The nominations have been tabulated and the votes are in. Over 300,000 nominations were calculated across 20 categories. Along with our partners GigaOm (http://gigaom.com/) and VentureBeat (http://venturebeat.com/), we are very proud to announce the finalists for 2011′s best in technology. Voting begins now (http://crunchies2011.techcrunch.com/vote/).
For 2011, we've added some new categories. Best Location App, Best Cloud Services and Biggest Social Impact join the Crunchies ranks this year. You'll also find Best Social App, the NYC-dominated category of Best Shopping App, Best New Startup and the year's best VC's and Angel Investors. Newcomers like TaskRabbit's Leah Busque (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/leah-busque) and Keith Rabois (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/keith-rabois) for his angel investments (Airbnb, LinkedIn, Yammer, Path, YouTube) made the list of finalists, as well as industry favorites such as Marc Andreessen, Jack Dorsey, Mark Pincus and Ron Conway.
There are some pretty good match-ups this year. Google+ is up against Facebook Timeline for Best Social App, along with the New New Twitter, Instagram, and Path 2.0). The Kindle Fire is competing with the iPad 2 for Best New Device. And Pinterest, Turntable.fm, Nest, Fab, and Codecademy are all vying for Best New Startup (even though two of those were complete pivots). LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman is up for Angel of the Year. His seed investment in Zynga is worth 160 times what he paid for it. But AngelList founders Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi are also finalists in the category for helping to democratize angel investing, along with Conway, Rabois, Y Combinator's Paul Graham, and Kevin Rose (who has a killer portfolio that includes Twitter, Foursquare, Zynga, and Square). Who will win?
Everyone is eligible and encouraged to vote (http://crunchies2011.techcrunch.com/vote/). The rules (http://crunchies2011.techcrunch.com/rules/) state that you may vote once per day, per award category, until voting closes on Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 11:59pm PST. There are 20 award categories open for voting, recognizing the top accomplishments across a variety of fields and roles. If you are one of the finalists, create a badge (http://crunchies2011.techcrunch.com/embed) and get your community excited about this honor and get them to vote for you. Winners will be announced on January 31, live at the Crunchies.
In addition to today's announcement of the Finalists, we are happy to release our next batch of tickets through Eventbrite (http://crunchies2011.eventbrite.com/). The release begins now, so act fast and get them while you can (http://crunchies2011.eventbrite.com/).
Here are your Finalists:
Best Technology Achievement (2010 winner: Google Self Driving Cars)
Lytro (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/lytro)
NFC (http://techcrunch.com/tag/nfc/)
OnLive (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/onlive)
Siri (http://www.crunchbase.com/product/siri)
Tesla Flat Pack Battery (http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/14/tesla-flat-pack/)
Best Social Application (2010 winner: DailyBooth)
Facebook Timeline (http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/15/its-here-facebook-timeline-now-available-to-users-worldwide/)
Instagram (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/instagram)
Google+ (http://www.crunchbase.com/product/google)
The New New Twitter (http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/20/fly-or-die-the-new-new-twitter/)
Path 2.0 (http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/16/with-winds-down/)
Best Shopping Application (2010 winner: Groupon)
Birchbox (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/birchbox)
Fab (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/fab-com)
Gilt Groupe (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/gilt-groupe)
Lot18 (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/lot18)
Warby Parker (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/warby-parker)
Best Mobile Application (2010 winner: Google Mobile Maps for Android)
Evernote (http://www.crunchbase.com/product/evernote)
Flipboard (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/flipboard)
Pandora (http://www.crunchbase.com/product/pandora)
Spotify (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/spotify)
Square (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/square)
TaskRabbit (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/taskrabbit)
Best Location Application (New category for 2011)
Airbnb (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/airbnb)
Foursquare (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/foursquare)
Grindr (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/grindr)
RunKeeper (http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/26/runkeeper-adds-new-integration-to-its-health-graph-in-hopes-of-building-the-facebook-of-fitness/)
Uber (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/uber-2)
Best Tablet Application (2010 winner: Flipboard)
djay (http://www.algoriddim.com/)
Eventbrite At the Door (http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/07/eventbrite-ipad-box-office/)
Fotopedia (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/fotopedia)
GarageBand (http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/01/garageband-arrives-on-the-iphone-and-ipod-touch/)
Netflix (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/netflix)
StumbleUpon (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/stumbleupon)
Best Design (2010 winner: gogobot)
Gojee (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/gojee)
Orchestra (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/orchestra)
Path 2.0 (http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/16/with-winds-down/)
Pinterest (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/pinterest)
Quora (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/quora)
Best Bootstrapped Startup (2010 winner: addmired)
Github (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/github)
Imgur (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/imgur)
Instapaper (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/instapaper)
Onesheet (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/onesheet)
Tap Tap Tap (Camera+) (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/camera)
Best Cloud Service (New category for 2011)
Asana (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/asana)
Box (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/box-net)
CloudFlare (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/cloudflare)
Dropbox (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/dropbox)
Okta (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/okta)
Twilio (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/twilio)
Best International Startup (2010 winner: Viki)
Badoo (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/badoo)
Klarna (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/klarna)
Peixe Urbano (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/peixe-urbano)
Rovio (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/rovio-mobile)
SoundCloud (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/soundcloud)
Wonga (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/wonga)
Best Clean Tech Startup (2010 winner: SolarCity)
Alta Energy (http://techcrunch.com/tag/alta-wind-energy-center/)
Array Power (http://techcrunch.com/tag/alta-wind-energy-center/)
EcoATM
(http://www.crunchbase.com/company/ecoatm)EcoMotors (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/ecomotors)
Hara
(http://www.crunchbase.com/company/hara)
Best New Device (2010 winner: iPad)
Galaxy Nexus (http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/14/iphone-galaxy-nexus-review/)
iPad 2 (http://www.crunchbase.com/product/ipad-2)
iPhone 4S (http://www.crunchbase.com/product/iphone-4s)
Kindle Fire (http://www.crunchbase.com/product/kindle-fire)
Nest (http://techcrunch.com/tag/nest/)
Best Time Sink (2010 winner: Cityville)
Modern Warfare 3 (http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/17/modern-warfare-3-sets-new-sales-record-775-million-in-five-days/)
Quora (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/quora)
Skyrim (http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/20/review-skyrim/)
Turntable.fm (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/turntable-fm)
Words With Friends (http://www.crunchbase.com/product/words-with-friends)
Biggest Social Impact (New category for 2011)
Charity: Water (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/charity-water)
Khan Academy (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/khan-academy)
Kickstarter (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/kickstarter)
Practice Fusion (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/practice-fusion)
Twitter (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/twitter)
Angel of the Year (2010 winner: Paul Graham)
Ron Conway (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/ron-conway)
Paul Graham (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/paul-graham)
Reid Hoffman (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/reid-hoffman)
Keith Rabois (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/keith-rabois)
Naval Ravikant (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/naval-ravikant) and Babak Nivi (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/babak-nivi) (AngelList)
Kevin Rose (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/kevin-rose)
VC of the Year (2010 winner: Yuri Milner)
Marc Andreessen (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/marc-andreessen) & Ben Horowitz (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/ben-horowitz)
Matt Cohler (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/matt-cohler)
Vinod Khosla (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/vinod-khosla)
Aileen Lee (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/aileen-lee)
Yuri Milner (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/yuri-milner)
David Sze (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/david-sze)
Founder of the Year (2010 winner: Mark Pincus)
Leah Busque (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/leah-busque) (Task Rabbit)
Brian Chesky (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/brian-chesky) (Airbnb)
Jack Dorsey (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/jack-dorsey) (Square, Twitter)
Susan Feldman (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/susan-feldman) & Ali Pincus (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/ali-pincus) (One Kings Lane)
Drew Houston (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/drew-houston) (Dropbox)
CEO of the Year (2010 winner: Andrew Mason)
Dick Costolo (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/dick-costolo) (Twitter)
Daniel Ek (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/daniel-ek) (Spotify)
Phil Libin (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/phil-libin) (Evernote)
Mark Pincus (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/mark-pincus) (Zynga)
Jeff Weiner (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/jeff-weiner) (LinkedIn)
Best New Startup of 2011 (2010 winner: Quora)
Codecademy (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/codecademy)
Fab (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/fab-com)
Nest (http://techcrunch.com/tag/nest/)
Pinterest (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/pinterest)
Turntable.fm (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/turntable-fm)
Best Overall Startup of 2011 (2010 winner: Twitter)
Dropbox (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/dropbox)
Instagram (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/instagram)
Gilt Groupe (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/gilt-groupe)
Spotify (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/spotify)
Square (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/square)
Tumblr (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/tumblr)
5th Annual Crunchies Awards (http://crunchies2011.techcrunch.com/)
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall (http://www.sfsymphony.org/about/default.aspx?id=25926)
201 Van Ness Ave.
San Francisco, CA
7:30pm – midnight – Awards Ceremony and After Party
A night of celebration with festive attire.
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