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 Commercial 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 Commercial Companies & Startups (London)
Nested
| Founders | James Turford, Matt Robinson, Phil Cowans |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Nested operates as a data-driven estate agency enabling customers to be chain-free buyers.
Appear Here
| Founders | Ross Bailey |
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Appear Here is an online marketplace for retail space.
VU.CITY
| Founders | Gordon Ingram, Jason Hawthorne |
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SaaS scale-up helping real estate professionals make better design and planning decisions, faster
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.
YOPA
| Founders | Alistair Barclay, Andrew Barclay, Daniel Attia, David Jacobs |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
YOPA provides real estate agency services that assist clients in selling their properties.
Cytora
| Founders | Aeneas Wiener, Andre Alzamora, Joshua Wallace, Richard Hartley |
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Cytora is a configurable platform that enables commercial insurers to create digital workflows by digitising, evaluating and routing risks.
TAB
| Founders | Duncan Kreeger |
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TAB company provides short term bridging loans for property projects.
Tintra
| Founders | Unknown |
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Tintra is a diversified company delivering best in class products across Lottery and eCommerce.
Hubble
| Founders | Rohan Silva, Tom Watson, Tushar Agarwal |
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A platform to search, set up, and manage your hybrid workplace
Kitt
| Founders | Lucy Minton, Steve Coulson |
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Kitt is a full service office platform that finds, designs, fits out and manages office space for businesses.
Huckletree
| Founders | Andrew Lynch, Gabriela Hersham |
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The brave home of innovation.
Re-Leased Property Software
| Founders | Tom Wallace |
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Re-Leased is a centralised cloud-based property management software designed for landlords and property managers.
Giraffe360
| Founders | Mikus Opelts |
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Get high-quality property photography in one cost-efficient streamlined process
Nimbla
| Founders | Flemming Bengtsen |
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Nimbla is dedicated to providing small and medium-sized UK businesses with dynamic invoice insurance.
Marlowe Plc
| Founders | Alex Dacre |
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Marlowe Plc focuses to acquire and develop businesses in the outsourced business service sector.
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.
24 Haymarket
| Founders | Charlie Green |
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24 Haymarket is an investment network of highly experienced investors and senior operators.
Ananas Anam
| Founders | CARMEN HIJOSA |
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Piñatex is a strong, versatile, breathable, soft, light, flexible textile that can be easily printed on, stitched and cut.
Carbon Analytics
| Founders | Charles Joel, Robert Bachan, Shravane Balabasqer |
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A granular asset focused carbon intelligence & offsetting platform for active industrial decarbonisation across the value chain.
Konsileo
| Founders | John Warburton |
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Konsileo is a commercial insurance broker using technology to empower individuals and replace hierarchical management.
Aprao
| Founders | Daniel Norman, Jonathan Raoult |
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Aprao is a B2B SaaS company developing groundbreaking software for the real estate industury.
Lendflo
| Founders | Christopher Smith, John Smith, Rémi Tuyaerts |
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Invoice financing platform leveraging technology to make the process faster, simpler and cheaper for Small and Medium Businesses
Greensill Capital
| Founders | Jason Austin, Lex Greensill |
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Greensill Capital is a provider of structured working capital financing to businesses globally.
SaveMoneyCutCarbon
| Founders | Charlie Farr, Mark Sait |
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SaveMoneyCutCarbon, an e-commerce platform and energy savings consultancy,
The Sofa & Chair Company
| Founders | Khushal Ahmed |
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The Sofa & Chair Company is the UK’s leading manufacturer of luxury sofas and bespoke furniture for both commercial and retail application.
Orchard Street Investment Management
| Founders | Unknown |
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Orchard Street Investment Management is a leading commercial property investment manager
Built-ID
| Founders | Savannah de Savary |
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Featured as one of the PropTech companies changing real estate forever and one of Forbes’ Groundbreaking Female Founded PropTech Startups, Built-ID is the tech-for-good B-Corp innovator behind the market-leading community engagement platform, Give My View.
Element
| Founders | Amandine Le Pape, Matthew Hodgson |
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Element builds secure, self-sovereign chat apps and collaboration solutions using the open Matrix protocol.
HARNESS Data Intelligence
| Founders | Ben Mein |
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Commercial Data Intelligence
Apex Housing Group
| Founders | Muhammad A. Bhatti |
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Apex Housing Group specialises in property management and social housing solutions plus property
Humn.ai
| Founders | Alberto Romero, Chris Clarke, Mark Musson, Peter Bousquet |
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Humn.ai develops an insurance platform that delivers risk-adjusted insurance pricing in real time for commercial vehicle fleets.
Superscript
| Founders | Annabel Mekelenkamp, Ben Rose, Cameron Shearer |
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Superscript provides business insurance designed specifically to meet the fast-changing needs of small businesses.
Wyndeham Group
| Founders | Unknown |
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Wyndeham Group has developed through organic growth and acquisition into one of the UK’s leading printing groups.
Realla
| Founders | Andrew Miles, Andy Miles, Ian Parry |
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Realla is the first commercial property platform to combine instruction management & publishing, lead management and contact management
FlowSpace
| Founders | Harry Wilson, Hayri Demirçapa, Ieva Dvilinskiene |
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FlowSpace provides flexible and on-demand access to a wide variety of inspiring team spaces.
Credit Peers
| Founders | Torsten Hartmann |
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Credit Peers is a privately held company that makes commercial property lending accessible to everyone.
Zoopla
| Founders | Simon Kain |
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Zoopla is a property website in the U.K. that combines property listings with market data, local information, and community tools.
The Instant Group
| Founders | Unknown |
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The Instant Group is a specialist in independent flexible workspace solutions.
ByzGen
| Founders | Marcus Ralphs, Terry Leonard |
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ByzGen is the first blockchain company.
Unet
| Founders | Andrew Kron, Ben Longworth, Yuri Yevtukhov |
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Unet helps businesses stay in touch with customers.
Qualifyr
| Founders | Ib Warnerbring, Leo Boscherini, Michael Pryke |
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Qualifyr’s unique Tenant Qualification Engine gives Commercial Agents and Landlords all the information they need to make great decisions.
Deep Science Ventures
| Founders | Dominic Falcao, Mark Hammond |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
DSV is a venture studio and a fund that develops a systematic, optimized approach to science company development and investment.
Spacehop
| Founders | Joe Grimes, Luke Eastwood, Matthew Beatty |
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An online platform for people to list and book cheap, flexible office space at the days and hours of their choosing in London and the UK.
Enviro-Cool (UK) Limited
| Founders | Kelvin Hall |
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Enviro-Cool is the developer of V-Tex, a groundbreaking, low energy rapid cooling technology for pre-packed beverages.
Property.Works
| Founders | Joe Cohen |
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Making commercial property work for all
40South Energy
| Founders | Michele Grassi |
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40South Energy we have the expertise to turn ocean wave energy into useful work.
Charterhouse Property Holdings
| Founders | Unknown |
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CHARTERHOUSE PROPERTY HOLDINGS LIMITED was incorporated on 20 August 2015 as a Private limited Company
Oula.la
| Founders | John Sullivan, Mikael Quilfen, Raphael Caruso |
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A Better Way Than Banking™ Paye™ Paid As You Earn + On Demand Insurance Solutions Bringing Payments to Life™
A/O PropTech
| Founders | Gregory Dewerpe |
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Europe’s largest Proptech VC firm investing in technology companies transforming the real estate industry.
Apply.Property
| Founders | Bilal Khan, Maher Lababedi, Sam Zawadzki |
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Apply.Property is an end to end prospect management software for both residential and commercial property agencies.
Cardian
| Founders | Longfang Zou, Mohammad Bahmanyar |
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Cardian has been formed to commercialise a novel implantable device
SOM SAA
| Founders | Andrew Oliver |
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Som Saa is a Thai restaurant soon to open in London.
ShareDining
| Founders | Jamie Rowles, Jevan Nagarajah, Nikhil Adwalpalkar |
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ShareDining is a commercial kitchen sourcing platform.
Level39
| Founders | Jaewon Peter Chun |
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The world’s most connected community for finance, cybersecurity, retail and smart-city technology businesses.
Workabode
| Founders | Trevor O’Hara |
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Workabode’s mission is to improve the quality of people’s working lives by providing access to validated workplaces
OXANE PARTNERS
| Founders | SUMIT GUPTA, Vishal Soni |
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Oxane Partners is an independent solutions provider empowering alternative investors across the investment lifecycle.
RVU
| Founders | Tariq Syed |
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RVU empowering consumers to make more confident home services and financial decisions.
FreshWave
| Founders | Simon Frumkin |
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The UK network service provider making digital infrastructure simple.
Knight Frank
| Founders | Howard Frank, John Knight, William Rutley |
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Knight Frank is an independent, global real estate consultancy providing an integrated prime commercial and residential offering.
PRODA
| Founders | Charles Williams, Peter Bredthauer |
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PRODA is focuses on solving core data processing pain points in real estate.
Sweetly Stevia
| Founders | Alberto Ingber |
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Sweetly™ Stevia is a London-based company specialising in high-grade stevia extracts supplied in 100% pure and 100% natural blended forms.
Bionic
| Founders | Unknown |
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Bionic is the smart way for SMEs to get their business essentials sorted, with tech-enabled human experts.
LawyerFair
| Founders | Andrew Weaver |
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LawyerFair is a curated on-line reverse-auction platform that matches the legal needs of businesses.
GVA
| Founders | Unknown |
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GVA is a real estate advisory business assisting clients with the strategy, planning, and management of property.
Pomanda
| Founders | Aleksei Bazhenov, George Pennock, Gordon Husbands, Scott MacDonald |
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The UK deal network and business insight platform for Private Companies, Investors and Lenders
AdvantageGo
| Founders | Unknown |
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AdvantageGo offers revolutionary commercial insurance management solutions.
Connected Kerb
| Founders | Unknown |
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Connected Kerb provides electric vehicle charging solutions.
Coyote Software
| Founders | Oli Farago |
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Award-winning acquisition pipeline and asset management tool for commercial real estate.
Lambert Smith Hampton
| Founders | Robert Herring |
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Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) is one of the UK and Ireland’s leading property consultancies with over 40 offices and 1,700 staff.
ENVY
| Founders | Unknown |
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ENVY is a video production and post-production company that specializes in advertising, commercial and TV productions.
NewsNow
| Founders | Unknown |
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NewsNow is a publisher from local, national & international sources, a one-stop-shop for news, sport, entertainment & business news.
Honest AI
| Founders | Dimitrios Konstantinidis, Marios Tsatsos |
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Honest is a commercial real estate technology platform that enables real estate investors to make data-driven investment decisions.
The Regard Group
| Founders | Unknown |
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The Regard Group is a provider of residential care and accommodation for adults and children with permanent learning disabilities.
Incube
| Founders | Rishi Chowdhury |
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Incube specializes in the fields of commercial real estate, proptech, and smart buildings.
Landmark
| Founders | Unknown |
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Landmark provides private offices, virtual offices, meeting rooms and workspace solutions services.
Backbone
| Founders | Ron Shteinberg |
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Credit as a Service
Volante Global
| Founders | Talbir Bains |
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Volante Global specializes in handling claims as well as provides a complete range of insurance products and underwriting services.
BETALD
| Founders | James Larsson |
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BETALD is the worlds fastest invoice factoring platform. We can finance invoices in seconds and we do it safe too with our AI.
Cadogan Tate Group
| Founders | Unknown |
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Cadogan Tate Group is a premium specialist logistics group offering packing, moving, shipping, storage and insurance for fine art.
Bioline
| Founders | Marco G. Calzavara |
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Bioline is an evolving international company.
Telereal Trillium
| Founders | Graham Edwards |
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Telereal Trillium provides real estate management services in the United Kingdom.
DealX
| Founders | Joseph Kelly |
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DealX is a big data cloud computing platform for commercial real estate.
The Boutique Workplace Company
| Founders | Daniel Wheble |
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The Boutique Workplace Company providing boutique, design-led, unbranded serviced office space in and around central London.
Global Pricing Innovations
| Founders | Unknown |
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Global Pricing Innovations specializes in analytics and insights solutions for biopharma pricing, market access and commercial strategy.
Mason Richards Partnership
| Founders | Unknown |
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Mason Richards Partnership provides a broad range of services to the development industry, including town planning, urban design.
Antares Underwriting
| Founders | Unknown |
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Antares Underwriting is an insurance company that offers a wide range of marine, property, casualty & aviation underwriting claim services.
WREX (World Real Estate Xchange)
| Founders | Adrian .R. Twibill |
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Globalising & Digitalising Residential & Commercial businesses across the World.
Kerford Investments
| Founders | Unknown |
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Kerford Investments is an online trading platform that specializes in the FOREX market and precious metals.
GoIndustry DoveBid
| Founders | Alex Hoye |
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GOINDUSTRY-DOVEBID LIMITED is an Executive Office company located in 60 Cannon St, London, United Kingdom.
Cluttons
| Founders | Unknown |
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Cluttons provides an extensive range of residential and commercial services.
Seed Animation Studio
| Founders | Neil Kidney |
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Seed Animation Studio is an animation company that specializes in producing charming and characterful animation, using techniques.
Realfin
| Founders | Unknown |
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The best in real assets intelligence for data-driven professionals. Realfin supports investors, fund managers and advisers with better data.
Arch Insurance
| Founders | Unknown |
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Arch Insurance offers property, casualty, and specialty insurance for corporations, professional firms, and financial institutions.
Brisk
| Founders | James Russell |
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Brisk is a new protection proposition for small-medium sized businesses.
ThreatInformer
| Founders | Richard Wells, Ryan Jones |
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ThreatInformer provide advanced security metrics tailored for cyber insurance underwriters.
Winckworth Sherwood
| Founders | Unknown |
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Winckworth Sherwood is a law firm that provides services for a wide range of areas including wealth, real estate, trusts and finance.
Market Financial Solutions
| Founders | Unknown |
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Market Financial Solutions provide bridge loans and other financial services.
Pearlfisher
| Founders | Unknown |
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Pearlfisher is an independent design business with a single philosophy, 2 studios and 3 Partners.
Kontor Space
| Founders | James Townsend |
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Kontor Space is a paltform to find your perfect office space.
ThirdWay Interiors
| Founders | Unknown |
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ThirdWay Interiors specializes in the design and build, interiors, refurbishment and project management services.
BW
| Founders | Unknown |
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BW provides interior designing services for commercial spaces.
