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2023 shortlist and winners
The shortlist and winners from the UK tech awards 2023 are shown below.
tech deal of the year award
sponsored by Rothschild & Co
shortlist
- WINNER: Arm
- Bango plc
- Kooth plc
- Oxa
- Raspberry Pi Ltd
- Reward Gateway
tech commentator of the year award
sponsored by Gracechurch Group
shortlist
- Callum Burroughs/Business Insider
- James Harding/Tortoise Media
- WINNER: Richard Holway MBE and Anthony Miller/TechMarketView
- Amy Lewin/Sifted
- Andrew Orlowski
- Ian Spence/Megabuyte
scale up award
shortlist
- Beamery Ltd
- Garrison Technology Ltd
- Infogrid Ltd
- Matillion Ltd
- Orbus Software
- WINNER: Quantexa Ltd
tech for good award
sponsored by Heidrick & Struggles
shortlist
- 60 Decibels Inc.
- Blancco Technology Group plc
- C2-Ai
- Diaceutics plc
- Euan's Guide
- Flo Health UK Ltd
- Streeva
- WINNER: Zero Gravity
tech investor award
sponsored by Teneo
shortlist
- Augmentum Fintech
- WINNER: ECI Partners
- Hg
- Index Ventures
- Octopus Ventures
- Parkwalk Advisors
best use of tech in the digital economy award
sponsored by BDB Pitmans
shortlist
- 1Spatial plc
- Chainalysis
- WINNER: Diaceutics plc
- Finboot
- HURR
- Synthace Ltd
tech growth business of the year award
sponsored by ECI
shortlist
- Agilio Software Topco Ltd
- BCN Group Ltd
- Causeway Technologies Ltd
- Eagle Eye Solutions Group plc
- Kaizen Reporting Ltd
- WINNER: Tripledot Studios Ltd
tech businesswoman of the year award
sponsored by PwC
shortlist
- WINNER: Heba Bevan/UtterBerry Ltd
- Professor Clare Grey/Nyobolt Ltd
- Janette Martin/Talos360 Ltd
- Anne Marie Neatham/Ocado Group plc
- Eimear O'Connor/Form3 Group Ltd
- Sarah Turner/Angel Academe
tech innovation of the year award
sponsored by Berenberg
shortlist
- BP plc
- C2-Ai
- WINNER: Evonetix Ltd
- Lumai Ltd
- Peak AI Ltd
- Quantum Motion Technologies Ltd
tech CEO of the year award
sponsored by HSBC Innovation Banking
shortlist
- Chris Bayne/Access Technology Group Ltd
- John Cotterel/Endava plc
- Poppy Gustafsson/Darktrace plc
- Rene Haas/Arm
- David Meaden/Idox plc
- WINNER: Elona Mortimer-Zhika/IRIS Software Group
tech company of the year award
sponsored by Arma Partners
shortlist
- WINNER: Access Technology
Group Ltd - Arm
- Darktrace plc
- IRIS Software Group
- Raspberry Pi Ltd
- Softcat plc
key dates
The period under review for all awards is from 1 October 2022 to 30 September 2023.
w/c Monday 1 May 2023 – nominations open
Friday 23 June 2023 – nominations close
Friday 28 July 2023 – submission form deadline
Thursday 28 September 2023 – voting panel meeting
Friday 29 September 2023 – shortlist announced
Thursday 9 November 2023 – UK tech awards 2023
2023 nominations
Nominations for the UK tech awards 2023 have now closed and the deadline for submission forms has passed. Nominations for next year’s awards will open in April 2024. If you wish to be added to our mailing list for notifications, please sign up for email notifications at the top of this page.
eligibility
UK: Companies should either be headquartered in the UK or lreland, or have substantial management, control and ownership based in the UK or lreland and/or be listed in London.
tech: An eligible company for the UK tech awards will be one whose business growth and success is dependent on, or attributed to, the development of its technology. Eligible companies will have developed their IP and will be able to demonstrate significant innovation in the technology or its application. For the purposes of these awards, eligible companies could be involved in communications, electronic and digital technologies, biotech, medtech, fintech, govtech and/or cleantech.