Nominations for the third annual Startup Each day Greatest in Tech Awards are actually open.
The 2025 Greatest in Tech awards are as soon as once more characteristic AWS Startups as the foremost sponsor, with Vanta as supporting accomplice.
This yr there are 14 awards, together with the always-popular Most Progressive Startup, in addition to Startup of the Yr.
A number of awards, together with the AI gamechanger, greatest startup occasion, startup investor of the yr, future chief, and the GSD Award – for somebody who will get sh*t performed – have fun elements of the ecosystem that make it succeed and extra enjoyable to be part of.
Startup Each day editor Simon Thomsen stated that in simply two years, the Greatest in Tech awards have grown to change into a spotlight of the startup yr
“We launched the Greatest in Tech awards in 2023 to have fun and honour the day by day grind, willpower and sheer bloody brilliance of individuals within the startup sector,” he stated.
“Over the previous two years we’ve had greater than 500 entries, which says one thing in regards to the dimension and enthusiasm of everybody within the ANZ startup sector, and recognised some unimaginable startups. In our first yr, the judges declared Wollongong inexperienced hydrogen startup Hysata Startup of The Yr. Lower than 12 months later they’d raised a file $172 millio Collection B.”
The judging panels will select 4 finalists for every class, introduced on Monday, August 11.
The winners will probably be introduced at a gala dinner at The Ivy Ballroom in Sydney on Thursday, September 25.
Over the previous two years, girls have featured strongly within the awards. You possibly can examine all the 2023 winners right here and the 2024 classic right here
Nominations for 14 classes within the 2025 Greatest in Tech awards shut on Friday, July 4.
Any try to submit late entries would require a big brown paper bag of small, unmarked notes, addressed to the editor.*
Ella Walsh, basic supervisor of media at Pinstripe Media, publishers of Startup Each day, stated they had been delighted that AWS Startups is as soon as once more the foremost sponsor.
“We had an unimaginable group of sponsors for the inaugural and 2024 awards and we’re thrilled that AWS Startups is as soon as once more the foremost sponsor, with Vanta as our supporting accomplice ” she stated.
“Sponsorship choices, particularly for the distinguished particular person awards, are additionally accessible for the 2025 Startup Each day Greatest in Tech Awards, they usually’ll be becoming a member of us for a spectacular and enjoyable awards night in September.”
Nominate an individual, firm or occasion for the 2025 Greatest in Tech awards right here.
The awards are open to Australian and New Zealand tech startups based in both nation in addition to ANZ residents and residents.
Listed below are the classes and standards.
1. Startup of the yr
This award recognises an all-round excellent early stage startup that has demonstrated sturdy progress and management in creating a brand new means of doing enterprise and market class.
The award is open to startups with lower than 100 staff.
2. Scaleup of the yr
This award recognises an all-round excellent unlisted scaleup firm that has demonstrated sturdy progress on a variety of metrics, together with income, prospects and employment, in addition to management in its market.
The class is open to companies having accomplished a Collection B elevate and past.
3. Most progressive startup
This award recognises a startup that’s altering the world for the higher and rewriting the foundations on innovation with daring concepts that remedy main issues.
The judging will steadiness the intelligent use of expertise with its affect, each present and future, for the startups nominated.
4. Greatest regional startup
This award particularly recognises an impressive startup from a regional space outdoors of Australia’s state capitals. The winner will exhibit sturdy progress, boldness in execution and specific a transparent imaginative and prescient for the area they stay and work in and its progress.
5. Business champion
This award is given to a person, starting from buyers to founders and different business leaders who has made a big effect on the startup ecosystem to enhance issues for all in a means that goes past a direct ROI for them. It recognises a selfless generosity to serving to everybody succeed.
6. Greatest sustainability startup
This award recognises a enterprise mannequin making a constructive affect on the surroundings and broader problems with sustainability. It’s sector agnostic, however should exhibit in a measurable means how it’s enhancing life on earth with long-term pondering.
7. Greatest new thought
This award recognises a startup that’s lower than 2-years-old that’s making waves in its sector. It may very well be pre-revenue and pre-funding, however should set out a transparent imaginative and prescient on how their thought will change the world for the higher, and/or how it’s already on the trail to attaining that objective
8. Greatest technical chief
This award recognises a CTO and/or different tech-focused chief as a key accomplice within the success of a startup. The judging appears for an distinctive strategy to fixing issues with the potential to alter the best way we stay, alongside delivering innovation and worth for the corporate and its prospects.
9. Greatest new founder
This award recognises a first-time founder who’s exhibiting promise and making an affect of their business. The winner will exhibit a dedication to innovation with daring concepts, intelligent execution and a startup with the potential to alter the world for the higher.
10. The AI gamechanger
This award recognises who synthetic intelligence is remodeling workflows, enterprise operations, knowledge analytics and the best way we work together.
The winner will exhibit a transparent profit throughout a broad spectrum in serving to rework the world by the applying of AI.
11. Greatest startup occasion
This award celebrates the startup and tech sector coming collectively in a means that’s collaborative, productive and imaginative.
The winner will exhibit how the event has benefited the startup sector throughout a variety of fronts
12. Startup investor of the yr
This award recognises the affect of capital on the success of startups.
It’s not in regards to the dimension or quantity of investments and will probably be judged with supporting statements from the startups backed about how the investor has assisted them in ways in which transcend funding.
13. Future chief
Simply as buyers search for founders with a daring imaginative and prescient for the longer term, this award will recognise a person our judges recognise as having the potential to be an vital voice and advocate for the startup sector.
They’ll come from any a part of tech and will probably be assessed on their early demonstrated management.
14. The GSD award
Get Shit Finished is an business affect award for an organisation and/or particular person honouring their contribution to the general success of the tech ecosystem and observe file in remodeling issues for the advantage of many.
It might be an business or group, an accelerator, a startup or founder/s, investor/s or others who has assisted in making the sector thrive in any variety of methods, from lobbying to coverage setting, help, funding, philanthropy, tradition setting and most significantly, simply getting shit performed (GSD).
For this specific award, the judges will have the ability to nominate folks and/or organisations they consider are worthy of recognition.
Enter award nominations right here.
* That could be a joke, thanks for studying that far.
