StartUp Awards 2023 - Wales | Ideas Forums | 17 February 2023 | TBA

The StartUp Awards is a collaboration between the founders of the Great British Entrepreneur Awards - an established national programme receiving over 5,000 applications annually - and the Wales Start-Up Awards, the only national and regional awards currently celebrating new businesses in the UK.

The StartUp Awards recognises the achievements of those amazing individuals who have had a great idea, spotted the opportunity and taken the risks to launch a new product or service.

Already established and thriving in Wales, the StartUp Awards is now taking the passion and drive to celebrate new business and extending across the whole of the United Kingdom.

The Categories
• Agritech StartUp
• Business to Business Services StartUp
• Business, Consulting & Management StartUp
• Construction & Building Services StartUp
• Consumer Services StartUp
• Creative StartUp
• Digital StartUp
• Fashion & Beauty StartUp
• Fintech StartUp
• Food & Drink StartUp
• Global StartUp
• Graduate StartUp
• Green StartUp
• High Street StartUp
• Hospitality & Events StartUp
• Innovative StartUp
• Manufacturing & Engineering StartUp
• Marketing, Advertising & PR StartUp
• Medtech & Healthtech StartUp
• Mobile & Emerging Technologies StartUp
• Online Retail StartUp
• Professional Services StartUp
• Rebel StartUp
• Recruitment Services StartUp
• Rising Star Award
• Rural StartUp
• Social Enterprise StartUp
• Technology Services StartUp
• Tourism & Leisure StartUp
• Young Entrepreneur

2022 Winners

Overall Regional Winner
• Joelle Drummond, Drop Bear Beer Co,
• Sarah McNena, Drop Bear Beer Co,

Business to Business Services StartUp
• Ben Davies, Hexa Finance
• Stuart Mason, Hexa Finance

Consumer Services StartUp
• Kelly Farr, YourNorth
• Jamie Farr, YourNorth

Cardiff StartUp
• Fed Pereira, Lovetovisit
• Alice Aubrey, Lovetovisit
• Georgia Aubrey, Lovetovisit

Construction & Building Services StartUp
• Sankha Deep Das, Lattice.Site

Creative StartUp
• Thomas James, Luna TIDES Productions

Digital StartUp
• Dean Ward, DCW Insignts

Fintech StartUp
• Daniel Sawko, Ship Shape

Food & Drink StartUp
• Gregor Shaw, Devil's Bridge Rum

Global StartUp
• Connor Wall, Conexus

Graduate StartUp
• Alex-Ioan Coldea, Dill

Green StartUp
• Joelle Drummond, Drop Bear Beer Co,
• Sarah McNena, Drop Bear Beer Co,

High Street StartUp
• Kristian Cuffin, Cuffed-in Coffee

Innovative StartUp
• Mohamed Binesmael, Route Konnect
• Daniel Harborne, Route Konnect
• Matteo De Rosa, Route Konnect

Medtech & Healthtech StartUp
• Azize Naji, Googleminds

Mobile & Emerging Technologies StartUp
• Manoj Khetia, Identitech
• Scott Jones, Identitech
• Rosalind Burns, Identitech
• John Brassey, Identitech

North Wales StartUp
• Billy Williams, Cufflink
• Boris Grekov, Cufflink

Online Retail StartUp
• Ronnie Bourne, Mallows Beauty
• Laura Bourne, Mallows Beauty

Professional Services StartUp
• Rich Thomas, Moxie People
• Sam Cooper-Woolley, Moxie People

Rising Star Award
• Sarah Dodd, Tree Law
• Hannah Roose, The Virtual Assistant Experience
• Donna Graves, Micro Acres Wales
• Christopher Graves, Micro Acres Wales

Rural StartUp
• Phillip Stasiw, The Lodge, Staylittle
• Polly Clark, The Lodge, Staylittle

Social Enterprise StartUp
• Ally Elouise, Prom Ally CIC

Swansea Bay StartUp
• Joelle Drummond, Drop Bear Beer Co,
• Sarah McNena, Drop Bear Beer Co,

The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award
• Daisy Purkis, Marketing Purks

Tourism & Leisure StartUp
• Kate Richards, Nomadic Washrooms
• Stu Richards, Nomadic Washrooms

Valleys StartUp
• Adam Smith, Niche Website Builders
• Mark Mars, Niche Website Builders

Young Entrepreneur
• Joelle Drummond, Drop Bear Beer Co,
• Sarah McNena, Drop Bear Beer Co,