London’s 101 Fastest Growing News Startups

August 1, 2022

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 CrunchbaseSemRush 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

FoundersCaspar Woolley, John Thornhill
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Sifted is a media site for Europe’s innovators and entrepreneurs.


Ofcom

FoundersUnknown
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Ofcom is the UK’s communications regulator.


Logically

FoundersLyric Jain
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Logically develops the latest in AI technologies to combat information overload, misinformation, fake news & other types of harmful content.


Minute Media

FoundersAsaf Peled, Gilad Beiman, Yuval Larom
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Minute Media is a media and technology brand focused on two main pillars—platform and content.


BBC

FoundersJohn Reith
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BBC is a large-scale broadcasting corporation that offers content to inform, educate, and entertain people.


Summly

FoundersNick D’Aloisio
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Summly is a web platform and smartphone app that provides algorithmically-generated summaries from thousands of sources.


Reedsy

FoundersEmmanuel 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.


Dexerto

FoundersChris Marsh, Joshua Nino De Guzman, Mike Kent, Nicolas Hulsmans
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Dexerto is the world’s largest digital esports and gaming lifestyle platform news platform.


MyKindaFuture

FoundersWill Akerman
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MyKindaFuture connect young people with the world-of-work.


Factmata

FoundersAndreas Vlachos, Dhruv Ghulati, Sebastian Riedel
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Factmata is an artificial intelligence company for automated content understanding..


Sliide

FoundersCorbyn Munnik, Frankie Kearney
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Mobile technology company that work with MNO, MVNO and OEM partners globally to increase engagement, drive revenue, and decrease churn.


Gfinity

FoundersNeville Upton
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Gfinity is a UK based esports & gaming digital media company focused on communities, technology & strategic partnerships.


Full Fact

FoundersMichael Samuel, Will Moy
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Full Fact is the UK’s independent fact-checking charity


Financial Times

FoundersGillian Tett, James Sheridan
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Financial Times is a business news organization providing essential news, comments, data, and analysis for the global business community.


FinancialJuice

FoundersAamar Hussain
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FinancialJuice is a free real-time news and financial content platform.


Bazaar Daily UK

FoundersMohammed SHK, Taylor ‘TJ’ Wallis
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Bazaar Daily (UK) is the British counterpart to Bazaar Daily News, a massive online news agency founded by Sultan H. Khane II.


Yahoo Finance

FoundersLianna Brinded, Rosemarie Pahayo
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Yahoo Finance is a News and media company.


Culture Trip

FoundersKris Naudts
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Culture Trip is a travel e-commerce brand with content at its core


Mogul News

FoundersRav Singh Sandhu
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Mogul News gives you the best content from the world’s leading publishers, such as the Financial Times, in one place.


Byline

FoundersDaniel Tudor, Seung Yoon Lee
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Byline is a London-based crowdfunded journalism startup.


Infinite Mixed Reality

FoundersCorrina McCann, Rosemary Reed
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Infinite Mixed Reality is a full-service virtual reality and augmented reality agency.


Tech.eu

FoundersAdrian McShane, Alex Barrera, Ivo Spigel, Jon Bradford, Robin Wauters, Roxanne Varza
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Tech.eu provides tech news, data, market intelligence, and insights into startup activity.


Spiked Online

FoundersUnknown
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Spiked Online is company which magazine that wants to change the world as well as report on it.


Transterra Media

FoundersJonathan Giesen, Maria Lynne Dayton
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video archive, stock and original stories for brands, agencies and publishers from journalists and filmmakers in 180 countries


Facewatch

FoundersSimon Gordon
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Facewatch is a secure online crime reporting and information sharing platform.


The Tab

FoundersJack Rivlin
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The Tab is a university news network run by people who like being first.


Great British Chefs

FoundersOliver Lloyd, Vimal Khosla
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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

FoundersSiobhan Freegard
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Channel Mum is dedicated to shopping hauls and includes bloggers that give shopping and style tips.


Finimize

FoundersMaximilian Rofagha
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Finimize is building the #1 information platform & community for modern investors.


Beepl

FoundersJan Paricka, Pete Harris, Steve O’Hear
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Beepl, a social interactive site, allows users to seek answers and opinion from subject specialists, enthusiasts and their social network.


Global

FoundersAshley Tabor-King
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Global is a media and entertainment company that operates commercial radio stations.


Streetlife

FoundersMatthew Boyes
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streetlife.com is a local social network that helps British people connect with nearby residents, groups, organizations, and businesses.


PumpDAO

FoundersUnknown
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PumpDAO is a community that discovers under the radar and undervalued crypto projects before they have experienced significant price action.


A Star Pets

FoundersChris Webster, Quentin Griffiths, William Cooper
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Astar Pets is passionate about helping you discover everything you’ll ever need to enjoy life with your treasured friend.


BeInCrypto

FoundersAlena Afanaseva
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BeInCrypto is a cryptocurrency news platform that provides the highest level of journalistic, cryptocurrency, and bitcoin content.


Immersionn

FoundersAlexandra Hussenot
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Immersionn is a content discovery company. We allow people to discover VR content they would never find


READBUG

FoundersMatthew Hammet, Matthew Hammett, Stephen Pini
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READBUG is a curated reading experience that brings you independent, classic, cult and award-winning magazines for a monthly membership.


Peekster

FoundersSmiljan Kerencic, Tine Hamler, Tomaz Orter
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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)

FoundersAnand Ranganathan, Christian Hapke, Sanjay Goel
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Oximity is a new mechanism to originate, distribute, and consume News.


Silicon

FoundersDominique Busso
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Silicon UK, is the authoritative UK source for news, features and reviews of business technology.


Sir Bobby Robson Foundation

FoundersRuth Plummer
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Sir Bobby Robson Foundation is Finding more effective ways to detect and treat cancer


loomi.ai

FoundersAl Ramich, Surjit Bhachu
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Loomi is an Intelligent Assistant platform for organising and prioritising user’s connected world.


The Bureau of Investigative Journalism

FoundersDavid Edwin Potter, Elaine Potter
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism is an independent non-profit organization that pursues in-depth journalism into organizations.


Live For Football

FoundersDrew Thomson, Randhir Singh, Rupert Lywood
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Live For Football is a vertical social network co-owned by the people that make the content that matters most to fans


ACTUAL_

FoundersIan Petras
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Peer-reviewed factually correct independent news provider.


Blockonomist

FoundersSujith Somraaj Sureshkumar
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Decentralized Journalism Network & News Agency


Last Second Tickets

FoundersCraig Massey, Max Kelly
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Last Second Tickets works directly with promoters, producers and venues to secure amazing discounts and prizes.


Blottr

FoundersAdam Baker
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Blottr is a people-powered news service enabling anyone to capture, report and collaborate on news as it happens around them.


Finextra

FoundersAlex Kreger
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Finextra is an independent newswire and information source for the worldwide financial technology community.


SORS

FoundersElias Abboud, Necolas Hamwi
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Revolutionizing the News and Information Sphere


Goal.com

FoundersChicco Merighi, Gianluigi Longinotti-Buitoni
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Soccer News, Results, Teams, and Stats


GLOBALDRUM

FoundersSimon Hellier
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GLOBALDRUM enables secure mobile-to-mobile social interaction for enterprises and their audiences.


itcher

FoundersDaniel Rovira, Juha Koski
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itcher, an entertainment discovery application, providing community powered recommendations around movies, tv shows, books, music, and games


Crypto Wire

FoundersSam Enrico Williams
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CryptoWire is DeFi and cryptocurrency-related press release wire and distribution platform.


DMG Media

FoundersUnknown
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DMG media is a consumer media company engaged in print and online newspaper publishing.


Telegraph Media Group

FoundersArthur B. Sleigh, Emma Sinclair
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Telegraph Media Group is a multi-media news publisher behind The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph newspapers.


The Fintech Times

FoundersUnknown
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The Fintech Times is the world’s first and only newspaper dedicated to fintech.


Reach plc

FoundersAlfred Harmsworth
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Reach plc is a newspaper publishing company.


MinglVision

FoundersArtem Kiselev
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Personalized Multi-angle Live Event Broadcasting platform (iOS, Android, Smart TV)


Dazed & Confused

FoundersJefferson Hack
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Dazed and Confused is an independent magazine that covers fashion and culture, predominantly through photography.


The Independent

FoundersUnknown
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The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published by Independent Print Limited.


Smash.com

FoundersRyan Milnes, Wesley Dunton
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Smash brings you the latest content that is breaking the internet


RANsquawk

FoundersMatthew Cheung
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RANsquawk delivers its clients and customers a fast, clear, and unbiased feed of news and text.


Urban Times

FoundersAlexander Phillips, Charlie Hilton
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Urban Times is a social content publishing platform for writers, bloggers and journalists.


Usmile

FoundersAntoine Bouttier, François Biettron, Tristan Lemoine
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Usmile is an upcoming social network, entirely dedicated to humour.


MailOnline

FoundersAlfred Harmsworth, Harold Harmsworth
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MailOnline is an English-language newspaper website that offers information about world news, entertainment, celebrity news, and more.


Resident Advisor

FoundersNick Sabine, Paul Clement
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RA is an online music magazine and community platform that’s dedicated to showcasing electronic music, artists and events across the globe.


BBC Worldwide

FoundersUnknown
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BBC Worldwide Limited is the main commercial arm and a wholly owned subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).


Chrysalis Vision

FoundersChris Wright
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Chrysalis Vision is working with writers to develop and produce ambitious and authored drama.


Econsultancy

FoundersAshley Friedlein, Matthew O’Riordan
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Econsultancy publishes research, analysis and advice on digital marketing, social media, e-commerce, SEO, mobile and tech for businesses.


The Times

FoundersJohn Walter
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The Times is a daily newspaper published in London, United Kingdom.


Pocket lint

FoundersStuart Miles
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Pocket-lint the largest independent gadget news and reviews site in the UK.


Daily Mail and General Trust

FoundersAlfred Harmsworth, Harold Harmsworth, Harold Harmsworth
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DMGT provides businesses and consumers with compelling information, analysis, insight, events, news, and entertainment.


Monocle

FoundersTyler Brule
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Monocle is a global organization which perform several functions like publishing magazine and we


FortniteINTEL

FoundersKeshav Bhat
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FortniteINTEL is the source for Fortnite news, leaks, images, videos and more.


Express Newspapers

FoundersUnknown
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Express Newspapers is an online news portal of the Daily Express and Sunday Express.


Newsquest

FoundersUnknown
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Newsquest Media Group Ltd is the second largest publisher of regional and local newspapers in the United Kingdom.


BloombergNEF

FoundersUnknown
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BloombergNEF provides industry information, analytics, and research services for the clean energy and carbon markets.


Racing Post

FoundersMohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
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Racing Post is a horse and grey hound race related information site providing statistics, news, and book shop.


Cryptoknowmics

FoundersAjay Agarwal
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Cryptoknowmics is a total crypto info and media platform focusing on cryptocurrency news and market data provider.


Hype App

FoundersAleksandr Pasevin, Gintare Zitkeviciute
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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

FoundersJames Farmer, Joel Harrison
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Business to Business Marketing Resourse


Metwit

FoundersDavide Rizzo, Michele Ruini, Simone D’Amico
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Metwit is a crowdsourced platform for the collection and analysis of weather and environmental data.


Tortoise Media

FoundersUnknown
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Tortoise Media builds a different type of newsroom, news without all the noise.


The Economist Group

FoundersUnknown
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The Economist Group is the leading source of analysis on international business and world affairs.


SportsFix

FoundersAdam Benzecrit, Eliot Benzecrit, Mike Mutsaers, Toby Cockayne
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Sports news summaries tailored for your favourite sports, teams and players


Amnesty International

FoundersMarjorie Abalos, Sherif Elsayed-Ali
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Amnesty International is a global charity organization of people fighting injustice and promoting human rights.


Arts Alliance Media

FoundersUnknown
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Arts Alliance Media develops software and solutions for the digital cinema industry.


Cryptonary

FoundersUnknown
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Cryptonary is an online platform that renders news and educational resources on cryptocurrencies, fin-tech, blockchain and marketing.


LiveTube

FoundersJan Herold, Sven Herold
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The world’s first Curated Live Video Platform.


Screenburn

FoundersTom Raffe
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Screenburn is a Facebook VoD platform enabling the sale of film and TV from a Facebook page.


Dazed Media

FoundersJefferson Hack
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Dazed Media is the world’s leading independent fashion and culture media brand.


Richtopia

FoundersDerin Cag
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A universal information movement to build a world where all eight billion people are rich.


FinSMEs

FoundersErmanno Cece
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FinSMEs.com provides information on venture capital/private equity and debt financing deals taking place daily across the planet.


Coin Rivet

FoundersUnknown
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Coin Rivet offers bitcoin and ethereum news.


Planet Ivy

FoundersLewis Flude, Vincent Dignan
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Planet Ivy is a magazine and information provider focused on helping start ups.


Raialyoum

FoundersUnknown
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Raialyoum is an Arabic digital news and opinion site.


Nature Publishing Group

FoundersAlexander Macmillan, Daniel Macmillan
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Nature Publishing Group publishes scientific and medical information in print and online.


Computer Business Review

FoundersUnknown
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Computer Business Review is a technology website that delivers daily news, reports, and analysis.


Which?

FoundersUnknown
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Which? is a publishing platform that offers reviews of consumer products and services.


EMIS

FoundersGary Mueller
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EMIS operates in and reports on countries where high reward goes hand-in-hand with high risk.

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