The UK government has announced the winners of its tech scale-ups programme, the Tech Rocketship awards.

The programme set out to identify the best new tech companies in Europe, and the government said it will accelerate the global growth of its winners through curated programmes connecting them with the UK’s ecosystem of investors, incubators and High Potential Opportunity (HPO) clusters.

The Tech Rocketship awards categories were: AI, 5G, agri-tech, digital health, cybersecurity, climate tech and a trailblazers award – diversity in tech.

The gold award was won by Enbiosis (Turkey), for a digital health solution which analyses the human gut microbiome using metadata and AI to provide personalised health and wellness solutions.

Facephi (Spain) took the silver award with a cybersecurity solution that provides secure user digital identity verification.

Jungle AI (the Netherlands) won the bronze award for its AI solution which helps to increase the uptime and performance of electromechanical assets such as wind turbines, solar farms or industrial production lines.

Chris Barton, trade commissioner for Europe said: “There is no better place for ambitious tech companies to grow than the UK.”

He continued: “This is the number one country in Europe for unicorns, and UK tech VC investment is the third largest in the world. Our tech sector is the home of forward-thinking innovators, venture capital, R&D clusters and opportunities for growth across the whole of the UK.”

Other companies in the shortlist included Neutroon (Spain), an open-API cloud platform, and Monolithos (Greece), a manufacturer of direct-fit aftermarket automotive catalytic converters.

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