BetaDen alumni scoops title at Midlands Women in Tech Awards 2023

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Peter Davison

Natalie Wadley of Changemaker 3D wins Best Use of Tech in a Private Sector Project at Women in Tech Awrds

The Midlands Women in Tech Awards 2023 winners have been announced at a prestigious ceremony held at the Birmingham Eastside Rooms, with BetaDen alumni scooping top prizes.

Natalie Wadley of Changemaker 3D, a BetaDen Cohort 5 alumni, won the Best Use of Tech in a Private Sector Project award, while Helen Stickler of Triplo ESG (cohort 6), Paula Bedborough of Secure Socialising (cohort 5) and Jennifer Long, founder of IceBlue and a BetaDen Advisory Board member, were also shortlisted in different categories.

Donston Powell, Marketing and Communications Manager at BetaDen, said: "The Midlands Women in Tech Awards are a fantastic way to celebrate the incredible achievements of women in our region's technology sector.

"It is inspiring to see so many talented and innovative women making a difference in their fields and we are proud that, through BetaDen, we have been able to support their development, driving technology innovation from our base in Malvern.

"Congratulations to all of the winners and finalists of the 2023 awards. You are all role models for future generations of women in tech and we can’t wait to see what you achieve next."

Now in its fourth year, the Midlands Women in Tech awards celebrate the exceptional achievements of women in the region’s tech industry. A panel of judges from across the tech industry chose this year's winners based on their contributions to their field, leadership, and role in promoting diversity and inclusion in tech.

Triplo ESG is an online platform that offers smaller businesses low-cost, tailored, and practical sustainability performance recommendations; Changemaker 3D integrates 3D concrete printing technology into design and build projects to improve efficiency and sustainability; Secure Socialising is keyless smart locker system for spaces where people meet or socialise; and IceBlue is a software development and digital marketing agency.

Co-located with the Worcestershire Local Enterprise Partnership team, BetaDen is situated at the forefront of the testing and developing of future technologies.

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The testbed provides a revolutionary platform for businesses to develop next-generation technology, such as the internet of things and industry 4.0.

Situated at Malvern Hills Science Park, BetaDen offers entrepreneurs, start-ups and scale up businesses a package includes guidance from industry partners, free office space, mentorship from handpicked experts access to grants worth £12,000.

Peter Davison

Peter Davison is deputy editor of The Business Magazine. He has spent his life in journalism – doing work experience in newsrooms in and around Bristol while still at school, and landing his first job on a local newspaper aged 19. By 28 he was the youngest newspaper editor in the country. An early advocate of online news, he spent the first years of the 2000s telling his bosses that the internet posed both the biggest opportunity and greatest threat to the newspaper industry and the art of journalism. He was right on both counts. Since 2006 he has enjoyed a career as a freelance journalist. He lives in rural Wiltshire with one wife, two children, and three cats.