// ENTRIES OPEN 13 NOV 2024



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Being in the early-stage is one of the most difficult phases. Having an idea but not necessarily a proof-of-concept or a product to show off and validate the business is often very tricky, but we know it is important to power through! Through this award we want to shine a light on the early-stage businesses and give them an opportunity to win an award without competing against businesses that are more established. (Teams of less than 10 people)

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Who is eligible for this award?: A new startup company less than 2 years old, with less than 10 employees.

Entrant description: Please include some background details about your company – who are you, and what do you provide? How have you created a new business by innovating or developing a new product or service? What is the size of the business and team, and how long have you been running?

Tell us why this entry should win this award: Outline why you’re entering this award and convince the judges that your entry should be considered. What is your product? What makes your solution unique compared to existing options on the market, or is this a completely new idea? What are your next steps to continue its development?

Benefits: What benefit will you provide to your customers? What is your customer need?

Evidence & testimonials: These should be obtained from clients, partners, and industry figures, rather than employees of your organisation. Provide evidence of your success through projected growth, statistics, and numbers.

Supporting material: Supporting material is highly recommended to help the judges make their decision and is limited to three images and one video link per entry. Videos are encouraged.

Sustainability is ever more so important to businesses, and being green will be at the heart of most new businesses. Startups are extremely forward thinking with sustainability, but this category is for a startup or businesses idea that is all about sustainability and having a positive impact on the environment. If your solution focuses on sustainability or helping others be more sustainable then we want to hear.


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Who is eligible for this award?: An individual, team, or business whose working practices or products make a demonstrable change to improve the environment. This award will only be given for something that has had true impact, and has made a genuine difference to the environment.

Tell us why this entry should win this award: Outline why you’re entering this award and convince the judges that your entry should be considered. If you’re entering a product, tell us what it is and how it works. How have you innovated and differentiated yourself against the competition?

Evidence and benefits of environmental improvement: Please include evidence of environmental benefits that your company or product delivers. Ideally some real data should be used to substantiate any claims made, e.g. statistics and charts.

Testimonials: These should be obtained from clients, partners, industry figures, and end users.

Supporting material: Supporting material is highly recommended to help the judges make their decision and limited to three images and one video link per entry. Videos are encouraged.

This award celebrates founders who have taken the bold step of starting a business, whether independently or with a co-founder. We know the path to establishing a business is filled with challenges, and we aim to honour founders whose perseverance and achievements have set them apart. This is an individual award, and an opportunity to showcase your personal journey. (Please note: only one co-founder may be included per application.)

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Who is eligible for this award?: You must be a founder, or co-founder, of a company. If you have previously entered for this category, you will need to demonstrate significant changes or improvements since your last entry. The January 2024 and April 2025 eligibility criteria does not apply to this award.

Tell us why you should win this award: Outline why you’re entering this award, and convince the judges that your entry should be considered. How have you innovated and differentiated yourself from the competition? What impact have you made?

Tell us about your leadership style: How has your leadership style influenced your company’s growth and culture? How has your leadership influenced your company’s growth, and encouraged good workplace culture?

Evidence of achievement: What have you achieved within the industry? Please provide evidence of achievement.

Business benefits: Examples of business success and/or technological innovation should be stated clearly. How are you delivering real benefits to customers? How has this benefit been influenced by your leadership?

Testimonials: These should be obtained from clients, partners, and industry figures, rather than employees of your organisation.

Supporting material: Supporting material is highly recommended to help the judges make their decision, and limited to three images and one video link per entry. Videos are encouraged.


This award recognises an investor who has made a significant impact in supporting and advancing startups and/or scaleups, demonstrating exceptional judgement, dedication, and foresight. The Game-Changing Investor category celebrates investors that have gone above and beyond to empower founders and drive growth.
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Who is eligible for this award?: Open to venture capitalists, angel investors, or investors in alternate funding routes actively investing in startups, scaleups, and SMEs. The investment activity should have occurred within the past three years, with measurable outcomes for the supported companies.

Tell us why this entry should win this award: Outline why you’re entering this award and convince the judges that your entry should be considered.

Benefits: What benefits have you provided the startups you have invested in? How have those startups grown and developed? How have you contributed to the broader startup ecosystem, such as mentorship, advocacy, or collaboration with industry organisations?

Evidence & testimonials: These should be obtained from clients, partners, industry figures, and startups you’ve invested in. Provide evidence of your success through growth, statistics, and numbers. Show demonstrable financial success investments, including any exits, strong ROI, or other financial performance indicators.

Supporting material: Supporting material is highly recommended to help the judges make their decision and is limited to three images and one video link per entry. Videos are encouraged.

At Startups Magazine, we are all about championing and encouraging more female founders and women in tech, as they often don’t get the recognition they deserve. This award is to celebrate women in the industry that have excelled and really shone throughout the year. You can be at any position within a business, or even a freelancer.

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Who is eligible for this award?: A woman working for or with startups who has inspired others. This award is open to anyone that identifies as a woman.

About the entrant: Please include some background details about yourself and what you do within the industry.

Tell us why they should win this award: Outline why you’re entering this award and convince the judges that your entry should be considered. What impact have you made? What key achievements have defined your impact and success?

Evidence & testimonials: Please provide evidence for the judges to see what you’ve achieved, and how you’ve achieved this. Evidence should be provided through statistics, numbers, and testimonials from clients, partners, mentees, and industry figures.

Impact of inspiration: Please describe the inspiration you have given others, either within your business, or to others in the industry. How do you encourage diversity and inclusion within your organisation, network, or industry? How do you hope to make a continued impact?

Supporting material: Supporting material is highly recommended to help the judges make their decision and limited to three images and one video link per entry. We would recommend sending a photo of the team. Videos are encouraged.

As a tech-based publication, we want to see the incredible technology products and solutions that have really developed and been on a journey over the past year or so, and highlight some of the most innovative products currently breaking onto the tech scene. This category is for startups with an innovative tech solution or hardware product.
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Who is eligible for this award?: A business or entrepreneur that has created an innovative tech solution or product. The January 2024 and April 2025 eligibility criteria does not apply to this award.

Tell us why this entry should win this award: Outline why you’re entering this award and convince the judges that your entry should be considered. Introduce your innovative tech product, and explain how it works. A video is encouraged.

Evidence of innovation: What makes your product or technology different? What about it is genuinely new and innovative? Who are your competitors? What measurable impact has your technology had on its industry and/or target market? Please provide evidence of through stats and numbers about the impact your product has or will have.

Benefits: How does this product or innovation deliver real benefits to customers?

Testimonials: These should be obtained from clients, partners, industry figures, and end users.

Supporting material: Supporting material is highly recommended to help the judges make their decision and limited to three images and one video link per entry. We would recommend sending a photo of the team. Videos are encouraged.

There are several different stages to a business timeline, and if you are past the startup phase, but not quite at the corporate global business stage, you are most likely a scaleup. If you have a team of over ten and are seeing regular growth year after year, then this award is for you.


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Who is eligible for this award?: A growing startup company with over 10 employees. The January 2024 and April 2025 eligibility criteria does not apply to this award.

Entrant description: Please include some background details your scaleup – who are you, what does your company do, what do you provide? Include the size of the business and team, and how long you have been running. How have you moved from being a small startup to a growing, developing business?

Tell us why this entry should win this award: Outline why you’re entering this award and convince the judges that your entry should be considered. What factors have contributed to your company’s growth? How are you preparing to sustain this growth?

Evidence: Please provide evidence to show how you have developed as a business so successfully. Evidence of growth should be given as statistics and numbers. What benefit do you provide to your customers? What is your customer need?

Testimonials: These should be obtained from clients, partners, and industry figures, rather than employees of your organisation.

Supporting material: Supporting material is highly recommended to help the judges make their decision and is limited to three images and one video link per entry. Videos are encouraged.

The Hustle Awards are not only about the startups, we want to also champion the businesses and organisations that are helping startups and entrepreneurs along their journey. We appreciate what you are doing is valuable and necessary to elevate businesses to the next level, so if you support or provide a service to a startup in any way, this award is for you.

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Who is eligible for this award?: A company or individual who has helped a startup by offering support to their business in some form – by supplying skills, resources, facilities, advice, or representation.

Tell us why this entry should win this award: Outline why you’re entering this award and convince the judges that your entry should be considered. Tell us what you do, and how you have made an impact and supported startups in the industry.

Evidence of support: Please include evidence of how you have supported startups. Share an example of a startup you have supported and how they have achieved notable progress with your help.

Benefit given to startups: Please describe the benefits and outcomes that you have given to startups.

Testimonials: Testimonials should be obtained from clients, partners, and startups and entrepreneurs you have helped.

Supporting material: Supporting material is highly recommended to help the judges make their decision and limited to three images and one video link per entry. Videos are encouraged.

Having an impact on society, people, or communities as a result of an action, an activity, or a solution is what we want to see here. If your business, or an element of your business, has had a positive social impact and helped in some way, then we want to praise and celebrate this.

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Who is eligible for this award?: A business, individual, or team who have made a genuine social impact on society, people, or the community.

Tell us why this entry should win this award: Outline why you’re entering this award and convince the judges that your entry should be considered. How have you made a positive impact through your work? What was the impact you made? What steps have you taken to engage others in your mission?

Entrant description: Tell us all about yourself – background details, who you are, who the company is, what they do? When did the business journey start?

Evidence and benefits of social impact: How have you made a difference to equality, diversity, and inclusion, or to your local community or society in general? How have you affected long-term change? Evidence should be given through statistics and numbers.

Testimonials: Testimonials should be obtained from clients, partners, industry figures, and end users.

Supporting material: Supporting material is highly recommended to help the judges make their decision and limited to three images and one video link per entry. Videos are encouraged.

Most founders would say that behind every successful business is an even more successful team. We know choosing the right team for your business can be very difficult, and may not always go smoothly, but once you get it right, there is no stopping you. We want to give credit where credit is due, and celebrate the whole team within the startup.

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Who is eligible for this award?: A group of people who work together in a startup who have performed well and delivered benefits to others.

About the team: Please include a description of the team – include the size, who they are, and what they do. Feel free to include a short bio about each team member, and even a short video showing off the team!

Tell us why they should win this award: Outline why you’re entering this award and convince the judges that your entry should be considered. What unique skills or strengths does each team member bring? How does your team collaborate to overcome challenges? What key achievements or projects have defined your team’s success?

Evidence: Show evidence of what your team has achieved together within the business. Provide evidence of revenue growth and/or growth of the team through hiring stats. You may also include PRs of projects and campaigns.

Testimonials: These should be obtained from clients, partners, industry figures, and internal colleagues.

Supporting material: Supporting material is highly recommended to help the judges make their decision and limited to three images and one video link per entry. We would recommend sending a photo of the team. Videos are encouraged.

We understand that there are a number of businesses and services that startups need along their business journey, and a workspace is definitely at the top of that list. Spending a lot of time at workspaces and co-working offices, this is a home away from home for many entrepreneurs. This award is to identify and congratulate the workspaces in the industry – without these a lot of businesses wouldn’t be where they are today.
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Who is eligible for this award?: Any workspace or co-working office that offers more than just a desk.

Workspace description: Please include some background details about the workspace – who are you and what services do you provide? Include the size and location(s) of the workspace(s).

Tell us why this entry should win this award: Outline why you’re entering this award and convince the judges that your entry should be considered. How do you differentiate yourself from the competition? How does your workspace support the health, wellbeing, and comfort of users? What unique features or design elements make your workspace conducive to productivity and creativity?

Evidence & Benefits: Please provide evidence of how your workspace is going out of its way to help startups and entrepreneurs. How has your workspace provided benefits to startup companies?

Testimonials: These should be obtained from clients, partners, and residents of your workspaces.

Supporting material: Supporting material is highly recommended to help the judges make their decision and is limited to three images and one video link per entry. We’d recommend sending photos of the workspace, and Videos are encouraged.

Are you a young entrepreneur making waves straight out of university? Or are you still in education and juggling the life of a student alongside being an entrepreneur? We know that ideas are hard to contain, and we want to highlight the young entrepreneurs taking their work the extra mile.

Your award and student ID will need to be verified following your entry. Please do not enter if you don’t have access to a student email account. Over 18s only. This award is a free opportunity for students.

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Who is eligible for this award?: This award is open to young entrepreneurs who are still in education, or have graduated in the last 12 months, and still have access to a student email account.

Tell us why this entry should win this award: Outline why you’re entering this award and convince the judges that your entry should be considered.

Evidence of innovation: What makes your product or service different? What is genuinely new and innovative? What milestones have you hit so far? What are your plans for the future?

Benefits: How does your product or innovation deliver real benefits to customers?

Testimonials: These should be obtained from university lecturers, work experience colleagues, mentors, or fellow students. 

Supporting material: Supporting material is highly recommended to help the judges make their decision, and limited to three images and one video link per entry. Consider submitting projected figures and statistics. Videos are encouraged.