The Winners of The Europas Awards 2018 show Europe’s startup power

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
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: Bizzabo Isotoma Blockchip Malta Blockchain
Summit Barclays Bayer BlueArray Coinweb Columbus Capital Ihorizon JAG Shaw Baker Orrick Outlier Ventures Fieldhouse
Associates aiPod Burlington CEW Communications London Tech Week Who were Awards judges They were: Michael Jackson, Mangrove
Capital Stephanie Hospital, One Ragtime Jason Ball, Qualcomm Ventures Tugce Ergul, Angel Labs Jeremy Yap, Angel Sitar Teli, Connect
Ventures George McDonaugh, KR1 Carlos Eduardo Espinal, Seedcamp Andrei Brasoveanu, Accel Partners Candice Lo, Lending Block Richard
Muirhead, Fabric VC Nancy Fechnay, Blockchain Investor Eileen Burbidge, Passion Capital Tina Baker, Jag Shaw Baker Scott Sage, Crane Venture
Partners Eze Vidra, Remagine Ventures Saul Klein, LocalGlobe The winners, selected from the finalists, were: Here are the finalists for The
Europas Awards 2018, July 3, London 1
Hottest Media/Entertainment Hatch Entertainment Judges& comments: Potentially &the Netflix of Mobile Games& 2
Hottest eCommerce/Retail Deliveroo Judges& 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 LLP Starling Bank Judges comments: Huge growth in the last year, putting the heat
on other challenger banks 4
Hottest Games Startup Bossa Studios Judges comments: Innovative new games which defy convention 5
Hottest Startup Accelerator sponsored by BlueArray Founders Factory Judges comments: Cleverly matching corporates with startups for wider
distribution partnerships and collaborative innovation 6
Hottest Marketing/Adtech Startup AppsFlyer & Now Europe leading platform for mobile attribution marketing analytics. 7
Hottest Education Startup sponsored by Isotoma Lingumi Judges comments: Language learning platform for pre-school kids encouraging parent
participation 8
Hottest Mobile Startup Depop Judges comments: GenZ eBay & A hit for ‘merch drops& so teens can later &depop& their hot fashion. 9
Hottest Enterprise, SaaS or B2B sponsored by Barclays Signal Media Judges comments: An amazing AI startup turning data into accessible
business knowledge 10
Hottest Hardware Kano Computing Judges comments: With new funding secured, a powerhouse of European hardware 11
Hottest Platform Economy / Marketplace Syft Judges comments: The &Taskrabbit for hospitality industry& 12
Hottest Health sponsored by Bayer Digital Health Ada Health Judges comments: Definitely your future doctor 13
Hottest Cyber Security sponsored by ihorizon Digital Shadows Judges comments: A cyber security powerhouse straight out of Europe 14
Hottest Travel Mobility Startup Seatfrog Judges comments: Making upgrades effortless for airlines and passengers, it on a roll with
investors, press and consumers alike 15
Hottest Internet of Things Smarter Judges comments: Smarter kitchens of the future, but today 16
Hottest Technology Innovation Ultrahaptics Judges 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 Startup 21 Buttons Judges comments: A fashion social and shopping network growing like a weed. 18
Hottest Tech for Good BuffaloGrid Judges comments: Bringing connectivity to the next 3 billion 19
Hottest AI Startup Black Swan Judges 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 Year Revolut Judges comments: A challenger bank that challenging the other challengers, and is now even a
player in cryptocurrency 21
Hottest GreenTech Startup Asperitas Judges comments: The next wave in Greening datacentres & Crypto miners take note! 22
Hottest Startup Founders Joel Gibbard + Samantha Payne, Open Bionics Judges comments: These founders are changing people lives with
futuristic prosthetics 23
Hottest CEO of the Year Pieter van der Does, Adyen Judges comments: van der Does has skilfully piloted his company to a smash hit IPO this
year 24
Hottest Angel/Seed Investor Reshma Sohoni and Carlos Eduardo Espinal, Seedcamp Judges 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 Baker Pär-Jörgen Pärson, Northzone Judges comments: A popular industry player and an early
backer of the powerhouse that is Spotify and many other European unicorns 26
Hottest Blockchain/Crypto Startup Founder Mona El Isa, Melonport Judges comments: El Isa is considered a blockchain industry thought leader
and Melonport is poised to change the game in crypto asset management and governance 27
Hottest Blockchain Protocol Project, sponsored by Outlier Ventures Polkadot.io Judges comments: Straight outta Berlin & The biggest project
out there to link the world blockchains 28
Hottest Blockchain DApp, sponsored by Blockchip Verisart Judges comments: A real-world blockchain application taking the art world by
storm 29
Hottest Corporate Blockchain Project sponsored by Coinweb Billon Judges comments: Billon is using blockchain to reimagine the flow of
regulated money and data. 30
Hottest Blockchain Investor Europe sponsored by Malta Blockchain Summit KR1 Judges comments: An pioneering blockchain and token investment
player doing big things under the radar 31
Hottest Blockchain ICO Europe sponsored by Columbus Capital Bancor Judges comments: Bancor has created new standard for cryptocurrencies
convertible directly through their smart contracts, and managed an amazing public ICO. 32
Hottest Financial Crypto Project BlockEx Judges comments: BlockEx digital asset exchange platform has made positive waves in the crypto
assets world 33
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 Project Trunomi Judges comments: If data rights are the furture, Trunomi is helping to unlock that future. 35
Hall of Fame sponsored by TechCrunch Saul Klein and Robin Klein, LocalGlobe Judges 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 Bizzabo Adyen Judges comments: Adyen IPO was one of the biggest of the year and shows that Europe can
produce the next wave of global Tech Unicorns.