HackerNoon’s annual Startups ✨ of The Year 2024 is almost over 🎉 🎊 ✨

With over 4.2M votes aggregated and 151.4k startups nominated across 2.9k cities and 98 industries, this edition has been our largest yet!

Being nominated is already an incredible achievement among thousands of remarkable companies. Winning places your startup in the top 1% globally, showing the world that you’re making a major impact.

ℹ️ Winners will be announced in April 2025 after our team reviews the results.

⚠️ You Only Have 5 Days Left to Make a Difference! ⚠️Promote the sh*t out of this nomination—share it with your network, rally your supporters, and remind them to vote daily to push your startup to the top! 🚀

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

🤍 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.

Voting is easy! Click “Vote” next to the company name—you can vote once per day per award. ✅

Startups can belong to up to 3 industries but only 1 parent category and 1 location. Use the search bar to find a specific company, industry, or city. You can also filter startups by industry and location. The rankings are based on the most votes received or most recent votes.

How does voting work?

HackerNoon weighs votes to amplify expert voices and reduce spam:
📝 HackerNoon published writers = 10 votes
✅ Authenticated users = 3 votes
👀 Unauthenticated visitors = 1 vote (pending spam review)

✨ One true vote: any vote you cast for a startup in any city will go towards that startup in an industry list, and vice versa.

Don’t keep this to yourself—share it with your friends, family, and colleagues! Encourage them to vote and recognize the most innovative startups of 2024! Use #startupsoftheyear or #soty2024 and tag us on social media so we can amplify your post! 💚

As a nominated startup, you have an exclusive opportunity to publish a featured interview on HackerNoon—for FREE!

👉 How to claim it:
- Browse our interview templates (here’s an example).
- Share your startup story in your own words.
- Get featured on HackerNoon (as long as it’s good, of course 😉).

Last year, thousands of startups leveraged this opportunity to showcase their stories—gaining visibility among HackerNoon’s 5M+ monthly readers, industry leaders, and potential investors. See how they made their mark on HackerNoon.

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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