Innovation celebrated at last week's Tech South West Awards in Bristol

Bristol firm Neuronostics was among the winners at the sixth Tech South West Awards this year, held in Bristol last Thursday, and which celebrate the most innovative and forward-thinking organisations and individuals.

The University of Exeter spinout won the HealthTech category as well as taking home the overall award of the night THE Tech South West Award - for its technology to speed up the diagnosis and prognosis of epilepsy and similar disorders.

Pippa Clarke, chair and head of technology, media and telecoms at the event's headline partner Bishop Fleming, said: "The dynamic growth and innovation in the South West's tech sector is truly inspiring, and we're committed to championing its success.

"We extend our best wishes to all participants, celebrating their achievements, creativity, and the vibrant tech ecosystem of the region."

The South West is home to over 18,000 tech companies, generating an annual turnover of over £47bn. The number of people employed in the sector is set to grow by 26% by 2027, according to research commissioned by Tech South West, which represents over 20,000 businesses.

Among the other winners, Bristol-based Albotherm took home the AgriTech awards for its greenhouse technology that can increase crop yields by 34%.

In the Best Education Initiative category, Tech Cornwall was recognised for its wide array of talent programmes.

Elsewhere, Torbay-based QLM took home the coveted Innovation Award, for its development of advanced quantum lidar cameras to detect and measure greenhouse gas emissions.

And ZeroUSV, a Plymouth initiative developing uncrewed surface vessels for a range of applications, was recognised as Tech Company of the Year.

Here is the full list of finalists below, with winners in bold:

AgriTech
Sponsored by South West AgriTech
Albotherm (Bristol)
Farm Carbon Toolkit (Devon)
LettUs Grow (Bristol)
Oxi-Tech Solutions (Cornwall)

Best Application of AI
Additive Catchments (Devon)
Cineon (Devon)
Hertzian (Cornwall)
Neural Edge (Somerset)
Weaving Change (Bristol)

Best Education Initiative
Sponsored by Train4Tomorrow
Cognition Creative Learning (Cornwall)
ExCode (Devon)
iO Academy (Somerset)
South West Grid for Learning Trust (Devon)
Tech Cornwall (Cornwall)
Unlock Cyber (Bristol)

Best Startup
Sponsored by University of Exeter & SETsquared Exeter
Additive Catchments (Devon)
Fishy Filaments (Cornwall)
Good With (Cornwall)
Intelligent AI (Devon)
Pollen Careers (Dorset)
TRIO Technical Solutions Ltd (Devon)

Commitment to Diversity
Sponsored by Howden
Binit (Devon)
Cognition Creative Learning (Cornwall)
Ghyston (Bristol)
iO Academy (Bath)
Professional Apprenticeships (Bristol)
Unlock Cyber (Bristol)

Commitment to Talent
Sponsored by Evo Talent
Adopstar (Devon)
BIT Training (Devon)
Bluefruit Software (Cornwall)
Future Space (Bristol)
Hiyield (Cornwall)
Timewade (Devon)

CreaTech
Sponsored by Pytch
Jam Up (Devon)
Nautoguide (Devon)
Sanders Studios (Cornwall)
SEIKK (Wiltshire)
Spark (Somerset)
TRIO Technical Solutions (Devon)

FinTech
Sponsored by Access to Finance SW
Good With (Cornwall)
InfraFund (Devon)
Intelligent AI (Devon)
Joiin (Devon)
Propflo (Bristol)

Growth
Sponsored by Ashfords
Adopstar (Devon)
Graphic PLC (Devon)
IT Champion (Devon)
Nebula IT Services (Bristol)
Neuronostics (Bristol)

HealthTech
FDB Health
Cineon (Devon)
Digital Wonderlab (Wiltshire)
EarSwitch (Bristol)
Ferryx Ltd (Bristol)
Lutra Health (Devon)
Neuronostics (Bristol)
SpatialCortex (Wiltshire)

Innovation
Sponsored by Ryan
Additive.earth (Devon)
CALMFLOOR (Devon)
Oort Energy (Bristol)
QLM (Devon)
SpatialCortex (Wiltshire)
WASE (Bristol)
ZeroUSV (Devon)

MarineTech
Sponsored by Plymouth and South Devon Freeport
Actisense (Dorset)
Additive Catchments (Devon)
Inyanga Marine (Cornwall)
Kilo Solutions (Devon)
ZeroUSV (Devon)

Space & Aviation
Sponsored by Cornwall Space Cluster
G&H (Devon)
Graphic PLC (Devon)
Sora Aviation (Bristol)
Virtual Tour Experts (Devon)

Spotlight
Sponsored by Bishop Fleming
Craig Newman, Get Out Get Love (Devon)
Ellen O'Rourke, TouchByte (Cornwall)
Gordon Fong, X-Net (Dorset)
Jules Love, Spark (Somerset)
Rob Passmore, Additive.earth (Devon)
Ryan Pullen, Stripe OLT (Bristol)

Supporting the Sector
Sponsored by Business West
Bright Evolve (Bristol)
Exeter Innovation Accelerator (Devon)
Future Space (Bristol)
Michelmores (Devon)
Silicon South (Dorset)
Tech Cornwall (Cornwall)

Sustainability
Sponsored by Michelmores
BluGreens (Devon)
Oort Energy (Bristol)
Our Rainwater (Devon)
QLM (Devon)
SMARTech Energy (Wiltshire)
WASE (Bristol)

TeachTech
Sponsored by Digital Somerset
Ben Franklin, BIT Group (Devon)
Gary Futcher, Real Ideas (Devon)
John Bradford, DigiLocal (Bristol)
Toby Osbourne, Bournemouth School for Girls (Dorset)

Tech Company of the Year
Sponsored by SH&P
A2Z Cloud (Wiltshire)
digiLab (Devon)
Ghyston (Bristol)
Hertzian (Cornwall)
Zapmap (Bristol)
ZeroUSV (Devon)

Tech for Good
Sponsored by Countex
Additive.earth (Devon)
Get Out Get Love (Devon)
South West Grid for Learning Trust (Devon)
SpatialCortex (Wiltshire)
Thought Quarter (Cornwall)

Tech Leadership
Sponsored by RWK Goodman
David Burnet, Invidar (Dorset)
Nathan Baranowski, Digital Wonderlab (Wiltshire)
Niki Davies & Holly Patton, Tech Cornwall (Cornwall)
Prof Tim Dodwell, digiLab (Devon)
Thanh Quan-Nicholls, Future Space (Bristol)
Tom Robbins, Stripe OLT (Bristol)

Women in Tech
Sponsored by Pragma Holis
Claire Oatway, Neon Juno (Devon)
Daisy Baker, Kilo (Cornwall)
Dr Connie Wilson, BAE Systems (Dorset)
Helen Cocks, University of Exeter (Devon)
Rav Bumbra, Cajigo (Bristol)
Zara Powell, AND Digital (Bristol)

Workplace Culture
Sponsored by Angel Investors Bristol
Boo Consulting (Cornwall)
Hiyield (Cornwall)
Illumo Digital (Bristol)
Signable (Bristol)
Unfold (Bristol)

People’s Choice
Sponsored by Program
Craig Newman, Get Out Get Love
Georg Finch, Falmouth University
Harry Alexander, QantX
Jake Shaw, Obsolete
Nick Matthews, G&H
Rosie Bennett, Bristol Innovations
Sophie Mortimer, SWGfL
Weronika Stelmach, Weaving Change

Cluster Awards
Sponsored by Headforwards
Plymouth: Ben Franklin, BIT Group
Somerset: iO Academy
Dorset: Dr Connie Wilson, BAE Systems
Cornwall: Cognition Creative Learning
Exeter: ExCode
Bristol: Unlock Cyber
Torbay: QLM
Wiltshire: Digital Wonderlab

THE Tech South West Award
Sponsored by South West Business Council
Neuronostics (Bristol)