The Europas Unconference & Awards 2018

The Europas Awards and Unconference for tech and crypto startups was held on 3rd July 2018 at The Chiswell Street Brewery, in the heart of London’s ‘Tech City’. An annual celebration of Europe’s 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 of 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/Equoowas selected as the winner.

The Europas 2018 Award Winners

1. Hottest Media/Entertainment – Hatch Entertainment
2. Hottest eCommerce/Retail – Deliveroo
3. Hottest Fintech sponsored by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP – Starling Bank
4. Hottest Games Startup – Bossa Studios
5. Hottest Startup Accelerator sponsored by BlueArray – Founders Factory
6. Hottest Marketing/Adtech Startup – AppsFlyer
7. Hottest Education Startup sponsored by Isotoma – Lingumi
8. Hottest Mobile Startup – Depop
9. Hottest Enterprise, SaaS or B2B sponsored by Barclays – Signal Media
10. Hottest Hardware – Kano Computing
11. Hottest Platform Economy / Marketplace – Syft
12. Hottest Health sponsored by Bayer Digital Health – Ada Health
13. Hottest Cyber Security sponsored by ihorizon – Digital Shadows
14. Hottest Travel & Mobility Startup – Seatfrog
15. Hottest Internet of Things – Smarter
16. Hottest Technology Innovation – Ultrahaptics
17. Hottest FashionTech Startup – 21 Buttons
18. Hottest Tech for Good – BuffaloGrid
19. Hottest AI Startup – Black Swan
20. Fastest Rising Startup of the Year – Revolut
21. Hottest GreenTech Startup – Asperitas
22. Hottest Startup Founders – Joel Gibbard + Samantha Payne, Open Bionics
23. Hottest CEO of the Year – Pieter van der Does, Adyen
24. Hottest Angel/Seed Investor – Reshma Sohoni and Carlos Eduardo Espinal, Seedcamp
25. Hottest VC Investor sponsored by JAG Shaw Baker – Pär-Jörgen Pärson, Northzone
26. Hottest Blockchain/Crypto Startup Founder – Mona El Isa, Melonport
27. Hottest Blockchain Protocol Project, sponsored by Outlier Ventures – Polkadot.io
28. Hottest Blockchain DApp, sponsored by Blockchip – Verisart
29. Hottest Corporate Blockchain Project sponsored by Coinweb – Billon
30. Hottest Blockchain Investor Europe sponsored by Malta Blockchain Summit – KR1
31. Hottest Blockchain ICO Europe sponsored by Columbus Capital – Bancor
32. Hottest Financial Crypto Project – BlockEx
33. Hottest Blockchain for Good Project – United Nations Jordan Etherum Project (Parity Technologies)!
34. Hottest Blockchain Identity Project – Trunomi
35. Hall of Fame sponsored by TechCrunch – Saul Klein and Robin Klein, LocalGlobe
36. Grand Prix Unicorn Award, sponsored by Bizzabo – Adyen