The SPARKies is BACK in less than 6 weeks! We’re bringing our iconic awards show to Central Warehouse in Bristol on 11 July 2024. You can get your tickets here now to connect with the brightest minds in the South West tech community.
We need your help once more for the next round of the awards. As the voice from our esteemed tech cluster means so much to us, each year we have a very special SPARKie that is determined by you all. The winner of the People’s Choice Award is completely selected through your nominations and voting power. So we’re announcing this longlist separately to the other 16 categories (which you can check out here) because we need your help in this step of the journey.
There will be FOUR organisations taken through to the shortlist for The SPARKies People’s Choice Award, where our attendees will cast their final votes live on the evening to dictate who takes home the prize. Who do you think should be crowned the winner? Get voting here to take your favourite through to the final round!
AND Digital accelerates the development of world-class digital capabilities, and we power the product development of ambitious companies – from British Airways and Conde Nast, to The Telegraph, Gousto and more.
“AND Digital has contributed to the cluster in the past 12 months by hosting a highly successful event for 100 guests as part of People Day at Bristol Tech Festival and have launched two new series of Meetups in Bristol – AND She Can which promotes underrepresented groups in digital and AND South West our lightning talk series which takes a capability focussed lens on the latest innovations in tech.”
Babbasa is a social enterprise that supports young people aged 16 to 25 to reach their career potential. Through its three core programmes, Youth Empowerment, Recruitment Support and Workplace Inclusion, the team empowers underrepresented young people in Bristol to pursue their ambitions using actionable steps.
“I felt that I faced a barrier in my race as there aren’t a lot of black people in film, media and TV. After completing work experience with Silverback Studios through Babbasa on their Placement Programme and going to Channel 4’s special recording at The Beacon Centre, I knew that Babbasa would help me to get the career I wanted so that I could change this.”
We use your ecommerce sales data to identify offline communities where people are talking about you and buying your products. We turn that information into campaign targeting for any ad platform which will intensify that word-of-mouth activity. Word-of-mouth converts five times faster than other targeting methods, so you’ll get a far greater return for your ad budget.
“We engaged with Herdify by recommendation, and we’re glad we did. We were able to work with the team, to implement an experimentation roadmap that supported our goals of reducing our acquisition costs down. We were able to do this, successfully, reducing our search & PLA CAC by 20%, enabling us to reinvest and scale.”
We’re a full service, integrated agency with over 15 years in the marketing world. We work with digital and technology businesses of all shapes and sizes, providing expert marketing services.
“The HdE AGENCY team just got it, with a brilliant understanding of our solution, and a fantastic grasp of the public sector and how they procure technologies.”
Ferrocalm has been developed over ten years of research by a team of PhD level scientists. We recognise how debilitating gut conditions can be and are passionate about improving the quality of life for people who suffer from these problems.
“Ferrocalm and Jenny are smashing it with their D2C subscription model – and changing people’s lives with this product!”
Ghyston is an award-winning UK software company based in Bristol. Our mission is to help transform technically ambitious businesses into technically successful ones.
Whether your goal is to do something new, to increase process efficiencies or to improve customer experience, we develop bespoke solutions to make it happen. From mobile apps and highly functional websites to complex systems which underpin your business, we can give you the competitive edge.
“Ghyston have been an absolute pleasure to work with and we love our website so much! We wanted it to be simple to use and splitting into two user journeys was such an effective idea. We can’t thank the team at Ghyston enough for all their brilliant work and patience.”
Loqbox is a financial wellbeing business on a mission to give everyone access to a richer life. Amid a severe cost-of-living crisis, high interest rates, and soaring inflation, leading to financial uncertainty for many, the need for effective financial management has never been greater.
“The necessity for Loqbox is evident in its impressive growth. Over the past year, Loqbox has seen a significant increase in monthly revenue, its membership base, and the positive impact on its members’ savings”
We are a microplastics capture technology company focused on sustainable design and circular economy.
Through brilliant design thinking, powerful partners, and an impatience to make what we do matter, our mission is to develop and scale products that are the hard line between the biological and technical cycle.
“Matter fundamentally exists to ensure the future of humanity can continue to thrive. Climate tech often goes under the radar compared to bigger tech trends. Winning this award will not only highlight the typically underrepresented issue of microplastic pollution but also bring attention to small climate tech companies like Matter that are pioneering some of the world’s biggest planet-saving solutions.”
Teckollab is a platform that connects impact founders with ethical tech. With rising needs for fractional roles by diverse tech communities who are out of mainstream employment and challenges faced by underrepresented founders in accessing affordable tech talents, there is a need to relook at the engagement model outside traditional consultancy and employment frameworks.
“Teckollab supports reducing carbon footprint by setting up a local tech hub around Swindon that impact founders from London, Oxford and South West can access and promotes local economy and sustainable flexible opportunities to local talents, while enjoying employment type of support system.”
We design, build and optimise world-class digital platforms and websites, to elevate and grow your business. Our team of technical experts and UX specialists, work with aspirational businesses to push boundaries, challenge thinking and bring your vision to life. Through user focused research and insights, we work together to build highly effective digital platforms that deliver success.
“Unfold pride themselves on going the extra mile for their team members, fostering an environment where every individual feels valued, supported, and empowered to thrive in their roles.”
