A number of startups were amongst the winners of the LeicestershireLive Innovation Awards.
The event held on Tuesday 14th September at the National Space Centre recognised the very best technology, digital advances and creative thinking that Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland have to offer.
Loughborough based insect-protein firm BeoBia won University Student Innovation. Meanwhile another Loughborough spinout, sports tech company Tzuka took away the Innovation in Technology award.
Commiserations to Leicester Startups Accelerator ‘graduate’ Tuck, which was nominated for Digital Innovation of the Year, but which was won by BrainBerry – a medtech firm working developing dementia therapies.
A full list of the winners are below and you can read more about the event here.
Innovation in Services, sponsored by Furnley House – EarthSense
Innovation in Design – Leta-lux
Innovation in Education and Training – DMU e-Parasitology Project
Innovation in Construction – 3D Concrete Printing (Loughborough University)
Digital Innovation of the Year, sponsored by De Montfort University – BrainBerry
Innovation in Technology, sponsored by De Montfort University – Tzuka
Innovation in Schools – Woodbrook Vale School
Medical and Health Innovator of the Year, sponsored by Morningside Pharmaceuticals – Hive Composites
Innovation in Manufacturing and Engineering – Flotec
University Student Innovation – BeoBia
Innovation in Space, sponsored by the University of Leicester – Redshift Associates Ltd
Lifetime Achievement Award, sponsored by the University of Leicester – Richard Freeman, of Zeeko
Innovator of the Year, sponsored by the University of Leicester – Earthsense