44,000 startups.
4,553 cities.
“4 billion votes”
It was such a blessing to get to know so many of your ideas and innovations from every corner of the world in 2021.
The HackerNoon community amazed all of us with your hard work and persistence despite all of the challenges that we faced globally throughout last year.
Not gonna lie, the competition got our hearts racing like Eurovision. We won’t let you wait for much longer, here are long-awaited results.
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44,000 startups.
4,553 cities.
“4 billion votes”
It was such a blessing to get to know so many of your ideas and innovations from every corner of the world in 2021.
The startup community amazed all of us with your hard work and persistence despite all of the challenges that we faced globally throughout last year.
Not gonna lie, the competition got our hearts racing like Eurovision. We won’t let you wait for much longer, below are long-awaited results! ✨✨✨
To see who is a winner in each respective city, visit startups.hackernoon.com and pick a city. The name at the top of the list is the winner. (Compromised awards are under review.)
Central Europe has always caught our attention with the talented pool of people in tech community.
But were they able to get through 2021 despite the pandemic? Let’s cheers to the most outstanding amongst 4,500+ startups who have been working hard this year:
We havePlan A with a whooping 538 votes! Let’s support Plan A with its mission to help companies to measure, monitor and reduce their environmental footprint.
Eastern Europe is home to many familiar big names in our start-up world. Trace history for Miro, Telegram, and Grammarly and you know where they are from. Who is the next generation for Eastern European startups?
Leading here isOobeya - a brand new software intelligence platform- helps organizations deliver faster, high-quality products by connecting their DevOps tools.
387 votes for__LimeChain__378, leading Blockchain and DLT solutions company that specializes in helping enterprises and blockchain startups design, build and scale innovative solutions using Blockchain & DLT!
Whoever clicked to vote forSmartClick was sure a smart vote, because it ended up winning as a full-service software provider delivering Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning solutions for businesses.
Brexit? Pandemic? It seems like startups in Western Europe still keep their spirits regardless. Startups in Western Europe that stood out in votes this year go to:
What’s happening in Birmingham? We haveAceleron, an innovative UK-based advanced lithium battery developer aiming to accelerate the global shift to cleaner.
A fashionable win forSCANDALOOK, a social fashion network. You scan barcodes in fashion shops and see every influencer wearing those outfits! Share your wishlist with your friends and earn cashback.
A whooping number of 1085 vote__Crypto Quantique__ offers hardware based cyber-security solution for authentication and encryption in a wired local network.
Want to listen to some music? Spotify. Need some games to kill time? Candy Crush. What about a quick call to someone you haven’t seen in a long time? Skype.
These are all startups that originated from Northern Europe! Noonies, let’s take a look at the upcoming generation of startups from Northern Europe that hopefully will see an even bigger and brighter future.
Shipping was never made for small shippers, soSendify took on the mission to built an end-to-end logistics platform to empower small businesses to spend less time and money on shipping and more time on growing their businesses.
A curated collection of public basketball courts in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area calledKoripallopaikat. Everyone is welcome to submit to their local court.
Feeling studious, Noonies?__StudyBe__e is a tool for Google Classroom, that enables formative matrix assessment towards course learning objectives directly.
ChromaWay AB is the biggest blockchain start-up in Sweden. Double winner of the most prestigious nomination in Nordics 'NyTeknik 33-listan', winner of the Deloitte Fast 50, and now Noonies Award!
Genome is an easy-to-use money app for cards and accounts. Via Genome, users can open a business or a merchant account or a personal one with dedicated IBANs, access transfers, exchange currency, process payments, and manage the funds.
Southern Europe’s economy went through a hard time this year due to a huge reduction in tourism.
But our startups are of course always headstrong, from Spain to Italy and all the way through Greece. Who are the heroes rising amidst changes of Southern Europe?
Sounds like just a relaxing exhale.Few is a holistic health and wellbeing app built to allow users work on the development of their physical, mental and spiritual health
Brots is a music-based platform built around streaming platforms that allow users to discover new emerging artists and make new friends.
2021, what a YEAR. Congratulations to all of the startups that made it to the top winning list for Europe! Stay tuned for Startup awards in 2022 and let’s cheers to a new year of more innovative ideas, bold innovations, and robust creations from you, Europe 🌷
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