Lenexa Medical, a Victorian startup serving to forestall strain accidents for healthcare sufferers, is certainly one of 54 standout finalists within the 2025 Startup Each day Greatest in Tech awards.
A file 273 entries have been submitted throughout 14 classes, with Lenexa singled out as a finalist for Greatest Sustainability Startup, Most Modern Startup and AI Gamechanger, whereas cofounder and Will Yang chief scientific officer Will Yang is a finalist in Greatest Technical Chief.
The preferred classes this yr have been as soon as once more Startup of the 12 months (50 entries), Greatest New Concept (40) and Most Modern (40). Reflecting the rising prospects in synthetic intelligence (AI), the second yr of the AI Gamechanger class noticed the variety of entries double to 23.
Startup Each day editor and chief of judges Simon Thomsen stated that 2025 reveals a brand new sophistication within the Australian and New Zealand startup ecosystem.
“The fixed chorus from our judges – and I can’t thank them sufficient for his or her care, ardour and dedication to assessing the nominations – is that this was the hardest in three years of the awards to evaluate,” he stated.
“The factor that stands out for me within the course of is the variety of selections they made in finalist nominations in standard classes equivalent to Greatest New Concept and Most Modern Startup.
“I’m additionally happy to see, amid a broader debate about ladies in tech, that girls founders and others within the startup ecosystem function prominently, as soon as once more, within the finalists.
“There’s a sure irony in the truth that Saara Jamieson, founding father of Cool Beans Underwear, is certainly one of our Greatest New Founder finalists when the issue she’s fixing is blokes taking care of their ‘low-hanging fruit’ to enhance fertility for conception.”
The winners shall be introduced at a gala dinner on the ivy ballroom in Sydney on September 25. Tickets are actually on sale right here.
The Startup Each day Greatest in Tech Awards are supported by Main Associate: AWS Startups and Supporting Associate: Vanta.
Listed below are the finalists
Startup of the yr
WeMoney
Relevance AI
Apate
ProcurePro
Scaleup of the yr
Buildkite
Emesent
Asseti
Everlast Networks
Most revolutionary startup
Electrical Energy Conversions Australia
Apate
Xefco
Lenexa Medical
Greatest regional startup
Rainstick
Cauldron Ferm
Mondus Capital
Laundry Girl
Trade champion
Paz Pisarki
Preethi Mohan
Mick Liubinskas
Sam Garven
Greatest sustainability startup
Lenexa Medical
Xefco
HydGene Renewables
Levur
Greatest new concept
Secure Name Up
Hey Cover
Neoma
Cellbauhuas
Greatest technical chief
Sumith Jitta, Lawpath
Pallavi Nates, Pathfindr
Daniel Engelke HowdyGo
Will Yang, Lenexa Medical
Greatest new founder
Trent McLaren, Vinyl
Rebecca Keeley, Yarn Speech
Parth Gulati, Collect
Saara Jamieson, Cool Beans Underwear
The AI gamechanger
Lima AI
Minikai
Lenexa Medical
Relevance AI
Greatest startup occasion
EvokeAG
_SOUTHSTART
Cicada x Tech23
Tropical Innovation Competition
Startup investor of the yr
Tidal Ventures
Euphemia
Big Leap
Scalare Companions
Future chief
Shilpa Mohan
Paz Pisarski
Poonam Advani
Gweneth Masonsong
The GSD award
MPT Join
Tech Prepared Ladies
Press Play Ventures
Christie Jenkins/Techstars
Extra at 2025 Startup Each day Greatest in Tech Awards.
