Yesterday The Europas, the European Tech Startup Awards and Unconference once again held its annual jamboree in London, throwing together an afternoon of deep-dive panel discussions on the hottest topics in tech, a &Pitch Roulette& session of early-stage startup pitches, and a glittering Awards ceremony, honouring the hottest startups, unicorns founders, investors and blockchain projects in the European ecosystem.The awards are based on thousands of votes gleaned from a round of public voting, combined with industry judges drawn from founders and investors.The photos from the night will shortly be up online.To keep the conversations intimate and real, there was no live stream, but you can follow the coverage on Twitter here.An annual celebration of Europe brightest and best tech companies, The Europas Unconference and Awards for European Tech Startups has been an established fixture on the European scene since 2009, when it was first held in a London bar.Over 60 speakers were at the casual series if afternoon panel sessions, ahead of the industry Awards finale in the evening.
There was also a pitch competition &Pich Roulette& where AiPod, BFF, Coinweb, PsycApps/Equoo, Frogology, Tube Chat, Lookhealth.io, Blockchip and Loveshark pitched.
PsycApps/Equoo was selected as the winner.Over the last few weeks, startups had been able to either apply for an award or be nominated by a third-party.
The winners of that round were combined with the top picks by an expert judging panel and the results combined to determine the hottest European startups across all categories.
No fees were paid by entrants or winners to enter or accept the awards, marking this the only truly editorially independent tech startups awards in Europe.The Europas is held in partnership with TechCrunch and all attendees, nominees and winners of the Europas Awards will get discounts to TechCrunch Disrupt in Berlin later this year.The sponsors and event partners were:BizzaboIsotomaBlockchipMalta Blockchain SummitBarclaysBayerBlueArrayCoinwebColumbus CapitalIhorizonJAG Shaw BakerOrrickOutlier VenturesFieldhouse AssociatesaiPodBurlingtonCEW CommunicationsLondon Tech WeekWho were Awards judges They were: Michael Jackson, Mangrove CapitalStephanie Hospital, One RagtimeJason Ball, Qualcomm VenturesTugce Ergul, Angel LabsJeremy Yap, AngelSitar Teli, Connect VenturesGeorge McDonaugh, KR1Carlos Eduardo Espinal, SeedcampAndrei Brasoveanu, Accel PartnersCandice Lo, Lending BlockRichard Muirhead, Fabric VCNancy Fechnay, Blockchain InvestorEileen Burbidge, Passion CapitalTina Baker, Jag Shaw BakerScott Sage, Crane Venture PartnersEze Vidra, Remagine VenturesSaul Klein, LocalGlobeThe winners, selected from the finalists, were:Here are the finalists for The Europas Awards 2018, July 3, London1.
Hottest Media/EntertainmentHatch EntertainmentJudges& comments: Potentially &the Netflix of Mobile Games&2.
Hottest eCommerce/Retail DeliverooJudges& comments: Utterly ubiquitous! You can&t walk down a street without a Deliveroo rider rushing past you, and increasingly international.3.
Hottest Fintech sponsored by Orrick, Herrington Sutcliffe LLPStarling BankJudges comments: Huge growth in the last year, putting the heat on other challenger banks4.
Hottest Games Startup Bossa StudiosJudges comments: Innovative new games which defy convention5.
Hottest Startup Accelerator sponsored by BlueArrayFounders FactoryJudges comments: Cleverly matching corporates with startups for wider distribution partnerships and collaborative innovation6.
Hottest Marketing/Adtech StartupAppsFlyer & Now Europe leading platform for mobile attribution marketing analytics.7.
Hottest Education Startup sponsored by IsotomaLingumiJudges comments: Language learning platform for pre-school kids encouraging parent participation8.
Hottest Mobile Startup DepopJudges comments: GenZ eBay & A hit for ‘merch drops& so teens can later &depop& their hot fashion.9.
Hottest Enterprise, SaaS or B2B sponsored by BarclaysSignal MediaJudges comments: An amazing AI startup turning data into accessible business knowledge10.
Hottest HardwareKano ComputingJudges comments: With new funding secured, a powerhouse of European hardware11.
Hottest Platform Economy / MarketplaceSyftJudges comments: The &Taskrabbit for hospitality industry&12.
Hottest Health sponsored by Bayer Digital HealthAda HealthJudges comments: Definitely your future doctor13.
Hottest Cyber Security sponsored by ihorizonDigital ShadowsJudges comments: A cyber security powerhouse straight out of Europe14.
Hottest Travel Mobility StartupSeatfrogJudges comments: Making upgrades effortless for airlines and passengers, it on a roll with investors, press and consumers alike15.
Hottest Internet of ThingsSmarterJudges comments: Smarter kitchens of the future, but today16.
Hottest Technology InnovationUltrahapticsJudges comments: Just wave your hand and you too can become a Jedi Knight with this amazing technology, which will probably end up in our homes and cars.17.
Hottest FashionTech Startup21 ButtonsJudges comments: A fashion social and shopping network growing like a weed.18.
Hottest Tech for GoodBuffaloGridJudges comments: Bringing connectivity to the next 3 billion19.
Hottest AI StartupBlack SwanJudges comments: The leading European startup in Smart Data and Predictive Analytics, making uncanny predictions on what we&ll buy.20.
Fastest Rising Startup of the YearRevolutJudges comments: A challenger bank that challenging the other challengers, and is now even a player in cryptocurrency21.
Hottest GreenTech StartupAsperitasJudges comments: The next wave in Greening datacentres & Crypto miners take note!22.
Hottest Startup FoundersJoel Gibbard + Samantha Payne, Open BionicsJudges comments: These founders are changing people lives with futuristic prosthetics23.
Hottest CEO of the Year Pieter van der Does, AdyenJudges comments: van der Does has skilfully piloted his company to a smash hit IPO this year24.
Hottest Angel/Seed InvestorReshma Sohoni and Carlos Eduardo Espinal, SeedcampJudges comments: Still hungry for Seed startups, and has even raised a new EU-backed fund in tough political times.25.
Hottest VC Investor sponsored by JAG Shaw BakerPär-Jörgen Pärson, NorthzoneJudges comments: A popular industry player and an early backer of the powerhouse that is Spotify and many other European unicorns26.
Hottest Blockchain/Crypto Startup FounderMona El Isa, MelonportJudges comments: El Isa is considered a blockchain industry thought leader and Melonport is poised to change the game in crypto asset management and governance27.
Hottest Blockchain Protocol Project, sponsored by Outlier VenturesPolkadot.ioJudges comments: Straight outta Berlin & The biggest project out there to link the world blockchains28.
Hottest Blockchain DApp, sponsored by BlockchipVerisartJudges comments: A real-world blockchain application taking the art world by storm29.
Hottest Corporate Blockchain Project sponsored by CoinwebBillonJudges comments: Billon is using blockchain to reimagine the flow of regulated money and data.30.
Hottest Blockchain Investor Europe sponsored by Malta Blockchain SummitKR1Judges comments: An pioneering blockchain and token investment player doing big things under the radar31.
Hottest Blockchain ICO Europe sponsored by Columbus CapitalBancorJudges comments: Bancor has created new standard for cryptocurrencies convertible directly through their smart contracts, and managed an amazing public ICO.32.
Hottest Financial Crypto ProjectBlockExJudges comments: BlockEx digital asset exchange platform has made positive waves in the crypto assets world33.
Hottest Blockchain for Good Project United Nations Jordan Etherum Project (Parity Technologies)!Judges comments: The combined United Nations, World Food Programme and Parity project on the Ethereum blockchain has changed the game for aid distribution to Syrian refugees in Jordan and is poised to be applied to other humanitarian projects globally.34.
Hottest Blockchain Identity ProjectTrunomiJudges comments: If data rights are the furture, Trunomi is helping to unlock that future.35.
Hall of Fame sponsored by TechCrunchSaul Klein and Robin Klein, LocalGlobeJudges comments: An incredible long-time double-act of European venture startups.
Every startup needs a Batman and Robin to help them, and Saul and Robin keep delivering!28.
Grand Prix Unicorn Award, sponsored by BizzaboAdyenJudges comments: Adyen IPO was one of the biggest of the year and shows that Europe can produce the next wave of global Tech Unicorns.