Startups of the Year, 2021 FIND OUT HERE Hello there, Hacker, Vision, strength, determination, resilience… these are all key building blocks to moving the world forward. People with these skills create solutions, not only muse about problems. The Startups campaign celebrates the baby companies created by the thinkers and doers that – regardless of what life tossed at them this year— have taken the situation by the horns and came out of it with a business plan and the balls (etc.) to launch it. I decided to highlight a few of the startups doing well so far. Below is a mini list of some companies in the running with concepts that I personally find interesting! Head on over to to cast your vote, nominate a startup (maybe even yours), or simply browse the cool things that people are doing in your city. https://startups.hackernoon.com/ Startups voting and nominations are still open, so go vote and nominate now! You can vote on as many cities as you like, but you only get one vote per city. Key Details: 4,553 cities. 37,689 startups. 152,672 votes. North and Central America Representing North and Central America in , currently trending in we have: New York City, New York second place Inpher Inpher has pioneered cryptographic Secret Computing® technology for secure, privacy-preserving analytics and machine learning. The total amount of votes cast for the city is 4343. Thank you to for sponsoring this category. Brex Oceania Representing Oceania as a currently trending Startup in we have: Sydney, Australia Shotstack Amazing video and image editing API infrastructure as a service startup that allows you to generate video and images at scale. The total amount of votes cast for the city is 960. . Thank you to for sponsoring this category Bybit Read more about Sydney below: Sydney remains the capital of fintech in Australia with over 50% of fintech domiciled in New South Wales. The city is ranked 30th in the Global Ecosystem Talent with $768 million total yearly stage funding, followed by $11 bn startup ecosystem value. Europe Representing Europe as the current top trending Startup in we have: Budapest, Hungary Bitrise Bitrise is a platform for mobile app development, enabling tens of thousands of developers to automate integration, testing, and deployment. There have been 30,046 votes cast for this city! Thank you to for sponsoring this category. Free Ton Asia Representing Asia as the current top trending we have: Startup in Tel Aviv, Israel Applitools Applitools delivers a Next-Generation Test Automation Platform through Visual AI and Ultrafast Test Cloud. Applitools' Visual AI uses computer vision algorithms, enabling engineering teams to rapidly write, run, analyze, and maintain tests to ultimately release high-quality applications at incredible speed and reduced cost. There have been 1701 votes cast for this city. Thank you to for sponsoring this category. Udemy Read more about Tel Aviv below: - Seventy three percent of Israeli startups are based in Tel Aviv, and 79% of all industry jobs in Israel. A startup employee in Tel Aviv makes on average NIS 22,100 (approximately $6,390) a month, twice as much as the country’s general average wage. Africa Representing Africa as a current trending Startup in in fourth place, we have: Johannesburg, South Africa Wilderness Safaris Wilderness Safaris is a company that protects wilderness areas with the flaura and fauna in their areas. There have been 882 votes cast for this city! Thank you to for sponsoring this category. Bybit South America Representing South America as the top trending startup in we have: Porto Alegre, Brazil Privacy Tools Privacy Tools is a privacy compliance platform, based on AI/Blockchain, which helps global companies to keep compliant with the data protection requirements. There have been 88 votes cast for this city. Thank you to for sponsoring this category. Bybit For More Information See our CEO and team have a beautiful discussion about this campaign here. Read the FAQs about Startups here . Interested in more details? Read about them . here VOTE/NOMINATE HERE. This post was written/compiled by Ellen Stevens.