We are thrilled to announce that we are partnering with Tech Nation to deliver this year’s exciting competition for early-stage scaleups, Rising Stars!

Tech Nation Rising Stars Programme is an annual competition designed to showcase and support some of the most promising early-stage scaleups across the UK. cofinitive is an East of England regional partner of the programme, and the sole marketing & PR consultancy.

Cambridge and the East of England has a well-developed network of science parks, innovation centres, incubators and accelerators which all play a crucial role for evolving startups and scaleups. On top of this network, the region provides a wealth of funding, talent and partnership opportunities to support the scaleups growth and prosperity.

cofinitive is no stranger to showcasing the ones to watch in Cambridge and across the East of England. Its initiative #21toWatch highlights the people, companies and things – now in its fifth year of celebrating outstanding entrepreneurship and innovation.

Faye Holland, Director of cofinitive, said: “Supporting the Rising Stars programme is a natural fit for us – tech and innovation is our speciality. We look forward to supporting this year’s Stars through our collaborative, strategy driven approach.

#21toWatch longlist, shortlist and winners have also been recognised as Rising Stars, these include: Arete Medical Tech, Developing Experts, Electron Rx, e-Surgery and Foundries.io.

Faye, continued: “The Rising Star Programme also complements our highly respected #21toWatch initiative and we are excited to see many more companies on the list follow in their footsteps.”

For more information about the Rising Stars programme and previous winners, visit https://technation.io/programmes/rising-stars/.

To nominate a person, company or ‘thing’ for #21toWatch 2023, visit https://www.cofinitive.com/21towatch/.