Bradley Evans
- Oct 24, 2022
- 2 min read

Celebrations at Ship Shape

Updated: Mar 2

October 2022 has been a month to celebrate at Ship Shape.

We launched our free search engine at the start of September.

Since then we’ve had over two thousand users and nearly 900 different search phrases - mainly by founders who are finding investors interested in their business area!

The shipshape.vc team also won two notable awards in October:

Fintech Awards Wales - Fintech Start-up of the Year 2022.
Technology Connected - Wales Technology Awards, Sir Michael Moritz Tech Start-Up Award.

A few words from our CEO and Co-founder, Daniel Sawko

“We’re delighted to be recognised for the search engine we have built. We’re excited to be empowering founders and the ecosystem to better search and find relevant investors.”

Both awards represent the hard work that Ship Shape’s team has put in over the years, especially the previous months building up to our free release.

For the company, it’s great to see the growth in other tech businesses and the entire Welsh ecosystem.

Fintech Awards Wales - Fintech Start-up of the Year 2022.

Ship Shape CEO, Daniel Sakwo accepting the award

shipshape.vc would like to thank Fintech Award Wales, and award sponsor Confused.com, for the tough judging panel process and awarding Ship Shape the Fintech Start-up of the Year 2022.

In addition, the team at shipshape.vc would like to recognise Cufflink.io, Identitech and Quote on Site as fellow shortlisters for the award and thank them for th

You can read more about the awards and other category winners here: https://www.fintechawardswales.com/2022-awards/

Technology Connected - Wales Technology Awards, Sir Michael Moritz Tech Start-Up Award.

Ship Shape award in a room full of people.

Ship Shape CEO, Daniel Sawko giving an acceptance speech

shipshape.vc would like to thank Technolgy Connected for the Wales Technology Awards, and category partner Mobilise, for awarding Ship Shape Sir Michael Moritzech Start-Up Award 2022.

The award’s name is derived from a Welsh VC Partner at Seqouia Partners, Sir Michael Moritz. It was great to share the category with; Dewin Tech, edge21 studio, Haia Communications and Identitech.

You can read more about the awards and other category winners here: https://technologyconnected.net/2022/10/21/welsh-technology-industry-recognised-for-its-positive-impact-on-society/

Both awards are a recognition of the progress made to date, but also provide the team with fuel and impetus to keep up the mission of enabling the private markets ecosystem to search and sell.

Watch a short video by our CEO Daniel Sawko about the recent launch and awards:

Click here to watch

Editors Note:

Ship Shape was founded by Daniel Sawko and Alistair Baillie and is currently based in Cardiff, Wales. To discover Ship Shape please visit our website: https://www.shipshape.vc/