AntennaWare wins "Innovative Startup of the Year" at UK Startup Awards 2024
Award follows regional wins for both "Equity-Backed Startup of the Year" and "Innovative Startup of the Year"
Belfast UK - September 2024 Announced at the inaugural UK finals of the Startup Awards 2024, AntennaWare has been named "Innovative Startup of the Year" amongst stiff competition from over 1600 entries from ten national and regions across the UK.
Described by the organisers as "the ultimate competition where the finest startups from across the UK compete for national recognition in their respective categories," the StartUp Awards seek to celebrate the achievements of startups in the early years of their business journey.
Professor Dylan Jones-Evens, founder of the Awards explains, "We've had some fantastic businesses apply this year and the winners at the first-ever UK final represent the 'best of the best' entrepreneurial new businesses from all nations and regions...those that won this year's awards demonstrate the incredible entrepreneurial talent that exists across the UK."
Having been previously named regional winners for Northern Ireland for both "Innovative Startup of the Year" and "Equity-backed Startup of the Year," the AntennaWare team is delighted to be recognised as the national winners in the Innovation category.
AntennaWare's Co-Founder and CTO Dr Matthew Magill commented, "With BodyWave™ antenna technology, AntennaWare is commercialising almost two decades of research at Queen's University, Belfast. By solving the technical bottlenecks of body blocking and detuning experienced by wireless devices placed close to difficult platforms such as the body, we are helping to realise the full societal and economic potential offered by wireless technology in areas as diverse as remote patient monitoring and sensing in healthcare, personnel tracking in high risk industrial environments, sports and rehabilitation monitoring to name a few."
Co-Founder and CEO Dr Gareth Conway adds, "This national award for innovation is a fitting recogniation of our achievements to date and validates our mission to revolutionise the reliability of wireless connectivity where alternative solutions fall short."
BodyWave™ antenna technology : https://antennaware.co.uk/product/bodywave