{"id":225,"date":"2018-12-05T15:23:29","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T15:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kwiziq.com\/blog\/?p=225"},"modified":"2018-12-05T15:35:17","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T15:35:17","slug":"kwiziq-co-founders-named-bmwi-uk-edtech-founder-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kwiziq.com\/blog\/kwiziq-co-founders-named-bmwi-uk-edtech-founder-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwiziq co-founders named BMWi UK EdTech Founder of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In October, we were thrilled to learn that we&#8217;d been shortlisted as finalists for the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/techfounderawards.uk\/news\/2018-shortlist-bmw-uk-tech-founder-awards\/\"><strong>2018 BMWi UK Tech Founder Awards <\/strong>&#8211;\u00a0<strong>EdTech category<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It was one of the largest categories, with founders of eight companies shortlisted, and the event organisers gave absolutely no hints that we might have won, so it came as a genuine, wonderful surprise at the gala dinner (27th November) when we were announced as the winners.<\/p>\n<p>The category was introduced with a talk by the extraordinary and inspiring UK tech entrepreneur, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jessbutcher\">Jessica Butcher MBE<\/a> (co-founder of Blippar, the world&#8217;s leading AR\/computer vision technology) who gave us the award:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_226\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2018\/12\/kwiziq-co-founders-BMWi-UK-EdTech-Founder-of-the-year-2018-with-Jessica-Butcher.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-226\" class=\"wp-image-226\" src=\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2018\/12\/kwiziq-co-founders-BMWi-UK-EdTech-Founder-of-the-year-2018-with-Jessica-Butcher-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Jess Butcher MBE (left), Gareth (Gruff) Davies (middle) and Simon Potter (right)\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2018\/12\/kwiziq-co-founders-BMWi-UK-EdTech-Founder-of-the-year-2018-with-Jessica-Butcher-300x225.jpg 300w, \/files\/french\/blog\/2018\/12\/kwiziq-co-founders-BMWi-UK-EdTech-Founder-of-the-year-2018-with-Jessica-Butcher-768x576.jpg 768w, \/files\/french\/blog\/2018\/12\/kwiziq-co-founders-BMWi-UK-EdTech-Founder-of-the-year-2018-with-Jessica-Butcher-1024x768.jpg 1024w, \/files\/french\/blog\/2018\/12\/kwiziq-co-founders-BMWi-UK-EdTech-Founder-of-the-year-2018-with-Jessica-Butcher-213x160.jpg 213w, \/files\/french\/blog\/2018\/12\/kwiziq-co-founders-BMWi-UK-EdTech-Founder-of-the-year-2018-with-Jessica-Butcher-200x150.jpg 200w, \/files\/french\/blog\/2018\/12\/kwiziq-co-founders-BMWi-UK-EdTech-Founder-of-the-year-2018-with-Jessica-Butcher.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-226\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jess Butcher MBE (left), Gruff Davies (me, middle) and Simon Potter (right, sporting a rather tremendous new beard)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The award is now proudly on display flanked by Kwiziq&#8217;s adorable mascots, KwizBot and Robetta, the friendly robot faces of our AI language coaching technology.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_228\" style=\"width: 609px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2018\/12\/Kwiziqs-UK-Tech-Founder-of-the-Year-Award-proudly-presented-by-KwizBot-and-Robetta.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-228\" class=\"wp-image-228\" src=\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2018\/12\/Kwiziqs-UK-Tech-Founder-of-the-Year-Award-proudly-presented-by-KwizBot-and-Robetta-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"Robetta and Kwizbot with Kwiziq EdTech Founder of the Year Award\" width=\"599\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2018\/12\/Kwiziqs-UK-Tech-Founder-of-the-Year-Award-proudly-presented-by-KwizBot-and-Robetta-300x240.jpg 300w, \/files\/french\/blog\/2018\/12\/Kwiziqs-UK-Tech-Founder-of-the-Year-Award-proudly-presented-by-KwizBot-and-Robetta-768x615.jpg 768w, \/files\/french\/blog\/2018\/12\/Kwiziqs-UK-Tech-Founder-of-the-Year-Award-proudly-presented-by-KwizBot-and-Robetta-1024x820.jpg 1024w, \/files\/french\/blog\/2018\/12\/Kwiziqs-UK-Tech-Founder-of-the-Year-Award-proudly-presented-by-KwizBot-and-Robetta-200x160.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-228\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robetta and KwizBot with Kwiziq EdTech Founder of the Year Award<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We feel honoured and humbled. The judges commented, &#8220;Gareth and Simon have a fascinating entrepreneurial story. Like so many entrepreneurs they\u2019ve experienced failure in the past, but haven&#8217;t been deterred in their ambition to scale. They have an admirable journey. Congratulations!&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Our enormous gratitude goes to the organisers, the judges, <a href=\"\/testimonials\">Kwiziq&#8217;s incredibly loyal users<\/a>, and of course everyone in\u00a0<a href=\"\/team\">Team Kwiziq<\/a>, our investors, and our friends and family, all of whom have contributed immeasurably to making Kwiziq the success it has become.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been an amazing year for Kwiziq. 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