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MarketOrders awarded for Excellence in Supply Chain Optimisation at SME Business Elite Awards

We are proud to announce that MarketOrders has been awarded for Excellence in Supply Chain Optimisation at SME Business Elite Awards.

Ram Krishnna Rao, CEO & Co-Founder of MarketOrders, reacted to the news: “We have been working diligently for years to innovate and upgrade an outdated supply chain system. For MarketOrders to be awarded as winners for supply chain optimisation is a fantastic achievement as we have been pioneering the use of technology and digital innovations to streamline the supply chain and bring much-needed efficiencies in the gold and diamond jewellery industry.”

Sukhi Jutla, COO & Co-Founder of MarketOrders, added: “It’s fantastic to be recognised for the innovations we are bringing to the gold and diamond Jewellery industry with our pioneering work at MarketOrders, which utilises frontier technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence and sensors to ensure transparency in the supply chain. This award strengthens our position as leaders in this field and it’s an honour to be recognised. Thank you.”

 

To find out more about the 2019 SME Business Elite awards winners, click here to access the Q3 issue of SME News Magazine (full list of the winners is page 43).

MarketOrders has been nominated for over 25 awards! Find them all on our Awards section.

 

Click here to see the first cover of the issue

Click here to access the full list of winners

 

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MarketOrders COO at the Women in Tech Festival UK 2019

The Women In Tech Festival UK 2019 was held at The Brewery, London on the 17th of September where our COO and Co-Founder, Sukhi Jutla, was in attendance and also panel moderated the session ‘ Ready, Set, Start-up!’.

Sukhi commented: “This festival is important for us to attend as we believe, as a tech company, that the future of tech needs to include everyone and that includes women.”

She added: “Conferences like the Women in Tech Festival are so important to allow communities to come together and showcase female tech talent as well as providing an opportunity to network and learn about how to embark on a career in the tech field as a woman”.

Attended by thousands of people with 3 parallel stages and hundreds of hours of talks and workshops, this festival centred around how to support women’s careers in the tech field as well as sharing stories and challenges in the start-up world.

Sessions throughout the day were varied and included practical tips on how to jump-start a career in tech, understand how to build teams and taking care of your mental wellbeing. Sessions covered topics such as:

  • How women can ‘own the room’ when they deliver talks and presentations
  • Striking a balance between work-life, home-life and the sacrifices being made.
  • How to manage the unpredictable and demanding expectations of the tech industry.
  • How can companies create a culture that enables you to look after yourself.

 

Sukhi moderated a panel with four incredible female women who are all on different stages in their tech journeys:

  • Gemma Bloemen – Elder
  • Julie Fedele – TwoFeetin
  • Myrto Lalacos – L Marks, AccelerateME
  • Kike Oniwinde – BYP Network

Sukhi shared her journey into becoming a tech entrepreneur
(having been a corporate worker turned life coach turned author turned entrepreneur!).

It is the perfect example that you can re-ivent yourself and adapt to any career changes as long as you are willing to keep learning new skills.

If you missed it you can watch this short clip (on LinkedIn) where the panellists concluded by sharing their top tips for attendees to take away (with thanks to Kate Wood for the footage).

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MarketOrders Co-Founder shortlisted as Digital Entrepreneur of the Year!

We’re very proud to announce that MarketOrders Co-Founder, Sukhi Jutla, has been shortlisted in the Digital Entrepreneur of the Year category at the Digital Entrepreneur Awards 2019.

Digital Entrepreneur Awards (DEA) celebrates the best of the UK’s digital business ecosystem.

A wealth of amazing organisations, businesses and individuals entered the awards demonstrating outstanding innovation, creativity and talent.

The finalists have been announced by Business Live and Business Cloud!

The awards, now in their 15th year, cover 20 categories encompassing every area of today’s digital business ecosystem from enigmatic leadership to forward-thinking development and cutting-edge creative.

The winners will be announced at a glittering ceremony at The Principal Hotel, Manchester on November 21.

 

Finalists in the Digital Entrepreneur of the Year category are:

Adam Frisby, CEO, InTheStyle

Somayeh Aghnia, Founder, Geeks

Sukhi Jutla, CEO & Founder, MarketOrders

Mark Roberts, Co-founder & CEO, Beer Hawk

Gareth O’Rourke, Founder, CHO Fashion & Lifestyle

Adeem Younis, Founder, Single Muslim

Louis James Davis, Davis Co Holdings Ltd & VST Enterprises

 

MarketOrders Press Release:

 

MarketOrders Co-Founder Shortlisted for National Digital Awards

Today, MarketOrders COO & Co-Founder, Sukhi Jutla, has been shortlisted as a finalist for the Digital Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2019 Digital Entrepreneur Awards (DEAs).

MarketOrders is an online marketplace designed by entrepreneurs, for businesses. Specialised in the gold and diamond jewellery industry, MarketOrders disrupts a traditional sector by using new technology which benefits both suppliers and retailers.

Created in 2016 by serial entrepreneurs Ram Krishnna Rao and Sukhi Jutla, MarketOrders aims to empower high street retailers by helping independent retail jewellers to get the products they need faster, cheaper and directly from global suppliers.

The DEAs are the only national awards dedicated to championing digital entrepreneurialism and innovation across the UK.

Sukhi Jutla reacted to her nomination: “It’s an honour to be named a finalist in the most competitive category in these digital awards. As the world continues to evolve and be shaped by new digital technologies, it is immensely rewarding and to be named as someone who is contributing to these exciting changes and being a part of leading this conversation of change in the digital landscape especially through my work with MarketOrders.net”

The finalists beat off competition from hundreds of businesses that entered, across 20 award categories.

The awards, now in their 15thyear, cover categories encompassing every component of today’s online business ecosystem – from enigmatic leadership to forward-thinking development and cutting-edge creative. Categories include Social Media Campaign of the Year, Most Innovative use of Video or Animation and the coveted Digital Entrepreneur of the Year award.

Previous winners of the awards span a range of sectors, from retail giants like Sainsbury’s and PrettyLittleThing to smaller, more agile digital specialists like Social Chain and Clicky Media.

Among the judging panel are Jacqueline de Rojas, president of techUK and chair of the Digital Leaders Board; Heather Waters, enterprise manager at NatWest; Vikas Shah, CEO of Swiscot Group and Susie Ma, founder and CEO of Tropic Skincare.

One of the UK’s true tech heavyweights joins the judging panel this year. President of techUK and chair of Digital Leaders, Jacqueline de Rojas serves on the government’s Digital Economy Council and is an advisor to a number of fast-moving tech companies.

Commenting on the DEAs, de Rojas said: “We are known as a nation of innovators and of entrepreneurs. It is quite simply a privilege to judge the technologies and innovators at the frontier of change.

“The UK is a nation of technological significance and shining a light on entrepreneurship in this space is a way of investing in our digital future.

“I have seen the smallest of changes make the biggest of differences and I am delighted to see the creativity of our digital entrepreneurs fixing real-world problems that are worth solving.”

Visit the DEA website for a full list of finalists or for details on how to book a table at the final ceremony.

 

You can find the official DEA release here.

Fingers crossed!

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More impressive Awards for MarketOrders

Acquisition International has awarded both MarketOrders and its COO Sukhi Jutla respectively as UK Best Online B2B Platform Development 2019 – UK Female Entrepreneur of the Year 2019.

MarketOrders – Sukhi Jutla

Female Entrepreneur of the Year 2019 – UK & Best Online B2B Platform Development 2019 – UK

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Sukhi Jutla is a multi-award-winning entrepreneur and author. An experienced technology leader she is pioneering the use of new technologies such as blockchain and was the first author in the world to publish a book using blockchain technology. She is regularly asked for expert opinion in the media and is a regular commentator for many publications about the impact of technology and digital disruption. Sukhi is also an advocate for championing more women into tech careers through her volunteer and ambassadorial work with Women of The Future programme amongst others.

Click HERE to read the article on acq-intl.com

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MARKETORDERS AMONGST OTHER 5 OTHER COMPANIES THAT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY OVERFUNDED ON CROWDCUBE.COM – WEEK 23, 2019

Here’s an overview of the businesses that went into overfunding on Crowdcube in the last week.

MarketOrders has been amongst them with impressive achievement of overfunding 92% in just 7 days of being publicly available for investment.

 

MarketOrders

MarketOrders is an award-winning B2B platform that enables independent retail jewellers to buy gold and diamond jewellery directly and seamlessly from international suppliers, giving them access to global designs and assured product quality. The company aims to provide cheaper prices and faster service using innovative technology.

Click HERE to read www.crowdcube.com article

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MarketOrders: 2018 Highlights & Summary

 

2018 has been an incredible journey of both growth and new learnings for the team at MarketOrders. In this post, we share our highlights of 2018 and hope you also enjoy this recap of 2018!

We share our progress, awards won and how we are contributing to a more inclusive and diverse tech community.

 

January

  • MarketOrders accepted into the Mayors of London Business Growth Programme
  • Our co-founder and  COO, Sukhi Jutla spoke at Enterprise Nations Flagship Startup conference

 

 

February

  • Sukhi is accepted onto Hatch’s Female Founders Accelerator Programme backed by JP Morgan for 6 months of business support to propel MarketOrders
  • Sukhi announced as a shortlisted candidate for the Asian Women of Achievements Awards

 

March

  • Sukhi announced as a Top 100 Asian in UK Tech

 

 

April

 

 

May

  • Sukhi announced as a Finalist in the Asian Women of Achievements Awards
  • MarketOrders speaks at the Diversity in Tech conference

 

 

June

  • MarketOrders invited to the London Stock Exchange to celebrate Women’s Entrepreneurship
  • Sukhi announced as a winner in the Rising Star Entrepreneur by WeAreTheCity Awards
  • MarketOrders speaks at London Blockchain Summit on Retail and blockchain and Women of Silicon Valley conference on raising investment

 

 

 

July

  • Sukhi announced as a top ‘35 woman to Watch’ by Management Today and featured in The Sunday Telegraph
  • MarketOrders beats 20 companies to win 1st prize of £100k investment at the London Blockchain Accelerator
  • MarketOrders speaks at Unbound conference, Department of International Trade on Women In Tech
  • MarketOrders appears on the Women’s Business Radio Show

 

August

  • MarkerOrders featured as a success story after graduating from the London & Partners Programme:

 

 

September

  • MarketOrders speaks at The European Entrepreneur Summit, E-commerce Blockchain Conference and Ministry of Entrepreneurship Conference
  • Sukhi announced as a semi-finalist in the Venus Awards for 2 categories: Influential Woman & Inspirational Women in Tech

 

October

  • Sukhi is one of 4 startup founder stories to be profiled for the launch of a nationwide campaign called #OneTechNation to inspire more women and individuals from underrepresented communities to consider starting an ambitious startup. Watch the video here:

 

  • MarketOrders attends an invite-only Roundtable discussion on the impact of Brexit on starts ups in London
  • MarketOrders invited to The London Stock Exchange Studies for an interview on technology trends in the gold industry. Interview coming soon!

 

 

November

  • Sukhi announced a finalist in the Catherine Variety Award for Entrepreneurial Spirit
  • MarketOrders announced a Top 100 European Digital Pioneer by The Financial Times & Google beating 4,000 nominations across Europe!
  • MarketOrders announced as a Community Partner for Tech Inclusion at Bloomberg to foster more diversity in tech
  • MarketOrders doubles in team size- welcome to Sinead, Andrew, Caroline, Karen, Filip, George, and Joel!

 

 

December

  • Sukhi named as a Top 100 Woman in Tech by WeAreTechWomen
  • Sukhi named Top Female Tech Trailblazer by Business Cloud
  • MarketOrders speaks at Business Growth Programmes Scaling to Success Conference
  • Invited to invite only Roundtable with Deputy Mayor Rajesh Agarwal on how to better support Female Asian Entrepreneurs

 

 

Plans for 2019

In 2019 we have big plans so watch this space. You will even have a chance to be a part of the MarketOrders team as we prepare to crowdfund soon. Sign up to the newsletter to stay up to date or drop Sukjhi or Ram a message on LinkedIn.

 

We will be focused on expanding our UK market share, entering into European markets, focused on new customer acquisition and exponential growth.

 

And Finally….

A massive THANK YOU to all our customers, partners and team and everyone who supports us in growing and developing MarketOrders.

 

Connect with us:

Web: https://marketorders.net/
Facebook: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marketordersofficial/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Market_Orders
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marketorder/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/market-orders/

Contact details: [email protected]

 

Written by CEO & Founder, MarketOrders

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PRESS RELEASE

 
 
 

MarketOrders is thrilled to announce they are part of the #WeAreOneTech campaign to inspire more women and individuals from underrepresented communities to consider starting an ambitious startup.

  

MarketOrders COO and co-founder, Sukhi Jutla, is one of 4 startup founder stories to be profiled for the launch of this nationwide campaign.

 

Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/dSalfHUTU-I

 

Read Sukhi’s full story here: https://medium.com/onetech-founder-stories/meet-sukhi-jutla-39a70f98ebeb

 

About OneTech

OneTech is a ground-breaking new initiative, supported by the JPMorgan Chase Foundation, to provide female entrepreneurs, and those from some of London’s most underrepresented communities, with the opportunity to start and scale a high growth tech business.

 

The lack of diversity costs the tech industry dearly in untapped potential, talent and growth. Capital Enterprise has long recognised that this needs to change.

 

This project will connect founders with mentors and access a range of workspace, pre-acceleration, acceleration and investment readiness opportunities.

 

We are aiming to get businesses to better understand why diversity and inclusion makes sense; what needs to be done to help diversify their recruitment and selection processes; and double the number of female and BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) founders accessing investment by 2020.

 

We hope to inspire more women and individuals from underrepresented communities to consider starting an ambitious startup, and affect real change with supply, demand and culture change in London’s booming tech ecosystem.

 
 
 

Find out more: https://weareonetech.org/

 

Read The Evening Standard Coverage: https://www.standard.co.uk/tech/capital-enterprise-onetech-mission-diversity-tech-a3975191.html

 

#WeAreOneTech

 

Written by MarketOrders
 

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Creating the future of millennial retail with cryptocurrency

 

While the volatility is positive for speculative investors, it is also causing more hesitancy on the part of consumers to use it as a reliable fiat currency alternative. Unfortunately, the cryptocurrency craze has attracted too many ICO startups whose intentions are focused solely on watching their valuation being pushed to the pinnacle by the speculators. Often, there is no other utility outside of their cryptocurrency merely being a way to inflate their bank accounts.

 

MarketOrders solves the problem and challenges faced by offline retailers in dealing with millennial generations of consumers by creating a tech marketplace for them. Millenials are Smartphone driven and attention deficit and need to be able to access information on demand and on their mobiles.

 

 

photo credit: https://pixabay.com/en/office-meeting-business-partners-336368/

 

How is MarketOrders solving this challenges?

 

MarketOrders is bringing a Converging platform for offline retailers to future proof it by embracing new technologies using blockchain technology- NOT the least of which is the advent of cryptocurrency.

 

Blockchain invented a trust-less decentralized currency, owned and transacted by entire communities and movements. This could not be accomplished with traditional [fiat] currency in the circulation.

 

photo credit: https://pixabay.com/en/block-chain-shaking-hands-handshake-3468276/

 

 

For the first time in the modern history, communities can be served by currencies of choice without geographical boundaries, language, race, and religion restriction.

 

Despite a multifold of possibilities this new technology presents, it is critical that MarketOrders focuses initially on embracing this digital era and the millennial uprising that is causing disruption to offline retailers [brick and mortar].

 

This trend is being driven by a desire to tap into the rise of the experiential economy.

 

This experience became the blueprint for every brick and mortar shops. Digitization brings so much of convenience but customers are still looking for surprises and spontaneity in their shopping experience, which can only be achieved with a physical environment.

 

This actually creates positive tension between convenience and smart shopping with the experiential element to it and bring realization to an entire retail industry that in today’s digital and fast-moving technology world, only remain constant is the change.

 

Therefore, retailers are under pressure to move quickly to implement technology into their business. Retailers are constantly seeking technologies to both bolster customer experience and increase efficiency. To execute this vision of online and in-store experiences powered by technology, retailers need to leverage the critical skill sets of both business leaders and infrastructure and operations professionals, which can be very expensive for small retailers.

 

Written by CEO & Founder, Ram Krishnna Rao

 

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Sukhi Jutla profiled in the Sunday Telegraph as part of Management Today’s ’35 women under 35’.

MarketOrders is pleased to announce our very own COO and co-founder, Sukhi Jutla, was profiled in the Sunday Telegraph as part of Management Today’s ’35 women under 35’. 

This year’s 35 Women Under 35 list, published by Management Today in association with Accenture to shine a light on the country’s top young businesswomen, is packed with career chameleons. 

These women entered the workforce during the financial crisis. They watched established companies crumble, entirely new industries spring up and technology evolve at an extraordinary rate. 

The launch was celebrated at a wonderful drinks reception at the Foundling Museum, a historic venue in the heart of London.

Congratulations Sukhi for continuing to be a shining powerhouse and role model for other women leaders and entrepreneurs!

Sukhi’s feature can be accessed here.

The full feature can be read here.

 

Written by CEO & Founder, Ram Krishnna Rao
 

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A Winning Week for MarketOrders – Winning £100k investment + Rising Star Award

It’s been a winning week for MarketOrders who this week won first prize at the Blockchain Accelerator held in London on 6-8th July.  

Sukhi Jutla, MarketOrders co-founder and COO pitched to a panel of judges and investors and won the winning pitch from 20 other companies competing for the top prize.

This win is a further testament to the work we are doing at MarketOrders as well as the realisation that the gold industry is ripe for disruption. And this is exactly what the investors see – they see incredible growth opportunities with MarketOrders.

This win also signifies MarketOrders entry into the blockchain space where this technology will be used to create trusted transactions across the gold jewellery industry where currently only 4% of gold jewellery transactions occur online due to a lack of trust in the marketplace. MarketOrders is on a mission to change this and to bring greater transparency across the gold industry

Sukhi’s excellent pitching skills also secured MarketOrders sponsored WeWork office space a well as private mentoring from top entrepreneurs worth £20,000.

Well done Sukhi for leading the way and being an excellent role model for other female founders and entrepreneurs!

Winning the Rising Stars Award

This week, Sukhi also collected her Rising Star awards from We Are The City (WATC). 

The WATC awards received over 1250 nominations and we are really proud to announce that our co-founder and COO walked away with the winning entry for the Entrepreneurs & Startup category. 

Well done Sukhi for being a shining example and a leading role model for tech female founders. We are super proud of you!

In addition, MarketOrders and Sukhi were featured in the prestigious “The Sunday Times”.

Wow, what a winning week it has been for MarketOrders!

Written by CEO & Founder, Ram Krishnna Rao