🏆 Startups of The Year 2024: Celebrating the Top Cities Driving Innovation

The wait is finally over — it’s time to celebrate the standout startups of 2024! Huge shoutout to every founder, team, and community member who participated in this year’s Startups of The Year campaign. Your grit, innovation, and determination continue to inspire.

Startups of The Year 2024 is a community-driven awards platform by HackerNoon, recognizing tech startups that are not just building products, but shaping the future. The campaign kicked off on October 1st, 2024, inviting the internet to nominate and vote for over 150,000 startups+ spanning 100+ industries worldwide.

After months of passionate campaigning and voting — and a final review by the HackerNoon editorial team — we’re thrilled to share the results. This year, we recorded 4.3 million+ votes, a big leap from last year's totals. To everyone who voted, shared, and supported: thank you for being part of something big 💚

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🌍 This Year in Regions: Global Tech Leaders

The Startups of The Year 2024 campaign showcased the incredible breadth of global innovation. Here are the regional standouts:

🗽 North America led with 946.6K votes across 551 cities, with Toronto’s Torramtaking the top spot.
🌍 Europe gathered 88.6K votes from 465 cities, with Helsinki's Bloklab Limitedleading the charge.
🌏 Asia earned 431.3K votes, with Singapore’s Peris.aiemerging as a cybersecurity winner.
🌍 Africa saw 23.1K votes, led by Johannesburg’s NNW Tech Solutions
🌎 South America brought in 15.2K votes, with Sao Paulo’s AQUi9taking the regional crown.
🌊 Oceania contributed 6.7K votes, with Adelaide's Creart Digital Media topping the list.

Let’s meet the regional winners!⬇️

North America (946.6k total votes, 30.5k startups, 551 cities)

1. San Francisco, California, US (430.2k total votes) - Winner: NachoNacho
2. New York, US (149.8k total votes) - Winner: Moveo.AI
3. Los Angeles, CA, US (133.6k total votes) - Winner: Zenerate
4. Delaware, US (93k total votes) - Winner: Chaindots
5. Montreal, Quebec, Canada (56.4k total votes) - Winner: Sorintellis
6. Delaware City, DE, US (25.8k total votes) - Winner: WISE.MARKET
7. Toronto, Canada - (10.6k total votes) Winner: Super Duper Studios
8. Miami, FL, US (8.3k total votes) - Winner: Linguado
9. New Castle, DE, US (4k total votes) - Winner: Antix Interactive Inc.
10. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (2.2k total votes) - Winner: eEPIC Events

Europe (88.6k total votes, 25.9k startups, 465 cities)

1. London, UK (19.5k total votes) - Winner: Yito
2. Helsinki, Finland (11.4k total votes) - Winner: Bloklab Limited
3. Barcelona, Spain (9k total votes) - Winner: Undertow
4. England, UK (8.2k total votes) - Winner: GetHarley
5. Oslo, Norway (5k total votes) - Winner: avilo
6. Berlin, Germany (3.1 total votes) - Winner: UseCodify
7. Bari, Apulia, Italy (2.3k total votes) - Winner: Hoken Tech
8. Kyiv, Ukraine (2.3k total votes) - Winner: Star for Life Ukraine
9. Paris, France (2.2k total votes) - Winner: C-Innovation
10. Sofia, Bulgaria (1.3k total votes) - Winner: nPloy

Oceania (6.7k total votes, 4.4k startups, 39 cities)

1. Melbourne, Australia (2.3k total votes) - Winner: Akula Tech
2. Sydney, Australia (1.3k total votes) - Winner: Burke Cybersecurity Consulting
3. Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (679 total votes) - Winner: Creart Digital Media
4. New South Wales, Australia (419 total votes) - Winner: Good Lioness
5. Perth, Australia (361 total votes) - Winner: Quant Reports
6. Auckland, New Zealand (310 total votes) - Winner: Minerva RegTech
7. Wellington, New Zealand (297 total votes) - Winner: Nexustorage Ltd
8. Brisbane, Australia (297 total votes) - Winner: JobTab
9. Victoria, Australia (166 total votes) - Winner: TreeCoin Assets
10. Queensland, Australia (109 total votes) - Winner: AVADA Group Limited

Asia (431.3k total votes, 50.1k startups, 369 cities)

1. Singapore, Singapore (174.4k total votes) - Winner: Peris.ai - Cybersecurity

2. Bengaluru, KA, India (125.8k total votes) - Winner: TalentSpotify

3. Karnataka, India (57.4k total votes) - Winner: Reachmark Solutions Private Limited

4. Dubai, United Arab Emirates (9.7k total votes) - Winner: EVEDEX

5. Seoul, South Korea (8.1k total votes) - Winner: Align AI

6. Amman, Jordan (7.1k total votes) - Winner: Intellico

7. Karachi, Pakistan (5.7k total votes) - Winner: Humantek

8. Gurugram, HR, India (4k total votes) - Winner: Cadence Infotech

9. Mumbai, MH, India (3.7k total votes) - Winner: Encryptecl Cyber Guards

10. Hyderabad, TG, India (2.5k total votes) - Winner: Foxsense Innovations

Africa (23.1k total votes, 14.7k startups, 103 cities)

1. Burkina Faso Misc (7.2k total votes) - Winner: Info du Burkina

2. Port Harcourt, Nigeria (1.6k total votes) - Winner: KD Squares

3. Lagos, Nigeria (1.4k total votes) - Winner: Sphiderass Web LTD

4. Johannesburg, South Africa (1.3k total votes) - Winner: NNW Tech Solutions

5. Tunis, Tunisia (1.2k total votes) - Winner: Dracoss

6. Abidjan, Lagunes, Ivory Coast (1.1k total votes) - Winner: iKonnect

7. Nairobi, Kenya (988 total votes) - Winner: Sakah

8. Kampala, Uganda (614 total votes) - Winner: AppNomu

9. Cotonou, Littoral Department, Benin (588 total votes) - Winner: Foxtech

10. Cape Town, South Africa (519 total votes) - Winner: The Venture Studio

South America (15.2k total votes, 6k startups, 71 cities)

1. Sao Paulo, Brazil  (9k total votes) - Winner: AQUi9
2. Belo Horizonte, Brazil (624 total votes) - Winner: RAR Inside Business
3. Kingstown, Parish Of Saint George, Saint Vincent And The Grenadines (584 total votes) - Winner: Vbanq
4. Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil (471 total votes) - Winner: MAPi, Manutenções Para Imóveis
5. Buenos Aires, Argentina (440 total votes) - Winner: JAK Games
6. Lima, Peru (263 total votes) - Winner: Baldecash
7. State of Minas Gerais, Brazil (255 total votes) - Winner: oppem.
8. Santiago, Chile (251 total votes) - Winner: Reite
9. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (240 total votes) - Winner: Estímulo
10. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (232 total votes) - Winner: ShellHub
    

From all of us at HackerNoon, THANK YOU for making this year's campaign unforgettable. Whether you won, placed, or just participated — your startup is building the future. And we’ll be here to cheer you on every step of the way.

See you in the next campaign 👀🚀

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 participated 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.

The winners will get a free interview on HackerNoon and an Evergreen Tech Company News page.

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