THE EISA AWARDS 2025
EISA is pleased to announce the launch of the 2025 EISA Awards, which recognise excellence in various categories among the EIS and SEIS industry over the past 12 months.
Entry for the Awards is now open and will close on Friday 2nd May 2025 at 11.59pm.
The Awards Ceremony is the highlight of the year at the House of Lords which will take place on Thursday 19th June 2025. Details regarding attending will be shared shortly or please contact mary.rodgers@eisa.org.uk to book a ticket.
We are always seeking to improve our awards and recently freshened up both our awards categories and our judging criteria to encourage a greater diversity of entrants and winners and a transparent judging process.
We have 14 Award Categories again this year including Best EIS Investee Company, Best SEIS Investee Company, Lord Flight Rising Star Award and Entrepreneur of the Year.
Certain categories are only open to EISA Members. If you are not a member, please contact olivia@eisa.org.uk with any questions.
Categories
EISA Impact Award – sponsored by Shoosmiths
Best New Fund Manager – sponsored by Price Forbes
Diversity Champion – sponsored by TIME Investments
Best Legal or Regulatory Adviser
Best Financial Planner - sponsored by Parkwalk Advisors
Best Tax Adviser
Best Accountant
Lord Flight Rising Star - sponsored by Octopus Investments
Ecosystem Champion – sponsored by FieldHouse Associates
Best SEIS Investee Company– sponsored by SFC Capital
Best EIS Investee Company– sponsored by RW Blears
Best SEIS Investment Manager – sponsored by Exact Financial Systems
Best EIS Investment Manager – sponsored by Apex Group Ltd
Entrepreneur of the Year – sponsored by Kin Group
The names of our judges will be released shorrtly before the Awards Ceremony once all winners have been confirmed.
Finally, thank you to our awards sponsors; Apex Group Ltd, Exact Financial Systems, Kin Group, Ocotpus Investments, Paragon Brokers, Parkwalk Advisors, RW Blears LLP, SFC Capital, Shoosmiths, TIME Investments.
If you are interested in sponsoring an award, please email olivia@eisa.org.uk.
The Entry Process
This year, we are again using the Judgify entry submission process to help you submit your awards entries online.Entry for the Awards is now open and will close on Friday 2nd May 2025 at 11.59pm.
Entrants should submit their own applications and base their entries on the criteria shown. You may also choose to nominate an individual or organisation for an Award but please make it clear who you are and who you are nominating. More details can be found on each award category on the Awards submission page.
Submissions can be made by clicking on the "Submit an Entry" button at the top of this page. Then, select the category you wish to enter by clicking on the "Category" button and selecting the category you are entering from the dropdown menu. The relevant criteria and questions for that category will then appear and enable you to complete and submit. Entrants may submit entries for more than one category of Award.
Finally, it's important to state very clearly that our judges, our judging panel and event sponsors are completely independent of both the EISA Board or any employed representative of EISA. No member of the EISA Board is either a judge or has any role in the judging process or input into it. The Director General of the EISA facilitates the Awards process but has no say on the final outcome of the judges decisions, which is entirely at the discretion of the independent judges. Similarly, sponsors of the Awards have no input into the judging process and are not allowed to enter the category they sponsor. Additionally, we will not be revealing the names of our judges until shortly before the award winners are announced.
