Benefits of Participation

The Super Connect for Good provides a number of benefits for both applicants, runners-up and winners including:

- Recognition: Be recognised as one of our 42 Winners & Runners-up across the UK, Ireland and Europe to include on your website, marketing materials and social channels

- Exposure: Secure exposure for your company in both our local to European press coverage through mentions (winners) and through our guaranteed PR prizes with our media partners like Top Business Tech and HealthTech World
- Top 100 Innovation Showcase: Those identified by our Innovation Partners and Judges will be invited to pitch live to them at our Top 100 Innovation Showcase on 30th September 2021 to go head-to-head with the best in your respective innovation stream in the UK, Ireland and Europe
- Feature in our European Top 100 Industry Showcase Report 2022: If you are shortlisted by our Innovation Partners & Judges in our Top 100 Innovation Showcase you will feature in the report providing extended

- Access to Decision-Makers: Be super connected by the Empact Ventures team to potential partners, clients or funders with 3 free super connections for all applicants, 5 for runners-up and 8 for winners plus connect with our judges and partners in our event Expos
- Competition Prizes: We’ve made every effort to ensure that you receive prizes that genuinely support your business development (e.g. guaranteed pilots), funding (e.g. super connections to funders), exposure (e.g. PR) or support your challenges and team through our partners below.

Overall Winner Prize

12 Month Hays Rise Subscription Experience worth £40,000
Linkedin Live Podcast Exposure & exposure within global content series of blogs on Hays Linkedin Account (circa 400k+ followers)
Digital Solution profiling on Hays.com & regional sites
5 free recruitment hire (up to 120k salary) over a 12-month period
Access to Go1 Training Platform, HR-as-a-Service, VIP Access to events and content and press coverage.
‘Our Scale-up Journey’ headlined in our Tech for Good Top 100 which will get significant press coverage including with Sifted.eu like last year here

Our Regional Partners for UK & Ireland

Our Regional Partners are based in the UK and Ireland who will be taking part in the Regional Judging and awarding prizes to support winners with their business challenges:

North of England (UK)

Winner: 12 Month Hays Rise Subscription Experience including Linkedin Live Podcast Exposure on Hays Linkedin Account (circa 400k+ followers), Digital Solution profiling on Hays.com & regional sites, 1 free recruitment hire (up to 120k salary) over a 12-month period, Access to Go1 Training Platform, HR-as-a-Service, VIP Access to events and content and press coverage (worth £8,000 + VAT)
Winner: 2 Days of Market Research Resource (worth £1,000 + VAT)

Runner-up: 1 Day of Market Research Resource (worth £550 + VAT)

South of England

Winner: 12 Month Hays Rise Subscription Experience including Linkedin Live Podcast Exposure on Hays Linkedin Account (circa 400k+ followers), Digital Solution profiling on Hays.com & regional sites, 1 free recruitment hire (up to 120k salary) over a 12-month period, Access to Go1 Training Platform, HR-as-a-Service, VIP Access to events and content and press coverage (worth £8,000 + VAT)
Winner: A free Strategic Analysis Session with a Board of 3-6 People (worth £500+VAT)

Runner-up: Guaranteed Place on OVHcloud Startup Program with €10,000 of Cloud Hosting credits

London

Winner: 12 Month Hays Rise Subscription Experience including Linkedin Live Podcast Exposure on Hays Linkedin Account (circa 400k+ followers), Digital Solution profiling on Hays.com & regional sites, 1 free recruitment hire (up to 120k salary) over a 12-month period, Access to Go1 Training Platform, HR-as-a-Service, VIP Access to events and content and press coverage (worth £8,000 + VAT)
Winner: 12 months free access to the Red Flag Alert API
Runner-up: 12 months free access to the Red Flag Alert API

Scotland & Wales

Winner: 12 Month Hays Rise Subscription Experience including Linkedin Live Podcast Exposure on Hays Linkedin Account (circa 400k+ followers), Digital Solution profiling on Hays.com & regional sites, 1 free recruitment hire (up to 120k salary) over a 12-month period, Access to Go1 Training Platform, HR-as-a-Service, VIP Access to events and content and press coverage (worth £8,000 + VAT)
Winner: Guaranteed Place on OVHcloud Startup Program with €10,000 of Cloud Hosting credits
Runner-up: Guaranteed Place on OVHcloud Startup Program with €10,000 of Cloud Hosting credits

Island of Ireland

Winner: 12 Month Hays Rise Subscription Experience including Linkedin Live Podcast Exposure on Hays Linkedin Account (circa 400k+ followers), Digital Solution profiling on Hays.com & regional sites, 1 free recruitment hire (up to 120k salary) over a 12-month period, Access to Go1 Training Platform, HR-as-a-Service, VIP Access to events and content and press coverage (worth £8,000 + VAT)
Winner: Guaranteed Founder Feature Press Coverage in Top Business Tech worth £500 + VAT (See Example)
Runner-up: Guaranteed Place on OVHcloud Startup Program with €10,000 of Cloud Hosting credits

New Update: All Regional Winners will get a guaranteed place on the OVHcloud Startup Program with €10k worth of free cloud hosting credits and a guaranteed Founder Feature in Top Business Tech

Our Regional Partners (Europe)

Our Regional Partners are based in Europe who will be taking part in the Regional Judging and awarding prizes to support winners with their business challenges:

D-A-C-H & Nordics

Winner: 12 Months of Hays Services including Linkedin Live Podcast Exposure on Hays Linkedin Account (circa 400k+ followers), Digital Solution profiling on Hays.com & regional sites, 1 free recruitment hire (up to 120k salary) over a 12-month period, Access to Go1 Training Platform, HR-as-a-Service, VIP Access to events and content and press coverage (£8,000 + VAT)
Winner: Free pitch deck review and crowdfunding consultancy call with a 15% discount on fundraising fees.
Runner-up: Guaranteed Place on the OVHcloud Startup Program with €10,000 of Cloud Hosting credits

BeNeLuX

Winner: 12 Month of Hays Services including Linkedin Live Podcast Exposure on Hays Linkedin Account (circa 400k+ followers), Digital Solution profiling on Hays.com & regional sites, 1 free recruitment hire (up to 120k salary) over a 12-month period, Access to Go1 Training Platform, HR-as-a-Service, VIP Access to events and content and press coverage (£8,000 + VAT)
Winner: Guaranteed Founder Feature Press Coverage in Top Business Tech worth €500 (Example)
Runner-up: Super Connect Lite Membership by Empact Ventures with up to 25+ Super Connections (worth €1,000)

Southern Europe

Winner: 12 months of Hays Services including Linkedin Live Podcast Exposure on Hays Linkedin Account (circa 400k+ followers), Digital Solution profiling on Hays.com & regional sites, 1 free recruitment hire (up to 120k salary) over a 12-month period, Access to Go1 Training Platform, HR-as-a-Service, VIP Access to events and content and press coverage (£8,000 + VAT)
Winner: Guaranteed Founder Feature Press Coverage in Top Business Tech worth €500 + VAT (Example)
Runner-up: Super Connect Lite Membership by Empact Ventures with up to 25+ Super Connections (worth €1,000)

France

Winner: 12 months of Hays Services including Linkedin Live Podcast Exposure on Hays Linkedin Account (circa 400k+ followers), Digital Solution profiling on Hays.com & regional sites, 1 free recruitment hire (up to 120k salary) over a 12-month period, Access to Go1 Training Platform, HR-as-a-Service, VIP Access to events and content and press coverage (£8,000 + VAT)
Winner: Guaranteed Founder Feature Press Coverage in Top Business Tech worth €500 + VAT (Example)
Runner-up: Super Connect Lite Membership by Empact Ventures with up to 25+ Super Connections (worth €1,000)

Central & Eastern Europe

Winner: 12 Months of Hays Services including Linkedin Live Podcast Exposure on Hays Linkedin Account (circa 400k+ followers), Digital Solution profiling on Hays.com & regional sites, 1 free recruitment hire (up to 120k salary) over a 12-month period, Access to Go1 Training Platform, HR-as-a-Service, VIP Access to events and content and press coverage (£8,000 + VAT)
Winner: Guaranteed Founder Feature Press Coverage in Top Business Tech worth €500 (Example)
Runner-up: Super Connect Lite Membership by Empact Ventures with up to 25+ Super Connections (worth €1,000)

New Update: All Regional Winners will get a guaranteed place on the OVHcloud Startup Program with €10k worth of free cloud hosting credits and a guaranteed Founder Feature in Top Business Tech

How it Works

Our Innovation Streams

These organisations will decide which Top 10 Applicants will pitch in our Top 100 Innovation Showcase & be featured in our European Tech for Good Report 2022:

Our 2021 Judges

You can view all our judges across the First Round, Regional Judging, Innovation Judging and Virtual Final Judging below:

First Round Judges

Our First Round Judges will review applications in August 2021 to decide which to shortlist for Regional Judges to review in October 2021:

North of England (UK)

Island of Ireland

Scotland & Wales (UK)

London (UK)

Island of Ireland

South of England (UK)

North of England (UK)

D-A-C-H & Nordics (Europe)

Scotland (UK)

South of England (UK)

Central & Eastern Europe

Island of Ireland

London

BeNeLuX (Europe)

Southern Europe

Central & Eastern Europe

France (Europe)

D-A-C-H & Nordics (Europe)

Scotland & Wales (UK)

Southern Europe

BeNeLuX (Europe)

Regional Judges (UK - North of England)

This region covers the North East, North West and the Midlands

Regional Judges (UK - South of England)

This region covers the South East, South West and the East of England

Scotland & Wales

This covers all areas of Scotland and Wales

London

Island of Ireland

This covers Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland

BeNeLuX

This covers:

D-A-C-H and Nordics (Europe)

This covers:

Southern Europe

This covers:

France

This covers all cities and towns across France:

Central and Eastern Europe

This covers:

Innovation Judges

Our Innovation Judges will judge all applications to decide if to shortlist them into the Top 10 for their stream to pitch in our Top 100 Innovation Showcase & feature in our European Tech for Good Report 2022:

Benefits of Participation

Recognition: Be recognised as one of our 42 Winners & Runners-up across the UK, Ireland and Europe to include on your website, marketing materials and social channels

Exposure: Secure exposure for your company in both our local to European press coverage through mentions (winners) and through our guaranteed PR prizes with our media partners like Top Business Tech and HealthTech World

Top 100 Innovation Showcase: Those identified by our Innovation Partners and Judges will be invited to pitch live to them at our Top 100 Innovation Showcase on 30th September 2021 to go head-to-head with the best in your respective innovation stream in the UK, Ireland and Europe

Feature in our European Top 100 Industry Showcase Report 2022: If you are shortlisted by our Innovation Partners & Judges in our Top 100 Innovation Showcase you will feature in the report providing extended

Access to Decision-Makers: Be super connected by the Empact Ventures team to potential partners, clients or funders with 3 free super connections for all applicants, 5 for runners-up and 8 for winners plus connect with our judges and partners in our event Expos

Competition Prizes: We’ve made every effort to ensure that you receive prizes that genuinely support your business development (e.g. guaranteed pilots), funding (e.g. super connections to funders), exposure (e.g. PR) or support your challenges and team through our partners below.

Overall Winner Prize

12 Month Hays Rise Subscription Experience worth £40,000

Linkedin Live Podcast Exposure & exposure within global content series of blogs on Hays Linkedin Account (circa 400k+ followers)

Digital Solution profiling on Hays.com & regional sites

5 free recruitment hire (up to 120k salary) over a 12-month period

Access to Go1 Training Platform, HR-as-a-Service, VIP Access to events and content and press coverage.

‘Our Scale-up Journey’ headlined in our Tech for Good Top 100 which will get significant press coverage including with Sifted.eu like last year here

Our Regional Partners for UK & Ireland

North of England (UK)

Winner: 2 Days of Market Research Resource (worth £1,000 + VAT)

Runner-up: 1 Day of Market Research Resource (worth £550 + VAT)

South of England

Winner: A free Strategic Analysis Session with a Board of 3-6 People (worth £500+VAT)

Runner-up: Guaranteed Place on OVHcloud Startup Program with €10,000 of Cloud Hosting credits

London

Winner: 12 months free access to the Red Flag Alert API

Runner-up: 12 months free access to the Red Flag Alert API

Scotland & Wales

Winner: Guaranteed Place on OVHcloud Startup Program with €10,000 of Cloud Hosting credits

Runner-up: Guaranteed Place on OVHcloud Startup Program with €10,000 of Cloud Hosting credits

Island of Ireland

Winner: Guaranteed Founder Feature Press Coverage in Top Business Tech worth £500 + VAT (See Example)

Runner-up: Guaranteed Place on OVHcloud Startup Program with €10,000 of Cloud Hosting credits

New Update: All Regional Winners will get a guaranteed place on the OVHcloud Startup Program with €10k worth of free cloud hosting credits and a guaranteed Founder Feature in Top Business Tech

Our Regional Partners (Europe)

D-A-C-H & Nordics

Winner: Free pitch deck review and crowdfunding consultancy call with a 15% discount on fundraising fees.

Runner-up: Guaranteed Place on the OVHcloud Startup Program with €10,000 of Cloud Hosting credits

BeNeLuX

Winner: Guaranteed Founder Feature Press Coverage in Top Business Tech worth €500 (Example)

Runner-up: Super Connect Lite Membership by Empact Ventures with up to 25+ Super Connections (worth €1,000)

Southern Europe

Winner: Guaranteed Founder Feature Press Coverage in Top Business Tech worth €500 + VAT (Example)

Runner-up: Super Connect Lite Membership by Empact Ventures with up to 25+ Super Connections (worth €1,000)

France

Winner: Guaranteed Founder Feature Press Coverage in Top Business Tech worth €500 + VAT (Example)

Runner-up: Super Connect Lite Membership by Empact Ventures with up to 25+ Super Connections (worth €1,000)

Central & Eastern Europe

Winner: Guaranteed Founder Feature Press Coverage in Top Business Tech worth €500 (Example)

Runner-up: Super Connect Lite Membership by Empact Ventures with up to 25+ Super Connections (worth €1,000)

New Update: All Regional Winners will get a guaranteed place on the OVHcloud Startup Program with €10k worth of free cloud hosting credits and a guaranteed Founder Feature in Top Business Tech

Our Innovation Streams

AI for Good

Winner: Guaranteed Place on the OVHcloud Startup Program with €10,000 of Cloud Hosting credits

EdTech Stream

Winner: Guaranteed Pilot with a University Department

HealthTech Stream

Winner: Advice and an evaluation of your technology adoption within the trust

Guaranteed Press Coverage in HealthTech World

MedTech Stream

UK Winner: £2,500 of Funding

EU Winner: Host a Seminar on Your Technology

Pre-Seed Challenge Stream

Winner: A Fast-Track into the application stage for the Microsoft for Startups Programme & a mentoring session with the Microsoft for Startups Senior Leadership Team

Industry Challenge Stream

Winner: Guaranteed 3 Month (unpaid) Pilot that if successful could lead to a paid contract FIND OUT MORE

General Tech for Good Stream

Guaranteed Place on the NatWest Accelerator (rated by Beauhurst as the Top UK Accelerator by size and growth), a dedicated mentoring session with NatWest and introduction to NatWest’s SME Taskforce UK partners

FinTech for Good

CleanTech

3 months of free mentoring to review current pitch materials, video and business plan (worth £15,000)

Smart Cities

3-Month Super Connect START / SCALE Membership (worth €3,000) with Empact Ventures

Our 2021 Judges

First Round Judges

North of England (UK)

Mike Morgan

Business Director

Island of Ireland

Lisa Bailie

Ecosystem Manager – Belfast

Scotland & Wales (UK)

Sandy Findlay