Chris Maguire

Executive editor Chris Maguire looks back at the 2018 ’35 Under 35′

In 2018,听老九品茶Cloud听辫耻产濒颈蝉丑别诲听its ’35 Tech Entrepreneurs Under 35′ list.听

This can hardly be described as a scientific听experiment,听but I decided it would be fun to see what some of the people on the list are up to now 鈥� and the results were really refreshing.听

One of the names on the list was Laurence听Kemball-Cook of听CleanTech听company Pavegen, which uses floor tiles to convert the kinetic energy of footsteps into electricity and data.听

Since appearing in the听list,听the start-up has secured funding from two of the world鈥檚 richest men in the Hinduja brothers.听听

Phoebe Hugh was included on the list for her business Brolly that was disrupting the insurance world.听

Powered by AI, Brolly helped people understand what insurance they needed and then found them the best policies.听

In 2020 it was reported that Brolly had been acquired by the giant Direct Line Group for an undisclosed sum.听

Sean Brown鈥檚 eCommerce start-up听Mercarto听was attracting lots of attention when he made the list in 2018.听

Mercarto鈥檚听technology allows anyone to launch an online store in minutes and in 2019 the Manchester-based start-up was celebrating seven-figure revenues in its first year of trading.听

Tom Pickersgill was another name on the听list听and he made headlines in February 2021 when his business听Orka听(previously Broadstone) raised a whopping 拢29m.听

Pickersgill is a former professional footballer and claims听Orka听is the market leader in providing tech solutions for shift workers.听

There are so many people on the list doing things like Mike Anderson, at Padoq, and Jordan Appleson, at Hark, but one final name I鈥檒l mention is David Grimes, of Manchester-based global delivery听platform听Sorted.听

I鈥檝e got so much respect for David because of the hard work he鈥檚 put in over the last decade and he鈥檚 attracted several multi-million–pound rounds of investment and seen demand for听厂辞谤迟别诲鈥檚听services soar during COVID.听

It鈥檚 not possible to mention everyone but the full 2018 list can be seen below in alphabetical order. The company names were correct when we ran the original list.听

To see the full profiles from 2018 you can click here; while we also published a second 鈥極nes to Watch鈥� list alongside the main list, which is available here.听

  1. Mike Anderson, Padoq
  2. Jordan Appleson, Hark
  3. Muhammad Asim, Marq Millions
  4. Chloe Barrett,DigiDentistry听Educational Resources听
  5. Ed Barton,Curiscope听
  6. Asa Bentley,CreditLadder听
  7. Miranda Bishop, Talking Social Media
  8. Oliver Bridge, Cornerstone
  9. Sean Brown,Mercarto听
  10. MarkoBudiselic听& Dominik听Tomicevic,听Memgraph听
  11. Sam Coley & Steve Pearce,TickX听
  12. Ben Corrigan, Jonny Plein & Vikram Simha, Pouch
  13. Louis-James Davis, VST Enterprises
  14. Chris Edson & Mike Gibbs,OurPath听
  15. Tara Flynn, Ratio
  16. David Grimes, Sorted Group
  17. Natasha Guerra, Runway East
  18. James Gupta,Synap听
  19. Phoebe Hugh, Brolly
  20. Jamie Jackson, 2J Commerce
  21. LaurenceKemball-Cook, Pavegen听
  22. Aneeqa Khan,eporta听
  23. Ian Leadbetter & Daniel Reilly, Ruler Analytics
  24. Jonathan Marsden, The Technology Group
  25. Nicholas Mealey, Connex One
  26. Christian Moroy, Edge Health
  27. Dr Anas Nader & Dr JingOuyand, Patchwork听
  28. Tom Pickersgill, Broadstone (nowOrka)听
  29. Makaela Richardson, Free the Fresher
  30. MaxRofagha,听Finimize听
  31. Christian Samuel, University Cribs
  32. Nakul Sharma,Hostmaker听
  33. NicholasShekerdemian,听Headstart听AI听
  34. ClaireTrachet,听wOndary听
  35. Devika Wood, Vida