Auddy has won the early-stage category for London and the South East at the UK Private Capital Vision Awards 2026.
The Vision Awards recognise private-capital-backed companies across seven UK regions and nations, scored on competitiveness, growth, innovation and sustainability. This year’s panel is chaired by Jan Rutherford of Scottish Equity Partners, and brings together judges from the awards’ sponsors, Grant Thornton and Santander, with senior investors from across UK private equity and venture capital – including Bridgepoint, Inflexion, Livingbridge and the Development Bank of Wales.
The judges singled out Auddy’s strong revenue growth, its use of AI, and the development of its proprietary Campfire platform. As a regional winner, Auddy now goes forward to the National Awards in December.
Headquartered in London, it nevertheless draws talent from across the UK.
“Launched amongst the chaos of COVID, Auddy quickly found that the audio community was full of opportunity,” said Andrew Craissati (pictured), CEO and co-founder. “Since those early days, we have successfully built a client base of some of the world’s most exciting and inspiring organisations and brands.
“When we partnered with the London Stock Exchange in 2025, this was the first real act of validation to help us understand that what we were doing was making a difference.”
Pembroke VCT led Auddy’s seed round in 2022, alongside Haatch Ventures and Brick Capital – three years before the Stock Exchange partnership, and before the move into internal communications and investor relations that followed.
“Since we backed Auddy in 2022, Andrew and the team have built the business into a highly innovative focus on the use of the podcast medium for advertising or corporate communications whether for consumer brands, corporates, investors or celebrities,” said Elizabeth Lazell, investment director at Pembroke VCT.
“With the launch of the London Stock Exchange partnership, a scaled-up focus on internal comms and investor relations has meant repeated recognition for product innovation. Congratulations to the whole Auddy team.”
Pembroke is a member of UK Private Capital, and its co-operation on the entry is what made it possible – the awards require a member firm to support the application.