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The Hurun UK Under30s & Under35s Conference and Awards 2024
Rupert Hoogewerf:
"These inspiring young entrepreneurs are the future of the British economy. Our country rightly celebrates the achievements of young musicians and young sportsmen. It’s vital business founders of the same age also get the credit and recognition they deserve."
“Some of these young pioneers are helping address some of the world’s most pressing medical and environmental challenges. We all benefit from their passion and hard work. Their ventures create products and services we want and need while generating thousands of jobs and millions of pounds for the public finances."
Evening of the Awards
On November 11, 2024, we hosted the 2024 'Hurun UK Under30s & Under35s Conference & Awards', spotlighting the achievements of the UK's top and most exciting entrepreneurs of 2024 in partnership with Evelyn Partners and sponsored by the Scale Up Collective powered by Odgers Berndtson and Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd.
Set at the Evelyn Partners offices in the centre of London, the afternoon and evening were filled with excitement, energy, and brilliance, with over 100 guests and over 30 of our top 2024 Under30s and Under35s Award winners!
Among the distinguished recipients were 24 winners of the UK Under30s awards from Hurun’s UK Under30 Young Entrepreneur to Watch list. These individuals showcased remarkable talents and innovations, including Elise Jenkins, Maxwell Munford from OSSTEC, and the three young founders of KAIKAKU.
Additionally, the event honoured 8 outstanding entrepreneurs from Hurun's UK 2024 Under35s Entrepreneurs to Watch list, including luminaries like Dhaval Patel from Universal Partners, Hugo Campbell and Digby Vollrath from Togather, and Anna Veronika Dorogush from Recraft.
We had two great panel discussions throughout the evening:The first was with Unicorn founders, Paul Hamilton from the impressive UK Unicorn Halo Service Solutions and George Bevis, former founder and CEO of Tide.
Our second panel was joined by some of our inspiring Uth Series 2024 award winners, discussing each of their companies and scaling up their businesses in the UK. This panel included Dr. Sioned Fôn Jones from BoobyBiome, Miroslav Gasparek from Sensible Biotechnologies, Oliver Carson from Universal Partners, and Antton Peña from Flock.
The evening highlighted the immense talent and potential within the UK's young entrepreneurial community, setting the stage for even greater achievements in the years to come. You could feel the energy and talent in the room!
2024 UK Under30s Top Young Entrepreneur Awards
Khurram Asif,
TechSimulater Founder
2024 UK Under35s Top Entrepreneur Awards
Ben Adams,
Trinnovo Group Co-founder
Keynote Speakers
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Paul Hamilton
Founder and CEO at Halo Service and Solutions
George Bevis
Ex-founder and CEO at Tide
Christian Flackett
Partner, Investment Manager at Evelyn Partners
+30
FOUNDERS
+100
GUESTS
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Keynote
Speakers
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PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Panel Discussions
Panel 1: Building your Unicorn
We had a great fireside chat led by Rupert Hoogewerf with Unicorn founders, Paul Hamilton and George Bevis. It was great to hear from them their experiences and the trials and tribulations one goes through on the journey.
Panel 2 Discussion: Scaling up your Startup in the UK
From left: Antton Peña, Flock Co-founder and Chief Strategist Officer; Oliver Carson, Universal Pictures Co-Founder and CEO; Miroslav Gasparek, Co-Founder and CEO; Dr Sioned Jones, BoobyBiome Co-founder and COO.
Afternoon Conference
During the afternoon we hosted our conference consisting in 3 breakout round table discussions:
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The first was led by the 'Scale Up Collective' powered by Odgers Berndston discussing 'Scaling Your People Foundations: What can Founders input today to aid their scaling journey of tomorrow. This was led by Sam Smith and Michael Drew from Odgers Berndston.
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The second led by Rupert Hoogewerf discussing
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The final round table was led by our partners, Evelyn Partners discussing exit strategy with our founders.
