Tech Nation, September 21, 2021 5 min read
We are excited to announce the latest group of 15 home-grown tech companies selected for Tech Nation’s prestigious Future Fifty programme, now entering its tenth year.
The companies represent world-leading innovations across more than 10 sectors, including fintech, retail, autonomous vehicles, gaming, edtech and cybersecurity.
Collectively the cohort employs over 5,000 people and has raised almost $1.6bn in venture capital investment. In total the companies – ranging from two to 12 years old – have generated £283m in revenue, an average of £19m each. In the next 12 months the 15 companies are planning to further increase their headcounts by an average of 60%.
Tech Nation CEO Gerard Grech said: “The companies selected to join this year’s Future Fifty programme are a shining example of the UK’s entrepreneurship, innovation and resilience.
“Based across the UK, nurturing the growth of these scaling late-stage tech companies is critical to future proofing the UK’s economy.”
The cohort includes both new startups which met the challenges posed by the pandemic, like online events platform Hopin, and established scaleups like online car retailer Cazoo, which began trading on the New York Stock Exchange in August 2021, raising $1bn to build out its brand across the UK and mainland Europe.
Cazoo’s mission is to transform the car buying and selling experience for consumers across the UK and Europe by providing better selection, quality, transparency, convenience, flexibility and peace of mind. Cazoo aims to make buying or selling a car no different to ordering any other product online today, where consumers can simply and seamlessly buy, sell, finance or subscribe to a car entirely online for delivery or collection in as little as 72 hours.
Cognism is a leading global sales intelligence platform. With an internationally compliant database and unrivalled global data coverage, Cognism helps revenue teams to generate and close new business opportunities faster. Comprising a powerful mix of innovative technology and human ingenuity – including intent data, outbound automation features and a team of go-to-market advisors – Cognism enables B2B organisations to solve their revenue expansion challenges and overcome global compliance barriers.
Double Eleven is a full-service video games developer and publisher, working on some of the world’s biggest IP’s (including Minecraft) with some of the globe’s largest companies (like Microsoft). The company operates its HQ out of Middlesbrough and runs a satellite office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, but has partners and players spanning all territories across the world.
Form3’s vision is to be the world’s most trusted provider of payment technology. It aims to design, build and run the technology that powers the future of payments through an end-to-end managed technology service to regulated financial institutions that provides them with connectivity to the universe of payment schemes through a single API.
Founded in 2019 and launched in 2020, Hopin is the leading all-in-one event management platform that enables brands and communities to create immersive, live experiences for virtual, hybrid and in-person audiences. Through its multi-product platform including Virtual Venue, Event Marketing, Onsite Services and Live Streaming Studio, attendees can learn, interact, and connect with people from anywhere in the world. Hopin, one of the UK’s fastest growing companies, is a remote-first company headquartered in London with employees in 45 countries. More than 100,000+ organizations use its platform and millions of attendees show up each month.
Huma is a digital healthtech company transforming healthcare and research globally. Its digital ‘hospital at home’ and decentralized clinical trial platform uses real-time health data from smartphones to help patients, clinicians, researchers, and healthcare systems.
Multiverse’s mission is to create a diverse group of future leaders. To achieve this, the company provides high-quality apprenticeship programmes that combine work, training and community at some of the world’s most exciting companies. Multiverse is the outstanding alternative to university and corporate training.
MYPINPAD combines universally trusted and highly secure consumer PIN authentication with leading-edge mobile technology, providing a critical element to enable the development of integrated, scalable and unique customer experiences. Its specialised proprietary software for payments, e-commerce and digital identity turns smart devices into payment terminals and trusted authentication devices. This enables a consistent ‘card present’ experience across in-store and digital channels.
Oxbotica is a world-leading autonomous vehicle software company, headquartered in Oxford, UK, and founded by Professor Paul Newman and Professor Ingmar Posner in 2014. Oxbotica’s unique software enables any vehicle, in any environment to operate autonomously – referred to as Universal Autonomy. It is an entire ecosystem, a software platform comprising multiple software solutions that address the full spectrum of the autonomy marketplace. Oxbotica partners with global companies who licence its software and take it to market at scale.
STATSports are world-leaders in on-field performance monitoring and analysis in sport. Working with over 600 professional teams across all sporting disciplines, STATSports APEX system revolutionised the sport science and player performance industries, providing elite practitioners full visibility of athlete readiness in real time. STATSports’ APEX Athlete Series offers the everyday athlete full understanding of their athletic performance to help athletes become fitter, faster and perform at a higher intensity. Based in Northern Ireland, STATSports’ technology has become omnipresent across elite sporting institutions, working day to day with 600+ clients, including 15 out of 20 Premier League teams and world champions within soccer, rugby and baseball.
Strike is changing what it means to be an estate agent. For too long, selling your home has meant high fees and pointless jargon. SoStrike is turning the industry on its head and to make selling simple, transparent, and free.
Tessian’s mission is to secure the human layer in cybersecurity by empowering people to do their best work, without security getting in their way. Using machine learning technology, Tessian automatically predicts and eliminates advanced threats on email caused by human error – like data exfiltration, accidental data loss, business email compromise and phishing attacks – with minimal disruption to employees’ workflow.
Wagestream is Europe’s fastest-growing social impact business. Working with employers like Bupa, Holiday Inn, Pizza Hut, Halfords and the NHS, it supports the financial wellbeing of more than half a million workers – giving them one app for financial education, budgeting and savings, built around more flexible access to earned wages. Founded with a social charter, it’s the only provider in the fast-growing financial wellbeing category part-owned by leading financial charities and impact funds.
what3words has divided the physical world into three- metre squares with each square given a unique combination of three words, making it the easiest way to find and share exact locations. Millions of people around the world use what3words to make life safer, more efficient and less frustrating. Thousands of businesses use what3words to improve efficiencies and customer experience – from e-commerce and logistics companies to travel, ride-hailing and navigation apps.
Wolf & Badger is a global multi-channel retail platform founded in 2010 by the Graham brothers – George Graham, CEO and Henry Graham, creative director. Through its proprietary technology, Wolf & Badger connects users with fashion, accessories, homeware and beauty brands locally and worldwide. The business has an exclusive focus on ethical, unique and independent designers and was certified as a B Corp in May 2021 for its role in promoting fair and responsible retail.
