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🏆 Startups of The Year: 2 Months Left to Cast Your Vote!

by Startups of The Year February 5th, 2025
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HackerNoon's "Startups of The Year" voting wraps up on March 31, 2025. This event celebrates leading startups worldwide, with current top contenders including Sprinto, Peris.ai, and SECUREU. Major cities leading in votes are San Francisco, Singapore, and Bengaluru. Dominant industries in the race include Data Privacy and Compliance, Cybersecurity Services and Products, and IT Services. Cast your vote and learn more in this blog post.
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Hi Hackers,


With only 2 months left in the race for Startups of The Year, it’s not too late to support your favorites. If you haven’t checked the current rankings yet, here’s your chance to dive into a global celebration of innovation. Let’s highlight the top-performing cities and industries, as well as those that need a little extra love!


🚨 Voting closes on March 31st, 2025. Don’t wait—learn how to vote here!





🌍 Global Impact: Startups of the Year

Startups of The Year 2024 is HackerNoon’s flagship community-driven event celebrating startups, technology, and the spirit of innovation. This year, in its third iteration, the prestigious internet award recognizes and celebrates tech startups of all shapes and sizes, with over 150,000 entities across 4,200+ cities, 6 continents, and 100+ industries participating 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 more stories have been written about these daring and rising startups.


Startups of The Year 2024 is brought to you by HackerNoon, Wellfound, Notion, Hubspot, Bright Data, and Algolia!




👔 Top Voted Startups

  1. Sprinto
  2. Peris.ai - Cybersecurity
  3. SECUREU
  4. Intellico Inc
  5. autobotAI - SecOps Automation
  6. Torram
  7. YOBE Ventures
  8. ViralMango - Influencer Marketing
  9. Leadige LLC
  10. Bloklab Limited




🏙 Top Voted Cities So Far

City

Vote Count

Startups Nominated

San Francisco, CA, USA

429.8k

1.2k

Singapore

173.6k

2k

Bengaluru, KA, India

125.4k

1.6k

Delaware, USA

80.5k

321

Karnataka, India

57.4k

83

London, UK

13.1k

3k

Toronto, Canada

9.9k

1.2k

New York, US

8.6k

940

Miami, FL

8.1k

753

Los Angeles, CA

7.8k

761



  1. Delaware
  2. Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  3. Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  4. Sao Paulo, Brazil
  5. Cotonou, Littoral Department, Benin
  6. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  7. Delaware City, DE
  8. Gurugram, HR, India
  9. Barcelona, Spain
  10. London, UK


💚 Cities That Could Use Some Love:

Africa

Asia

Europe

Zambia Misc

Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, India

Sutton, England, UK

Ethiopia Misc

Punjab, Pakistan

Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey

Ebene City, Mauritius

Gyeongju si, South Korea

Stavropol, Stavropol Krai, Russia

Mansoura, Egypt

Mumbai Suburban, India

St Petersburg, Russia

Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand

Hiroshima, Japan

Maastricht, Netherlands

Botswana Misc

Dubai Media City, United Arab Emirates

Ruggell, Liechtenstein

Lobamba, Hhohho District, Swaziland

Mueang Chiang Mai, Thailand

Saarbrucken, Saarland, Germany

Osogbo, Osun, Nigeria

Boralesgamuwa, Sri Lanka

Cyprus Misc

Montserrado, Liberia

Ulsan, South Korea

Haugesund, Rogaland, Norway

Moka, Moka District, Mauritius

Mira Bhayandar, Maharashtra, India

Freising, Bavaria, Germany


North America

Oceania

South America

Edgewater, NJ

Maldives Misc

Providencia, Chile

Doylestown, PA

Byron Bay, Australia

Pichincha, Pastaza Province, Ecuador

Garden City, NY

Maribyrnong, Victoria, Australia

San Nicolas de los Arroyos, Argentina

Hinsdale, IL

Victoria Park, Australia

Cusco, Peru

Vail, CO

Altona, Victoria, Australia

Cundinamarca, Colombia

Silver Spring, MD

Thomastown, Victoria, Australia

Guyana Misc

Kenosha, WI

South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Colombia Misc

Mississippi, US

Belmont, Australia

Maringa, State of Parana, Brazil

Longmont, CO

Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

Mar del Plata, Argentina

Brookhaven, GA

Newcastle, Australia

Villa Allende, Cordoba, Argentina




🏗 Top Voted Industries

Industry

Vote Count

Startups Nominated

Data Privacy And Compliance

731.1k

2k

Cybersecurity Services And Products

724.6k

1.3k

It Services

564.1k

26.7k

Network Security

353.9k

1.7k

Saas

112.1k

10.2k

Automation

66.9k

1.4k

Threat Intelligence

58k

484

Software Development

45.6k

17.4k

Web Development

31.9k

19.4k

Business Intelligence

27.8k

12.1k



  1. Software Development
  2. Venture Capital
  3. Data Privacy And Compliance
  4. E-Commerce
  5. Manufacturing
  6. Web Development
  7. Climatetech
  8. Music
  9. Saas
  10. Neuroscience



💚 Industries That Need Your Support:

  1. Vpn
  2. Location Services
  3. Nanotechnology
  4. Chatbots
  5. Operating System
  6. Fitness
  7. Incubators
  8. Crowdfunding
  9. Devops
  10. Software Monetization




🏅 Prizes

What Do Nominees Get?

  1. Free interviews relevant to your industry, region, and funding.
  2. Discounted packages exclusively designed for the nominated startups. Whether your goal is brand awareness or lead generation, HackerNoon has curated special packages for your marketing needs. Learn more about the Startups Specials here.
  3. Notion’s Pro Plan with unlimited AI FREE for up to six months. Terms and conditions apply.


Join hundreds of startups and showcase your story with a free interview! Get inspired by published interviews with startups like Lite-1, Hidonix, and Brandenburg Labs—your name could be next!


What Do Winners Get?


Winners will be announced in April, 2025.




✅ How to Vote

  • Vote for your favorite startup by clicking “Vote” next to the company name.
  • Startups can belong to up to 3 industries but only 1 parent category and 1 location. Click the Parent Category & Industry Guide below for more information.
  • One True Vote: You can only vote for a company once. If you vote for a company using one filter (e.g., a specific industry), your vote will not count again if in the same session you vote for the same company using a different filter (e.g., another industry, or via location). Once you’ve voted for a company - it will become a universal vote regardless of how you find the company through different filters. The good news? The chances that a startup is discovered and voted for this year is increased 4 fold!
  • We weigh votes to elevate the voice of our contributing writers further, reward verified expertise, and prevent spam. HackerNoon published writers' votes count as 10, authenticated users' votes count as 3, and unauthenticated visitors have their vote count as 1 (pending spam reviews).


The reasons for this are:

  • The contributing writer, by publishing their words and expertise on Hacker Noon, has earned the right to have their voice count the most when it comes to who deserves HackerNoon rewards.
  • Authenticated users have much lower spam rate so their vote should count more. We want to continue to ensure that anyone can vote. All users can vote once on each award in voting season.


Your vote could make all the difference—help a startup in your community gain the recognition they deserve! Learn more on how to vote here.




⏰ Don’t Wait—Voting Close On March 31st, 2025!

Make your voice heard and celebrate the innovation driving our world forward.



Good luck,

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 stories have been written about these daring and rising startups.


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


Visit our FAQ page to learn more.


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Check out the Startups of the Year Merch Shop here.

HackerNoon’s Startups of The Year is a branding opportunity unlike any other. Whether your goal is brand awareness or lead generation, HackerNoon has curated startup-friendly packages to solve your marketing challenges.


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Algolia: Algolia NeuralSearch is the world's only AI end-to-end Search and Discovery Platform combining powerful keyword and natural language processing in a single API.