The wait is over, and the results for Startups of The Year 2024 are officially in! With over 4 million votes cast and 150,000+ startupsnominated globally, it is finally time to celebrate. Please give it up for the winners of the Web3 Industry!
Thrives on groundbreaking innovation, pioneering decentralized technologies to empower users with greater control over their digital identities, assets, and data - the Web3 industry is characterized by a vibrant, global ecosystem attracting significant investment from those betting on a more transparent, equitable, and user-centric internet future. Web3 startups are actively building the foundational layers for digital evolution, fostering new forms of community ownership and value creation across diverse sectors.
🏆 Key Stats
Let’s start out with some general stats for all of you technical folks.
- Total Startups Participated: 1,936
- Sub Industries Represented: 3
- Total Votes Gathered: 294.700
- Winning Startups: 3
To explore winning top startups in other industries or cities, head over to startups.hackernoon.com and use the search bar — the name at the top of each list is the winner.
You may also check out the full list of nominated startups in the Web3 Industry HERE.
- Stay tuned for our Startups of The Year Winner Announcement Series, where we’ll be highlighting the top startups across various regions and industries.
Now,drum roll please, here are all the 2024 Startups of The Year winners forWeb3
Decentralization (112.4k total votes, 884 startups)
Winner: GGEZ1 Foundation DAO
- Spacecoin
- Bloklab Limited
Honorable Mentions:
EVEDEX
Torram
Hoken Tech
BlockchainX
Tonomy Foundation
Session App
Nord Comms
Blockchain (110.2k total votes, 655 startups)
Winner: Exohood Labs Limited
- GGEZ1 Foundation DAO
- Bloklab Limited
Honorable Mentions:
- Spacecoin
- Leonado Limited
- Hoken Tech
- Integritee
- Proleo.io
- BlockchainX
- BTCWire
DeFi (72.1k total votes, 397 startups)
Winner: GGEZ1 Foundation DAO
- EVEDEX
- Torram
Honorable Mentions:
- BlockchainX
- CUBE3 AI
- Trexx
- ThousandToken
- Ava Labs
- Blockman PR and Marketing
- ShieldPay
Congratulations to you all! We will contact you with details on how to claim your winnings!
- See the global regional announcementshere.
- See the global industry announcementshere.
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.
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