Category Overview

The Tech Entrepreneur Award recognises a woman who has demonstrated outstanding entrepreneurship in building and growing a successful technology business. This award celebrates entrepreneurial leaders who combine innovation, commercial acumen, and strategic vision to deliver strong results, create value, and drive growth.

Open to women running their own technology business, this category highlights entrepreneurs who have taken calculated risks, seized opportunities, and translated ideas into sustainable, high-performing tech ventures with clear impact.

Eligibility / Minimum Requirements

• The nominee must identify as a woman who owns or co-owns a technology business

• The business must demonstrate commercial success and/or significant growth

• The nominee must play a key leadership role in driving the business forward

Judging Criteria

The Tech Entrepreneur Award recognises a woman who has demonstrated exceptional entrepreneurship in building and growing a technology business. Judges will assess the nominee’s vision, leadership, and ability to turn opportunity into tangible results. Consideration will be given to business performance, growth, innovation, and the effective use of technology to create competitive advantage. Evidence of strategic decision-making, resilience, and commercial impact will be important, alongside examples of how the nominee has led teams, developed products or services, and responded to challenges. Judges will also consider future ambition, scalability, and sustainability of the business. This award celebrates women who are driving success through entrepreneurship and making a lasting mark in the technology sector.