{"id":520944,"date":"2020-02-27T07:50:34","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T07:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maddyness.com\/uk\/?p=520944"},"modified":"2020-03-10T15:51:47","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T15:51:47","slug":"introducing-the-10-winning-rising-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maddyness.com\/uk\/2020\/02\/27\/introducing-the-10-winning-rising-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Tech Nation's 10 Rising Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"layout-column-1\">Rising Stars 2.0 is the UK\u2019s only truly national startup competition, designed to showcase and raise the profile of the best early-stage tech companies from all areas of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Entrants are supported throughout the application process and given training and support at each stage of the competition to enable startups to compete to their best ability.<\/p>\n<p>The competition culminates in a Grand Final in London where the top 20 companies, were selected by Tech Nation's judging panel, pitched to a high profile panel and audience to be named as one of the 10 Rising Stars.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe Rising Stars announced today are great examples of the strength of the UK tech ecosystem,\u201d said Mike Jackson, entrepreneur success director of Tech Nation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Discover the winners<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<p><b>We Build Bots<\/b>: A govtech startup delivering artificial intelligence-powered automation to the public sector.<\/p>\n<p><b>Sparkbox<\/b>: A retail and fashion tech startup using machine learning to reduce stock, improve profitability, and prevent over-discounting by optimising retail prices.<\/p>\n<p><b>Codices<\/b>: A startup enabling broadcasters to create live interactive shows.<\/p>\n<p><b>Talking Medicine<\/b>s: A startup providing insight into patient behaviour for pharmaceutical companies.<\/p>\n<p><b>tootoot<\/b>: A startup making software which supports the psychological safety and wellbeing of people within education, sport and the workplace.<\/p>\n<p><b>Neatebox<\/b>: A startup promoting empathetic relationships between consumers and customer service teams.<\/p>\n<p><b>CoGrammar<\/b>: A startup scaling the human review of code with African tech talent.<\/p>\n<p><b>Shopper<\/b>: A community-driven marketplace for online and offline voucher codes covering thousands of e-commerce sites.<\/p>\n<p><b>ClearGlass<\/b>: A digital intermediary between asset managers and pension funds to promote transparency in the industry.<\/p>\n<p><b>Foundries.io:\u00a0<\/b>A software platform addressing security and device management for IoT and Edge devices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rising Stars 2.0 is the UK\u2019s only truly national startup competition, designed to showcase and raise the profile of the best early-stage tech companies from all areas of the country. 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