GP Bullhound Announces Winners of the 2025 Allstars Awards

GP Bullhound is proud to reveal the winners of the Allstars Awards 2025, celebrating the exceptional founders, investors, and leaders driving Europe’s technology ecosystem forward. On 16 October 2025, we came together to honour not just the achievements of our community, but its remarkable spirit, one that transforms uncertainty into opportunity and ambition into action. For over two decades, the Allstars Awards have recognised the visionaries shaping one of the world’s most dynamic and resilient tech landscapes.

The evening also featured a keynote by Baroness Eliza Manningham-Buller, former Director-General of MI5 and former Chair of the Wellcome Trust, who shared reflections on leadership and resilience.

This year’s ceremony spanned 14 categories, showcasing the breadth of achievement across the ecosystem.

The 2025 Winners are:

• Exit of the Year: Ventech
• Entrepreneur of the Year: Martina King, formerly Featurespace
  Highly Commended: Tony Pepper, Egress
• Growth & Buyout Fund of the Year: Verdane
• Investor of the Year: Ed Lascelles, Albion
• VC of the Year: Ventech
• Young Entrepreneur of the Year: Kamran Ansari, FluxWear
• Allstar Company Challenge: Prolific
• Software Company of the Year: Juro
• ESG Company of the Year: xFarm
• CSS Company of the Year: Tractive
• Digital Advertising Company of the Year: Croud
• Digital Transformation Company of the Year: CloudRock
• Digital Innovation in Arts & Culture Award: Artcrush & WHATCLASS
• Allstars Hall of Fame: Poppy Gustafsson, CBE

This year’s Allstars Awards were made possible with the support of .Art, HSBC Innovation Banking, Liquidity, Marriott Harrison, Orrick, Paddle, Squire Patton Boggs, and Wilson Sonsini – whose partnership partnership helps us bring Europe’s tech community together.

Allstars is a committed supporter of Working Options in Education, a charity that helps young people fulfil their potential by developing employability and life skills. The charity’s free Career Pathways Programme, delivered in partnership with state schools and colleges, supports young people facing additional post-pandemic challenges and prioritises those from disadvantaged regions.

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About GP Bullhound
GP Bullhound is a leading technology advisory and investment firm, providing transaction advice and capital to the world’s best entrepreneurs and founders. Founded in 1999 in London and Menlo Park, the firm today has 10 offices spanning Europe and the US. For more information, please visit www.gpbullhound.com.