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!

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

Nominees will receive Notion’s Pro Plan with unlimited AI FREE for up to six months. Terms and conditions apply.

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.

What Do Nominees Get?
- Free interviews relevant to your industry, region, and funding.
- 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.
- 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?
- Pride and validation from the HackerNoon team and community members.
- Winner Interview
- Evergreen Tech Company News Page
- HackerNoon Merch for selected winners. Terms and conditions apply.

Winners will be announced in April, 2025.

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 this Parent Category & Industry Guide for more information.

❇️ One true vote: while each startup can belong to both a location and up to 3 total industries, the vote you cast for each startup is a universal vote! Therefore, the chances that a startup is discovered and voted for this year is increased 4 fold!

HackerNoon weighs votes to further elevate the voice of our contributing writers, 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).

P.S. yup, if you successfully claimed your startup, your votes will count as 3. But if you have a story published (for example, via this template), your vote will count as 10.

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.

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. Download our design assets here. 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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