On Friday organizers of the Growth Investor Awards announced Seedrs and Syndicate Room two of the finalists for the upcoming 2017 event. As previously reported, the Growth Investor Awards notably celebrates the role of the UK SME fund management community in both job and wealth creation. It also recognizes those who enable start up and scale up businesses to realize their full potential and drive the UK’s economy.
📢 BIG NEWS: We have just announced 37 finalists for 9 of our award categories! Meet the finalists 👉 https://t.co/zqdmcOWgV8 #GIAwards17 pic.twitter.com/K0Q4nmHYEW
— GrowthInvestorAwards (@GIAwards) July 14, 2017
Both Seedrs and Syndicate Room were named finalists for the Best Investment Platform, which is described as recognizing any type of investment platform, including angel networks and crowdfunding. The award is based on the volume of investment, user experience, and product innovation. The funding portals were also selected as finalists for the Industry Game Changer award, which is open to any individual, company, product, or platform provides has demonstrably change practice, perception, or engagement the alternative investment industry.
Check out the full list of finalists below.
Best EIS Investment Manager:
- Calculus Capital
- CHF Media
- Mercia Technologies
- MMC Ventures
- Parkwalk Advisers
- Puma Investments
Best BPR Investment Manager:
- Downing
- Foresight Group
- Octopus Investments
- Puma Investments
- TIME Investments
- Triple Point
Best VCT Investment Manager:
- Albion Ventures
- Amati Global Investors
- Beringea
- Foresight Group
- Mobeus Equity Partners
- YFM Equity Partners
Best SEIS Investment Manager:
- Daedalus Partners
- Deepbridge Capital
- Goldfinch Entertainment
- Startup Funding Club
- Symvan Capital
- Worth Capital
Best AIM Investment Manager:
- Amati Global Investors
- Close Brothers
- Investec
- Puma Investments
- TIME Investments
- Unicorn Asset Management
Best Investment Platform:
- Abundance
- Downing Crowd
- Force Over Mass
- Kuber Ventures
- Seedrs
- Syndicate Room
Most Impactful Investment:
- Enterprise Investment Partners
- Growthdeck
- Oxford Capital
- Par Equity
Exit of the Year:
- Endeavour Ventures
- Mercia Technologies
- Parkwalk Advisors
- Stellar Asset Management
- YFM Equity Partners
Industry Game Changer:
- Abundance
- CoInvestor
- Downing Crowd
- Mercia Technologies
- Seedrs
- Syndicate Room
Financial Advisor of the Year:
To be announced on July 26th.
Wealth Manager of the Year:
To be announced on July 26th.
Growth Investor of the Year:
To be announced on August 3rd.
Growth Champion of the Year:
To be announced on August 3rd.
Best Angel Syndicate:
To be announced in September.
Corporate Investor of the Year:
To be announced in September.
Industry Champion:
To be announced on November 8th.