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Uber, Slack and Samsung Stole the Show at TechCrunch's 9th Annual Crunchies Awards
Last night, tech's hottest startups, founders, engineers and venture
capitalists vied for recognition as the best of best at the 2016
Crunchies Awards. Winners across 20 categories, including Fastest
Rising Startup, Founder of the Year and Biggest Social Impact took home
the coveted monkey statuettes of honor.
TechCrunch
hosted the annual awards ceremony at the San Francisco War Memorial
Opera House, honoring companies and individuals that made the biggest
impression on their peers in the industry in 2015. Submissions came from
readers around the globe, were whittled down by TechCrunch editors and
then finalists were chosen by The
Crunchies Board.
"The Crunchies, which feels a lot like The Oscars of the tech world,
gives us a chance to celebrate some of the most innovative and creative
minds and products in the industry," said Jordan Crook, Senior Writer
for TechCrunch. "At the same time, it's a chance to have some laughs in
a scene that can focus on high stakes and competition."
Hosted by comedian, actress and writer Chelsea Peretti of Fox's Brooklyn
Nine-Nine, the show featured TechCrunch editors, writers and a few
very special guests presenting awards to the honorees, and the
celebration continued during the tech industry's favorite after-party.
"The rapid pace and developments in the industry can make it difficult
to stop and recognize the work of our peers outside of our own
day-to-day," said Matthew Panzarino, Editor in Chief of TechCrunch.
"It's the annual event that makes this fast pace industry take a pause
and realize all of the accomplishments to date, have a few laughs about
the present and get excited about the future."
TechCrunch also introduced the Include Diversity Award this year.
This award represents TechCrunch's larger initiative, Include,
which seeks to reinforce how important we believe diversity is to the
tech industry.
The full list of 2016 winners include:
Best New Startup
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Honor (Winner)
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Robinhood (Runner Up)
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Best Overall Startup
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Uber (Winner)
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Slack (Runner Up)
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Fastest Rising Startup
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Slack (Winner)
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Postmates (Runner Up)
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Best Technology Achievement
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SpaceX (News - Alert) Falcon 9 (Winner)
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Tesla's Autopilot (Runner Up)
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Best Mobile App
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Facebook (News - Alert) Messenger (Winner)
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Periscope (Runner Up)
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Hardware of the Year
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Samsung (News - Alert) Gear VR (Winner)
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Sphero BB-8 (Runner Up)
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Include Diversity Award
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Kimberly Bryant (Winner)
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Laura Weidman Powers (Runner Up)
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Biggest Social Impact
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Code.org (Winner)
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Freada Kapor Klein and Mitch Kapor (Runner Up)
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Founder of the Year
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Stewart Butterfield (Winner)
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Tristan Walker (Runner Up)
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Best Angel Investor
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Scott and Cyan Banister (Winner)
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Chris Sacca (Runner Up)
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VC of the Year
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Bill Gurley (Winner)
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Chamath Palihapitaya (Runner Up)
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CEO of the Year
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Mark Zuckerberg (News - Alert) (Winner)
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Elon Musk (Runner Up)
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To read more about the 9th Annual Crunchies Awards, please visit TechCrunch.
Social: @TechCrunch #Crunchies
About TechCrunch
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obsessively profiling startups, reviewing new Internet products and
breaking tech news. The TechCrunch community includes nearly 20 million
friends and followers on Twitter (News - Alert), Facebook, LinkedIn, Google and other
social media. TechCrunch is subsidiary of AOL.
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