07 Oct 2026

The fifth edition of o2h Technology’s Tech Kickstarter Competition has been launched.

The contest has been helping seed and early-stage companies to accelerate their digital progress by transforming innovative ideas into market-ready products, using agentic AI, MVP development, web and mobile applications, and intelligent automation.

More than 100 start-up applications have previously applied to the Tech Kickstarter competition, with 13 winners selected, spanning life sciences, tech and AI, and green innovation.

Prashant Shah, Co-founder and Co-CEO at o2h Group, said:

Every year, we see early-stage founders bringing forward new ideas. Generative and agentic AI is opening up new possibilities for how products are built. Tech Kickstarter 5.0 offers teams the technology expertise to turn promising ideas into tangible products, while giving our o2h Tech team the chance to get involved in genuinely creative projects.

Competition winners benefit from a comprehensive support package, including cost advantages, dedicated project management, access to a highly-skilled team of full-stack developers, as well as business analysis and CTO-level technical guidance.

These benefits have enabled previous winners to accelerate product development, navigate complex technical challenges, and bring their innovations to market faster.

Winning start-ups from previous editions include:

  • Pellis AI: A digital therapeutic platform focused on empowering individuals to better understand and manage their skin and hair health
  • Firepot: It offers AI-driven social media tools that help individuals, jobseekers, influencers, and businesses stay consistently active on LinkedIn and grow their online presence
  • Decent Energy: It designs technology that helps households take control of their energy use, cut costs, and reduce carbon, without the complexity
  • Neurosentry: It is revolutionising stroke detection with innovative EEG-based software technology, providing real-time analytics and intuitive solutions for non-expert users across diverse clinical settings
  • Geromics: This Cambridge-based start-up empowers individuals to access personalised healthcare across the globe
  • Beacon Family Services: This is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to enhancing children’s emotional development
  • GitLife Biotech: This Newcastle-based biotech company is focused on making significant strides in healthcare and biotechnology
  • RouteZero: A greentech start-up, it is committed to decarbonising business travel
  • Biiah: A Cambridge-based early-stage start-up focused on improving people’s health
  • Matrix Bio: This pioneering techbio start-up is revolutionising the design and optimisation of hydrogels
  • SimplyArt AI: It is leveraging AI to transform the future of creative expression
  • 360Me: A digital health start-up, it it improving healthcare accessibility through technology
  • Axia Medicine: This business is scaling globally to redefine access to personalised medicines.

After winning in the fourth edition, Dr Rohit Jain, CEO of Neurosentry, said:

We’re honoured to receive the o2h Tech Kickstarter Award. This support accelerates our mission to bring real-time neuromonitoring for stroke recognition into the ICU and perioperative settings. The award allows us to move faster on our MVP and prototype development, and it reinforces the growing recognition that neurological deterioration in the hospital is a solvable problem.

o2h Technology, part of o2h Group, is headquartered at the o2h incubator at Mill SciTech Park in Hauxton.

It offers expertise in AI-driven product development, enterprise software, digital platforms, and emerging technologies. It aims to help meet the challenges faced by seed and early-stage tech companies, which typically include limited access to experienced technical talent, the high cost of product development, evolving AI capabilities, the need for strategic technical leadership and the complexities of building scalable digital products.

Axay Soni, CEO at o2h Technology, said:

For over a decade, we’ve worked with more than 70 companies across a wide range of industries. One lesson has consistently stood out: building the right foundation early is critical, and it shouldn’t require burning through your cash.

Today, AI and agentic AI are creating new opportunities for start-ups to move faster, operate smarter, and innovate more effectively. Through our Kickstarter Program, we want to give back to the startup community by helping early-stage companies build strong digital and AI platforms faster, more efficiently, and with a clear path to scale.

Applications for the Tech Kickstarter Competition 5.0 will be evaluated by members of the Tech Kickstarter committee, including Prashant, Axay and others.

o2h Technology urged founders building AI-powered products, launching a new MVP, developing intelligent automation solutions, or scaling an existing platform to find out more and apply to The Tech Kickstarter Competition 5.0 by 31st October.

Apply Here: https://o2htechnology.com/kickstarter-competition-5-registration-page

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