Cellar Trends.
Founder and CEO of ikle.co, Former Digital Insight Manager at Lloyds Bank, 2nd Enterprise Startup, MSc Public Relations, coder - built ikle platform.
founder @sadcheese, 3 online companies out of high school. Strong UI Design & Front-end Engineering background, founder & host @Raddeviant.com
http://samokoro.com/blog/
Senior designer and front-end developer @hubbub-2. Worked at @alison, @national-university-of-ireland-galway • Studied at @university-of-limerick
Founder Washbox • Worked at @full-tilt-marketing • Studied at @university-of-bristol
Founder @find-your-perfect-venue, @chaletspace • Worked at @future-publishing, @coull-ltd • Studied at @university-of-bath
http://www.matevans.co.uk
Founder of Zoetrope imaging
Freelance full stack web developer, with CS background. Ruby / Rails specialist. Love coding, and talking.
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/
Photography Champion at @triggertrap • Studied Digital Photography at @london-south-bank-university
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 @triggertrap • Studied at @university-of-teesside
End to end developer (14yr) Prod $1m feature film, Active BAFTA member. Previously CTO UK leading museum video company (10yr) & Consultant leading UK University
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.
Studied MSc in Advanced Computing-Machine Learning, Data mining & HPC at @university-of-bristol Interested in ML, HPC and software development
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
Founder at Campaignr, Liberal Democrat Activist, Developer, Computer Science student at @OpenUniversity, Community Vanguard at @PlanetaryResources.
Founder nu desine
Tenacity • Integrity • Vision
Founder vumbl • MPhil, MEng (1st Class Hons) @exeter-university University • 5+ years in Mechanical Design Engineering @Reinshaw • Designed @flytecam
Raised in an art-friendly environment (painting, photography, design, music, etc). Studied Computer Science for a perfect balance between art, design and logic.
Founded @blissity Worked at @LSRS, @voxster • Studying at @university-of-bristol
Worked at @yahoo, @trend-micro • Studied 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.
Research engineer at Toshiba research Europe,strong indoor positioning background (two years).Good modelling, simulation, hands on and programming experiences.
Junior Mobile Developer at @triggertrap. Graduate from UWE Bristol.
Background in travel business development, marketing and tour operating. Nottingham University 2:1. Skier, climber, wannabe explorer.
Former GM, Product Manager and Marketing Manager at Zipcar from startup to IPO. Marketing/Operations expertise with lifestyle, web/mobile high growth busineses
Junior front end developer, proficient in the modern web stack, background in UX design. Always happy to play around with new languages and technologies.
Director of Instantiate, an exceptional web development company focusing on cutting edge technology. Involved with a number of startups, notably @fine-puzzles.
1st Class degree with Honours in Electronic Engineering from The University of Southampton. RTL Engineer at Broadcom. Founder of Playlistful.
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.
All-round tech nerd with strong mathematics background and programming chops
http://projectgillespie.wordpress.com
Masters in Aerospace Engineer from the University of Bristol. Built a Bamboo Bike and a Flying Human Powered Aircraft.
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)
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.
http://www.madcapsule.com/blog/author/Mark
A highly experienced and passionate Sales and Business development professional.
Founder @hoobulu • Worked at @beambox-distribution-1 • Studied at @the-university-of-the-west-of-england
Studied at @university-of-bristol
Mobile and web app developer with over 13 years experience. Founded first startup at age 20 and closed first seed round at 21.
Worked with worked class clients such as MasterCard, Toshiba, Microsoft, Nikon, TomTom to deliver online campaigns for brand.
1st Grade Film Technology Student, specialise in lighting and camera operating. Talented editor, great photographer and professional standard in Photoshop.
http://facebook.com/128DaysofChina
Div'Up Co-Founder and Marketing Director // Media Analyst specialised in transmedia communication and new technologies.
Co-Founder at Rain Cloud.
Designer and producer, specialising in R&D, product and experience design.
Illustrator, Graphic artist - for Content Marketing & Social Media Presentations, Web and Print.
Founder nu desine
Design • Manufacturing • Business
"Jack of All Trades" Software Engineer rapid prototyping solutions for ESPN; Develop in a wide variety of languages/frameworks as an Innovative Problem Solver.
Front and backend developer, api crafter, keen eye for usability and understanding how people use things.
Creating Web Apps for fun and for a living! Developer at TrueClarity.
http://mike-jam.es
Marketing Director at ReTrack. Strong technology product and marketing management background. Formed own company KICK:SUM to make start-ups succeed.
tech. web. mobile. footy. startups.
Simplicity-loving designer with a knack for all things digital. Father to an absolute nutcase and quite the pedant.
Full stack engineer, love working with data and new ideas. Ran a software conference and hackathon.
Software Developer (Java, PHP, JavaScript, Node.js)
International Business graduate from Loughborough. Looking for a marketing / product management opportunity.
CEO & founder of MyBandMarket & Div'Up // Digital-Music Columnist for LaTribune, PresseCitron // Destronics member // Serial Entrepreneur // Passionate Coder
Founder of @lovecars. Experienced Director within the technology sector
http://blog.lovecars.com
Enthusiastic Front-end and RoR web developer. Specialising in User Experience/Interface design. Passion for coding and startups.
Founder @lovecars • Worked at @jpmorgan-chase • Studied at @bournemouth-university
Founder The Society • Worked at TOCCiC • @appco-group • Studied at @aberystwyth-university
http://fayuum.wordpress.com/
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.
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.
organisational consultant and social entrpreneur interested in innovations in nutrition, health and clean energy based in systemic thinking
My joy is creating technology. I lead software development teams in engineering from concepts to products. My approach is to be agnostic to technology.
Brand Ambassador for @PROPERCORN.
Dog of Grantham Lodge.
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) :-)
Natural business developer, relationship builder and strategic thinker with a hunger to learn and deliver. Passionate about start ups and making a difference.
Organisation and Process for Technology Businesses
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/
Co-Founded Brownlie/Lamar Design 25+ yrs, founded themakersmill.com 2013
Known online as Benjojo Fixing things one op-code at a time.
Generalist developer (JS / Ruby / Python / Clojure / PHP)
http://kzar.co.uk/blog
Business Development Manager @ ISL focussing on the growth & development of start-ups in the UK.
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
Founder of a number of small business. Looking for additional opportunities to add value.
Worked at @isl-incite-solutions
I have just finished launching BeepTreat, a mobile start-up and am looking for a new opportunity
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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
Good experience of sales and marking of IT Hardware and Software markets in the UK.
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
Official MBA student, Aspiring Entrepreneur