Celebrating Startups that Stand Out
The inaugural Atlanta Startup Awards, jointly organized by members of the Atlanta Startup Community, will recognize and celebrate the city’s most successful rising tech companies, startup pioneers, and disruptive innovators. You submitted your nominations — now it’s time to vote for the finalists! Voting ends on April 26th, 2017.
And join us to find out the winners, Friday, May 12th, 2017, as Startup Atlanta brings together the best and the brightest of the local startup community for one night!
Register here.
Best Social Impact Startup
S.T.E.M. STARS
S.T.E.M. STARS is a web based training platform that allows students to learn, build, launch, & crowdfund their projects just like real companies.
Goodr is a revolutionary food rescue app leveraging mobile technology to fight hunger.
Vayando
Vayando is a tool for curious travelers and a marketplace for entrepreneurs.
Mini City
Mini City is a cost-saving resource hub that alleviates homelessness.
LaaSer Critical Communications
LaaSer is patented enhanced location information and call routing platform that is designed to solve the problem of a caller being connected to a 9-1-1 call center that can’t dispatch help to their location and to provide significantly better location information to operators.
The Acivilate software-as-a-service (SasS) Pokket platform connects returning citizens with social service agencies and their community.
Scrappiest Startup
NeuroLex Laboratories empower patients with tools to measure their overall health through collecting and analyzing speech samples.
UNpopular Style
UNpopular Style Magazine is dedicated to the “UNpopular” and the ambitious. Unpopular fashion, designers, artists, visionaries, unpopular opinions and lifestyle choices.
LeadUp fully manages an account-based sales process on behalf of your business.
LaBlaq Creativ is a remote agency based in Atlanta, GA specializing in social media, administration, HR development, and operations.
DigitalCrafts
DigitalCrafts is the top-rated coding bootcamp in Atlanta and Houston, and is amongst the best-reviewed programming schools in the country.
UrbanGeekz.com is a groundbreaking online news site geared towards African American, Latino and multicultural audiences.
Art of the Pivot
Goodwipes makes portable wet wipes for adults. Body Wipes for when you can’t shower and Butt Wipes that clean way better than toilet paper.
Multi-view live streams from events around the world.
The Converge Marketing Intelligence platform helps you quickly, easily, and automatically collect your Social, Digital, and Offline Marketing data, so you can spend zero time getting the data ready, and all of your time creating insights from it.
Best B2B Startup
UserIQ is a Customer Growth Platform™ that empowers SaaS companies to foster growth beyond the funnel throughout the customer journey.
Student Bridge helps secondary and postsecondary schools increase conversions and reach enrollment goals.
Stable | kernel brings a unique approach to mobile app development. Atlanta-based brands and companies nationwide have leveraged them to create innovative software.
Gather is the leading event management software for restaurants and venues.
GreenPrint increases consumer goodwill, sales, and profitability while practicing promoting sustainability and creating a net-positive impact on our environment for the world’s leading retail fuel, fleet, and product brands.
Best B2C Startup
Hirewire is like Tinder, but for jobs. Swipe on job opportunities nearby, chat with employers in-app, and get hired faster. Trusted by 4,000+ employers.
Roadie
Roadie matches people with stuff to send with drivers already headed in the right direction. The result is a cheaper, easier, greener delivery service.
Urban Tree Cidery is Atlanta’s first craft cidery.