OnePlan has fended off competition from dozens of local tech startups to be crowned London Tech Innovator as part of KPMG’s search for the UK’s most exciting tech businesses.

The tech-based event planning firm was one of hundreds of applications to the UK competition and was shortlisted among the most exciting tech offerings in the region who were invited to pitch in the regional heat.

The competition, which KPMG runs to spotlight and celebrate the world’s most innovative technology, provides a platform for entrepreneurs to showcase their businesses and collectively champion the future of tech.

OnePlan has transformed how events are planned, with web software that’s geo-accurate, real-time and collaborative, with more than 80,000 events in 110 countries using the firm.

The firm was the official supporter of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games and used to plan 46 venues and helped to deliver an 80% time saving.

Paul Foster, our Founder and CEO, said: “We’re delighted OnePlan has won the KPMG Tech Innovator award for London – it’s a great recognition of the impact and global scale of our event site planning software.

“OnePlan makes it easy for anyone to plan events on a map, from a village fair to the world’s biggest sports events, and we hope our innovation continues to help the world’s event planners.”

Commenting on the regional heat, Anna Purchas, London Office Senior Partner at KPMG UK, said: “London is home to a thriving community of forward-thinking tech businesses, and OnePlan is a standout example of that.

“The close competition at the London heat reflects the commercial strength and real-world impact delivered by so many of the capital’s businesses. Ultimately, the winning team’s pitch was clear and confident, showcasing not only strong growth potential, but also a technology that is genuinely transforming how events are planned and delivered – from local festivals to the world’s biggest sporting stages.

“Our capital city London is world famous for our ‘experience sector’ and the global events we stage, so having a London heat winner that plays into this with innovative technology to transform the sector is fantastic. We’re proud to have such a pioneering business representing the capital at the national final.”

The competition, which has been running since 2013, has celebrated some of the UK’s best pure technology and tech-enabled including What3Words, VividQ and HiiROC who have all been crowned previous winners. 2022 winner HiiROC took it a step further by winning the global final at Web Summit.

OnePlan will now progress to the national final to be held in London in July.

The overall UK champion will then advance to the global final later in the year, where an international panel of judges will select the KPMG Private Enterprise Global Tech Innovator.

Nicole Lowe, Head of Emerging Giants at KPMG UK, said: “The standard has been extremely high this year and it has been brilliant to see the variety of businesses the competition has unearthed across the country.

“Each year we are delighted to showcase the best the country has to offer and cannot wait to see who comes out top in the final.”

Previous KPMG UK Tech Innovator winners

2024 – Halocycle
2023 – Inovus Medical
2022 – HiiROC
2021 – FIDO Tech
2020 – VividQ
2019 – Humming Bird Technologies (acquired by Agreena)
2018 – Echo (acquired by McKesson UK) 
2017 – Safe To Net
2016 – What 3 Words
2015 – RefMe (acquired by education company Chegg, Inc)
2014 – Babylon Health (acquired eMed Healthcare UK)