London’s Ticmint has been named a regional finalist at the UK StartUp Awards 2026 (https://startupawards.uk/) in the Hospitality, Tourism & Events StartUp of the Year category.
Ticmint is a white-label ticketing and event commerce platform designed to help organizers turn live events into long-term growth engines by giving them full control over their brand, audience, and data.
Often described as the “Shopify for ticketing,” Ticmint leverages blockchain technology to enhance security, transparency, and ownership—eliminating reliance on third-party marketplaces and redefining ticketing as owned infrastructure rather than a transactional service.
Founded in 2023 by seasoned tech entrepreneurs and business leaders, alongside an experienced industry advisory team, Ticmint was built in response to a fundamentally broken ticketing ecosystem—one plagued by fraud, scalping, and limited visibility for both organizers and fans. Since launch, the company has powered hundreds of events globally, driving measurable increases in ticket sales and operational efficiency, while expanding into new markets with a platform purpose-built for control, security, and scale.
The Hospitality, Tourism & Events StartUp of the Year award is open to UK startups trading for less than three years in hospitality, travel, tourism, or events. This includes accommodation and venue concepts, experiences and attractions, event businesses, travel services, and tech-enabled models that improve the guest experience and operations. The UK StartUp Awards is the UK’s largest independent startup awards programme with over 2,000 entries this year. Regional winners go on to compete at the national final at Ideas Fest (https://ideasfest.uk/), the UK’s biggest festival for entrepreneurs, in September 2026.
Quote from Omar Sarieddine, Founder and CEO of Ticmint: “We’re incredibly proud to be shortlisted for the UK Startup Awards—it’s a meaningful recognition of the work our team is doing to reimagine ticketing at both a local and global level. From day one, we set out to solve some of the industry’s biggest challenges—fraud, scalping, and lack of transparency—and this milestone reinforces that we’re on the right path to building a more secure, scalable, and fair ecosystem for event organizers and fans alike.”