Scots at the Web Summit
Blog post by Michael Hayes on the RookieOven blog about Scots at the Web Summit. Read about Scottish startups and the tech community from founders.
Michael Hayes | Wednesday October 30th 2013
Flexiant
Tony Lucas is founder and SVP of Product at Flexiant and will be taking the stage at Web Summit on day one for a session held on the cloud stage. Flexiant are provide cloud management and are based in Livingston.
Twitter: @tonylucas
RE.Work
Nikita Johnson is from Shetland and the founder of RE.Work; a series of events across the UK (and potentially the world) with the focus on emerging tech. Nikita has been involved in the Startup Weekend series of events, being an organiser of the Manchester event in 2012 and the Nottingham event in 2013.
Twitter: @nikitaJohnson
Swarmly
Represetned at the Web Summit by founder Marco De Nichilo. Swarmly is a real time location based service available on iOS and Android. Perhaps best described as a passive Foursquare with an element of sentiment analysis.
Twitter: @Swarmly
IC Mobile
Both founder, Lee McLoughlin and lead creative Alex Mitchie will be at the Web Summit to display the work of IC Mobile. Biggest piece of work being iOS augmented reality app PrintAR which is aimed at digital marketers.
Twitter: icMobileLab
Mallzee
Founded by Cally Russell in 2011 at RecommendedBy the startup has pivoted into social shopping with the aim of replicating the high street shopping experience online and mobile. The team are nearing launch of their new iOS app.
Twitter: @mallzeehq
Float
Colin Hewitt of CEO and founder of cash flow forecasting web app Float will be at the WebSummit. Having recently raised investment and grown the team Colin will be keen to share his vision for Float of the coming months.
Twitter: @floatapp
StorkUp
StorkUp helps mums navigate the world of kids’ products. It’s a unique shopping experience where a growing community of mums can discover products and help. The team will be on a stall in the main area for the event.
Twitter: @storkup
miiCard
miiCard will be at the Web Summit with their new miiTag. A tag which you can attached to belonging to verify they are yours. Cassie and James will be on hand to show you more of the miiCard product.
Twitter: @miicard
RookieOven
I will also be at the Web Summit (@_MDHayes), if you want to find out about the Scottish startup community and how you can engage with companies and individuals in it please don’t hesitate to get in touch.