Rebel Startup of the Year Winners

Asel Sartbaeva, Laura Sheppard, and Aswin Doekhie at the South West StartUp Awards Ceremony, Bristol, 15/06/23.

Bristol, 15 June 2023: EnsiliTech is delighted to receive the Rebel Startup of the Year Award at the esteemed South West StartUp Awards ceremony. This remarkable achievement not only signifies EnsiliTech's position as a game changer in the industry but also acknowledges our pursuit of excellence and unwavering commitment to delivering thermally stable and novel biopharmaceuticals capable of removing the need of continuous refrigeration to store and ship these life-saving drugs.

The StartUp Awards National Series is a collaboration between the founders of the Great British Entrepreneur Awards – an established national programme receiving over 5,000 applications annually – and the Wales Start-Up Awards, the only national and regional awards currently celebrating new businesses in the UK. The awards recognise the achievements of entrepreneurs who have spotted an opportunity and taken risks to launch a new product or service.

The Rebel Startup of the Year award recognises outstanding companies that have demonstrated exceptional vision, ingenuity, and a transformative impact on their respective fields. This accolade serves as a testament to EnsiliTech’s dedication to pushing boundaries and redefining the possibilities within the biopharmaceutical space.

During the South West StartUp Awards, regional entrepreneurs gathered to celebrate the most remarkable startup companies of the year. Amidst fierce competition, EnsiliTech emerged as a winner, impressing the judging panel with their innovative approach and unrivalled potential for growth.

‘The Rebel award perfectly summarised EnsiliTech’s revolutionary technology. While in the beginning of EnsiliTech’s journey, trying to counter cold chain within the biopharma industry felt like a mammoth task, we are seeing now that the industry wants a change for cleaner, more ethical and greener solutions that remove cold chain altogether. This is exactly what EnsiliTech can deliver in the future. We are delighted with the award, it really shows that the judges agree with the importance of EnsiliTech's mission of democratising access to vaccines worldwide. Congratulations to all the winners, it's been an impressive line-up of startups changing the world.’ said Dr Asel Sartbaeva, CEO of EnsiliTech.

With this achievement, EnsiliTech reaffirms its commitment to revolutionising the biopharmaceutical sector and charting a new course of success. Our pursuit of innovation, coupled with an unyielding passion for delivering exceptional thermally stable life-saving biologicals, has earned us this recognition.

EnsiliTech is a Bristol-based startup, which spun out from the University of Bath in July 2022. In January 2023, EnsiliTech had finalised a first, oversubscribed, pre-seed investment round of £1.2M. This consisted of an Innovate UK grant and private investment from Science Angels Syndicate, Fink Family Office, QantX, and angels.

If you’d like to find out more about our technology, or explore partnership opportunities, contact hello@ensilitech.com