The North East Tech 50 votes are in and we are doing the maths to rank the region’s most exciting technology companies.
The public vote on our long-list of almost 100 disruptive companies who are using tech in innovative ways attracted almost 1,700 votes. A panel of expert judges have also made their choices.
The final 50 ranking will be a combination of these and be published on Monday 19th August.
It is one of 11 annual regional ranked lists which will aim to shine a light on the companies of all sizes who are doing amazing things with technology.
This is the full judging panel:
- Jamie Hardesty, entrepreneur engagement manager, Tech Nation
- Paul Lancaster, founder and director, Plan Digital
- Herb Kim, founder, Thinking Digital
- Jim Mawdsley, CEO, Generator
- Laura Richards, head of communications, Sunderland Software City
- Deb Mcgargle, chief legal officer, SeedLegals
- Dawn Dunn, cluster manager for Fintech/Data, Dynamo
- Stuart Lynn, founder, TechNorthEast
- Alexis Long, programme manager, Ignite
- Jonathan Symcox, editor, BusinessCloud