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 Brand Marketing 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 Brand Marketing Companies & Startups (London)
Whalar
Founders | James Street, Neil Waller |
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Whalar is an influencer marketing platform focused on creators with influence.
WPP
Founders | Jack Smith, Martin Sorrell |
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WPP creates transformative ideas and outcomes for its clients through an integrated offer of communications, commerce, and technology.
Genflow
Founders | Shan Hanif |
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Genflow is a platform that allows influencers to own their own audience and build their own brands.
ProQuo AI
Founders | Nadim Sadek |
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ProQuo AI is the first and only brand management platform harnessing the power of AI to serve up custom action-plans for marketers
OnePulse
Founders | Atul Choudrie, Atul Choudrie, Cameron Gordon, Nick Walter |
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OnePulse is a mobile app that connects people and businesses with opinions and reward them through PayPal.
Personify XP
Founders | Ben Mercer, Joshua Scotton |
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Personify XP uses AI and automation personalization SAAS technology to help retailers understand what their customers are shopping for.
eStoreMedia.com
Founders | Bartosz Kielbinski |
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Digital Shelf Software for Fortune 500 brands
Takumi
Founders | Dominic Perks, Gummi Eggertsson, Mats Stigzelius, Solberg Audunsson |
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Takumi is a platform that gives large brands and advertising agencies access to branded influencer creative at scale.
SoPost
Founders | Jonathan Grubin |
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SoPost helps brands drive product sampling online, better than it has ever been done before.
Peckwater Brands
Founders | Leo Bradshaw, Sam Martin |
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Peckwater Brands is a provider of delivery franchises to kitchen operators.
Watchfinder
Founders | Lloyd Amsdon, Stuart Hennell |
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Watchfinder is the world’s leading retailer of pre-owned watches
Snatch
Founders | Jamal Hirani, Joe Martin |
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Snatch is a computer game development company that provides a radical reinvention of the brand experience.
The Stack World
Founders | Sharmadean Reid |
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The Stack World is a news, events and connections company.
Ernstaa
Founders | Harsh Joshi |
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Ernstaa provides digital marketing and IT services.
Buster + Punch
Founders | MASSIMO BUSTER MINALE |
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A London, UK-based interiors brand.
Duel
Founders | Panagiotis Tsarouchis, Paul Archer |
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Brand Advocacy Platform that enables purpose-led brands to drive organic growth & retention through word-of-mouth & advocacy
Cortexica Vision Systems
Founders | Anil Bharath |
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Cortexica is a global provider of B2B AI solutions for Digital Transformation.
Killing Kittens
Founders | Emma Sayle |
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Killing Kittens is a female empowerment brand.
M&C Saatchi
Founders | David Kershaw, Joanna Yarrow |
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M&C Saatchi Group is a creative company that connects specialist expertise, fuelled by data and technology.
Factmata
Founders | Andreas Vlachos, Dhruv Ghulati, Sebastian Riedel |
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Factmata is an artificial intelligence company for automated content understanding..
Miappi
Founders | Andrew Foyle, Lee Buchanan, Toby Britton |
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Miappi helps brands to discover authentic consumer stories, manage the digital rights and to distribute to marketing channels and ecommerce.
Kantar
Founders | Unknown |
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Kantar is the data investment management division of WPP, is a global insight, information, and consultancy network.
Brand Embassy
Founders | Damian Brhel, Vit Horky |
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Digital Transformation: NOW Omnichannel. Agile. Scalable customer service
GlobalReach Technology Ltd
Founders | Nigel Wesley |
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The most complete, scalable Wi-Fi authentication and provisioning platform.
Pretty Green
Founders | Liam Gallagher |
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Named after a track by The Jam, Pretty Green provides simple, classic clothing with a modern twist.
inploi
Founders | Alexander Hanson-Smith, Chris Mackie, Matthew de la Hey |
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inploi is the future of talent engagement and job discovery.
CheckoutSmart
Founders | Chris Howarth, Paul Lees |
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CheckoutSmart is a mobile application that gives you rewards for uploading pictures of shopping receipts.
Constant Commerce
Founders | Hannah Wong, Hercules Fisherman, Johnathan Agnes, Matt Agnes, Paul Ho, Will Kelly |
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We are the only platform to offer marketers every tool to support an end to end shopper journey from inspiration to (any) checkout
SHAREIGHT
Founders | Grant Slatter, Henry Whittaker |
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SHAREIGHT is a retail technology business powering multiple brands.
PlayMob
Founders | Jude Ower |
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Playmob is the gaming engagement platform for brands with purpose.
Charli Cohen
Founders | Charli Cohen |
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Charli Cohen creates technical-wear, born out of a need for evolved clothing and progression within the fashion industry.
The Sandpit
Founders | Pablo Estrada, Simon Campbell |
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Applying the Private Equity model to start-up acceleration.
Zedosh
Founders | Guillaume Kendall |
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The world’s first regulated Attention Exchange ®
Transterra Media
Founders | Jonathan 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
Castore
Founders | Philip Beahon, Thomas Beahon |
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Castore is a premium sportswear brand.
Vitae London
Founders | William Adoasi |
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Vitae London specializes in manufacturing distribution and selling of classic watches.
Gift & Go
Founders | Joseph Hall |
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Gift & Go is a new gifting technology platform, enabling businesses to create powerful loyalty stores and promotions using Amazon Business.
Verticly
Founders | Christian Ramsoy |
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Verticly is an O2O platform that simplifies marketing for the SME market
Selfhood Studios Inc
Founders | Aveek Dasmalakar, Oscar Richmond |
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A Digital age disruptive, internet – breaking influencer marketing company, started in heart of London.
Liveminds
Founders | Hugh Carling |
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Liveminds is a company provides brands get authentic consumer insights, by finding the best research participants from real behaviour.
Cannamplify
Founders | Jeff Jones |
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We are a strategic and creative, cannabis brand owner and manager, working at the crossroads of marketing, sales and distribution.
Spare Snacks
Founders | Ben Whitehead |
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Spare Snacks is a snack brand that creates snacks that are good for people, producers, and the planet.
Aura Vision
Founders | Daniel Martinho Corbishley, Jaime Lomeli-R., Jonathon Blok |
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Aura Vision enables brick-and-mortar retailers to positively influence shopper journeys with cutting-edge computer vision.
Soapbox
Founders | Gregory Wester |
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Soapbox provides mobile marketing solutions for brand marketers, advertising agencies, and entertainment companies.
Berry White
Founders | Andrew Jennings |
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Berrywhite is a brand of natural organic fruit juice drinks.
Boiler Room
Founders | Blaise Bellville |
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Boiler Room is an online platform that enables its users to live stream and archive musical shows.
Own The Look
Founders | Olivia Cantillon |
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It is an online global womenswear store focusing on outfit dressing for the everyday woman.
Social Vend
Founders | Andrew Theodore, Ollie Lynch |
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Social Vend a new hybrid marketing medium, using smart vending machines to automate delivery of brand-in-hand sampling campaigns.
PinEventz
Founders | Remi Majekodunmi, Remi Majekodunmi, Remi Majekodunmi, Tanya Fooks, Yvette Elkana |
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PinEventz offers a platform for Event organisers not to just promote or sell tickets but to continue the conversation where its stop.
Carat
Founders | Gilbert Gross |
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Carat is a media agency that specializes in media planning and buying, and providing digital and non-traditional media solutions.
BritYard
Founders | Unknown |
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BritYard is an online department store that exclusively offers unique British brands.
ENERGY
Founders | Unknown |
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ENERGY is an agency that specializes in helping brands to become more powerful by connecting with clients.
The Ozone Project
Founders | Unknown |
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The Ozone Project is a transparent and brand-safe platform offering advertisers direct access to an audience for programmatic advertising.
Telegraph Media Group
Founders | Arthur 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.
Buzz Radar
Founders | Patrick Charlton |
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Buzz Radar is an industry leader in making data, insightful, accessible and actionable
Kantar TNS
Founders | Unknown |
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Kantar TNSA is a research worldwide agency that provides actionable insights that helps make impactful decisions that drive growth.
TorqBak
Founders | Nick Sharples |
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TorqBak is a social marketing agency that specializes in driving audience engagement to a brand through Twitter.
10x
Founders | Hew Leith |
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10x is an award-winning data-driven innovation company. It creates the world’s most remarkable products and services.
PetaData Labs SocialDNA
Founders | Unknown |
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Puts the Power of a Billion Voices at Your Fingertips
Xuuu
Founders | Darren Wilkinson, Tom Penney |
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Xuuu is helping consumers become more involved with brands so that together they can create new value and more fulfilling experiences.
Wamba
Founders | Enrique Dubois |
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Wamba is a social dating network that enables users to meet, chat and interact with new people online.
Albion
Founders | Jason Goodman |
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We are a creative business partner. We work with companies to invent and reinvent their businesses to unlock growth.
Wearisma
Founders | Jenny Tsai |
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Wearisma is a premium influencer marketing solution for brands, agencies & influencers.
Studio Graphene
Founders | Ritam Gandhi |
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Studio Graphene is a rapidly growing team of passionate techies who love building innovative products for their clients.
Brandworkz
Founders | Jens Lundgaard |
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Brand Management Software Provider
Dialective
Founders | Arturo Calvo, Miguel de Vega Rodrigo |
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Web app that enables retailers to create within minutes engaging online catalogs to promote and sell their products.
Amplify
Founders | Jonathan Emmins |
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Amplify is a branding and advertising agency.
The Mill
Founders | Zu Al-Kadiri |
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Their passion is for great ideas, beautifully executed, that engage audiences irrespective of platform, device or venue.
Maxus Global
Founders | Gerald Banze |
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Maxus has been the world’s fastest growing media agency over the last 5 years according to Recma.
Swace
Founders | Dovydas Riasnojus |
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Swace is a blockchain-based social gaming platform where users gain rewards for engaging with brands.
nugg.ad
Founders | Unknown |
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nugg.ad is a smart audience platform that offers multi-channel audience targeting based on various data and smart data management.
Noise Media
Founders | Anthony Goldman, Joe Levi |
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Noise Media is an award winning social-first media agency that helps brands scale to universal heights.
picVpic
Founders | Edil Ajibaev |
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picVpic offers a search engine that enables its users to compare and rank products from various online stores.
Design Studio
Founders | Unknown |
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DesignStudio is a global brand and design agency with offices in the creative hubs of London and San Francisco.
Adverdose
Founders | Francesco Ongaro, Mario Dughi, Paolo La Paglia |
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Mobile and web platform for sponsored video competitions
ADM Group
Founders | Unknown |
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ADM Group is a digital marketing firm that offers campaign development, package designing, brand promotion, logistics and display services.
RD Content
Founders | Unknown |
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RD Content is a creative agency that offers animation production, branding, video content and campaigns for B2B and Tv commercials.
FX Digital
Founders | Unknown |
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The UK’s leading Connected TV-first, OTT app technology company, building apps for Smart TVs, STBs and consoles
The Unilever Foundry
Founders | Jeremy Basset |
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The Unilever Foundry is Unilever’s platform to connect and engage with the world’s most innovative startups.
Nobody’s Child
Founders | Andrew Xeni |
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Nobody’s Child is a fashion brand for clothes and apparels.
Funganomics
Founders | Jeremy Roberts |
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Funganomics is a bespoke online community, bringing together NFT investors, partners, play-to-earn gamers and developers.
Ellipsis
Founders | Michael Spencer |
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Ellipsis is a creative design agency.
Saban Brands
Founders | Unknown |
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Saban Brands acquires and develops a portfolio of properties in the entertainment and lifestyle sectors.
zappit
Founders | Mark Fraser |
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Helping FMCG brands and leading retailers win new customers and insight via secure and sustainable digital store coupons
Adgistics
Founders | Unknown |
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Adgistics is a specialist Digital Asset Management solutions provider for world-class brands.
onefourzero
Founders | Luke Kennedy, Robin Grainger |
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Digital Diligence specialists
AND
Founders | Unknown |
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Andesign designs the vision and then visually brings it to life through brand & design.
FocalTone
Founders | Kaylen Newell |
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Influencer marketing application that acts as an intermediary between influencers and brands.
The Brand Union
Founders | Unknown |
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The Brand Union specializes in strategies to grow brand recognition.
205 Media LTD
Founders | Unknown |
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205 Media is a creative agency that offers a range of personalized services to its clients.
Unanimis
Founders | Nigel Gilbert |
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Unanimis is a digital advertising network that specialising in branded and performance display advertising.
FutureBrand
Founders | John Elkins |
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FutureBrand seamlessly combines expertise in brand strategy, identity, digital, retail, environmental, product and service design.
Reading Room
Founders | Margaret Manning |
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Reading Room, a digital consultancy, provides services such as online brand strategy, web design, CMS development and usability testing
Kickly
Founders | Radu Lisita, Valeriu Crudu |
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Kickly an app that provides visual content and graphic design services for sports organizations through customization and templates.
Despark
Founders | Adel Zakout, Lachezar Tsachev |
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Despark is a provider of digital products.
The Writer Ltd
Founders | Unknown |
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The Writer is a writing and brand language consultancy.
AdSnap
Founders | Jamie Benaron, Tom Lawrence |
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AdSnap enables consumers to earn exclusive rewards by interacting with brands on their smartphone.
Incite Marketing Planning
Founders | Unknown |
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Incite Marketing Planning operates as a strategic research consultancy.
Dropit Shopping
Founders | Karin Cabili |
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Dropit provides a digital handsfree shopping solution for malls and central shopping districts, delivering bags from store to door.
Future London Academy
Founders | Ekaterina Solomeina, Mohammed Saiful Hussain |
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executive school for creatives
Branded
Founders | Jasper Donat |
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Branded offers brand creation, brand strategy, branded reality, brand management, communications, and media agency services.