Thank you for applying to the Startups 100 Index 2027! Please submit your entry using the below form

Are you an innovative, disruptive business launched in the last five years? This is your chance to be counted among the top UK startups.
The Startups 100 ranking will be decided based on the performance of your business to date, strength of concept and execution, as well as your passion and purpose. We also collect other information to allow us to report on exciting trends in the startups landscape.
Before you get started..
Make sure you have access to up-to-date financials and forecasts, as well as information on any co-founders or other stakeholders. This information will be used strictly for judging purposes and helps us to assess the potential of your business on a level playing field with other entrants.
We will never publish or otherwise share any non-public financial details you choose to provide.
First, tell us about your business.

Question Title

1. What is the name of your business? (Required.)

Question Title

2. Please provide your website URL:

Question Title

3. Please provide a contact email address: (Required.)

*Your privacy is important to us. We will only use your contact details to ask for any information relating to your Startups 100 entry, Startups 100 events and related digital media, such as requests for further information as required, or confirmation of successful placement on our 2027 list.

Question Title

4. Please provide links to your social media pages:

Question Title

5. In what year was your business registered with Companies House? Please note, your business must have been incorporated on or after 1st Jan 2021 to qualify. (Required.)

Question Title

6. Please provide your Companies House registration number. (Required.)

Question Title

7. In what region is your business located? (Required.)

Question Title

8. What sector is your business based in? (Required.)

Tell us why your business should feature in the Startups 100 Index 2027.

We are looking for impressive business ideas with lots of growth potential - but don’t feel intimidated if you haven’t got big funding figures to advertise or a well-known partner.

More important is your passion and hard work. Most important is your story - don’t undersell yourself or your business.

We’d like to know:

Question Title

9. What was your lightbulb moment - when did you know you had to start your business? (Required.)

Question Title

10. What problem were you trying to solve? (Required.)

Question Title

11. What was your biggest challenge when starting the business. How did you overcome it? (Required.)

Question Title

12. What are the key clients/investors/partnerships that your business has established? (Required.)

Question Title

13. What achievement were you most proud of in the last financial year - what did you have to tell your friends / family about? (Required.)

Additional information about your business:

Question Title

14. Please summarise your business in one sentence. (Required.)

Question Title

15. Please tell us who your target audience is. (Required.)

Question Title

16. What makes you stand out from rivals? (Required.)

Question Title

17. Where do you see your business in five years' time? (Required.)

Question Title

18. Has your business used or integrated Generative AI into your core product or daily operations? (Required.)

Question Title

19. If you could give one piece of advice to the UK Chancellor to better support early-stage businesses, what would it be?

Now, tell us about you.

Question Title

20. Name of Founder 1 (Required.)

Question Title

21. Name of Founder 2

Question Title

22. Name of Founder 3

Question Title

23. Name of Founder 4

Question Title

24. Age, ethnicity, and gender of the founders.

*(We use this information to understand our audience demographic. It does not inform any part of our judging criteria.)

  Age Ethnicity Gender
Founder 1
Founder 2
Founder 3
Founder 4

Question Title

25. What percentage of the company do the named founders still own? (Required.)

0 50% 100
Clear
i We adjusted the number you entered based on the slider’s scale.

Question Title

26. How many employees do you currently employ? (Required.)

Question Title

27. How many employees have you hired in the last 12 months? (Required.)

Funding & Finance

Question Title

28. How have you funded your business? (Required.)

Question Title

29. How much funding have you raised in GBP so far?
Please format your answer as numbers, and remove the £ sign (eg. £2m should be entered as 2,000,000) (Required.)

Final steps:

Question Title

30. Please upload a high-quality, landscape image of the founders.

Question Title

31. As well as finding the top 100 startups in the UK, we are also looking to shine a light on progressive and inclusive startups with special awards for Social Impact; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI); and Sustainability.

If you have any credentials or figures relating to these areas, and would like to be entered into these awards, please share them below:

Question Title

32. Where did you hear about the Startups 100? (Required.)

T