Ellie Horvath
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 News 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 News Companies & Startups (London)
Sifted
| Founders | Caspar Woolley, John Thornhill |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Sifted is a media site for Europe’s innovators and entrepreneurs.
Ofcom
| Founders | Unknown |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Ofcom is the UK’s communications regulator.
Logically
| Founders | Lyric Jain |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Logically develops the latest in AI technologies to combat information overload, misinformation, fake news & other types of harmful content.
Minute Media
| Founders | Asaf Peled, Gilad Beiman, Yuval Larom |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Minute Media is a media and technology brand focused on two main pillars—platform and content.
BBC
| Founders | John Reith |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
BBC is a large-scale broadcasting corporation that offers content to inform, educate, and entertain people.
Summly
| Founders | Nick D’Aloisio |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Summly is a web platform and smartphone app that provides algorithmically-generated summaries from thousands of sources.
Reedsy
| Founders | Emmanuel Nataf, Matthew Cobb, Richard Fayet, Vincent Durand |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Reedsy connects authors and publishers with the world’s best editors, designers, and marketers to create high-quality books.
Dexerto
| Founders | Chris Marsh, Joshua Nino De Guzman, Mike Kent, Nicolas Hulsmans |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Dexerto is the world’s largest digital esports and gaming lifestyle platform news platform.
MyKindaFuture
| Founders | Will Akerman |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
MyKindaFuture connect young people with the world-of-work.
Factmata
| Founders | Andreas Vlachos, Dhruv Ghulati, Sebastian Riedel |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Factmata is an artificial intelligence company for automated content understanding..
Sliide
| Founders | Corbyn Munnik, Frankie Kearney |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Mobile technology company that work with MNO, MVNO and OEM partners globally to increase engagement, drive revenue, and decrease churn.
Gfinity
| Founders | Neville Upton |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Gfinity is a UK based esports & gaming digital media company focused on communities, technology & strategic partnerships.
Full Fact
| Founders | Michael Samuel, Will Moy |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Full Fact is the UK’s independent fact-checking charity
Financial Times
| Founders | Gillian Tett, James Sheridan |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Financial Times is a business news organization providing essential news, comments, data, and analysis for the global business community.
FinancialJuice
| Founders | Aamar Hussain |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
FinancialJuice is a free real-time news and financial content platform.
Bazaar Daily UK
| Founders | Mohammed SHK, Taylor ‘TJ’ Wallis |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Bazaar Daily (UK) is the British counterpart to Bazaar Daily News, a massive online news agency founded by Sultan H. Khane II.
Yahoo Finance
| Founders | Lianna Brinded, Rosemarie Pahayo |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Yahoo Finance is a News and media company.
Culture Trip
| Founders | Kris Naudts |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Culture Trip is a travel e-commerce brand with content at its core
Mogul News
| Founders | Rav Singh Sandhu |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Mogul News gives you the best content from the world’s leading publishers, such as the Financial Times, in one place.
Byline
| Founders | Daniel Tudor, Seung Yoon Lee |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Byline is a London-based crowdfunded journalism startup.
Infinite Mixed Reality
| Founders | Corrina McCann, Rosemary Reed |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Infinite Mixed Reality is a full-service virtual reality and augmented reality agency.
Tech.eu
| Founders | Adrian McShane, Alex Barrera, Ivo Spigel, Jon Bradford, Robin Wauters, Roxanne Varza |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Tech.eu provides tech news, data, market intelligence, and insights into startup activity.
Spiked Online
| Founders | Unknown |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Spiked Online is company which magazine that wants to change the world as well as report on it.
Transterra Media
| Founders | Jonathan Giesen, Maria Lynne Dayton |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
video archive, stock and original stories for brands, agencies and publishers from journalists and filmmakers in 180 countries
Facewatch
| Founders | Simon Gordon |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Facewatch is a secure online crime reporting and information sharing platform.
The Tab
| Founders | Jack Rivlin |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
The Tab is a university news network run by people who like being first.
Great British Chefs
| Founders | Oliver Lloyd, Vimal Khosla |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Great British Chefs premium food publisher with 1.3m social followers. We have 3,500 recipes from Britain’s and Italy’s Greatest Chefs.
Channel Mum
| Founders | Siobhan Freegard |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Channel Mum is dedicated to shopping hauls and includes bloggers that give shopping and style tips.
Finimize
| Founders | Maximilian Rofagha |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Finimize is building the #1 information platform & community for modern investors.
Beepl
| Founders | Jan Paricka, Pete Harris, Steve O’Hear |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Beepl, a social interactive site, allows users to seek answers and opinion from subject specialists, enthusiasts and their social network.
Global
| Founders | Ashley Tabor-King |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Global is a media and entertainment company that operates commercial radio stations.
Streetlife
| Founders | Matthew Boyes |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
streetlife.com is a local social network that helps British people connect with nearby residents, groups, organizations, and businesses.
PumpDAO
| Founders | Unknown |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
PumpDAO is a community that discovers under the radar and undervalued crypto projects before they have experienced significant price action.
A Star Pets
| Founders | Chris Webster, Quentin Griffiths, William Cooper |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Astar Pets is passionate about helping you discover everything you’ll ever need to enjoy life with your treasured friend.
BeInCrypto
| Founders | Alena Afanaseva |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
BeInCrypto is a cryptocurrency news platform that provides the highest level of journalistic, cryptocurrency, and bitcoin content.
Immersionn
| Founders | Alexandra Hussenot |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Immersionn is a content discovery company. We allow people to discover VR content they would never find
READBUG
| Founders | Matthew Hammet, Matthew Hammett, Stephen Pini |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
READBUG is a curated reading experience that brings you independent, classic, cult and award-winning magazines for a monthly membership.
Peekster
| Founders | Smiljan Kerencic, Tine Hamler, Tomaz Orter |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Peekster is a tech startup company. The main product is the Peekster mobile app – a bridge between printed media and internet.
Oximity (acquired by Scribd)
| Founders | Anand Ranganathan, Christian Hapke, Sanjay Goel |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Oximity is a new mechanism to originate, distribute, and consume News.
Silicon
| Founders | Dominique Busso |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Silicon UK, is the authoritative UK source for news, features and reviews of business technology.
Sir Bobby Robson Foundation
| Founders | Ruth Plummer |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Sir Bobby Robson Foundation is Finding more effective ways to detect and treat cancer
loomi.ai
| Founders | Al Ramich, Surjit Bhachu |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Loomi is an Intelligent Assistant platform for organising and prioritising user’s connected world.
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
| Founders | David Edwin Potter, Elaine Potter |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism is an independent non-profit organization that pursues in-depth journalism into organizations.
Live For Football
| Founders | Drew Thomson, Randhir Singh, Rupert Lywood |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Live For Football is a vertical social network co-owned by the people that make the content that matters most to fans
ACTUAL_
| Founders | Ian Petras |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Peer-reviewed factually correct independent news provider.
Blockonomist
| Founders | Sujith Somraaj Sureshkumar |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Decentralized Journalism Network & News Agency
Last Second Tickets
| Founders | Craig Massey, Max Kelly |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Last Second Tickets works directly with promoters, producers and venues to secure amazing discounts and prizes.
Blottr
| Founders | Adam Baker |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Blottr is a people-powered news service enabling anyone to capture, report and collaborate on news as it happens around them.
Finextra
| Founders | Alex Kreger |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Finextra is an independent newswire and information source for the worldwide financial technology community.
SORS
| Founders | Elias Abboud, Necolas Hamwi |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Revolutionizing the News and Information Sphere
Goal.com
| Founders | Chicco Merighi, Gianluigi Longinotti-Buitoni |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Soccer News, Results, Teams, and Stats
GLOBALDRUM
| Founders | Simon Hellier |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
GLOBALDRUM enables secure mobile-to-mobile social interaction for enterprises and their audiences.
itcher
| Founders | Daniel Rovira, Juha Koski |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
itcher, an entertainment discovery application, providing community powered recommendations around movies, tv shows, books, music, and games
Crypto Wire
| Founders | Sam Enrico Williams |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
CryptoWire is DeFi and cryptocurrency-related press release wire and distribution platform.
DMG Media
| Founders | Unknown |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
DMG media is a consumer media company engaged in print and online newspaper publishing.
Telegraph Media Group
| Founders | Arthur B. Sleigh, Emma Sinclair |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Telegraph Media Group is a multi-media news publisher behind The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph newspapers.
The Fintech Times
| Founders | Unknown |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
The Fintech Times is the world’s first and only newspaper dedicated to fintech.
Reach plc
| Founders | Alfred Harmsworth |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Reach plc is a newspaper publishing company.
MinglVision
| Founders | Artem Kiselev |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Personalized Multi-angle Live Event Broadcasting platform (iOS, Android, Smart TV)
Dazed & Confused
| Founders | Jefferson Hack |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Dazed and Confused is an independent magazine that covers fashion and culture, predominantly through photography.
The Independent
| Founders | Unknown |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published by Independent Print Limited.
Smash.com
| Founders | Ryan Milnes, Wesley Dunton |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Smash brings you the latest content that is breaking the internet
RANsquawk
| Founders | Matthew Cheung |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
RANsquawk delivers its clients and customers a fast, clear, and unbiased feed of news and text.
Urban Times
| Founders | Alexander Phillips, Charlie Hilton |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Urban Times is a social content publishing platform for writers, bloggers and journalists.
Usmile
| Founders | Antoine Bouttier, François Biettron, Tristan Lemoine |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Usmile is an upcoming social network, entirely dedicated to humour.
MailOnline
| Founders | Alfred Harmsworth, Harold Harmsworth |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
MailOnline is an English-language newspaper website that offers information about world news, entertainment, celebrity news, and more.
Resident Advisor
| Founders | Nick Sabine, Paul Clement |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
RA is an online music magazine and community platform that’s dedicated to showcasing electronic music, artists and events across the globe.
BBC Worldwide
| Founders | Unknown |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
BBC Worldwide Limited is the main commercial arm and a wholly owned subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
Chrysalis Vision
| Founders | Chris Wright |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Chrysalis Vision is working with writers to develop and produce ambitious and authored drama.
Econsultancy
| Founders | Ashley Friedlein, Matthew O’Riordan |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Econsultancy publishes research, analysis and advice on digital marketing, social media, e-commerce, SEO, mobile and tech for businesses.
The Times
| Founders | John Walter |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
The Times is a daily newspaper published in London, United Kingdom.
Pocket lint
| Founders | Stuart Miles |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Pocket-lint the largest independent gadget news and reviews site in the UK.
Daily Mail and General Trust
| Founders | Alfred Harmsworth, Harold Harmsworth, Harold Harmsworth |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
DMGT provides businesses and consumers with compelling information, analysis, insight, events, news, and entertainment.
Monocle
| Founders | Tyler Brule |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Monocle is a global organization which perform several functions like publishing magazine and we
FortniteINTEL
| Founders | Keshav Bhat |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
FortniteINTEL is the source for Fortnite news, leaks, images, videos and more.
Express Newspapers
| Founders | Unknown |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Express Newspapers is an online news portal of the Daily Express and Sunday Express.
Newsquest
| Founders | Unknown |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Newsquest Media Group Ltd is the second largest publisher of regional and local newspapers in the United Kingdom.
BloombergNEF
| Founders | Unknown |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
BloombergNEF provides industry information, analytics, and research services for the clean energy and carbon markets.
Racing Post
| Founders | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Racing Post is a horse and grey hound race related information site providing statistics, news, and book shop.
Cryptoknowmics
| Founders | Ajay Agarwal |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Cryptoknowmics is a total crypto info and media platform focusing on cryptocurrency news and market data provider.
Hype App
| Founders | Aleksandr Pasevin, Gintare Zitkeviciute |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Hype App is a smartphone application that enables users to find out what events and places are placed in and around their locality.
B2B Marketing
| Founders | James Farmer, Joel Harrison |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Business to Business Marketing Resourse
Metwit
| Founders | Davide Rizzo, Michele Ruini, Simone D’Amico |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Metwit is a crowdsourced platform for the collection and analysis of weather and environmental data.
Tortoise Media
| Founders | Unknown |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Tortoise Media builds a different type of newsroom, news without all the noise.
The Economist Group
| Founders | Unknown |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
The Economist Group is the leading source of analysis on international business and world affairs.
SportsFix
| Founders | Adam Benzecrit, Eliot Benzecrit, Mike Mutsaers, Toby Cockayne |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Sports news summaries tailored for your favourite sports, teams and players
Amnesty International
| Founders | Marjorie Abalos, Sherif Elsayed-Ali |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Amnesty International is a global charity organization of people fighting injustice and promoting human rights.
Arts Alliance Media
| Founders | Unknown |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Arts Alliance Media develops software and solutions for the digital cinema industry.
Cryptonary
| Founders | Unknown |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Cryptonary is an online platform that renders news and educational resources on cryptocurrencies, fin-tech, blockchain and marketing.
LiveTube
| Founders | Jan Herold, Sven Herold |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
The world’s first Curated Live Video Platform.
Screenburn
| Founders | Tom Raffe |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Screenburn is a Facebook VoD platform enabling the sale of film and TV from a Facebook page.
Dazed Media
| Founders | Jefferson Hack |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Dazed Media is the world’s leading independent fashion and culture media brand.
Richtopia
| Founders | Derin Cag |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
A universal information movement to build a world where all eight billion people are rich.
FinSMEs
| Founders | Ermanno Cece |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
FinSMEs.com provides information on venture capital/private equity and debt financing deals taking place daily across the planet.
Coin Rivet
| Founders | Unknown |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Coin Rivet offers bitcoin and ethereum news.
Planet Ivy
| Founders | Lewis Flude, Vincent Dignan |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Planet Ivy is a magazine and information provider focused on helping start ups.
Raialyoum
| Founders | Unknown |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Raialyoum is an Arabic digital news and opinion site.
Nature Publishing Group
| Founders | Alexander Macmillan, Daniel Macmillan |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Nature Publishing Group publishes scientific and medical information in print and online.
Computer Business Review
| Founders | Unknown |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Computer Business Review is a technology website that delivers daily news, reports, and analysis.
Which?
| Founders | Unknown |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Which? is a publishing platform that offers reviews of consumer products and services.
EMIS
| Founders | Gary Mueller |
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EMIS operates in and reports on countries where high reward goes hand-in-hand with high risk.
