In November 2019 we were delighted to win Digital Catapult's inaugural Platinum Award in the LPWAN test bed category. Having been on a journey over the previous 18 months with Digital Catapult, we had learnt a huge amount and enhanced our solution offering. The Platinum Award was exciting to receive as added validation of the work we'd carried out and the efficacy of our solutions.
We know that IoT has a massive future and to have been recognised in this way gave us an extra boost. We have been hugely grateful for the support and connections facilitated by Digital Catapult and are fully committed to continuing the engagement with them and collaborating with other tech organisations in the future.
Digital Catapult's Platinum Awards - winners announced
In the last twelve months, 90 companies on Digital Catapult programmes raised over £130 million in private investment and funding grants. Digital Catapult announced the winners of its inaugural Platinum Awards - a prestigious new initiative that recognises and celebrates the most impactful advanced digital technology startups and scaleups, as judged by an eminent independent panel.
"Our expertise is in designing facilities and programmes ahead of the market to help companies of all sizes collaborate at the leading edge of frontier technologies. The Platinum Awards celebrate the stars of our programmes, demonstrating how their innovative products, solutions and experiences are having an impact. They show how rich and talented the UK tech community is and we're delighted that the Platinum Awards recognise their achievements."Jeremy Silver, CEO · Digital Catapult
The ceremony, held in London, brought together a wide range of guests from across the UK's digital community. Priya Guha, venture partner at Merian Ventures and member of the Innovate UK Council, opened the event, and Grammy Award winner Imogen Heap presented the awards to the eight winning startups which have all been part of Digital Catapult's programmes.
Award categories recognised
- CreativeXR
- Augmentor
- Machine Intelligence Garage
- 5G Testbed Accelerator Programme
- LPWAN Testbed - won by IoT Solutions Group
- Immersive Labs
- Cyber 101
The panel of judges included Priya Guha, Imogen Heap, Paul Clarke (CTO, Ocado), Dame Wendy Hall (Regius Professor of Computer Science), Marcus du Sautoy FRS OBE (Professor of Mathematics, Oxford), and several other eminent figures from the UK technology and investment landscape.