Edinburgh business shortlisted for Scotland StartUp Award 2023
Updated: 3 days ago
Edinburgh-based startup Bull Project has been named a finalist ahead of the Scotland Final of the StartUp Awards 2023.
The StartUp Awards has been launched to recognise the booming startup scene across the UK which has accelerated since the 2019 pandemic. Over 800,000 new businesses were founded in the UK since 2021, a 4.3% increase from the year before.
A record number of businesses applied to this year’s StartUp Awards, with 1,100 firms shortlisted across ten UK nations and regions. The contribution of these firms - all of which were started in the last three years - is significant, having created over 5,000 new jobs since they were established and generating annual sales of £584 million.
Bull Project is a Web3 Platform that helps companies to recruit, hire, manage and pay salaries in cryptocurrencies to distributed teams. founded by Gustavo A Zach and Franco Di Stefano in 2020. The business has been nominated for the Digital StartUp of the Year 2023.
Gustavo A Zach, Co-Founder and COO of Bull Project said: “It is a great pride to be nominated for these awards again. It shows us that creating bridges between remote workers and companies through decentralization of salary payments using blockchain technologies is the right path..”
Supported nationally by Starling Bank, British Business Bank, BT, Creative Ideaz, GS1 UK, Jeeves, Join Talent, ScoreApp and The Purposeful Project, the programme will celebrate the achievements of the amazing individuals who have turned an idea into an opportunity and taken the risk to launch a new product or service.
The cohort of finalists will be considered for the regional prizes by a panel of seasoned judges with experience founding or supporting entrepreneurial ventures.
Professor Dylan Jones-Evans OBE, the creator of the StartUp Awards, said:
“Start-up businesses are the lifeblood of any economy, being responsible for new jobs, innovation and in supporting communities in every nation and region across the UK. All of the finalists this year represent the best of those entrepreneurs who have spotted an opportunity and through their sheer hard work, talent and perseverance, have created an amazing new business that is creating real impact in its sector.”
The StartUp Awards was created in collaboration with the team behind the Great British Entrepreneur Awards, one of the most successful awards programmes in the UK. The StartUp Awards are running for the second year after launching in 2022.
This year’s StartUp Awards finalists can be found online at National Startup Awards | Scotland | Digital StartUp | Shortlist 2023 (freshbusinessthinking.com)