Tech bosses aim to claim top awards
SIX YORKSHIRE based tech entrepreneurs are a step closer to pitching their business at a global conference in Barcelona, having reached the Northern heat of KPMG’s Best British Tech Pioneer competition.
The business leaders will be pitching alongside nine others in Manchester tomorrow to a panel of judges from the Northern tech community. At least two entrepreneurs will be selected to progress to the national semi -finals in London, hoping to win a place at the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona next month.
The six businesses from this region to be competing are Damson Global, from York, Hark, Scaled Insights, Slingshot Simulations and Vet-AI which are all based in Leeds, and Sheffield’s Tribosonics
Lizzie Smith, of KPMG Private
Previous winners have gone on to have huge success. Lizzie Smith, of KPMG Private Enterprise.
Enterprise, who works with fast-growth businesses in the North, said: “These innovative businesses are a step closer to the opportunity to showcasing themselves to an audience of over 100,000 tech industry players, including investors looking for the next emerging giant to invest in, buy from, or form an alliance with, at Mobile World Congress.
“Previous winners of this competition have gone on to have huge success and I can’t wait to hear more from these six disrupters about why they should represent the North at the semi-final in London and ultimately be crowned Best British Tech Pioneer.”
More than £100m has been raised by previous competition finalists from around the country.