Finalists for London and the East England in a new 海角视频-wide awards initiative championing the best in start-ups and entrepreneurial activity can been revealed.
The has been launched to recognise the booming startup scene across the 海角视频 which has accelerated since the pandemic began. In 2020, when most of the world was shutting down, more than 400,000 startups were set up in Britain, with similar increases seen in other European countries.
This marked boost in nascent entrepreneurship is mirrored by a huge 2,500 applications which have been received in response to the Startup Awards National Series鈥 first ever call for entries.
The London and East England startups that made the shortlist are a true snapshot of the future economy, with a collective turnover of over 拢158m and employing 2,228 people between them.
One finalist said: 鈥淚t鈥檚 a great place to launch a business as there is a wealth of experienced and skilled talent to work with from full-time to contractors and agencies.
鈥淢any clients are also based here, so it鈥檚 easy to meet people face-to-face and strike up great relationships.鈥
The cohort of finalists will be considered for the regional prizes by a panel of seasoned judges with experience founding or supporting entrepreneurial ventures. This includes London and East England-based Philip Belament, founder and CEO of Zilch, serial entrepreneur Hugh Chappell, and Wesley Rashid, co-founder and CEO of Accountancy Cloud.
Supported nationally by BT, EY, Dell & Intel, the programme will celebrate the achievements of the amazing individuals across the 海角视频 who have turned an idea into an opportunity and taken the risk to launch a new product or service.
Co-founded by the team behind the , the new series follows the success of the Wales StartUp Awards, after organisers recognised the exceptional potential in the startup scene across the other British regions.
Professor Dylan Jones-Evans the creator of the StartUp Awards National Series, said: 鈥淣ew firms are important for generating economic prosperity, employment opportunities and innovation. Since 2016, the Wales StartUp Awards have celebrated this amazing annual contribution to our economy by entrepreneurs and the impact they have on communities across the nation.
鈥淕iven the sheer volume of phenomenal startups we鈥檝e heard from since then, as well as the huge post-pandemic shift in people鈥檚 desires to take their career in a new direction and set up a business against the odds, we felt it was the right time to take the programme nationwide. We鈥檝e been blown away by the standard of entries from London and East England in this first year and truly look forward to crowning the winners.鈥
The London and East England final will take place at BoxPark Wembley on 23rd June 2022.
This year鈥檚 StartUp Awards National Series finalists from London and East England are:
Consulting & Management StartUp
Founded by James Gilks & Rob Wilks
Founded by David Olusegun
Founded by Anthony Sadeghi, Matthew Daly & Bob White
Founded by Suki Thompson
Founded by Aggie Mutuma
Founded by Phill Bolland
B2B Services StartUp
Founded by Steve Smith, Paul Clarke & Danny Coe
Founded by Thomas Baker
Founded by Nick Ross
Founded by Melanie Goldsmith, Rebecca Cope, Grace Bryan & Emile Bernard
, Founded by Jonathon Hollis, Jon Steinberg & Alex Reed
Founded by Sam Martin & Leo Bradshaw
Technology Services StartUp
Founded by Robi O'Cleirigh, Harvey Hodd & Rory Jeffries
Founded by Gregg Watts
Founded by Helen Murphy
Founded by Bobby Idogho & Oliver Smit
Founded by Thomas Proctor
Founded by Matt Milligan
B2C Services StartUp
Founded by Digby Try & Philip Blows
Founded by Agustin Guilisasti, Laura Elms & Michael Stewart
Founded by Michelle Begy
Founded by Ben Legg & Fiona Chorlton-Voong
Founded by Carly Webb
Founded by Joe Binder
Construction & Building Services StartUp
Founded by Louchavan Lemard & Ryan Jeffers
Founded by Alma Sottile
Founded by Camilla Lor
Founded by Alan & Stacy Hunte
, Founded by James Clark
Creative StartUp
Founded by James Dernier & Sam Huth
Founded by Hikmat Ghandour
, Founded by Adam & Safiyya Riyadh
Founded by Alexander Black
Founded by James Shackleton
Founded by Anna Kyriacou, Scott Ham & Ty Cochrane
Digital StartUp
Founded by Barney Haywood & Brian Doogan
Founded by Antony Bellingall, Naseer Hasan, Ray Sherry & Raza Abidi
Founded by Bonnie Barry
, Founded by Edward Lovett
Founded by Natalia Cortazar
Founded by Pablo Gonzalez-Iglesias
Fashion & Beauty StartUp
Founded by Emmanuel Enemuwe
Founded by Hebe Knight & Maria Rodriguez
Founded by Kieza Silveira De Sousa
Founded by Jennifer Mo & Rob Knowles
Founded by Namrata Kamdar
, Founded by Chelsea Williams & Natalie Paul
Fintech StartUp
Founded by Stacey Body & Tom Young
Founded by Shalom Dodoun
Founded by Azamat Sultanov
Founded by Daniel Evans
Founded by Scott Mowbray
Founded by Eduardo Martinez Garcia & Michael Galvin
Drink StartUp
Founded by Spencer Matthews
Founded by Mohamed Aweys
Founded by Kirsty Miller & Alex Higham
Founded by Laura Riches & Laura Rosenberger
Founded by Daniel Blatchford & Peter Crawford
Food StartUp
Founded by Jordan Jon & Richard Constantinou
Founded by James Hill
Founded by Becca & Jessica Stockell
Founded by Stefanie Siraghi
Founded by Sameer Vaswani
Global StartUp
, Founded by Antony Yousefian & Ben Bardsley
Founded by Hrag Sarkissian & Khalil Beschir
Founded by Gracias Kassongo
Founded by Adrienn Major
Founded by Samuel Brookswirth
Founded by Atul Srivastava
Graduate StartUp
Founded by Joshua Roche
Founded by Stanley Ponraj
Founded by Raghav Agarwal
Founded by Daniela Arroyo Olsen & Tiago Fachada
Founded by Idries Erfan, Luke Tritton & Nima Soroush
Founded by Ali Youssef & Jan Gasiewski
Green StartUp
Founded by Matt Kennedy
Founded by Natasha Clark
Founded by Christopher Jackson
Founded by Laura Harnett
Founded by Eleni Polychroniadou & Thomas Saunders
Founded by Matt Gray & Sriya Sundaresan
Innovative StartUp
Founded by Matthew Mayes
Founded by Max Kreimerman
, Founded by Ali Safari
Founded by Mehak Mumtaz, Luis Valente, Joana Paiva & Paula Sampaio
Founded by Marc M眉ltin
Founded by Chris Kirby, Nick James & Matt Potts
Manufacturing & Engineering StartUp
Founded by James Della Valle, Alessandro Attanzio & Amarjit Pall
Founded by Vince Dickson & Megan Williams
Founded by Michael Doughty
Founded by Nick Orme & Jack Raison
Founded by Redford Healey
, Founded by Ben Grace
Marketing, Advertising & PR StartUp
Founded by Matthew Dearden & Dave Huckerby
, Founded by Christian Facey & Wilfrid Obeng
Founded by Viviane Adjado
Founded by Georgia Austin
Founded by Harry Horsfall
Medtech & Healthtech StartUp
Founded by Lauren Bell
Founded by David Grey
Founded by Eva Galant
Founded by Leila Thabet
Founded by Rick Rowan, Chloe Stockwell-Clark, William Ripley & Jonathan Penny
Founded by Chantelle Bell & Anya Roy
Mobile & Emerging Technologies StartUp
Founded by Benjamin Putley & Adam Chorley
Founded by Abbas Kazmi
Founded by Omar Farook Nazeema & Harun Rashid
Founded by Ando Eniwumide
, Founded by George Skentzos
Founded by Gejia Ouyang
Online Retail StartUp
Founded by Andr茅 Brown
Founded by Helen White & Michael Jones
Founded by Jojo Regan
Founded by Kyra White & Shannon Barrie
Founded by Montana Brown
Founded by Alex Cattle & Stephanie Bridet
Professional Services StartUp
Founded by Tom Bohills
Founded by Chris Andreou, Charles Bailey & Hugh Hudson
Founded by David Odier
Founded by Ema Rimeike
Founded by Peter Hall, Dan Brown, Harry Murphy & Tom Leahy
Founded by Monshur Ali
Recruitment StartUp
Founded by George & Jack Hayes
Founded by Nathaniel Chapman
Founded by Laura Tanner
Founded by Edward Jenner & Adam Horne
, Founded by Mitchell Franklin
, Founded by Rebecca Wells & Laura Brazil
Social StartUp
Founded by Agnes Mwakatuma
Founded by Susanna Basso
Founded by Tash Gorst
Founded by Naomi Butters
Founded by Thuta Khin
Founded by Mahmud Shahnawaz
Tourism & Leisure StartUp
Founded by Peter Pearson
Founded by Terry McGinnis, Oscar White & Antony Jones
Founded by Craig Vickors & Phil Turner
Founded by Denise Bailey
Founded by James Brown, Ben Thomas & Paul Stancer
Founded by Oliver Pugh
Hospitality & Events StartUp
Founded by Dan Dexter, Orla Pearson & Elaine McCarthy
, Founded by Tom Ginn
Founded by Thomas Pass
Founded by Caitlyn Lewis
Founded by Jo Sutch & Lauren Bell
Founded by Kate Healy
Young Entrepreneur
Founded by Amelia Hitchcock-Merritt
Founded by James Hagerty
, Founded by Mitchell Franklin
Founded by Natalia Cortazar
Founded by Elle Gibbons, Zack Dad & Peter Preston
, Founded by Jenk Oz
Rising Star Award
Founded by Richard Brown & Kris Box
Founded by Jonny Duggan
Founded by Eamonn Gashier
Founded by Ashley Speight & Simon Bates
Founded by Sophie Delacher, Maria Ensesa, Karoline Tessmann, Geraldine Hellmann, Hanna Reim & Clara Cacoub
Founded by Henry Dewing
Founded by Oli Cook
Founded by Alfred Mallol, Majid Sebti & Joan Cots
Founded by Nina Jane Patel, Nimesh Patel & Lee Atkins
Founded by Renee Saliba
Founded by Melih Birim
Founded by Kate Revere
Founded by Dan Salkey & Harvey Austin
Founded by Jules Robertson
Founded by Leah Smith & Matthew Read
Founded by Morten Warren
Founded by Gordon Tveito-Duncan & Seb Kirk
Founded by Hris Nedyalkov, Shruti Rai, Marco Wolf, Andoni Sigg & Noah Bernet
Founded by Maria Vasileva & Luke McAllister
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