The Results Are In — Meet the Startups of The Year 🌟

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.

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 💚

🤍 Cybersecurity emerged as the top contender with a staggering 1.9M+ votes — spotlighting global interest in data privacy, digital defense, and infrastructure resilience.
🤍 Programming and AI followed closely, gathering 822K+ and 288K+ votes, respectively — proving that deep tech and dev tools remain the beating heart of the startup world.
🤍 Meanwhile, Business categories like productivity, consulting, and creative agencies showed that execution and strategy are as hot as ever — with 422K+ total votes across 18 sub-industries.
From solo founders in emerging markets to well-oiled teams in major hubs, these startups didn’t just launch — they led. And they did it in industries that are shaping the next chapter of global tech.
A Few Standout Wins:
🧠 Machine Learning: Didit
💸 Venture Capital: YOBE Ventures
🔐 Data Privacy and Compliance: Accredify
🚀 Space Technology: Spacecoin
🎨 Marketing: ViralMango
👨‍💻 IT Services: Sprinto
🔗 Decentralization: GGEZ1 Foundation DAO

🗽 North America led with 946.6K votes across 551 cities, with Toronto’s Torram taking the top spot.
🌍 Europe gathered 88.6K votes from 465 cities, with Helsinki's Bloklab Limited leading the charge.
🌏 Asia earned 431.3K votes, with Singapore’s Peris.ai emerging 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 AQUi9 taking the regional crown.
🌊 Oceania contributed 6.7K votes, with Adelaide's Creart Digital Media topping the list.

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.
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