The nominations are in and our final shortlist is here for the SPARKies tech and digital awards 2021. As usual, the array of talent and achievements from across the board makes us super proud to be a part of such a vibrant community.
Across 17 award categories, our Judges have been deliberating 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 SPARKies back in Bristol on 14 October @ 7pm!
The judges have blindly scored their selection of awards with no help from one another – or from us – and the results are in, so check out the shortlist for each award below (companies are listed alphabetically).
Best Digital Design
Fiasco Design
Gravitywell (English Heritage – The Names of England)
roseta.io
Unfold – Work completed for Sherpr
Best Cyber Company
Chorus
Gridlock
Immersive Labs
KETS Quantum Security
Sponsored by:
The Community Award
Cognisess
Digilocal
Digital Wonderlab
Future Space
MotherBoard
The Good Award
Aico | HomeLINK
Epro
Neighbourly
Neuronostics Ltd
Service Robotics Ltd
Smartbox Assistive Technology
Best Startup
Condense Reality
Greener
Lumenate
roseta.io
Spherics
Best Place to Work
Atomic Smash
CookiesHQ
Ghyston
Helastel
Immersive Labs
Lumio
NMI
Rocketmakers
Seccl
Storm Consultancy
Sponsored by:
Founder of the Year
Alex Young – Virti
Dougal Hawes – Smartbox Assistive Technology
Harry Cobbold – Unfold
Professor John Terry – Neuronostics
Samantha Seaton – MoneyHub Enterprise
Best Mentor
Ashley Coles
Greville Commins
John Courtney
Quantum Technology Enterprise Centre (Kimberley Brooke)
Best Use of VR / AR
Augmented Reality Creations Ltd
Condense Reality
Rocketmakers
Virti
Sponsored by:
Most Innovative Use of Tech
KETS Quantum Security
Kubla
Moneyhub
Neuronostics Ltd
Service Robotics Ltd
SwiftDetect by Microgenetics
Data Data Data
Brijj
Cognisess
Dashboard Limited
Helastel
Moneyhub
FutureSPARK
Alice Evans
Charles Acres
Hamish Myers
Hannah Dockings
Izzie Hensby
The ‘Totally Killing It’ Award
accelerate agency
Cognisess
Gen3d
iO Academy
Digital Wonderlab
Neuronostics LTD
Paranimo
Rocketmakers
Virti
The Hardware Award
GroundWaves
Helastel
KETS Quantum Security
Marble
Smartbox Assistive Technology
Best Scaleup
Huboo Technologies
Neighbourly
Signable
Unity5 Ltd
Virti
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