STARTUP OF THE YEAR

Kubik transforms plastic waste into durable, low-carbon buildings, offering a cleaner, more affordable way to urbanize— from schools to homes, clinics to warehouses.

BEST NEWCOMER

Emata is transforming agricultural finance with a scalable solution, empowering cooperatives and farmers while driving rapid growth.

BEST CO-WORKING SPACE

Avila Spaces leads Portugal’s flexible workspace market, offering award-winning coworking and business lounges for dynamic, sustainable growth.

DIVERSITY ROLE MODEL OF THE YEAR

Magdalena empowers women through Her Impact, a career platform she founded in 2019, growing it to 30K+ members and securing seed funding solo.

BEST GREENTECH STARTUP

Spirii accelerates EV adoption with innovative software, enabling businesses and municipalities to launch charging networks in months, not years.

PEOPLE’S CHOICE

Bower makes recycling a rewarding no-brainer with a unique app that incentivizes recycling consumer packaging at regular bins.

FOUNDER OF THE YEAR

Aero Engine Craft is developing contrail-free aircraft engines to reduce aviation-induced global warming, pioneering eco-friendly aviation technology.

BEST ACCELERATOR/INCUBATOR PROGRAM

Startup Wise Guys accelerates early-stage startups with 250+ investments, making it one of Europe’s most active investors since 2012.

VC OF THE YEAR

Founded in 2010, this venture capital firm has backed 100+ startups, launched by entrepreneurs who also created Spain’s first accelerator for innovative businesses.

BEST VERTECH STARTUP

CEREBRA accelerates stroke detection with AI-powered software, available on PC, mobile, and cloud for faster, more accurate treatment.

ECOSYSTEM HERO OF THE YEAR

Petra Wolkenstein helps startups scale through strategy, investor access, and partnerships, leading Konsultori and key2investors.

Sweden 🇸🇪

Startup of the Year

Europe's leading micro-mobility provider, founded in 2018 in Sweden and operation in more than 40 cities in Sweden with 50% market share for scooter licenses in Europe and 80% in the UK

Sweden 🇸🇪

Best Accelerator or Incubator Program

Sting is the leading ecosystem for tech startups in the Nordics.

Sri Lanka 🇱🇰

Best Coworking Space

Hatch is a space for innovation, growth and collaboration, the center of gravity for all things startup, and is the only hub in Sri Lanka providing a 360 degree solution for entrepreneurs to grow.

Spain 🇪🇸

Best Newcomer

Flomics is developing a multi-purpose liquid biopsy that enables early detection of complex diseases with the convenience of a standard blood collection.

Malaysia 🇲🇾

Investor of the Year

Gobi Partners is one of the first venture capital firms with a regional presence across China, Hong Kong, and ASEAN, with over $1.1 billion in assets under management.

Denmark 🇩🇰

Best HealthTech Startup

Particle3D is founded on proprietary technology to 3D print patient specific, natural, and degradable bone implants. This enables faster ingrowth of bone tissue, remodeling into real living bone, better functional and aesthetic outcomes, and results in fewer complications.

Turkey 🇹🇷

Best GreenTech Startup

Biolive is a biotechnology company that produces and sells antimicrobial and antioxidant bioplastic granules from olive seeds; also designs and develops the technical production process.

India 🇮🇳

Founder of the Year

Josh is an ecosystem which gives youth in India, from low-income households, access to role models through Josh Talks, equips them with the right skills to succeed in life through Josh Skills and stands with them through the entire journey of doing more and being more.

Italy 🇮🇹

People’s Choice

Publisoftweb is a Social Media agency with clients like SBK World Championship, Pirelli, Motul, Aviva, Bulgari, Fendi, 2016 and 2018 Olympics (CONI), Internazionali BNL d’Italia. At the same time, it’s shifting towards a “benefit corporation”, aiming at solving social issues.

Sweden 🇸🇪

Ecosystem Hero of the Year

Sting is the leading ecosystem for tech supports in the Nordics'.

Denmark 🇩🇰

Startup of the Year

Pleo is an out-of-the-box business spending solution that offers smart payment cards for employees, enabling them to buy the things they need for work.

France 🇫🇷

Best Accelerator or Incubator Program

Axeleo is an independent European acceleration platform dedicated to Enterprise Technology & SaaS startups, owned by a partnership of over 60 serial entrepreneurs & international executives, and backed by the French Tech Acceleration fund.

South Africa 🇿🇦

Best Coworking Space

Workshop17 doesn’t just create coworking spaces; they connect people and businesses, offering entrepreneurs and professionals growth through collaboration, serendipity, and more than a little magic.

Hungary 🇭🇺

Best Newcomer

Trustchain builds trust between companies with legally binding digital contracts, right to sign verification, and settlement automation. Developed by lawyers, trade finance specialists, and IT security professionals.

Malaysia 🇲🇾

Investor of the Year

Gobi Partners is one of the first venture capital firms with a regional presence across China, Hong Kong, and ASEAN, with over $1.1 billion in assets under management.

Cambodia 🇰🇭

Founder of the Year

Kengo founded Argibuddy which mission is to help farmers through financial services facilitation. They are the aggregators of the agriculture supply chain from the early stage of cultivation to crop trading.

Azerbaijan 🇦🇿

People’s Choice - Individual

Sara is an award-winning social entrepreneur based in Azerbaijan. She is the founder of BUTA Art & Sweets, the first social enterprise to promote employment opportunities for Women with special needs.

Sweden 🇸🇪

People’s Choice - Startup Ecosystem Supporter

Malin Frithiofsson is President Of The Board at Women In Tech Gothenburg and program manager at Startup Norway.

Denmark 🇩🇰

People’s Choice - Individual

Over 50.000 products sold in over 40 countries, Soundboks produces the loudest, concert-level volume, and high-durability portable and wireless speakers, the only one in the market with swappable batteries and performance-ready microphone and instrument inputs.

Thailand 🇹🇭

Best Accelerator or Incubator Program

The leading telecom and digital business provider in Thailand, is recognized as the first corporate supporting Thai startup ecosystem. In 2011, AIS brought the every-first startup-related event to the nation, called AIS Startup Weekend. In 2012 is officially announced as the first permanent corporate unit in Thailand, responsible to connect startup business with corporate and to design new wave of digital commercialization.

Hungary 🇭🇺

Best Newcomer

EVA is a pair of camera equipped talking smart glasses. It makes Augmented Reality for the ears. We begun our journey when one of our founders nearly lost his eyesight in a terrible disease, and have grown our way from idea to pioneers of equal chance for the blind and visually impaired.

Hungary 🇭🇺

Startup of the Year

Turbine builds a platform to understand the inner mechanisms of cancer enabling the discovery of novel protein targets, precision biomarkers and better translation to patients.

Philippines 🇵🇭

Best Coworking Space

ASPACE is the original pioneering brand for coworking in the Philippines, one of the largest operators across the country, with an award-winning "people first" coworking experience. In fact, the entire mission of ASPACE is to empower us all to Be Human.

Sweden 🇸🇪

Global Futureshaper Award by Cathay - Startups

CELLINK is a global leader in developing and delivering life-science solutions, equipping hundreds of labs and thousands of scientists worldwide with cutting-edge technologies that fuel groundbreaking scientific breakthroughs. CELLINK’s solutions advance and accelerate the discovery process for customers in more than 50 countries.

Malaysia 🇲🇾

Global Futureshaper Awards by Cathay - Ecosystem Players

GAP truly stands out as a great platform for startups to build a solid business foundation and to grow exponentially. The 4-months accelerator journey comprises of workshops, founders’ talks, industry round-table discussions, ASEAN Expansion Week, pitch and grill sessions; featuring successful entrepreneurs, route-to-market partners and trailblazers.

Cambodia 🇰🇭

Founder of the Year

Co-founder of Codingate, a Cambodia-based business solutions company. The company works with clients across hospitality, education, and NGO sectors. Sopheakmonkol Sok, also CEO of the Codingate, was listed on Forbes THE 30 UNDER 30 ASIA: ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY.

Sweden 🇸🇪

Investor of the Year

Co-founded two companies (TAT - acquired by Blackberry for $150m, Briskio - folded), and three organizations to help startup (MalmoStartups, FastTrack, and The Ground), and one to help cities (Malmo Civic Lab). Has done 85 investments, with 80% in Europe, and the rest in NAM. MOIC of >2x.