Meet the Hustle Awards 2023 Shortlist
Once again, this year’s entries raised the bar, showing the incredible talent and ambition within the startups industry. We’ve been blown away by the calibre of entries and are so excited to celebrate the founders, co-founders and team members that have disrupted the industry.
We are proud to celebrate the exceptional talent that has been recognised and honoured as the shortlist for the Hustle Awards 2023. Each year, the awards serve as a testament to the boundless creativity and dedication of individuals in their respective fields, and this year is no exception.
A special thank you to our esteemed judging panel for investing their valuable time to ensure the winning entries are worthy of being crowned victorious.
Without further ado…let’s meet the Hustle Awards 2023 finalists.
EARLY-STAGE INNOVATION SPONSORED BY DELL Technologies
FOUNDER OF THE YEAR
- Abigail Foster – Elent
- Hannah Thomson – The Joy Club
- Greg Gormley – SKOOT
- Mann Matharu – Qi Digital
- Tim Balz – Kalogon
- Lena Hackelöer – Brite Payments
- David Morgan – Entrepreneurs Unlocked CIC
- Lauren O’Donnell – Oatsu
- Andy Chatterley – MUSO
- Alex Mifsud - WEAVR
SUSTAINABILITY AWARD
- FuturePlus
- WasteShark by Ranmarine
- SCOOT
- Sitehop
- Gratitude
- Greenmarket
INSPIRATIONAL WOMXN OF THE INDUSTRY
- Melissa Chambers – Sitehop
- Abigail Foster – Elent
- Ayo Abbas – Abbas Marketing
- Alejandra de Brunner – ETHOS
- Dearbhail Ormond – Frendo
- Heather E. Williams – Cache DNA
- Sonya Whittam – STORY22
- Liana Fricker – Inspiration Space
- Bridget Greenwood – The200BnClub
- Flavia Popescu-Richardson – Velocity Juice
RISING STARTUP AWARD
MOST INNOVATIVE TECH SPONSORED BY ANGLIA Unicorn
- Essentialise Workplace Wellbeing
- Scentient
- SPROUT by Muddy Machines
- Dexory
- Vestd
- BlueSkeye AI
- Joyned
- Kalogon
- Seergrills
- Weavr.io
MOST SUCCESSFUL SCALEUP
- Joyned
- SEON
- KeyNest
- Chapter 2
- TCC (The Career Coach)
- Excel TM Group
- Weekender
- Conte.ai
- Brite Payments
OUTSTANDING STARTUPS SUPPORT SPONSORED BY QUEEN MARY ENTERPRISE
- Plus X
- Seedrs
- Operations Nation
- Allia
- Advanced Research Clusters (ARC)
- Trade Mark Wizards
- Home Grown
- I LIKE NETWORKING
- Future Worlds
- The Academe: The Power Room
SOCIAL IMPACT HERO(ES)
- The Joy Club
- Wellbees Challenge
- SPOKE World
- Essentialise Workplace Wellbeing
- ElevateRA
- AGAM International
- TCC (The Career Coach)
- QOR360 ButtOn Chair
- Contic
TOP PERFORMING TEAM
WORKSPACE OF THE YEAR
- The Trampery
- Plus X
- Antenna
- Clockwise
- The Dryden Enterprise Centre
- Colony Cowork
- Mindspace Hammersmith
READER’S CHOICE AWARD
The only one of our awards which isn't judged by our unbiased team of judges. All the shortlisted entries will be entered into this automatically and will be at the mercy of our readers, and we encourage YOU to vote for your favourite. Voting for the Reader’s Choice Award closes 9th June. vote for your favourite to win here.
To read more about each of our shortlisted, we have created an in-depth e-guide which you can download here.
We’d also like to thank our fantastic sponsors without whom this wouldn’t have been possible: Anglia Unicorn, DELL Technologies, Queen Mary Enterprise, Dragon Argent and Small Business Research + Enterprise Centre.
Make sure you're in the room to see if you're crowned the winner. Tickets are now available.
BOOK EARLY BIRD TICKETS HERE (early-bird ends 9th June)
We look forward to welcoming you there.