The LCR Tech Climbers 2021 list, celebrating the growing stars of Liverpool City Region’s digital sector, can be revealed.
The second edition of the list showcases 25 top-performing technology-led businesses that make LCR one of the UK’s most exciting tech destinations.
A further 20 companies were included on the Ones to Watch list – up-and-coming businesses that are active in the region and on course for great success in the future.
Publication of the list, first revealed at an exclusive online event on Thursday 28th January, also marks the launch of a report which looks at some of the key data submitted by some of those firms who entered.
Judges considered nominations from businesses which demonstrate significant operations in LCR and are providing a unique tech solution to an existing problem and are creating disruption in their target sectors. The investment potential of the business was also considered.
Run in association with BusinessCloud and Active Profile, the partners for LCR Tech Climbers 2021 are: Brabners; Gather; Growth Platform; Invest Liverpool; MSIF; Virtuopo and ZUT Media;
Piers Dryden, partner at Brabners, said: ““The region has a vibrant technology ecosystem and it’s exciting to see so many smart and innovative businesses developing solutions and services that fuel economic, social and commercial growth.”
Helen Cross, digital and creative sector lead at Growth Platform said: “There are so many great stories of leadership and tenacity emerging from the technology community.”
David Walters, investment manager at MSIF, said: “Liverpool City Region is becoming a beacon for rich IP and product-led tech whether that is AI, digital or increasingly Immersive technology companies.”
The full list of companies on each list are as follows:
3D Life Prints, AskEddi, Blinx Solutions, CGA Simulation, CNC Robotics, Collabco, Cybertill, E-sign, Evoke Creative, Fifty Eight, Hi-impact consultancy, Immersive Interactive, Liverpool Chirochem, Medallia LivingLens, MGISS, MSite, ORCHA, Parentapps, Premier EPOS, Ruler Analytics, Sky Medical Technology, SupplyWell, Sysgroup, Tickr, and vTime.
The Ones to Watch are: A|2|O Technology Group, Agent Academy LEAP, BreezeMove (WM Technologies Ltd ), Chasing the Stigma, CiiVSOFT, Damibu, DATP, Defproc, DriverNet, Hopsy, IoT Horizon Limited, KRTS, LYFE – (Sophron Health LTD), Make Thread, NeedleSmart, Pin IoT, Quantum Science Ltd, Safe Steps, Skyhook Games, and rTRIIBE.
A report ‘LCR Tech Climbers 2021: Ambition in Adversity’ featuring all the companies on the list can be downloaded at www.techclimbers.co.uk.
A video of the event can be watched at the LCR Tech Climbers channel.