MAGIC AI, FYLD and PharmAppy co-founder Rhys Lloyd were among the biggest winners at the GP Bullhound 2026 Allstars awards.
Now in its 24th year, Allstars celebrates Europe’s leading technology founders and the investors backing them.
The evening also featured a keynote Q&A with Vishal Marria CBE, founder and CEO of AI unicorn Quantexa.
Varun Bhanot, founder of MAGIC AI, the business behind the MAGIC AI Mirror, and Shelley Copsey and Karl Simons OBE, co-founders of AI-powered field management platform FYLD, were all included in BusinessCloud’s Founder 250 list.
Shelley Copsey, co-founder, FYLD
FYLD, which announced a £32m Series B funding round in February, walked away with the High Growth Company of the Year award.
Copsey, who co-founded the business in 2020, said: “GP Bullhound Allstars is the ‘Oscars of the tech world’.
“It’s been a stretch goal for us and that’s why I’m so excited they named FYLD High Growth Company of the Year.
“With past honourees including Spotify, Revolut, and Figma, it’s especially meaningful to be celebrated by a community and panel of judges that understand what it takes to challenge established industries and build entirely new categories.
“They say the winners show what’s possible when ambition meets execution, across investing, building, and scaling. And I’ll add, yesss, the FYLD team knows a lot about that.”
Varun Bhanot, founder of MAGIC AI
MAGIC AI, which closed an £8m Series B funding round in September to accelerate its US expansion, was named Sports Tech Company of the Year.
Bhanot said: “It was the first time we’d ever been nominated, in any category.
“We beat 10 others in a very competitive field, most of them far older than us.
“As a young entrepreneur, I looked up to the Allstars as the Premier League of tech.
“To be nominated, let alone win, means a lot. Not just for us. It’s validation that the UK’s investors, VC funds, entrepreneurs and investment banks are rallying behind what we’re building.
“Most of all, they were impressed by our US growth. In our first year there, the US is on track to be over half our revenue.”
Rhys Lloyd, co-founder of Manchester-based digital pharmacy platform PharmAppy, was named Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Infrastructure AI platform FYLD raises £32m amid US expansion
He said: “Really grateful for the recognition, but more than anything, it’s a reflection of the team at PharmAppy and how far we’ve come over the past 12 months. A lot has changed in a year, and none of it happens without the people around me sharing the same vision for pharmacies and their patients.”
The full list of GP Bullhound 2026 Allstars winners:
- 1. Consumer Tech Company of the Year: Deepstash
- 2. Digital Advertising Company of the Year: Koto
- 3. AI & Digital Transformation Company of the Year: Opencast
- 4. Sports Tech Company of the Year: MAGIC AI
- 5. High Growth Company of the Year: FYLD
- 6. Deep Tech Company of the Year: IONATE
- 7. Growth & Buyout Fund of the Year: Inflexion
- 8. VC Fund of the Year: EQT Ventures
- 9. Seed Fund of the Year: firstminute capital
- 10. Investor of the Year: David Klein, One Peak
- 11. Exit of the Year: Apax for the exit of Faculty
- 12. Entrepreneur of the Year: Moritz Kreppel, Urban Sports Club
- 13. Young Entrepreneur of the Year (in memory of Mark Sebba): Rhys Lloyd, PharmAppy
- 14. Professional Services Firm of the Year: PER