The Europas - The TechCrunch Europe Awards 2009
Event Info
Description
TechCrunch Europe will, on July 9, hold the first Europe-wide awards ceremony for technology innovation. “The Europas” - The TechCrunch Europe Awards 2009 - will honour the best tech companies and startups across the web and mobile scene from across the continent of Europe.
These awards will recognise and celebrate the most compelling technology startups, Internet and mobile innovations of the past year (Summer 08 - Summer 09), with the tech community invited to have a say in which finalists should be recognised. Leading lights of the the tech community will be invited to give away the awards to the winners, so you’ll have the opportunity to meet your tech heroes and heroines. The initial filtering will be done by referencing our database on European companies on CrunchBase(so make sure you are in it), then by public vote online, with the final Award winners to be determined based both on the popular votes received through website voting and by The Europas Judging Committee.
Award categories
Best European Web Application Or Service
Best Design
Best Bootstrapped Startup (less than 3 years old)
Best in Social Innovation
Best Enterprise Startup
Best Cleantech/Environmental Startup
Best Hardware / Real World Gadget
Best Entertainment Application
Best Mobile Startup
Best Mobile Application
Best Startup Founder
Best New Startup in 2008/9
Best European Investor of the Year (VC or Angel fund)
Best Investor Personality
Best Overall Winner