Welcome back to another HackerNoon Startups of the Week! If you’re new, this is a weekly series where we at HackerNoon showcase a list of startups from our Startups of The Year database. All these startups have been nominated as one of the best in their respective category or region.
This week, we’re inviting to the podium Garini, SimZero, and LUV NFT.
Startups of The Year 2024 voting ended on March 31st, 2025. Winners are expected to be announced April 22nd, 2025. Subscribe now to be first notified!
Meet the Startups of The Week
Garini
Since 2017, Garini has helped major developers, private parking operators, and hotel groups optimize parking profitability, positioning themselves across Africa as the largest parking network. As a key player in the sharing economy and smart-city solutions, Garini actively seeks new opportunities to expand the business.
Located in Oran, Algeria, the company was nominated as HackerNoon’s Startup of The Year in Transportation Services, and Business Intelligence.
Support Garini - Check them out here!
SimZero
SimZero specializes in AI-driven scientific simulations for real-time applications in Industry 4.0/5.0 and Smart Cities. Founded recently in 2024, their API platform supports predictive insights in areas like fluid dynamics, enhancing urban planning, industrial efficiency, and sustainability.
Located in Valencia, Spain, the company was nominated as HackerNoon’s Startup of The Year in Research, Machine Learning, and AR/VR.
Support SimZero - Check them out here!
LUV NFT
LUV NFT positions themselves as the "Apple of blockchain," offering Web5 solutions powered by Bitcoin technology. They use gamification to teach users how to tokenize real-world assets and sell digital real estate. Additionally, LUV NFT also simplifies blockchain Dapp discovery through a Linktree-style platform for Polygon, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, with seamless USD-to-crypto conversion via Stripe, and provides asset tokenization services within 24 hours.
Located in Atalanta, GA, LUV NFT was nominated as HackerNoon’s Startups of The Year in 3 categories: Music, Games, and Generative AI.
Support LUV NFT - Check them out here!
Featured Interview of The Week
Take full advantage of your Startups of The Year nominations! Use your free Startups Interview to talk about your company and what it stands for. Create your own business page on HackerNoon, and use one of the following interview templates here.
This week, let’s dive into the Media Interview Template. Assert your company's position in the ever-evolving Media industry, how are you adapting to the changes, and what plans you have to leverage the power of the media to your benefit.
Check out this published interview from SimZero, talking about AI development, and how being nominated for Startups of The Year 2024 means to them:
Our unexpected nomination by HackerNoon gave us a moment to reflect on the milestones we’ve achieved so far. Winning the Startups of the Year award would be an incredible achievement, giving us valuable recognition and visibility as we continue developing tools to help cities and industries adapt to future challenges with science and technology. We’ve built a cutting-edge solution to bridge science and industry, but we need your support to make an even bigger impact.
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That will be all for today! Congrats to all the nominated startups, and best of luck with your Startups of The Year 2024 campaign!
The HackerNoon Team
About HackerNoon’s Startups of The Year
Startups of The Year 2024 is HackerNoon’s flagship community-driven event celebrating startups, technology, and the spirit of innovation. Currently in its third iteration, the prestigious Internet award recognizes and celebrates tech startups of all shapes and sizes. This year, over 150,000 entities across 4200+ cities, 6 continents, and 100+ industries will participate in a bid to be crowned the best startup of the year! Millions of votes have been cast over the past few years, and many storieshave been written about these daring and rising startups.
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