The UNLEASH Startup Award is a key highlight of our Paris show.
It's also a program that is part of the UNLEASH DNA - nurturing the future of HR technology.
Hear from our winner here, exclusively. How did they win our €50,000 package?
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The winner of the fiercely contested UNLEASH Startup Award has been confirmed for 2025!
Five startups took to the stage to present their pitch to the judging panel and faced questions from the crowd in a bid to join the illustrious ranks of former winners, which includes Peakon (now part of Workday), Oneteam, Talent Alpha, Clustree, TandemHR, Hour One, and last year’s champion, Welliba.
This year the expert judging panel also recognized a runner-up – Strategic Workforce Planning revolutionary, Albert.
But, as always, there could only be one winner and in Paris this year, that honor went to Vizzy – the startup on a mission to transform the CV with an inclusive, human-first, engagement-driven approach.
UK-based Vizzy wowed the judges with its pitch, delivered by Co-Founder and CEO, Chris Woodward-Jones, who was presented with the grand prize of $50,000 worth of future sponsorship opportunity with UNLEASH, by Founder and CEO Marc Coleman, and Startup and Investor Program Lead, Kennedy Cook.
(L-R) Marc Coleman, Chris Woodward-Jones, Jess Von Bank
Speaking to UNLEASH in the aftermath of the victory, Woodward-Jones says: “We’re absolutely thrilled to have won the Startup Awards at UNLEASH World 2025.
“It’s a huge feather in our cap, and a testament to all the great, great work that our team have put together.
I’m incredibly proud of everyone involved and really excited to see where Vizzy can go in the future.”
A huge congratulations to Vizzy and, of course, all of the finalists this year – Albert, Blify, Pandria and Paybix.
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John Brazier is an experienced and award-winning B2B journalist and editor. Prior to joining UNLEASH, John both led and wrote for a number of global and domestic financial services publications, covering markets such as asset management, trading, insurance, fintech and personal finance.
