Twenty-two new businesses from across a range of sectors have been recognised at the 2024 East of England StartUp Awards.
As part of the UK StartUp Awards programme established to highlight the success of startups across ten nations and regions, the East of England StartUp Awards recognises the achievements of those amazing individuals who have had a great idea, spotted the opportunity and taken the risks to launch a new product or service.
As well as being recognised as the best in their sector in the East of England, all the winners will now progress to the inaugural national UK Startup Awards final where they will be competing against category winners from the rest of the UK. This will not only give them the opportunity to be crowned the best in their sector nationally but also to become the UK StartUp of the Year.
Supported nationally by Starling Bank, Airwallex, Chime Agency, Development Bank of Wales, EvaBuild, ForrestBrown, GiftRound, GS1 UK, Join Talent, OVHcloud, Project Simply, ScoreApp, SFC Capital and Welsh Government, Harriet Rees, CIO at Starling Bank says:
Nearly 70,000 new firms were created in the East of England in 2023 and according to Professor Dylan Jones-Evans OBE, creator of the awards, this demonstrates the growing importance of entrepreneurs to the regional economy. He is also excited that the awards are, yet again, recognising the best new firms from Cambridge to East Anglia to Essex and celebrating the amazing entrepreneurial talent from every corner of the region.
He said:
“Start-ups are the life of any economy and that is especially true in the East of England where those new businesses are contributing to job creation, innovation, and prosperity across the whole of this entrepreneurial region. It’s been an honour and a pleasure to read the stories of those founders who have spotted the opportunity and taken the risk to launch their own venture. All of the winners have demonstrated that they deserve to win their categories and I’m looking forward to having the ‘best of the best’ from the East of England competing at the UK final later this year”
The UK final will take place on September 12th at Ideas Fest – the festival for entrepreneurs, business leaders, disruptors, change-makers and decision-makers.
The winners from the 2024 East of England StartUp Awards are:
- Agritech & Foodtech StartUp of the Year – AgriSynth
- AI StartUp of the Year – CardiaTec Biosciences
- Business to Business StartUp of the Year – Dronework Worldwide
- Business, Consulting & Management StartUp of the Year – Breakout
- Cleantech StartUp of the Year – Ever Resource
- Consumer Products StartUp of the Year – Alkemy Distillery
- Consumer Services StartUp of the Year – Eternity
- Creative StartUp of the Year – Sakura Studio Gallery
- Education & Training StartUp of the Year – Tech Educators
- Equity-Backed StartUp of the Year – SmarterNaturally
- Fashion & Beauty StartUp of the Year – Little Ones Preloved
- Global StartUp of the Year – Ever Resource
- Graduate StartUp of the Year – IONA Logistics
- Health & Wellbeing StartUp of the Year – Adora Digital Health
- Hospitality & Events StartUp of the Year – The Snug Micro Pub
- Innovative StartUp of the Year – BeyondMath
- Marketing, Advertising & PR StartUp of the Year – Clue Content
- Medtech & Healthtech StartUp of the Year – ResPNse Medical
- Mobile & Emerging Technologies StartUp of the Year – DueTrade
- Professional Services StartUp of the Year – Product Heads
- Retail & E-Commerce StartUp of the Year – ChewyChewsUK
- Rising Star Award – Adora Digital Health
- Rural StartUp of the Year- Breakout
- StartUp For Good Award- H.E.L.P (Helping Empower Lives in Peterborough)
- Young Entrepreneur of the Year – Ryan Young, UK Hidden Gems
Check out the East of England 2024 Winners
East of England 2024 Winners
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