London’s 101 Fastest Growing Messaging Startups

July 31, 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 Messaging 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 Messaging Companies & Startups (London)


IRCCloud

FoundersJames Wheare, Richard Jones
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IRCCloud is a modern, always-connected IRC client that works on mobile and the web


VoxSmart

FoundersJohn Enoch
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VoxSmart is a global communications surveillance software provider.


Shipamax

FoundersFabian Blaicher, Jenna Brown
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Shipamax provides seamless fleet and deals management for operators and brokers.


Ably Realtime

FoundersMatthew O’Riordan, Paddy Byers
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Ably is the platform to power synchronized digital experiences in realtime.


Guild

FoundersAshley Friedlein, Matthew O’Riordan
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Guild is the platform for professional communities and networking.


askporter

FoundersSam Tassell, Tom Shrive
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AskPorter is an AI machine learning messaging platform that optimises property and facilities.


HelloDone

FoundersCharles Cadbury, Ed Hodges, Pete Shannon
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Automating social messaging for online retail brands


Emoticast

FoundersBobby Simms, James Fabricant
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Emoticast is a platform to share music GIFs with sound across all platforms.


Blink

FoundersSean Nolan
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We make remote working less remote. Welcome to the Frontline of the Future.


BotsCrew

FoundersMax Gladysh, Nazar Hembara
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BotsCrew provides AI development and chatbots development services.


Pushfor

FoundersJohn Safa
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Pushfor is a secure content sharing platform that pushes, controls and tracks content of any type or size.


Peanut

FoundersMichelle Kennedy
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Peanut is an online platform that provides a safe space for women to connect across fertility and motherhood.


XConnect Global Networks

FoundersEli Katz
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XConnect provides interconnection services driving the adoption of IP-based multimedia communications.


Riot

FoundersAmandine Le Pape, Gary Miles, Matthew Hodgson
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Riot offers an open, secure, and inter-operable communication platform for work and home.


Netspeak Games

FoundersCallum Brighting
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Netspeak Games operates as a zero-crunch studio that develops online multiplayer games.


BARE: Dating Less Serious

FoundersAlex Sergent, Anna Adamiak, Gillian Myhill, Phil Beesley
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BARE is a platform that allows women to expose their pictures in a simple, secure, and enjoyable way.


Hutoma

FoundersAndrea Cibelli, Maurizio Cibelli
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Hutoma is a building emotionally evolved AI interfaces for connected devices, app and web powered by Deep Learning.


YEO Messaging

FoundersAlan E J Jones, Sarah Norford-Jones
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YEO Messaging is a messaging platform that provides secure a messaging service focused on business settings.


TubeChat

FoundersNina Tumanishvili
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TubeChat is the only short-range messaging app designed to work on the London Underground where there is no cellular or wifi.


MindLink Software

FoundersHoward Travers, Joseph Do
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MindLink provides business critical collaboration enabled through Enterprise Chat.


QuickBlox

FoundersDmytro Filatov, Taras Filatov
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QuickBlox is a cloud communication backend that allows to add Chat, Video calling, Push Notifications, Cloud Sync into mobile and web apps.


Amity

FoundersKorawad Chearavanont
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Amity powers in-app social experiences, helping developers to easily add pre-built social features to any app with a few lines of code.


Nattr

FoundersLaura Russell, Melanie Mercier
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Crowdsource clever text responses


Alloxentric

FoundersMax Kreimerman
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Alloxentric is a communications platform that integrates voice and text to design automated and multi-channel contact strategies.


Messagenius

FoundersLuigi Fidelio, Simone Giacco
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Messagenius provides the secure enterprise messaging for smart, secure, and integrated internal communication among colleagues.


Pusher

FoundersDamien Tanner, Max Williams
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Pusher Ltd. provides a hosted API service for adding real-time bi-directional.


Free Postcode Lottery

FoundersChris Holbrook
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Free Postcode Lottery is an online lottery platform


Blink Solutions

FoundersUnknown
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The one-stop shop website testing solution


Sure

FoundersAlexandra Neczliova, Juraj Pal, Sebastian Krumhausen, Suzanne van Nes
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Sure curates the most “Instagrammed” food and drink spots.


CS Networks

FoundersStefan Ćertić
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CS Networks, a telecommunications service provider, offers professional services and premium quality IT solutions for the mobile industry.


Royal Mail

FoundersHenry VIII
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Royal Mail is a delivery and email messaging company that specializes in parcels.track & manage delivery, packaging & manage mail services.


Monty Mobile

FoundersMountasser Hachem
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GSMA certified Open Connectivity SMS Hub and Roaming Broker, providing direct connectivity to Mobile Operators worldwide


YOU Global

FoundersAidar Akbi
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YOU is a powerful next generation App that combined Task-Manager, Calendar, Messenger, Reminders and Social Network.


eVigilo

FoundersGuy Weiss
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eVigilo is a security company that develops and distributes national mass notification systems.


Lutebox

FoundersAli Ahmed, Owais Shaikh
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Lutebox is the award winning company behind Dispatch, an ‘on-command’ service that gets you food, drinks and essentials by instant message.


Globr messenger

FoundersJimi Ayoku
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Chat freely with friends and family in any language.


Hitch

FoundersAnton Gu
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Hitch is a mobile messaging application


Samba Networks

FoundersBen Atherton, Dilip Shukla, Neil Patrick
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User first advertising for the new economy. Samba is the leader in user first mobile video formats for brand advertising


Lemeno

FoundersAbdulaziz Al Abdulaziz
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Lemeno is the world’s first instant-planning™ app where you’ll never have to waste time messaging about what to do a


AskWinston

FoundersJames Harbridge, Kaivan Faria
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AskWinston is a developer of a messaging platform designed to request home-services.


My Happy

FoundersNeil Berry
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Pay-it-forward messaging app, focussed around sending and receiving positive affirmations either from galleries or user generated.


NexText

FoundersUnknown
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Nextext is a messenger of the future that allows user to schedule messages.


Dispatch

FoundersAli Ahmed
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Dispatch operates as a delivery assistant powered by artificial intelligence.


Starthawk

FoundersBen Liger
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Starthawk is an online platform for finding a co-founder for startups and businesses.


GoSquared

FoundersGeoff Wagstaff, James Gill, James Taylor
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GoSquared is a platform where businesses can communicate with their customers through analytics, CRM, live chat, and marketing automation.


Sendible

FoundersGavin Hammar
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Sendible, a social media marketing platform, allows individuals and businesses to engage with their customers across multiple channels.


WaveDeck

FoundersJacob Levant
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Wavedeck Media is a mobile communication company delivering voice messaging and communication services worldwide.


Sphere (Acquired by Twitter)

FoundersNick D’Aloisio, Tomas Halgas
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Now part of Twitter! Sphere is a community chat app turns groups into close, vibrant, purposeful and productive communities, instantly!


Kayako

FoundersJamie Edwards, Varun Shoor
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Grow your business with Kayako, the unified customer service platform.


Palringo

FoundersMartin Rosinski
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Palringo is a social gaming and chat app. Users can send instant messages, play games and form large groups based on common interests.


Rabbit Technologies

FoundersAlexis Richardson
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Rabbit Technologies offers RabbitMQ which is open source message broker software implementing the advanced message queuing protocol (AMQP).


Activate Technologies

FoundersAlex Jupiter
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Activate Technologies creates and manages bots used for payments, event management, and growing brand awareness.


Gingersnap

FoundersJens Bachem, Marc Goodchild
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The shared adventure app for grandparents and grandchildren.


Teamer

FoundersKen Moulton, Niall McEvoy, Stephen Moulton
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Teamer is a sports team management app that takes the hassle out of organizing any sports team, club, or group.


Visixtwo

FoundersNathan Barker
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Visixtwo develop instant messaging applications company.


Wozityou

FoundersDaniel Jain, Jordon Golding-Smith
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Wozityou is a location-sensing social networking app that enables users to connect with others in their vicinity.


Pikmy

FoundersBartosz Leszczyński
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Pikmy is a simple way of connect and accelerate friends to make every ideas done together in real-time.


Novastone Media Ltd.

FoundersDouglas Orr
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Bridging the gap between advisors and clients via messaging centred solutions


Cellcrypt

FoundersUnknown
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Cellcrypt offers mobile voice calling solutions to deliver encrypted data between mobile devices over wireless networks.


Email Checker

FoundersUnknown
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Email Checker offers fast and accurate email verification solutions.


Yubl

FoundersUnknown
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The London-based social network


Nap App

FoundersRory Williams
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Disappearing Group Chats


VisionMobile

FoundersAndreas Constantinou
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VisionMobile is the leading analyst firm in the developer economy.


Superforce

FoundersDmitry Aksenov, Sofia Fominova
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AI-powered desktopless workforce management


Mobile Interactive Group

FoundersAnthony Nelson, Barry Houlihan
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Mobile Interactive Group, an integrated communications business, offers advertising, payment, and marketing services via mobile channels.


The Chat Shop

FoundersJoe Bush, Jonathan Everett
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Live Chat Outsourcing and Consulting


Dods (Group) plc

FoundersUnknown
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Dods is a global political information, publishing, training, events and communications business


VixT

FoundersGabriel Varaljay, Tibor Hanis, Viktor Nyics
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VixT – turns your texts into a video mashup! It’s better than GIF. Best friend of the creative content marketer. iOS / Android + chatbots


Twoo.com

FoundersLorenz Bogaert
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Twoo is the fastest growing place to chat, search, share photos and play fun introductory games.


The Brand Union

FoundersUnknown
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The Brand Union specializes in strategies to grow brand recognition.


ConXhub

FoundersMark Trowbridge
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Worlds #1, MOBILE FIRST, Communication Service, for every aspiring Business.

conXhub has taken the best of VoIP & Mobile Cellular communications and mashed it together with customer interaction & professional switchboard features to give you the ultimate communication solution! Be Great with Cloud Communications


Fix8

FoundersUnknown
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Fix8’s mission is to craft quality kombucha, focusing on sophisticated tastes and healthful benefits.


Meet Parker

FoundersFreddie Savundra
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Meet Parker provides AI Assistant that improves lead conversions.


OnBrand Group

FoundersUnknown
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OnBrand Group is a specialist provider of marketing services and communications.


Mobile Marketing Group MMG

FoundersUnknown
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Mobile Marketing Group MMG is a company that provides text message based marketing and customer contact services.


Snapd App

FoundersNeil Metson
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Snapd is a brand new app that lets you send snaps to friends and capture their reaction. The two images are saved together in a social feed.


Wordy

FoundersAnders Schepelern
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Wordy is a human copy-editing and proofreading service that optimizes queries and content in real time.


Movirtu

FoundersNigel Waller
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Our vision is to redefine the mobile experience by introducing virtual identities, enabling innovative solutions.


PingMe

FoundersUnknown
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PingMe enables individuals to post encoded messages on social networks that can only be decoded by the recipient.


ZummZumm

FoundersTony Million
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ZummZumm is a location-based conversation network that enables users to talk to strangers about a variety of topics.


Keepsite

FoundersUnknown
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Running a project-based business is complicated. Keepsite makes it simple. We help teams deliver great projects and love construction again.


BuckleUp

FoundersMichael Richard
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Date Nearby & Now! BuckleUp With Every Gender & Sexuality! BuckleUp still Works When & Where other Apps don’t!


CleverVoice

FoundersUnknown
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Interactive Voicemail Broadcasting


Safe Citizens

FoundersKorin Taunton, Martin Hogan
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Geo-relevant Public Safety and emergency management platform


Cloud SIM App

FoundersUnknown
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Cloud SIM App is a mobile application that offers international calling and messaging services.


Intently

FoundersNeil Harris
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Intently is a web platform that enables its users to request and provide services to and from individuals around the world.


Boomerang Messaging

FoundersPeter Tanner
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Boomerang Messaging offers automated digital communications over SMS, e-mail, and voice that enables management of time.


Bonfire

FoundersAlex Voltz, Jay Caines-Gooby, Josh Russell
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Bonfire is the developer of a browser plugin that allows users to chat on Twitter.


Contact Customer Care UK

FoundersUnknown
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Contact Customer Care UK is a provide instant support to the customers.


C24 Technologies

FoundersJohn Davies
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C24 Technologies is a software company specializing in fast data and high velocity messaging solutions.


Artwishlist

FoundersChristian Huhnt, Dimitrios Hermann
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Artwishlist is a messaging app for the art world, where the user can buy and sell fine art without commissions.


JumpInChat

FoundersUnknown
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JumpInChat is a group video chat room application, allowing on demand and reserved video chat rooms powered by WebRTC


Kaana

FoundersAlbert Isern Alvarez
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The first free integrated Social Platform with many services and applications, developed with collaborative feedback.


mIRC

FoundersKhaled Mardam-Bey
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mIRC is an internet relay chat software that enables its users to communicate and share content with others.


Mobile Interactive Technology

FoundersUnknown
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Mobile Interactive Technology (MIT) designs, develops and builds cutting edge applications and technologies for the mobile.


Telnic

FoundersUnknown
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Telnic is an England-based company that acts as the registry operator and sponsoring organization for the .tel top level domain.


SevenBee

FoundersValentine Agamah
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SevenBee is a productivity tool designed to help landlords, property managers, and tenants better manage their day-to-day communications.


WRG Creative Communication

FoundersUnknown
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WRG Creative Communication is a creative agency that specializes in live marketing and healthcare communication.


Shock

FoundersBartosz Wawrzyniak, Patryk Nawrocki
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Shock is location-based photo sharing app that helps users to meet new peoples around the world and talk with them.


Thumbtel

FoundersAndy Munarriz
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Better services on your mobile – add a work number to your personal phone wit Another Number, read your voicemails with HulloMail


leemail

FoundersLee Morgenroth
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leemail is a widget on a browser that allows users to create custom emails specific to any site.

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