The startup that has displayed the greatest growth over the last year and has the potential to become a blue-chip corporation.

This award will recognize innovations that have the potential to launch a business or give it a big boost. It should be an original idea that is core to the business.

This award will recognise a startup founded by a student while studying, that should now be shaping up as a commercial enterprise.

A startup launched and led by a woman that demonstrates superior performance in its competitive space.

This award is for the CEO whose commitment and drive have seen them scale their organisation to significant size and created impact by clearly demonstrating strategic direction for the business thus catapulting it to a pole position in the industry and sector.

The startup that has shown great growth without external funding of any sort (excluding family and friends) and has the potential to scale up into a large enterprise.

This award seeks to recognise the best startup that offers a product or service as a solution to society's most pressing problems.

This one's reserved for an investor who displayed the best investment acumen over the last year – defined as an exit, early investment in a notable startup, or realisation of an earlier investment.

This award will be bestowed upon that extraordinary entrepreneur who grew stronger from his or her failure and bounced back with a successful subsequent business.