All the judges scores are now in and fully aggregated... And we are delighted to reveal the full list of finalists for all of the categories for The SPARKies 2012. Here are the finalists (in alphabetic order) for each category.



'Best App' Award (sponsored by Handsome I.P.):

• Roodie Noodies (by Complete Control)
  
• Showreel (by Riot)
  
• Tap! (by Future Publishing)
  

'Best Start Up' Award (sponsored by Eden Ventures):

• Artolo
  
• Bardowl
  
• Catchy Agency
  
• Meanbee
  

'Biggest Success Story of 2011' Award (sponsored by Bath & North East Somerset Council):

• Burfield Creative
  
• Deep Blue Sky
  
• Eduserv
  
• Picochip
  

'Best Mentor or Advisor' Award (sponsored by Bath Ventures Innovation Centre):

• Ian Dale-Staples
  
• Nicholas Carey
  
• Peter Gabriel
  

'Best Founder or Entrepreneur' Award (sponsored by Bath Ventures Innovation Centre):

• Chris Book
  
• Dr Doug Pulley
  
• Jim Morrison
  

'Individual contribution to Technology' Award (sponsored by Real World):

• Mike Ellis
  
• Richard Godfrey & Paul Cross
  
• Stuart Farrimond
  

'Best Design Agency' Award (sponsored by Bowers & Wilkins):

• Complete Control
  
• Kerve Creative
  
• Moresoda
  

'The Good Award' - for the best use of Technology for Doing Good (sponsored by TeachIt):

• Felix Renicks (for We Love Bath)
  
• Illuminate Bath
  
• Luke Woodbury (Three Ways School Sensory Studio)
  

The 'One to Watch for 2012' category (sponsored by Catalyst Venture Partners):

• Artolo
  
• Jowst
  
• Meanbee
  
• Topic Logic
  
• Treehouse
  
• Urban Tribe
  

'Best Service Provider' category (sponsored by Storm):

• Colonna & Smalls
  
• iPrinciples
  
• Ripe Digital
  

The "Totally Killing It!" Award for competing globally from Bath (sponsored by Eden Ventures):

• Eduserv for Identity and Access Management Solutions (OpenAthens)
  
• LoveHoney
  
• MediaClash
  
• MyFavouriteMagazines.co.uk (from Future Publishing)
  
• Picochip (now part of Mindspeed)
  
• RepRap (3D self-replicating machine)
  
• TechRadar (from Future Publishing)
  

This is an excellent list of finalists and one that already goes a long way to showing how much depth and breadth there is to Bath's tech scene. The second round of judging is happening this week: this is when the judges will select the winners and runners up from the list of finalists above. We will then announce and celebrate at The SPARKies Awards party on Wednesday 21st March at Komedia. Make sure you get your tickets to avoid missing out on what will undoubtedly be a great night!