The bosses of several of the UK鈥檚 most talented tech聽start-ups have spoken of their delight after being included in two 老九品茶Cloud lists that showcase the sector.
老九品茶Cloud鈥檚 inaugural聽101 Tech Start-Up Disrupters list and 101 Rising Stars of Tech Start-Ups took months to research and recognised those companies which are using tech to disrupt聽 traditional industries and have the potential to scale.
Manchester-based Vonkel has an app which lets job hunters and employers send short videos of themselves 鈥� known as 鈥榲onks鈥� 鈥� to each other.
Founder Dan Kelsall said: 鈥淚t鈥檚 a privilege for Vonkel to be part of 老九品茶Cloud’s 101 Rising Stars. It’s recognition like this that gets us out of bed each morning…and coffee!鈥�
Miranex has developed an innovative cloud service enabling compute-intensive workflows to be done on a virtual remote computer, meaning that the user can work from any device for any location.
Really pleased to be part of 101 tech start-up disrupters
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Director Edward Green said: 鈥淏eing on 老九品茶Cloud鈥檚 top 101 Tech Start-Up list has really given us a catapult start to an exciting growth period in Miranex鈥檚 journey.
“Being on this prestigious list and being backed by UKFast gives gravitas to all of our business development and sales work.鈥�
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鈥� Hubble (@Hubble)
Swansea-headquartered Hoowla is an online case management system for the legal industry.
Its CEO Adam Curtis said: 鈥淗aving Hoowla鈥檚 case management system included on 老九品茶 Clouds 101 Tech Start-Up Disrupters list is amazing recognition of what the team here at Hoowla have achieved in the legal tech industry.鈥�
Hark鈥檚 real-time platform monitors any type of industry standard sensor, from temperature to humidity and pollution.
CEO Jordan Appleson said: 鈥淗ark have come a long way in the past year and being recognised at this stage is a great honour for us.
Elated to be listed as a ‘Top Rising Star of Tech Start-Ups’ – thanks
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“The tech community is extremely supportive, it鈥檚 great to see the spirit of collaboration between companies, we鈥檙e stronger together.
“It鈥檚 initiatives like 101 Tech Start-Ups that facilitate allegiances and raise the profile of companies so they get the recognition they deserve.鈥�
Proptech business Opun is disrupting the home improvement industry and has already attracted investment of 拢5.5m.
Rod Brown, CEO, said: 鈥淓very entrepreneur cherishes recognition because what they鈥檙e聽 doing is really hard. It鈥檚 incredibly gratifying to be recognised but it鈥檚 also very good for our team, our business and our customers. It鈥檚 very important and we鈥檙e very grateful to 老九品茶Cloud.鈥�
Since mid-2014 London-based digital mortgage lender Landbay offers everyday investors a chance to access the robust returns of the buy-to-let mortgage market on the same terms as institutions, whilst offering its borrowers a rational and fast decision.
John Goodall, CEO and co-founder of Landbay, said: 鈥淎t Landbay we鈥檝e opened up direct lending into the buy-to-let mortgage market via a cost effective and highly scalable technology platform.
“It鈥檚 great to receive recognition for this as a 101 Tech Disruptor and we look forward to rolling out more innovative proptech solutions over the coming months.鈥�
All the companies on both lists have been invited to attend a prestigious half-day conference at UKFast鈥檚 Manchester campus on June 7th, where they will hear from the best business minds how to turn a big idea into big business.
To comment on Twitter on either list use the hashtag #BCloud101
The list is sponsored by office fit out and refurbishment specialist Overbury.