SendSocial - Send anything, anywhere without an address

About us

We think it's important to know the stories behind the companies we work with. Here's ours: SendSocial is the brainchild of serial entrepreneur Ben Way, best known for his appearance on Channel 4's "Secret Millionaire". In March 2009, Ben sent out a message on Twitter, asking for feedback on an idea of his - a system that would allow individuals to send and receive real items to people they didn't necessarily want to share their personal details with.

He set aside 10% of the company to people who re-tweeted this message, individuals we now know as 'SendSocial Investors'. Within days of receiving feedback, a team consisting of six other entrepreneurs was formed, and SendSocial was born.

We are proud of the fact that social media is at the heart of SendSocial. It is an idea brought to life by a social network, a team brought together by a social network, and a tool that we hope social network users will love.

Meet the team

Jonathan is a young entrepreneur who splits his time between London and Newcastle. A first-year student at King's College, London, he put his studies on hold to focus on his businesses full-time, having launched his first at the age of 14. He is now, among other things, running Live Newcastle - a project to promote independent businesses in the North East. Jonathan was shortlisted for the 2008 North East Young Business Person of the Year Award.

Antony is a 24-year-old entrepreneur with around ten years of experience in developing web and software applications. Graduating from The University of Manchester in 2007 with a BSc in Computing Science, Antony now directs technology strategy for a number of startups including a Financial Services software company, and SendSocial.

Ben is perhaps best known for his appearance on Channel 4's "Secret Millionaire". He started his first company aged just 15, and went on to become one of the first dot com millionaires. Now developing businesses in USA, Ben won the title of New Business Millennium Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2000, and has developed numerous ventures since then, making him one of the most prolific serial entrepreneurs in the world.

Attributing his success to his Christian faith, Glen published the entire portfolio of a Newspaper Group online at the age of 17. At 18, he was Webmaster for a dot com start-up, Account Director managing multimillion pound budgets at 20, and at 21 he was Corporate Sales Manager for an Apple Reseller. He started his first business at 22. Glen has had business interests in various industries including design, software development, publishing, marketing, Motorsport, gaming and now social media. Glen is an exceptionally driven individual, which he accredits to his early years in 13 different foster placements after losing both his parents aged just 11. Glen is actively involved in youth work in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. Amongst other roles and positions he was on a foster care panel making life-changing decisions for young people in care.

Tom is an entrepreneur based in London. Moving from Australia in 2007, he is best known for his work in the graphic arts and advertising sector. Tom's first business, Specle - which he leads as Managing Director - was named the "Google of Ad Specs" in October 2009 by printweek.com. Tom has worked as a creative, software developer, and MD, and brings his experience in running and developing web projects to his advisory role on the board of SendSocial.

Marc is a 22-year-old web designer from Copenhagen, Denmark, who is passionate about what he does. He began life as an entrepreneur at 19, when he launched a Danish web bureau. He is now working to develop web applications, whilst also providing web design and IT outsourcing - whilst keeping on top of his studies at the Copenhagen Business School.

James is a 25-year-old software engineer from London with experience in developing web and software applications for multiple platforms and technologies. Graduating from the University of Manchester in 2007 with a BSc in Computing Science, James now designs and implements technical solutions for business objectives in many diverse markets. He also designs and builds mechanical trend following systems for commodity markets in his spare time.