Twenty nine new businesses from across a range of sectors have been recognised at the 2024 Midlands StartUp Awards.
As part of the UK StartUp Awards programme established to highlight the success of startups across ten nations and regions, the Midlands 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 Midlands, 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:
Over 114,000 new firms were created in the Midlands 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 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 Midlands 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 Midlands 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 Midlands StartUp Awards are:
- AI StartUp of the Year – Onion
- Business to Business StartUp of the Year – Musgrove and Ball
- Business, Consulting & Management StartUp of the Year – Link Logistics Services
- Cleantech StartUp of the Year – Flux Aviation
- Consumer Products StartUp of the Year – Lolli Lifting
- Consumer Services StartUp of the Year – Koloko Travel CIC
- Creative StartUp of the Year – Synx Games
- Digital StartUp of the Year – Launchpad AI
- Education & Training StartUp of the Year – Teachify
- Equity-Backed StartUp of the Year – BILRS
- Fashion & Beauty StartUp of the Year – Ryde
- Food & Drink StartUp of the Year – Veg Life
- Global StartUp of the Year – MasterQ
- Graduate StartUp of the Year – AMMI Food
- Green StartUp of the Year – The Little Green Pantry
- Health & Wellbeing StartUp of the Year – Alessandra Amico-Jones EFT
- Innovative StartUp of the Year – AS23.Space Technologies
- Manufacturing & Engineering StartUp of the Year – TRL Furniture Consulting UK
- Marketing, Advertising & PR StartUp of the Year – Altitude Marketing
- Medtech & Healthtech StartUp of the Year – Hear me I can I am
- Mobile & Emerging Technologies StartUp of the Year – ReviCheck
- Professional Services StartUp of the Year – Stephen Eve Financial Planning
- Retail & E-Commerce StartUp of the Year – Made Here With Love
- Rising Star Award – Dash Agency
- Rural StartUp of the Year – Woodcote Events
- Social Enterprise StartUp of the Year – Against The Odds Education & Awareness CIC
- StartUp For Good Award – Uniqueconnections
- Tourism & Leisure StartUp of the Year – The Big Surprise
- Young Entrepreneur of the Year – Katie Wilbur, Cotswold Connected
Check out the Midlands 2024 Winners
Midlands 2024 Winners
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