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51 Best Publishing Startups Headquartered in United Kingdom

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This article showcases Boove’s top picks for the best ‘Publishing’ startups. These startups are taking a variety of approaches to innovating in the Publishing’ industry, but are all exceptional startups well worth a follow.

We selected these startups for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

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1. Cowie

The idea behind this startup: Comic Book Publisher

Headquarters: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom

Industries: Comics, Digital Entertainment, Media and Entertainment, Publishing

Founders: Unknown

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2. Mobile Industry Eye

The idea behind this startup: Mobile technology news and opinion – a container for the critical insights for any company that uses mobile technology.

Headquarters: Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom

Industries: Information Technology, Mobile, News, Publishing

Founders: Unknown

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3. Matt Navarra Media

The idea behind this startup: Consultancy

Headquarters: Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Industries: Consulting, News, Publishing, Social Media, Social Media Advertising, Social Media Management, Social Media Marketing, Social News

Founders: Matthew Navarra

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4. OaMetrix

The idea behind this startup: OaMetrix is a cloud based SaaS application which helps publishers to manage their Open Access deals and Author Publishing charges.

Headquarters: Didcot, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Industries: Education, Publishing, SaaS, Software

Founders: Biplob Kamrujjaman

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5. Liontree Publishing

The idea behind this startup: Liontree Publishing has a proven track record in delivering top product to the marketplace.

Headquarters: Gloucester, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

Industries: Publishing

Founders: Unknown

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6. Jumpship

The idea behind this startup: Jumpship is an independent game studio based on an original IP.

Headquarters: Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom

Industries: Gaming, Printing, Publishing

Founders: Dino Patti

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7. SportsKitchen Entertainment Group LTD

The idea behind this startup: digital sports, entertainment and media brand that delivers content across multiple platforms.

Headquarters: Hove, Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom

Industries: Film, Film Production, Publishing, Sports

Founders: Mark Lugo

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8. mTag

The idea behind this startup: Empowering professional creatives to earn from their visual media by serving advertising within or around it wherever it’s published.

Headquarters: Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Industries: Advertising, Marketing, Publishing, Video

Founders: Fadzi Mkandla, Tom Bateson

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9. Femstreet

The idea behind this startup: The leading newsletter and community for women in tech and venture capital.

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Communities, Consumer Software, News, Publishing

Founders: Sarah Noeckel

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10. How.to

The idea behind this startup: How.to is an early-stage discovery platform and managed Marketplace

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Content Discovery, E-Learning, Information Services, Marketplace, MOOC, Publishing, Video on Demand

Founders: Sahil Sheikh

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11. Nutrition Advance

The idea behind this startup: A nutrition education website that provides regular articles and nutrition guides.

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Education, Health Care, Publishing

Founders: Unknown

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12. Esports Insider

The idea behind this startup: Esports Insider is a platform which covers all news that is of interest to the industry.

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: eSports, Gaming, News, Publishing

Founders: Sam Cooke

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13. Perlego

The idea behind this startup: Perlego is an unlimited eBook subscription service for academic and professional content.

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: EBooks, EdTech, Education, Publishing, Subscription Service

Founders: Gauthier Van Malderen, Matthew Davis

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14. The Femedic

The idea behind this startup: Fast-growing publication that deals with areas of women’s health considered taboo

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Fitness, Health Care, Lifestyle, Publishing

Founders: Unknown

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15. LICKD

The idea behind this startup: Pre-cleared commercial music licensing for YouTube and Online Video Creators.

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Facebook, Google, Music, Music Label, Publishing, Social Media, Video

Founders: Unknown

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16. TokenTalk

The idea behind this startup: TokenTalk is The Crypto Blogging Network

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Enterprise Software, Publishing

Founders: Dean Fankhauser, Serdar Senay

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17. The Wealth Mosaic

The idea behind this startup: The Wealth Mosaic is a wealth management company.

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Financial Services, Publishing, Wealth Management

Founders: Simon Ramery, Stephen Wall

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18. The Fintech Power 50

The idea behind this startup: The Fintech Power 50 is an annual guide to the most influential, innovative and powerful figures in the Fintech industry.

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: FinTech, Publishing

Founders: Jason Williams, Mark Walker

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19. Air Cargo Eye

The idea behind this startup: Air Cargo Eye is your trusted source of Air Freight News. It publishes news articles and blog posts on regular basis.

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Internet, Internet of Things, News, Publishing

Founders: Unknown

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20. Affiliate Insider

The idea behind this startup: Affiliate Insider is dedicated to bringing you the latest affiliate marketing and industry news, events and workshops.

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Advertising, Events, News, Publishing

Founders: Unknown

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21. Algorithm X Lab

The idea behind this startup: Algorithm X Lab is to provides artificial intelligence & machine learning news, insights, market research and events for business leaders.

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Digital Media, Events, Information Technology, Machine Learning, Market Research, Media and Entertainment, Publishing

Founders: Kwok-chee Cheung

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22. unrd

The idea behind this startup: unrd is creating a new genre of entertainment by combining Hollywood quality plots with mobile storytelling techniques.

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Apps, Media and Entertainment, Publishing

Founders: Adam Lowe, Shib Hussain

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23. Noory

The idea behind this startup: Kids Books and Stories Mobile App

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: E-Commerce, Education, Publishing

Founders: Unknown

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24. The Ozone Project

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

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Advertising, Brand Marketing, Digital Marketing, Journalism, Marketing, Publishing

Founders: Unknown

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25. Screen Shot

The idea behind this startup: A media company for a new generation of readers.

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Advertising Platforms, Media and Entertainment, Publishing

Founders: Shira Jeczmien

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26. Amazing Fables

The idea behind this startup: A custom and personalised story book company teaching positive values to kids

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Children, Education, Publishing

Founders: Akash Dubey, Koushik Challa, Warren Leow

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27. Zephr

The idea behind this startup: Leading publishers and brands use Zephr (formerly known as Blaize) to create personalised, fast, frictionless subscription experiences

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Content Delivery Network, Digital Media, E-Commerce, Identity Management, Publishing, SaaS, Software

Founders: James Henderson

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28. Transfon

The idea behind this startup: Building Modern Infrastructure for Digital Publishers and Marketers

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Big Data, Cloud Data Services, Marketing, Privacy, Publishing, SaaS

Founders: Unknown

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29. adserve

The idea behind this startup: Ad-tech software for audio planning & scheduling

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Advertising, Internet, News, Publishing, Web Hosting

Founders: Unknown

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30. OTP London Ltd

The idea behind this startup: Startup tech company and software publishers of OTP.AR WORLD App.

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Augmented Reality, Big Data, Dating, Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Mobile Apps, Publishing, Social Network, Software

Founders: Alan Engele, Ampoma Ofori-Amanfo

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31. Best Commands

The idea behind this startup: Building the ultimate resource for pro commands and integrations for smart home AI devices like Google Home and Amazon Alexa

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Google, Publishing, Smart Building, Smart Home

Founders: Unknown

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32. Apograf

The idea behind this startup: Apograf is an interactive platform that houses an exhaustive collection of scientific publications and incentivizes peer review.

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Blockchain, Education, Information Technology, Publishing

Founders: Unknown

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33. pipemode

The idea behind this startup: Brand Storytelling

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Content Creators, Digital Media, Publishing, Web Apps

Founders: Unknown

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34. Crypto Wire

The idea behind this startup: CryptoWire is DeFi and cryptocurrency-related press release wire and distribution platform.

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Media and Entertainment, News, Public Relations, Publishing

Founders: Sam Enrico Williams

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35. Esquavi

The idea behind this startup: Media & Publishing Company

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Advertising, Digital Media, Publishing

Founders: Unknown

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36. Laptop Backpacks King

The idea behind this startup: Laptop Backpacks King (LBK) is a laptop backpack lover’s blog.

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Publishing

Founders: Tim Edwards

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37. Business Bank UK

The idea behind this startup: The Ultimate Business Resource

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Advertising, Consulting, Information Technology, Internet, News, Publishing, Social Media

Founders: Dhiren Mistry

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38. TravelDeal

The idea behind this startup: TravelDeal is an independent travel publisher .

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Content, Hospitality, Internet, Publishing, Tourism, Travel

Founders: Unknown

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39. Crowdpondent

The idea behind this startup: Crowdpondent is a digital media platform that enables its users to read, rate, share, comment and get reimbursed for publishing articles.

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Mobile, Publishing, Video

Founders: Unknown

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40. Face2trade

The idea behind this startup: The mission of FACE2TRADE is to protect our reputation as the first-class producer of quality ad services.

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Advertising, Advertising Platforms, Internet, Marketing, Media and Entertainment, Mobile Advertising, Publishing

Founders: Unknown

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41. Fourth Estate Creative

The idea behind this startup: Fourth Estate Creative is a content creation company.

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Content Creators, Publishing

Founders: Unknown

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42. ADZbuzz Ltd.

The idea behind this startup: Adzbuzz is a social network that aims to solve the ad blocking issue for publishers.

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Advertising, Marketing, Publishing

Founders: Unknown

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43. The Publishers House

The idea behind this startup: The Publishers House provides a platform free from intrusive and dubious ad supported business models for publishers and consumers.

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Content, Journalism, News, Publishing

Founders: Unknown

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44. absolutespot

The idea behind this startup: Absolutespot Group is a media and entertainment company that specializes in quality news from Entertainment, Technology, and Lifestyle.

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Broadcasting, Lifestyle, Music, News, Publishing, Video

Founders: Unknown

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45. Edit Crowd

The idea behind this startup: Edit Crowd is an online community of readers, writers, editors and publishers designed.

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Publishing

Founders: Unknown

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46. Pubrica Healthcare

The idea behind this startup: Pubrica’s services span all phases of Scientific Medical and Academic Writing, Editing, and Publishing.

Headquarters: Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Industries: Biotechnology, Consulting, Life Science, Medical, Medical Device, Pharmaceutical, Predictive Analytics, Professional Services, Publishing, Tutoring

Founders: Unknown

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47. BusinessCloud

The idea behind this startup: BusinessCloud – the UK’s newest tech magazine demystifying tech for a business audience.

Headquarters: Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Industries: Publishing

Founders: Unknown

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48. AMAGAZINE

The idea behind this startup: AMAGAZINE provides social media, magazine and e-newsletters services.

Headquarters: Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Industries: Publishing, Social Media

Founders: Unknown

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49. Guardian Bookshop

The idea behind this startup: Guardian Bookshop is an online and phone-order book service based in the U.K.

Headquarters: Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom

Industries: E-Commerce, Education, Internet, Publishing, Retail

Founders: Unknown

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50. Business Chief

The idea behind this startup: Business Chief is an online media that covers business news, magazines, and website for executive and companies.

Headquarters: Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom

Industries: B2B, Digital Marketing, Digital Media, Marketing, Publishing

Founders: Unknown

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51.Astrantium

The idea behind this startup: Astrantium provides web designing and publishing services.

Headquarters: Pittenweem, Fife, United Kingdom

Industries: Publishing, Web Design, Web Hosting

Founders: Unknown

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