I like what you've done here with the wording, tomorrow i can comment more in relation to color and what options there may be with the background of this, for now some possible ideas are can you remove the background circle and just use the wording so i can focus in on the wording.
There is something to this logo but i will have more feedback for you tomorrow. Thank you for your design
We would like you to try different colour combinations on the logo we've placed in 2nd place, try as many varieties as possible, because when the logo is small it's not really visible,
Three things to keep in mind, flow of colours, for text to be easy readable.