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Rob van den Heuvel
Rob van den Heuvel is a Dutch technology entrepreneur who co-founded Sendcloud in Eindhoven in 2012 and leads it as chief executive, serving more than 30,000 online merchants across Europe.
Robert Falck
Robert Falck is a Swedish entrepreneur who founded the autonomous electric freight company Einride in Stockholm in 2016 and led it as chief executive until 2025.
Robert Gentz
Robert Gentz is a German entrepreneur who co-founded Zalando, the Berlin-based online fashion retailer, in 2008 and has led it as co-CEO, building it into Europe's leading online fashion platform serving over 60 million customers.
Rodolphe Ardant
Rodolphe Ardant is a French technology entrepreneur who co-founded Spendesk, the Paris-based spend management platform, in 2016 and led it as CEO to unicorn status in 2022.
Romi Savova
Romi Savova, also known as Romina Savova, is a Bulgarian-born British fintech entrepreneur who founded the online pension provider PensionBee in 2014 and led its 2021 London Stock Exchange listing.
rradar
rradar is a UK legal services and legal technology group headquartered in Hull, England, founded in 2012 by solicitor Gary Gallen, who remains its chief executive.
Ruben Bjerg Hansen
Ruben Bjerg Hansen, born 1976 in Holstebro, Denmark, is a Danish designer who co-founded the digital publishing platform Issuu and led its design until 2015.
Russell Kay
Russell Kay is a Scottish video game developer and businessman who co-founded DMA Design in Dundee, the studio later renamed Rockstar North, and programmed the PC version of Lemmings.
Ruud Pierik
Ruud Pierik is a Dutch entrepreneur who founded Elektramat, an online electrotechnical wholesaler in Enschede, in 2006, building it to over €160 million in revenue before selling a majority stake in 2023.
Sachin Dev Duggal
Sachin Dev Duggal is a British technology entrepreneur who founded Builder.ai in London in 2016, won the EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2023 UK title, and saw the company collapse in 2025.
Samuel Weinbach
Samuel Weinbach is a German technology entrepreneur who co-founded the Heidelberg AI company Aleph Alpha with Jonas Andrulis in 2019 and is designated to become Cohere's Chief Research Officer under their 2026 merger.
Scott Monks
Scott Monks is a British business executive who joined Rocksteady Music School as chief executive in 2015 after two decades building music TV channels for EMAP and Channel 4.
Scrive
Scrive is a Stockholm-based e-signature, digital identity, and contract management company founded in 2010, majority-owned by Vitruvian Partners since 2020, a Qualified Trust Service Provider under eIDAS, and profitable in 2025.
Sendcloud
Sendcloud is a European e-commerce shipping automation platform founded in 2012 and headquartered in Eindhoven, Netherlands, connecting online shops to 170+ carriers for labels, tracking, and returns, serving over 28,000 webshops.
Simmy Dhillon
Simmy Dhillon (Simran Singh Dhillon) is a British entrepreneur who co-founded the meal delivery business Simmer Eats with his brother Jhai in 2017, starting with £10 of ingredients as a student.
Simon Rogerson
Simon Rogerson is a British entrepreneur who co-founded London-based Octopus Group in 2000 and has led it as chief executive; its Octopus Energy became the UK's largest energy supplier in 2025.
Simon Wimmer
Simon Wimmer is a German engineer who co-founded the payments company Augustus, founded as Ivy in Berlin in 2022, and serves as its chief technology officer.
Sketch
Sketch is a Dutch design-software company founded by Pieter Omvlee and Emanuel Sá and based in The Hague, known for its macOS app for designing user interfaces, websites, and icons.
Software AG
Software AG was a German enterprise software company founded in Darmstadt in 1969, best known for ADABAS and Natural, and taken private by Silver Lake in 2023.
SolarMente
SolarMente was a Barcelona-based residential solar and home-electrification subscription company founded by Wouter Draijer and Victor Gardrinier, backed by Y Combinator and Leonardo DiCaprio, which entered liquidation in 2026.
Somayeh Taheri
Somayeh Taheri is an Iranian-born, Manchester-based energy technology entrepreneur who co-founded UrbanChain in 2017, a peer-to-peer renewable energy exchange, and was an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2025 UK finalist.
Stef van Grieken
Stef van Grieken (Stefan van Grieken, born 1986) is a Dutch technology entrepreneur and former Google engineer who co-founded Cradle, a generative AI protein design company, in 2021.
Stefan Jansson
Stefan Jansson is a Swedish battery-industry entrepreneur with over 25 years in energy storage who co-founded Polarium in 2015, led it as CEO until 2024, and saw it reach a $1 billion valuation in 2022.
Stefan Strandberg
Stefan Strandberg is a Swedish video game developer who was game director on Battlefield 4 and creative director on Battlefield 1 at DICE before co-founding Embark Studios in Stockholm in 2018.
Steffen Tjerrild
Steffen Tjerrild, born 1990, is a Danish technology executive who co-founded the London-based AI video company Synthesia in 2017 and serves as its chief operating officer.
Steve Anavi
Steve Anavi, born in 1982, is a French technology entrepreneur who co-founded Qonto, a Paris-based financial services company for small and medium-sized businesses, with Alexandre Prot.
Stina Ehrensvärd
Stina Ehrensvärd is a Swedish entrepreneur who co-founded Yubico in Stockholm in 2007, co-invented the YubiKey, and led the company as chief executive for sixteen years.
Sune Theodorsen
Sune Theodorsen, born 1980, is a Danish entrepreneur who co-founded LifeX, a Copenhagen coliving company renting furnished rooms across European cities, in 2017 with Ritu Jain.
Sven Perkmann
Sven Perkmann, born 1987, is a Swedish-based technology executive who co-founded Anyfin, the Stockholm consumer-loan refinancing fintech, in 2017, and was its chief technology officer until 2022.
Swile
Swile is a French fintech company, founded by Loïc Soubeyrand and headquartered in Montpellier, providing a smart card and app for employee benefits like meal vouchers.