Ambitious Essex Tech50

Introducing Ambitious Essex Tech50

Essex is at the heart of the tech revolution. The telecom and digital technology sectors boast around 4,500 businesses across Essex. They employ over 20,000 people and generated over £1 billion in Gross Added Value (GVA) in 2018!

To celebrate our thriving tech sector, we have created Ambitious Essex Tech50.

This list showcases the most innovative businesses in Essex. It demonstrates that the value of tech is not just for the sector itself – but for all industries, including manufacturing, energy and more.

Our rationale

The Ambitious Essex Tech50 businesses were each judged against a set of criteria, including:

• turnover
• funding and investment secured 
• approach to skills and employment
• local and global reach
• growth potential

This is the first list of many! In the future, you’ll be able to nominate yourself or other inspiring businesses to join the list.

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Explore the list by district

• Basildon
• Braintree
• Brentwood
• Castle Point
• Chelmsford
• Colchester
• Epping Forest
• Harlow
• Maldon
• Rochford
• Tendring
• Thurrock
• Southend-on-Sea
• Uttlesford

Ambitious Essex Tech50 – the full list

1. Above (Colchester)
2. Acroflight (Braintree)
3. Achticheck (Uttlesford)
4. Advanced 3D Laser Solutions (Chelmsford)
5. Affiliate Squared (Brentwood)
6. Alcove (Tendring)
7. AND Technology Research (Epping Forest)
8. ANTOBOT (Chelmsford)
9. Aquature (Brentwood)
10. AVRT (Basildon)
11. Bank of Telecom (Chelmsford)
12. Biomodal (Uttlesford)
13. Camena Bioscience (Uttlesford)
14. CGEye (Braintree)
15. Circuit (Basildon)
16. Clever Lili (Brentwood)
17. Cloud NC (Chelmsford)
18. Concurrent Technologies (Colchester)
19. Elixir (Tendring)
20. Finalytiq (Basildon)
21. Future Motors (Basildon)
22. Goodbox (Harlow)
23. Hangar19 (Chelmsford)
24. Hashtag United (Basildon)
25. Hiddentech (Rochford)
26. HomingPIN (Uttlesford)
27. Industrial Robotics Solution (Colchester)
28. Infogrid (Chelmsford)
29. KAO Data (Harlow)
30. LimboTech (Colchester)
31. Matchroom Sports (Brentwood)
32. Mission Zero Technologies (Brentwood)
33. MIT Dynamic (Chelmsford)
34. Onwable (Southend-on-Sea)
35. Paiger (Epping Forest)
36. Pinnaca Retail Solutions (Epping Forest)
37. Planet XR (Colchester)
38. Plextek (Uttlesford)
39. Pluvo (Uttlesford)
40. Redtail Telematics (Uttlesford)
41. Sketchbook Games (Colchester)
42. Smart Networked Environment (Colchester)
43. Sonic Data (Uttlesford)
44. Spaceology (Southend-on-Sea)
45. Strike (Colchester)
46. Tech Balance (Brentwood)
47. TECOSIM UK (Basildon)
48. Teledyne Technologies (Chelmsford)
49. TEVVA (Thurrock)
50. Tier1 (Maldon)