Due to voting irregularities, Big-50-2016 voting has been postponed. However, voting for startups in Group 3, which features a strong roster of Big Data startups, is already underway and will remain open. The Startup50 team has purged the bulk of the fraudulent votes from the contest, but since it is a manual process, we imagine…
Round 2 of the Big 50-2016 startup competition moves ahead with Group 3: It’s the data, stupid! As you can probably guess from the title, unlike our previous groups, which were much more varied, Group 3 is entirely made up of Big Data and analytics startups. Group 3 voting is open through Monday, March 21…
Below are updates on the voting results for Groups 1 and 2 (as of 3 PM PT). Group 1 closes at 7 PM PT, so any final push to take over one of the top 2 spots has to happen soon. How to interpret the results: The top 2 vote-getters in each group automatically earn…
Round 2 of the Big 50-2016 startup competition moves ahead with Group 2: Building an on-demand world. Group 2 voting is open through Tuesday, March 15 at 7 pm PT Group 2, much like Group 1, is another fairly eclectic group. This group features consumer-focused startups, such as coffee and music services; business services, including a…
For round 2 of the Big 50-2016 startup competition, we’ve split the remaining 157 startups into 5 groups of roughly equal size. The remaining startups have been groups to compete, as much as possible, against others in their market sector (or thereabouts). Of course, some sectors have many more entries than others. As a result,…
Big 50 round 2 voting opens on Monday, March 7. In round 1, the Startup50 team whittled the Big 50 startup field down from 211 startups to 157. Most of the startups cut in round one were either too old (not really startups, then, are they?) or too new (those without a Minimally Viable Product…
Thanks to everyone who nominated a startup to watch in 2016. It’s going to take the Startup50 team a little time to dig through all of the nominations. We received more than 200, but some patterns are already starting to emerge. First, the market sector with the most nominations is Big Data – by a…
I’m working on a new Big 50 startup report. This report will feature in-depth coverage of the 50 coolest tech startups founded in the last five years. If your startup was founded in 2010 or before, sorry, but you’re a bit too gray for this report. By now, VCs and your target market should already…
Backed by Over $1M in Seed Capital, Startup Local Roots Farms Uses Shipping Containers to Grow Food Closer to Customers Startup: Local Roots Farms What they do: Local Roots Farms is building out a distributed network of vertical indoor farms in order to sell top-quality produce as geographically close to customers as possible. Headquarters: Vernon,…
Backed by $13M in Series A funding, startup Adatao enables cross-team Big Data collaboration Startup: Adatao What they do: Adatao democratizes Big Data intelligence for business users by delivering usable insights in a user-friendly interface resembling Google Docs. Headquarters: Mountain View, California CEO: Christopher Nguyen, previously the engineering director of Google Apps. Founded: 2012 Funding:…
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