The best reactions to #StartupAwards 2015

The Startup Awards was launched 12 years ago to celebrate and give recognition to the disruptive, exciting and courageous start-ups in the UK.

Every year we receive hundreds of entries, which are painstakingly riddled down to a list of finalists and then judged by leading entrepreneurs like Holly Tucker (notonthehighstreet.com), Jon Wright (Innocent Drinks) and David Buttress (Just Eat), as well as investors, business advisers and even a Dragon (Touker Suleyman).

With 16 categories up for grabs this year including longstanding awards like our Women in Business award and Innovative Business of the Year, we also included a couple of new accolades from Lean Start-up of the Year to our Rising Star Award.

And following a judging day filled with debate, on November 27 we announced the Startups Awards 2015 winners…

These are the UK’s top start-ups of 2015 —> https://t.co/9jSr9NXnoT #StartupsAwards #startup pic.twitter.com/lzdOr1RFPZ

— Startups.co.uk (@startupstowers) December 6, 2015

at a bigger event than ever before…

Proud of the @startupstowers team. Love seeing the final product of our hard work and hearing amazing feedback! pic.twitter.com/w3iO9MpH1i — Kirsty ☽ (@Kmacgr) December 1, 2015

And the comradery, celebrations and overall atmosphere from the night was outstanding both at the event and across all our social channels.

So, to give all those who missed the event or who think they have what it takes to be a finalist next year a taste of what a fantastic evening it was, we’ve created a roundup of some of our favourite tweets from the night…

The winners

Pop the champagne!!! We’ve won Product Business of the Year in the #StartupsAwards 2015! Woohoo! pic.twitter.com/FdwurKOIIq

— Tropic Skin Care (@TropicSkinCare) December 2, 2015

Retail Business of the Year!!! ? well done, Team Gousto! #StartupsAwards pic.twitter.com/Hz6bZ0eSBg — Gousto (@FollowGousto) November 28, 2015

A terrific achievement for everyone involved! Read our @startupstowers winners bio here: https://t.co/uViE0QBKHB pic.twitter.com/gLKXffHaic

— purplebricks (@purplebricks) December 1, 2015

So incredibly chuffed to have won Service Business of the Year 2015 at the #StartupsAwards pic.twitter.com/1Pupth0TCj — ForrestBrown (@ForrestBrownTax) November 27, 2015

The amazing runners-up

So pleased to place for People’s Champion and Rising Star of Year at #StartupsAwards – thank you all for supporting! pic.twitter.com/KH56xvAjmN — Hubble (@HubbleHQ) November 28, 2015

Loving the moment. #StartupsAwards pic.twitter.com/u9xqw0vm9Q — Rob Hamilton (@RobHamiltonR25) November 27, 2015

Honoured to be finalists in two categories at #startupsawards @RocTechnologies pic.twitter.com/f84VwOWB26 — Mike Hockey (@mikehockey) November 27, 2015

Very proud to have claimed #3rdPlace in the #startupsawards in the Service Business Category! @startupstowers pic.twitter.com/vH3jQICuuH — Housekeep (@_housekeep) November 27, 2015

The fantastic finalists and supporters who were there on the night

Comedy, chocolates, and the coolest #startups..umm please can we do the @startupstowers #StartupsAwards every night? pic.twitter.com/Ouxvz3nIm4

— eyetease (@Eyetease) November 27, 2015

A great night @startupstowers @startupstowers #startupsawards now are you dancing …. I’m asking!!! pic.twitter.com/CXE7cda7Ri — Ride25 (@Ride25Tweet) November 27, 2015

Well done to the all runners-up and congratulations to the winners of the #StartupsAwards, the judging was so tough this year!

— haysmacintyre (@haysmacintyre) November 30, 2015

Congratulations to our table neighbours @frogbikes! Winners of the export business of the year! #StartupsAwards pic.twitter.com/0d4yH5LrB5 — MadeSimple (@MadeSimpleGroup) November 27, 2015

Great crowd at #StartupsAwards 2015 tonight and an inspiring intro from David Lester @startupstowers #startups pic.twitter.com/LoM7gR0X7h

— Cristian Young (@cristianyoung) November 27, 2015

Great crowd at this years #StartupsAwards Thanks for a brilliant night @startupstowers! pic.twitter.com/K6z5ysFngB — MuchBetterAdventures (@muchbetterAdven) November 28, 2015

You can still get involved with the #StartupsAwards hashtag and for more info about the Startups Awards click here.