London’s 101 Fastest Growing Publishing Startups

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 Publishing 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 Publishing Companies & Startups (London)

ckbk

ckbk is the ultimate digital subscription service for cooks.

Echobox

Echobox is the leading content automation platform

Zephr

Zephr is a technology platform for media companies to grow their subscription revenue.

Yieldify

Yieldify creates smart and simple marketing technology products that predict customer behaviour.

Wonderbly

Wonderbly is a full stack publishing company from London.

ContentCal

ContentCal allows users to collaborate, share, plan and publish content to drive engagement on social media.

Permutive

Permutive is an audience platform for advertisers and publishers to plan, build, and activate cohorts while keeping everyone’s data safe.

Proactive

Proactive is an international news and media organization providing coverage of companies in the small to mid-capitalization range.

Grabyo

Grabyo is the premium video editing and publishing platform built for live, social and mobile.

LICKD

Pre-cleared commercial music licensing for YouTube and Online Video Creators.

Zapnito

Zapnito is the SaaS online community platform for intelligence-driven organizations.

Minute Media

Minute Media is a media and technology brand focused on two main pillars—platform and content.

Deep Zen

AI company focusing on audiobook production and voiceovers with an audiobook marketplace (audiowhale.com)

Reedsy

Reedsy connects authors and publishers with the world’s best editors, designers, and marketers to create high-quality books.

Dianomi

Dianomi is a global leader in content marketing.

Unbound

Unbound is an online crowd-funded publisher that allows authors to pitch their book ideas directly to readers.

GiveMeSport

GiveMeSport is a print-based sports publication which celebrates athleticism in all its diverse forms.

Jet Media Network

Jet Media Network is a media network that creates change through the empowerment of communities.

Blue Duck Education

Blue Duck Education is the holding company behind Mangahigh.com which develops and publishes maths games for 11 to16 year-old students.

Bibblio

A digital publishing content recommendation technology to increase user engagement, grow revenues and drive new audiences.

Financial Times

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

Jellyfish

Jellyfish is a ecommerce content production platform for online businesses.

inflo.Ai

inflo.Ai is a London-based software company building proprietary AI technology to make content creation simple, fast and affordable.

Smartology

Digital advertising technology company

unrd

unrd is creating a new genre of entertainment by combining Hollywood quality plots with mobile storytelling techniques.

SPARKLANE

SaaS Predictive Lead Scoring Solution – Sparklane help marketer and sales people to target “the most likely to buy” companies

FinancialJuice

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

Bazaar Daily UK

Bazaar Daily (UK) is the British counterpart to Bazaar Daily News, a massive online news agency founded by Sultan H. Khane II.

Clicksco

Clicksco collects and analyses information, brand, products, and services data from on and offline sources.

Twizoo

Twizoo is a non-stop source of user-generated content from social media.

1854 Media

1854 Media is an award-winning digital media organisation

Mogul News

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

Bonhill Group

Bonhill Group operates as a B2B media company.

Hipgnosis Songs Fund

Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited offers investors a pure-play exposure to songs and associated musical intellectual property rights

Movellas

Movellas is a social and interactive community for teenagers to read, write, and share their stories.

Infinite Mixed Reality

Infinite Mixed Reality is a full-service virtual reality and augmented reality agency.

Tech.eu

Tech.eu provides tech news, data, market intelligence, and insights into startup activity.

Informa

Informa is a business intelligence, academic publishing, knowledge and events group.

Courier

Courier is a stories of modern business reporting from London and around the world on startup culture. Published six times a year in print.

Woto

Woto provides a free publishing tool. to create and share contents.

Gaijin Entertainment

Gaijin Entertainment is a fast growing game development company established in 2002. Gaijin’s team specializes in creation of games for

The Tab

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

Level Up Media

Level Up Media is a technology company that creates online destination for gaming and eSports fans to watch on demand video.

Great British Chefs

Great British Chefs premium food publisher with 1.3m social followers. We have 3,500 recipes from Britain’s and Italy’s Greatest Chefs.

Welbeck Publishing Group

Welbeck Publishing Group focus on illustrated non-fiction and children’s books for the co-edition market.

BibliU

An EdTech innovator, BibliU’s platform enables colleges and universities with digital content management, automation, and analytics.

Zeddit

Zeddit is the #1 way to grow your paid magazine audience

Erly Stage Studios

An Education Venture Studio and digital publishing business, our mission is to make learning fun through engaging content and technology.

READBUG

READBUG is a curated reading experience that brings you independent, classic, cult and award-winning magazines for a monthly membership.

Appticles

Creating, distributing and monetizing mobile HTML5 applications.

Bookboon

Bookboon, is a publisher of eBooks

Silicon

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

Fadew Inc

Fadew Inc is a British digital publishing holding company headquartered in London, England. It is the parent company of Fadew magazine.

Pharma intelligence

Pharma intelligence helps in analysis, insight, and consultancy services for pharmaceutical, MedTech, and clinical research organizations.

Tilda Publishing

Tilda Publishing builds beautiful websites and tell stories without any code.

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism

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

Country & Town House

Country & Town House is the print and digital media business.

The Memo

Online publication covering technology, innovation and the changing face of business.

Niume Limited

Niume is the world’s first collaborative blogging platform. Create beautiful posts, reach an instant audience and monetise your content.

Aggregion

Intellectual property licensing and rights governance platform

How.to

How.to is an early-stage discovery platform and managed Marketplace

Flooved

Flooved is a provider of interactive social e-textbooks with personalized content for students and professors.

Booxscale

Booxscale is the creator of next generation transaction platform of aggregated on-demand businesses to surface within publisher websites.

Scoop Magazine

Scoop Magazine offers a bi-monthly printed magazine for designed to inspire and nurture a love of reading and stories.

Warc

Warc helps companies grow their businesses by offering advertising best practices, evidences, and insights from popular brands.

tibit

pocket change for the internet — tips and tiny payments spent without a second thought.

SCORRERS

Scorrers is a global giveaway and webshop platform founded by FC Barcelona player Ivan Rakitic.

Icon

Icon is an international architecture and design magazine.

News UK

News UK is a great company full of talented, dedicated and creative people.

Law Business Research

A technology-enabled information services business powering the global legal industry with intelligence, analytics and performance data.

Blue Crow Media

Blue Crow Media is an independent publisher.

Mobango

MOBANGO is a mobile community enabling mobile users to publish, convert and share user generated content with others.

Lexology

Lexology is a web-based service that provides company law departments and law firms with the practical intelligence.

Crypto Wire

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

DMG Media

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

Dennis Publishing

Dennis Publishing is one of the leading independently owned media companies in the UK.

Kauris Ltd

Kauris Ltd. develops LAMOOVA promoting clubbing trough App, Animation Film and Series, Comics and Website, AR / VR.

The Ozone Project

The Ozone Project is a transparent and brand-safe platform offering advertisers direct access to an audience for programmatic advertising.

GL Education Group

GL Education Group provider of educational assessment solutions for UK primary and secondary schools.

HIT Entertainment

HIT Entertainment is one of the world’s leading pre-school entertainment companies.

Argus Media group

Argus Media group is a global energy and commodity price reporting agency.

New Beacon Books

New Beacon Books is the Black publishing and bookselling entity.

Jellybooks

Jellybooks helps authors and publishers develop traction by identifying and reaching out to the most influential readers.

Idler Academy

The Idler is a quirky brand comprising online course business, quarterly journal, book publisher.

Dazed & Confused

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

The Independent

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

Euromoney Institutional Investor

Euromoney Institutional Investor is a leading international business to business media group.

Hindawi

Hindawi is a commercial publisher of peer-reviewed and fully OpenAccess research journals and papers.

Time Out Group plc

Time Out is a leading global media and entertainment business

Springer Nature

Springer Nature is a leading global research, educational and professional publisher, home to an array of respected and trusted brands

MIRROR.CO.UK

MIRROR.CO.UK is the online edition of The Daily Mirror, which is one of Britain’s tabloid newspapers.

MedArkive

MedArkive is a SaaS pharma educational Content.

Urban Times

Urban Times is a social content publishing platform for writers, bloggers and journalists.

NME

The world’s number one source of music news, reviews, features, photos and video.

Admixer

Admixer provides full-stack programmatic solutions for brands, publishers and advertising agencies.

Resident Advisor

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

Fifty

Fifty is a technology company focused on large scale analysis of Social Media data.

Chrysalis Vision

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

Econsultancy

Econsultancy publishes research, analysis and advice on digital marketing, social media, e-commerce, SEO, mobile and tech for businesses.

Contentment Ltd

Beautifully simple app publishing

IELTS Material

IELTS provides free study material for preparation of IELTS, which is an international standardised test of English language proficiency.