A fabulous night at the 2023 Enterprise Awards Dinner, hosted in the prestigious Drapers’ Hall in London to celebrate the UK’s visionary tech leaders.
In its 11th year, the Enterprise Awards was founded by ScaleUp Group’s Executive Chairman, John O’Connell, to recognise the entrepreneurial talent behind some of the UK’s most successful tech businesses. Uniquely focused on the founder rather than the businesses themselves, the Enterprise Awards boasted previous winners that have achieved prominence on both private and public markets.
The judging panel, chaired brilliantly by Tola Sargeant (Managing Director, TechMarketView) considered evidence of growth, external recognition, innovation, financial management, leadership and stamina. In other words, they were looking for entrepreneurs that excelled in both leadership and performance. With the ever-increasing quality of entries, the panel had an incredibly difficult job choosing the winners again this year.
Importantly, the dinner – as is tradition – was held as a fundraiser for the WCIT Charity, to support initiatives that leverage the power of IT to improve people’s lives and life chances. An incredible £6000 was raised on the night from the generous donations of guests through raffles, which will fund a variety of projects including:
– With every £200, buying a Chromebook for a disadvantaged student to meet their academic potential
– With every £500, buying a VR headset for terminally ill children to help them experience things important to them
– With every £1000, contributing to the cost of a Canute Console to help blind people with careers in tech
Thank you to our fellow sponsors, Evelyn Partners, Silverpeak and TechMarketView, the dynamic duo of tx2 Events for organising the event; all supporters and guests of the Awards for making it another great success.
Meet the 2023 finalists and winners!
GREEN TECH ENTREPRENEUR
FINALISTS
Adrian Ip / Aquis Exchange
Mike Woodhall / Chameleon Technology
WINNER
Mike Woodhall / Chameleon Technology
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE ENTREPRENEUR
FINALISTS
Hellen Bowey / Alcove
Clare Elford / Clue Software
Raoul-Gabriel Urma / Cambridge Spark
Chris Quickfall / Cognassist
WINNERS
Hellen Bowey / Alcove
Chris Quickfall / Cognassist
PUBLIC SECTOR ENTREPRENEUR
FINALISTS
Hellen Bowey / Alcove
Clare Elford / Clue Software
Peter O’Hara / OLM
WINNER
Clare Elford / Clue Software
EMERGING ENTREPRENEUR
FINALISTS
Sabrina Del Prete / Kore
Hema Gandhi / LatentBridge
Dr Darko Matovski / causaLens
Zandra Moore / Panintelligence
James Varga / DirectID
Adam Yaya-Durrant and Phill Kearney-Bolland / Yaya
WINNER
Zandra Moore / Panintelligence
DEVELOPING ENTREPRENEUR
FINALISTS
Clare Flynn Levy / Essentia Analytics
Mark Harvey / Sekura Mobile Intelligence
Simon Hill / Wazoku
Alexander Limpert / GuestReady
Sarvath Misra / ContractPodAI
Frank Reeves / Avvio
Dr Raoul-Gabriel Urma / Cambridge Spark
WINNER
Simon Hill / Wazoku
SCALEUP ENTREPRENEUR
FINALISTS
Nate Burke / Diginius
Christian Facey / Audiomob
Mark Harvey / Sekura Mobile Intelligence
Dominic Portman / Boulevard
Rob Harlow and Ryan Welmans / Sopro
WINNER
Nate Burke / Diginius
ENTERPRISE ENTREPRENEUR
FINALISTS
Vishal Marria / Quantexa
Christian Nentwich / Duco
Edward Batrouni and Christopher Lacy-Hulbert / Zenitech
WINNERS
Christian Nentwich / Duco
JUDGES’ AWARD
WINNER
Brendan Mooney / Kainos