The nominations are in and our final shortlist is here for the SPARKies tech and digital awards 2020; they’ve been some of the highest quality ever seen.
Across 17 award categories, our Judges have got together to deliberate over some of the most creative and innovative projects, companies, experiences and designs – as well as some of the most dedicated people in the region – all deserving of recognition for the work they’ve done to support and grow the South West tech cluster.
The SPARKies shortlist
Each of the awards was closely contested with the nominees deemed of very high quality, with the People’s Choice Award voting set to open this week.
The final award winners will be announced at the virtual SPARKies on 10 December. You can get tickets here.
Check out the shortlist for each award below (companies are listed alphabetically).
Best Startup Award
Data Duopoly
Ecologi
OneSub
Sponsored by:
The ‘Totally Killing It’ Award
Amdaris
Rocketmakers
Rovco
Storm Consultancy
Truespeed
Sponsored by:
Founder/Entrepreneur of the Year
Abby Scarborough and Ash Phillips (Yena)
Andy Rogers & Vlad Nanu (Amdaris)
Alex Young (Virti)
Brian Allen (Rovco)
Emily Hill (Ghyston)
Sponsored by:
Best Scaleup Award
Amdaris
LettUs Grow
Loqbox
Seccl
Sponsored by:
Most Innovative Use of Tech
Data Duoploy
Moneyhub
Rocketmakers
Rovco
Virti
Best Use of VR & AR Award
Candide
Calvium & Zubr
Virti #
Sponsored by:
The ‘Data Data Data’ Award
Cognisess
Data Cubed
Moneyhub
Rovco
Best Place to Work in Tech
Calvium
Ghyston
NMI
Rocketmakers
Seccl
Sponsored by:
Best Cyber Company
Immersive Labs
KETS Quantum Security
The Best Digital Design Award
BookingLive
Haio
Rocketmakers
Storm Consultancy
The Community Award
i0 Academy (formerly Mayden Academy)
Loop
New Enterprise Competition
Newicon
Sponsored by:
Best Mentor Award
John Courtney
Marina Traversari
Mark Corderoy
Matt Browning
Sponsored by:
The ‘Good’ Award
Elvie
Ferryx
Music Memory Box
Virti
Sponsored by:
The Hardware Award
Graphcore
One Big Circle
Rovco
Open Bionics
The FutureSPARK Award
Alice McNeil
Konstantina Psoma & Roman Bromidge
Ronak Shah
Sponsored by:

Shona Wright
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