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The People’s Choice Award: Vote for your favourite startup now

Seven finalists are now confirmed for The Pitch 2022 following their success at the regional finals. Now the eighth place is in your hands as we launch the People’s Choice Award! As the name suggests, you now have a week to help decide which of our regional finalists will pitch at The Pitch Final in London later this month.

Every finalist who has pitched in the regionals this year now has a second chance to secure their spot in the final. With over 40 startups in the running for the People’s Choice Award, there are plenty of options to choose from.

If you would like to see how each startup performed in the regional finals, check out our leaderboard for the full breakdown of their scores.

How to vote

All you have to do is like, comment on, and/or share the pitch video of your favourite finalist on our Instagram, TikTok or YouTube. The startup with the most engagement on their video wins!

The competition will close on 17th October 2022 and the winner will go on to compete in The Pitch Final. 

Want to see who wins The Pitch 2022 Final? Sign up to our live stream here to be one of the first to find out what happens.

Who can you vote for?

Farming Carbon

Farming Carbon gives businesses a way to facilitate a local, scalable solution for climate change to help towards their CSR, Marketing or Environmental Impact. 

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

nuUnlimited

nuUnlimited connects customers to the complete story of their food, all in one place – whether it’s interactive digital menus, order and pay from table, home delivery or takeaway ordering.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

SequetricS

Enabling safer aircraft landing, SequetricS automates runway surface condition assessment using a sensor-based hybrid scanner. This allows airside operators to make GO/NO-GO decisions.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

Three Robins

Three Robins are a family-focused oat milk brand that makes healthy, great tasting drinks for both kids and adults.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

nookary

Nookary makes beautifully practical waste-free household refills, to help you be proud of your home and the things in it.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

Tutti

Tutti is a platform for hiring local spaces for any creative use, from music and photography to dance and theatre.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

Reveal My Food

Reveal My Food helps remove customers’ barriers to finding accurate allergens and nutritional information when eating out.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

Goodfind

Goodfind aggregate sustainable options to help consumers easily find and compare ethical alternatives to everything, all in one place. 

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

SPOKE

Where music meets mindfulness: SPOKE is a new form of self-improvement that makes mindfulness as easy as listening to your favourite music.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

Karolina Ba, founder at THEENK TEA, pitching at our London regional

THEENK TEA

Available in Holland and Barrett, THEENK TEA creates natural adaptogenic and nootropic products designed to support a healthy brain function and mental wellbeing.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

WagIt

As seen on BBC’s Dragons’ Den, WagIt is the first online booking platform for dog-friendly venues, services and experiences.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

Gaston

A multi-award-winning, AI-powered app, Gaston connects dietary and nutritional requirements to food choices around you.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

Elate

The ‘anti-ghosting’ dating app, Elate takes the experience of an elite professional matchmaker and combines it with the simplicity and scale of a dating app.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

Clean Ocean Alliance

The Clean Ocean Alliance strives to solve the problem of ocean plastic through renewable energy, AI and data.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

NEUE Water

Luxury artesian mineral water in sustainable bottles, NEUE Water is shaped to fit in your back pocket, your handbag or in the seat pocket of a plane or train.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

Bark + Shout

Bark + Shout creates different products for people and their pets, including a dog collar that can hold an AirTag, a personal safety alarm and an array of other accessories.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

Gusto Snacks

Now available in Selfridges, Gusto Snacks are a sustainable brand helping to reduce food waste by turning ‘wonky’ fruit into air-dried crisps.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

Ghillied Clothing

Planet friendly, sustainable and recycled: Ghillied sells women’s leggings made from recycled fishing nets.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

Asterley Bros

Asterley Bros make English Vermouth, Amaro and Fernet, using only the best natural ingredients.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

GOODFOLIO

An impact-driven investment platform, GOODFOLIO helps people make investments based on their personal values.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

VIP World

VIP World helps companies make their websites truly accessible, by connecting them with a diverse pool of people – including those with disabilities – to perform user testing and research.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

KYP

KYP, which stands for ‘know your partner’ or ‘know your provider’, is a holistic risk management platform that provides continual risk monitoring of businesses on a global scale.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

Founder of Matthew’s Preserved, Matthew Slaughter, pitching at our Birmingham regional

Matthew’s Preserved

Matthew’s Preserved produces award-winning chutneys and jams, with a portion of profits going to mental health charity Mind.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

BIOTICA

BIOTICA aims to make agriculture more sustainable and decrease emissions. The team is doing this by reducing the need for inorganic fertilisers and increasing soil health.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

Karma Delivery

Karma Delivery is a carbon negative food and grocery delivery app.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

Minted

Minted empowers users to buy, save, sell and manage physical gold, digitally – starting with as little as £30.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

Skimpy Chimp

Skimpy Chimp helps consumers with everyday financial commitments while offering insight and guidance on how to overcome financial pressures.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

The Teaspoon Club

The Teaspoon Club is a sustainable, eco-friendly and waste-free spice provider, offering high-quality spices at affordable prices, as well as recipe kits.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

Georgia Wheadon, CEO at Umii, pitched at our Manchester regional

Umii

Specialising in combating student loneliness, Umii initiates meaningful friendships between students in a safe, digital space – already reaching over 17,000 users.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

IRF Tech

IRF Tech’s AI and comprehensive approach to data delivery empowers market participants to make investment and business decisions.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

Wuzci

A ‘Netflix for greeting cards’, Wuzci is a subscription service to ensure you never forget another occasion again.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

Enturi Solutions

Enturi is developing an accessible and affordable wind power generation system, to support the UK industry in reaching its Net Zero objectives.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

Betmate

Betmate allows its customers to bet on fantasy football against real people.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

Ryft

Ryft enables automated next day payouts for marketplace businesses and their merchants, for a single flat fee per transaction.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

COYOSY

COYOSY exists to accelerate the transition to circular and ethical everyday tech, by making it attractive to the mainstream.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

Audemic

Audemic allows you to access any academic research via audio, to help researchers save time and organise their knowledge.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

CEO at Rumage, Jo Spolton, at our Bristol regional

Rumage

Aggregating all secondhand and reuse marketplaces into one place, Rumage makes it easy to find your second-hand products online.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

All About The Cooks

All About the Cooks makes it simple to buy and sell home-cooked food locally, through an online marketplace.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

Better Bicycles

Better Bicycles have created the “fastest folding e-bike” that’s as easy to walk with as a roller-case.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

Milbotix

An award-winning care tech and med tech startup, Milbotix creates digital technologies to enable better care for people with complex care needs – all by using socks.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

Refillable

Refillable is a zero-waste shop and cafe, operating in the sustainable consumer retail space. 

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

FixMyCrack

Founded by students and powered by universities, FixMyCrack organises teams of university students to repair the phones and laptops of other students.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

StepStack

An app to encourage young people to be more active, Stepstack users can convert their steps into ‘coins’, which they can use on offers and deals on their app.

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

Wing

Wing, a digital alternative to the business card, brings the connectivity and data-rich experience of online networking to in person. 

Find their pitch video here: Instagram TikTok YouTube

Vote for your favourite now!

Decided on your favourite startup? Visit our Instagram, TikTok and YouTube and engage with their pitch video to help them win.

If we detect suspicious spam activity on our social media channels we will need to remove videos from our channels and the startup will be disqualified from the competition. 

This is to prevent our channels from being flagged as spam and to ensure a fair competition. 

Winner announced Monday 17th October 2022. The judges decision is final.

Siân Avent

Siân Avent is the Content and Marketing Assistant at Inkwell, the company behind The Pitch.

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