With 149 entries received, competition to be named a Finalist in the British Data Awards proved to be tough, and today we’re thoroughly delighted to present our 2021 Finalists.
The British Data Awards is an annual campaign that sets out to uncover data success stories. Organisations taking part this year include FTSE 100 giants, tech unicorns, innovative start-ups, public sector bodies, not-for-profit organisations and everything in between. Run by Predatech, the British Data Awards helps to discover and celebrate organisations that are passionate about data, no matter their size. While some of our 2021 Finalists have the potential to change the world, others are having a much more local, but nonetheless important impact.
Jason Johnson, Co-Founder of Predatech and British Data Awards judge said: “We set-off on a quest to find our Finalists back in February, and it’s been quite a journey! Judging the entries has been a challenge due to the number of high quality entries, but it’s also been a great privilege. It’s reminded us of the sheer talent and ingenuity that makes the UK such a global powerhouse for all things data. All our Finalists should be very proud.”
We’d like to extend our thanks once again to all the judges for reviewing the entries and sharing their expertise:
Neil Carden, COO of Forth Point
Jason Johnson, Co-Founder of Predatech
Mahana Mansfield, Data Science Director at Deliveroo
Tej Parikh, Chief Economist at the Institute of Directors
Harriet Rees, Head of Data Science at Starling Bank
Dr Jo Watts, CEO & Founder of Effini
And so, without any further ado, the British Data Awards 2021 Finalists are:
Overall Awards
Innovation of the Year: Autocab, InfoSum, Luminance, Mina Digital, Previsico, Qualis Flow, SaltDNA & The Data City
Start-Up of the Year: Alcuris, Honcho Markets, Previsico, Snoop, Synap, Tumelo, Vortexa & Yoello
SME of the Year: 67 Bricks, Bibblio, Eagle Genomics, Geeks Ltd, Groundsure, MWS Technology, The Data Shed & The DPO Centre
Large Company of the Year: Bright Data, Co-op, Octopus Energy, Openreach & SmartSearch
Data for Good Initiative of the Year: 360Giving, Absolar, Co-op, Data Orchard, HomeLINK, Money Dashboard, Openreach, Shoothill & Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
Marketing Campaign of the Year: Tempcover, YourParkingSpace & Union Data
Data Leader of the Year: Abel Aboh, Data Quality Lead at the Bank of England, Caroline Carruthers, CEO of Carruthers and Jackson, Natalie Cramp, CEO of Profusion, Christine Osazuwa, Director of Data & Insights – Global Marketing, Warner Music Group, & Susan Walsh, MD of The Classification Guru
Sector Specific Awards
AI Company of the Year: Afiniti, Deeper Insights, Edgify, Luminance, Qualitest, Synthesized, Tractable & Vortexa
Analytics Company of the Year: Carbon AI, DirectID, Effini & Shepherd
EdTech of the Year: Civic Digits, East Neuk Analytics, M247, MWS Technology, Oxford Medical Simulation, Synap & WordUp
Healthcare Organisation of the Year: Alcuris, Intouch with Health, Oxford Medical Simulation & Synopsis
Not-For-Profit of the Year: 360Giving, Civic Digits & Data Orchard
Professional Services Firm of the Year: 67 Bricks, Netsells, Probably Rational, Profusion & The DPO Centre
PropTech of the Year: Absolar, clixifix, Coadjute, Edozo, HomeLINK, IMMO Capital & Resi
Technology Company of the Year (<50 employees): Intouch with Health, Motion Metrics, Planable Inc, Qualis Flow, Reygar, Suade Labs, Synopsis & The Data City
Technology Company of the Year (>50 employees): DueDil, Geeks Ltd, InfoSum, Octopus Energy, Panintelligence, Sirenum, SmartSearch & Tractable
While every region of the UK is represented among our Finalists, organisations based in London, Yorkshire and the Humber, and Scotland account for some 63% of all Finalists.
Winners will be announced online on Tuesday 4th May. If you’d like to stay up to date with the British Data Awards, please follow us on LinkedIn or Twitter.
