At Best Startup London we track over 100,000 London based 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 organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 101 Marketplace companies in London. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Marketplace Companies & Startups (London)
Pollen
Founders | Callum Negus-Fancey, Liam Negus-Fancey |
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Pollen builds, curates, and delivers the best travel experiences.
LMAX Group
Founders | Martin Thompson |
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LMAX Group: Delivering a transparent, neutral, global marketplace for all participants
Detected
Founders | Liam Chennells |
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The Connected Compliance API
Luxury Promise
Founders | Adam Sadiq, Sabrina Sadiq |
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Luxury Promise is the marketplace for the world’s most exclusive & luxurious accessories powered by Artificial Intelligence
Splyt
Founders | Andrius Skerla, Philipp Mintchin, Stephen Mason, Yulia Dankova |
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Splyt is a B2B mobility marketplace that connects institutional supply and demand for ground-based transport.
Appear Here
Founders | Ross Bailey |
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Appear Here is an online marketplace for retail space.
Smarter.ai
Founders | David Pool, Francesco Benincasa, Lewis Lovejoy |
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The smartest way to build AI
Storm4
Founders | Kayleigh Bottomley |
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Storm4 is a specialist GreenTech recruitment marketplace, connecting organizations with the senior talent to drive their mission.
Funding Options
Founders | Conrad Ford |
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Funding Options is a business to business services marketplace platform operating in the UK and the Netherlands.
Rated People
Founders | Andrew Skipwith |
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Rated People is an online recommendation service that connects homeowners with local, recommended tradespeople.
Victor
Founders | Clive Jackson |
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Victor is a London, UK-based private jet charter marketplace.
Florence
Founders | Charles Armitage, Dan Blake |
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Florence is an online marketplace that connects vacant care home shifts to local nurses and carers looking for extra work
Feast It
Founders | Digby Vollrath, Hugo Campbell |
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Feast It is an online marketplace that allows its customers to book independent caterers for their work or social events.
Karhoo
Founders | Boris Pilichowski, Daniel Ishag, Nicolas Andine |
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Karhoo is a B2B marketplace connecting brands and taxi/PVH fleets around the world to deliver e-hailing straight from any website and app
OneDome
Founders | Babek Ismayil |
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OneDome is the World’s First HomeBuying Platform
Beelivery
Founders | Lee Parkinson, Yazan Bin Mohammad |
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The UK’s largest nationwide, 15-60 minute grocery delivery service. A tech focused logistics marketplace, crowdsourcing from 10,000 drivers.
Student.com
Founders | JP Jones, Luke Nolan |
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Student.com is a marketplace for international student housing, helping students find their home abroad.
Shift
Founders | Jacob Corlett |
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On-demand technology platform for consumers and businesses focused on the logistics market
Tempo
Founders | Ben Chatfield, Ollie Povey |
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Tempo is a recruitment platform that connects business support professionals with the best employers.
Doji
Founders | Bilal Ishaq Khan, Fernando Montera Filho, Satyen Fakey |
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Doji is an online real-time marketplace for used goods.
Vinterior
Founders | Leslie Fournier, Sandrine Zhang Ferron |
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Vinterior is the online marketplace to discover, buy and source vintage & antique furniture
Vamstar
Founders | Praful Mehta, Richard Freeman, Vishesh Duggar |
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AI-powered Global B2B Healthcare Marketplace
Fund Ourselves
Founders | Nadeem Siam, Tuomas Hietanen |
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Short-term credit from the people to the people.
Heroes
Founders | Alessio Bruni, Giancarlo Bruni, Riccardo Bruni |
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Heroes is a technology-driven e-commerce company that acquires, operates, and scales small and medium-sized brands.
Fy!
Founders | Jonathan Thomson, Thomas Beverley |
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Fy is a home, living, and lifestyle retail marketplace designed for millennial consumers.
Plentific
Founders | Cem Savas, Emre Kazan |
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Plentific is a SaaS platform that provides smart property management solutions for landlords and property managers.
Wazoku
Founders | Simon Hill |
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An Enterprise Innovation Platform comprising: Idea Management, Open Innovation Marketplace, Innovation Consulting, Portfolio Management
LendInvest
Founders | Christian Faes, Ian Thomas |
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LendInvest is the leading marketplace platform for property finance.
PeoplePerHour
Founders | Simos Kitiris, Xenios Thrasyvoulou |
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PeoplePerHour is a marketplace connecting small businesses and freelancers.
Lykke
Founders | Anton Golub, Richard Olsen |
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Lykke is building a global marketplace for all asset classes and financial instruments.
PitchMe
Founders | Dina Bayasanova, Gregory Asmolov, Ilya Klyachin, Piotr Konopka |
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PitchMe is a skills-based talent marketplace introducing multilayered profiling of skills and innovative matching algorithms.
Paperclip
Founders | Alan Small, Richard Woolley, Ziad Al-Ziadi |
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Changing the way people think about the things that they own.
Knoma
Founders | Brett Shanley |
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Knoma offers a payment solution and marketplace for lifelong learning.
Plend
Founders | James Pursaill, Robert Pasco |
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Building a better way to borrow, where people are no longer held back by their credit history
BUMP
Founders | Jack Ryder, Sam Howarth |
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BUMP is a social peer-to-peer marketplace for authentic streetwear and sneakers.
Sikoia
Founders | Alastair Bulger, Alexis Rog, Stephen Simmons |
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Sikoia is the data platform and API marketplace for the next generation of financial services.
Paycast
Founders | Peter Janes, Tom Squire |
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Paycast is a new type of payment engine for marketplaces, with a bold ambition to facilitate a new era of trust online.
Sproutl
Founders | Andy Done, Anni Noel-Johnson |
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Sproutl is a marketplace for gardeners living in the U.K.
Thrift+
Founders | Joe Metcalfe, Poppy Beer |
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An online marketplace for buying and selling second hand clothing, shoes, and accessories.
Lenderwize
Founders | Augusto Pellegrini, Lawrence Gilioli |
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Lenderwize is a Fintech Marketplace for Telcos.
Talmix
Founders | Adam Riccoboni, Daniel Callaghan |
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Talmix has built a Business Talent Marketplace to allow companies to unlock the power of the extended workforce.
HouseTrip
Founders | Arnaud Bertrand, Junjun Chen-Bertrand |
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HouseTrip is an online marketplace enabling individuals and holiday rental management companies to rent out their properties to guests.
AkinovA
Founders | Henri Winand, Jean-Michel Paul |
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AkinovA: an electronic marketplace for the transfer and trading of (re)insurance risks.
Floom
Founders | Lana Elie |
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Floom is a tech-enabled marketplace for florists to sell their creations direct to customers.
Axora
Founders | James Monighan, Nick Mayhew, Nicole Lyons, Ritz Steytler, Rustam Aliyev |
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B2B digital solutions marketplace and community for industrial innovators.
HeadBox
Founders | Andrew Needham |
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HeadBox is an online marketplace for inspiring meeting, offsite and event spaces.
Stashbee
Founders | Anthony Paine, David Mantle |
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Stashbee helps people looking for extra space by connecting them with trusted local people who have it to spare.
City Pantry
Founders | Stuart Sunderland |
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City Pantry is an online marketplace where users can discover interesting food for next event.
Hassle.com
Founders | Alex Depledge, Jules Coleman, Tom Nimmo |
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Hassle.com is an online marketplace that matches busy people with local, trusted cleaners.
Bitstamp
Founders | Damijan Merlak, Nejc Kodric |
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Bitstamp allows companies and individuals from all around the world to buy and sell bitcoin, litecoin, ethereum, ripple, and bitcoin cash.
Motorway
Founders | Alex Buttle, Harry Jones, Tom Leathes |
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Motorway is an online used-car marketplace for professional car dealers that sells their cars using their smartphones.
Treatwell
Founders | Erik Wienk, Jan-Willem van Boeckel, Laurens Groenendijk, Lopo Champalimaud, Maarten Engelen, Martijn Rozendaal, Salim Mitha |
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Treatwell is Europe’s leading marketplace for booking hair and beauty appointments online.
Carwow
Founders | Alexandra Margolis, David Santoro, James Hind |
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Carwow is a company that helps efficiently connect car buyers to car dealers.
Nuji
Founders | Anton Meryl Nithianandan, Dean Fankhauser, Vincent Thome |
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Nuji is a marketplace to discover the Internet’s best fashion and lifestyle products.
BABB
Founders | Rushd Averroes |
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BABB is a world bank for the micro-economy: a global marketplace for human innovation, financial autonomy and wealth creation.
Artfinder
Founders | Chris Thorpe |
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Artfinder is the art marketplace.
Beyonk
Founders | Antony MacKenzie-Jones, Oscar White |
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Beyonk is a SaaS-enabled marketplace for experiences, making it easier for visitors to find and book local things to do
Travel Creators
Founders | Chanti Loraine-Grews, Janine Salame |
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Keeping Travel Human by Inspiring Global Travelers and connecting them to Travel Creators.
FINDS
Founders | Carl Mustad, Carl Mustad, Jemma Stacey |
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FINDS is a unique, video & live streaming marketplace app for the next generation to buy and sell fashion.
Stan.Me
Founders | Zein Khalifeh |
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StanMe is a marketplace that enables collaboration and co-selling of independent creators.
Laced
Founders | Chris Gibbons |
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Laced is a marketplace for the buying and selling of authentic sneakers, connecting thousands of buyers and sellers worldwide.
Reedsy
Founders | Emmanuel Nataf, Matthew Cobb, Richard Fayet, Vincent Durand |
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Reedsy connects authors and publishers with the world’s best editors, designers, and marketers to create high-quality books.
Perfect Moment
Founders | Jane Gottschalk, Thierry Donard |
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Perfect Moment is an online fashion marketplace that offers ski, surf, and activewear collections.
London Stock Exchange
Founders | Geoffrey Chamberlain |
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London Stock Exchange is an online marketplace that enables stock brokers and traders to buy and sell stocks, bonds, and other securities.
DogBuddy
Founders | Enrico Sargiacomo, Richard Setterwall |
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DogBuddy is a peer-to-peer marketplace helping dog owners find trusted and local dog sitters.
Secret Sales
Founders | Chris Griffin, Matt Purt |
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E-commerce Marketplace
VenueScanner
Founders | Benjy Meyer, Rebecca Kelly |
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VenueScanner is a self-serve marketplace platform for event organisers to discover and book venues online.
Wealth Migrate
Founders | Nir Golan, Scott Picken |
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Wealth Migrate is an online real estate marketplace that allows users to crowdfund property suggested by the website itself.
REPX
Founders | Alfredo Maria Villa |
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Committed to building a global Reputation Marketplace through the marketing and sale of innovative retail and financial products
Wooshii
Founders | Fergus Dyer-Smith, James Blackwell, Sean Wilson |
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The Video Production Marketplace
REPX
Founders | Alfredo Maria Villa |
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Committed to building a global Reputation Marketplace through the marketing and sale of innovative retail and financial products
Everpress
Founders | Alex Econs |
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A global marketplace enabling creators to monetise their brand. No risk. No waste.
Monzo
Founders | Gary Dolman, Jason Bates, Jonas Huckestein, Paul Rippon, Tom Blomfield |
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Monzo is a digital-only bank platform and marketplace that allows customers to access a range of products and services.
minicabit
Founders | Amer Hasan |
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Smart marketplace to connect customers & business with all types of cab service providers of today and those in the mobility future
Envestors
Founders | Nick Taylor, Oliver Woolley, Scott Haughton |
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Envestors digital platform connects entrepreneurs and investors
Hire Space
Founders | Ed Poland, Will Swanell |
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The UK’s leading venue marketplace. Memorable venues, all in one place.
Obby
Founders | Maximilian Kufner, Pedro Caseiro, Tom Batting |
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Marketplace for offline learning
NovaFori
Founders | Phil Bird |
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We build world-class marketplaces.
Lexoo
Founders | Chris O’Sullivan, Daniel van Binsbergen |
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Lexoo is a lawyer comparison marketplace that helps businesses choose a lawyer with confidence.
Appital
Founders | Mark Badyra, Pete Correia |
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The Equity Capital Marketplace
Stowga
Founders | Charlie Pool |
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Stowga is the on-demand marketplace for buying and selling warehousing and logistics services.
GeoDB
Founders | Luis Gelado Crespo, Manuel De La Esperanza, Sacha Gordillo |
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GeoDB is building the first decentralized location data digital marketplace.
Vesta Property
Founders | David Toplas, Russell Gould |
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Vesta (www.vestaproperty.com) is a data-driven marketplace for buying and selling residential investment property.
Skrap
Founders | Ahmed Rao, Hussain Hilli, Marwan Field |
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Construction hire, made simple. Order waste services, bulky materials, and plant hire – anytime, anywhere.
homie.rent
Founders | Alexander Eid, Louis Eid, Sami Eid |
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Homie is a tech startup that helps Londoners find great homes to rent.
FrontM
Founders | Guillermo Acilu, Kiran Venkatesh |
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FrontM provides a private-labeled application marketplace for airlines, cruises, shipping, and remote enterprises.
ClickMechanic
Founders | Andrew Jervis, Felix Kenton |
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ClickMechanic is an online marketplace for users to find mechanics.
CodeMonk.ai
Founders | Maulik Sailor, Prakash Pilley, Shahriyar Ramezani |
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CodeMonk is a platform for companies to build and manage borderless tech team using pre-vetted top talent sourced from across the world
Legal Nodes
Founders | Margarita Sivakova, Max Maliuk, Nestor Dubnevych |
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The all-in-one legal platform for global companies and freedom-seeking lawyers
ChupaMobile
Founders | Fabio Pezzotti, Paolo De Santis, Stefano Argiolas |
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ChupaMobile is a marketplace where everybody can buy professional apps and games, ready to be customized and distributed on the App Stores.
vendi
Founders | Anil Rao, Javier Antunez, Pablo Gonzalez-Iglesias |
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vendi is an AI-assisted marketplace to buy and sell verified products.
Maison Sport
Founders | Aaron Tipping, Nick Robinson, Olly Robinson |
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Maison Sport is a marketplace connecting ski instructors with people learning to ski
Storm2
Founders | James Brown |
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Storm2 operates as a recruitment marketplace for fintech.
Trouva
Founders | Alex Loizou, Glen Walker, Mandeep Singh, Maxim Berglund |
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Trouva, the online destination for unique products from the best curators around the world
Staff Heroes
Founders | Mark Elwig, Zeki Mirza |
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Staff Heroes is an on demand & AI technology marketplace reinventing the world of work, connecting businesses and workers more efficiently.
Crossflow – The Working Capital Marketplace
Founders | Tony Duggan |
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We connect global businesses and their suppliers to funders for fast, flexible working capital finance powered by technology.
Tutor House
Founders | Alex Dyer |
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High Growth B2C Marketplace for tutoring. Based in London, but operates thought he UK and abroad.
Picfair
Founders | Benji Lanyado |
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Picfair is an open-to-all image licensing marketplace.
XPmarket
Founders | Arminas Keraitis, Artur Kirjakulov, Audrius Vrubliauskas |
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XPmarket is the most advanced XRP Ledger data aggregator and portfolio manager application.
Encore Technologies
Founders | James King, James McAulay |
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Encore is an online network of musicians that enables them to access many performance opportunities in the music community around them.
hometouch
Founders | Jamie Wilson |
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hometouch is a home-care marketplace connecting families looking for home care to professional carers.