PR Awards & Lists

Can apply: https://www.cbinsights.com/research-fintech-250-application. Companies are selected by CB Insights’ Intelligence Unit from a pool of 16,000 companies, including applicants and nominees. They are chosen based on several factors, including data submitted by the companies, company business models and momentum in the market, and Mosaic scores, CB Insights’ proprietary algorithm that measures the overall health and growth potential of private companies.

Alan Ohnsman: aohnsman@forbes.com

About the list + criteria to apply. Form.

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Recognizes tech vendors and service companies that have introduced noteworthy innovations that advance business and IT. Showcases advances in the productivity and potential of business applications as well as technology that contributes significantly to improved efficiency, productivity, and the performance of an organization. Categories: Analytics, Big Data, Customer Experience, Digital Technology, Human Capital Management, Marketing, Office of Finance, Operations & Supply Chain, and Sales, and overall award.

Suzanne LaBarre: slabarre@fastcompany.com

For app/product design, has categories for retail, finance, health etc.

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Costs $245: must disclose revenues to show growth

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Costs $395 to enter https://www.cloud-awards.com/software-as-a-service-awards/

Alex Konrad: akonrad@forbes.com

Produced in partnership with Bessemer and Salesforce Ventures; list combines data with feedback from public company CEOs. Companies assessed for the Cloud 100 receive a financial score factoring in their valuation, revenue, and growth rate, and employee count and culture scores; several dozen public CEOs, who are no longer eligible for the list, participate in a qualitative assessment of their market leadership. VCs can help by nominating to Alex Konrad.

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Portfolios submit customer case studies showcasing success with their technologies; categories such as AI, big data, digital marketing, etc.

2020 list Created in conjunction with Shared Value Initiative

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Must be certified as a Great Place to Work; employee survey required; winners are based on employee survey responses

Kimberly Wiesul: kwiesul@inc.com Christine Lagorio: clagorio@inc.com

Nominate women directly to editors; also has an official application form; asks for two years of revenue #s

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honors companies that define the cutting edge; transform how we do business; combine technological innovation and entrepreneurship; and disrupt the tech industry; must disclose 3 years of revenue #s but not published

Rachel Schallom: rachel.schallom@fortune.com

2020 list

David Spiegel: david.spiegel@nbcuni.com

young startups on brink of transforming industries; nominees are scored across 8 quantitative metrics, including scalability, sales growth, and workforce diversity. Companies must be less than 5 years old with no more than $50M in VC funding

Claire Zillman: claire.zillman@fortune.com Broadsheet@fortune.com

Submission Form Criteria Fortune editors have long leaned on four criteria: the size and importance of the woman’s business in the global economy, the health and direction of the business, the arc of the woman’s career, and her social and cultural influence. For 2020, will also look at response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Subscribe to the Broadsheet for regular updates.

Doug Dineley: doug_dineley@idg.com

recognizes the most innovative products in software development, cloud computing, big data analytics, and machine learning. No formal application process, based on Infoworld editor picks, but nominations are accepted. (To have your hardware, software, or cloud service considered for a Technology of the Year Award, please send the product name and a link to product information to Executive Editor Doug Dineley.)

Jeff Kauflin: Janet Novak:

Months-long process that involves a team of 10 reporters and editors. We divide the work into different fintech subcategories, speak with industry analysts, entrepreneurs and execs, evaluate 100s of companies and ultimately select 50. 2020 Submissions form. Fintech 2020 list: https://www.forbes.com/fintech/2020/#4bfc630c4acd

The awards are only available for smaller businesses and startups under six-years-old, and applicants must also be at C-series funding or below across 12 enterprise categories. More. About TechTrailblazers Infosecurity’s editor Michael Hill is confirmed as one of the judges for the awards.

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Costs $295 (early bird) or $495 to enter. Requires entry form. You can also apply for the "small and mighty" list that is part of MIC. It is a a good fit for early companies. Sign up for future MIC alerts.

Jeff Kauflin: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/

Nominations, series of interviews with reporters: https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexandrawilson1/2019/05/01/want-to-make-the-forbes-under-30-list-2020-nominations-are-now-open/#7b8ee1ef4806

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Must be certified as a Great Place to Work; employee survey required; winners are based on employee survey responses

Costs $250-650 to enter; new consumer technologies; introduced to market after April 1, 2020 Awards across multiple categories: https://www.ces.tech/Innovation-Awards/Categories.aspx

Costs $250 to enter for vendor companies; 12 categories for companies producing DevOps tools or technologies Criteria and submission form: https://devopsdozen.com/

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Costs $395 to enter https://www.cloud-awards.com/cloud-computing-awards/

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Must be less than 10 years old and under $1B valuation; recogizes companies changing the world/some sort of social or scientific impact; apply here: https://weforum.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5vQPgV22Vvwnt3f

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Must be certified as a Great Place to Work; employee survey required; winners are based on employee survey responses Methodology Great Place to Work certification. Submission for 2021. 2020 list published Feb 2020.

Rana Wehbe Watson

Criteria and application form.

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Must be certified as a Great Place to Work; employee survey required; winners are based on employee survey responses' best for larger startups with big workforces

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Costs $445-$995 to enter; must submit source code that's reviewed by software expert judges; must do two rounds of interviews

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Must be certified as a Great Place to Work; employee survey required; winners are based on employee survey responses' best for larger startups with big workforces

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Must be certified as a Great Place to Work; employee survey required; winners are based on employee survey responses' best for larger startups with big workforces

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Must be certified as a Great Place to Work; employee survey required; winners are based on employee survey responses' best for larger startups with big workforces

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Must be certified as a Great Place to Work; employee survey required; winners are based on employee survey responses' best for larger startups with big workforces

Mark Sullivan: https://www.fastcompany.com/user/mark-sullivan

CB Insights uses its Mosaic algorithm to scan for financial health of private companies; email Mark to find out how a company can be vetted

Many editors involved

Potential award for very influential founder; editors choose 25 innovators using technology to make the world a better place 2020 list: https://www.wired.com/story/wired25-2020-people-making-things-better/

Rajeev Chand & Peter Wagner at Wing VC

Run by Wing VC in collaboration with Nasdaq; VCs can nominate ports and must also vote on finalists. Based on 1) enterprise tech-related queries in Pitchbook and 2) review of secondary literature over the prior 6 months. 3) recommendations from VC participants. VCs vote on finalists. VC participants are 96 investment partners at 72 VC firms. The partners are all General Partners or Managing Directors with track records. https://www.nasdaq.com/Enterprise-Tech-30

Jeff Vance: https://twitter.com/JWVance

for startups in IT and hardware sectors such as cybersecurity, networking, infrastructure, and IoT; application requires thoughtful answers on goals, progress, business model, investment rounds, PR/marketing, etc. VCs can help by nominating here: https://startup50.com/startup-tip-line/

https://www.builtinsf.com/our-editorial-staff

based on editorial research of public records, news features, fundings and more to compile this list of 50 companies, all of which are less than two years old

The list is based on an internal survey of numerous AngelList employees who interact with thousands of startups every year; contact someone at AngelList to find out more.

Jessi Hempel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessihempel/

LinkedIn editors and data scientists analyze actions generated by LinkedIn’s 650M members — and look at four pillars: employee growth; jobseeker interest; member engagement with the company and its employees; and how well these startups pulled talent from the LinkedIn Top Companies list. Companies must be 7 years old or younger, have at least 50 employees, be privately held, and headquartered in the US; Cannot apply, data-driven list 2020 list: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/linkedin-top-startups-2020-50-us-companies-rise-jessi-hempel/

Vicky Valet: https://www.forbes.com/sites/vickyvalet/#14a714117759

Statistica research on 2,500 American businesses with at least 50 employees on three criteria: employer reputation, employee satisfaction and growth. Statista pulls data to create list; could contact Vicky Valet to see how to get on Statista's radar

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Costs $345 to enter; all employees must take a survey; survey data determines winners; best for larger startups with big workforces

Timothy Maher: https://www.technologyreview.com/author/timothy-maher/

involved application requiring essays; winners are doing something to change the world with technology (social, environmental mission, etc.); VCs can help by nominating

David Spiegel: https://www.cnbc.com/david-spiegel/

Recognizes private companies transforming economy and changing industry; VCs can help by nominating; companies must submit a detailed analysis, including quantitative and qualitative info such as workforce size and diversity, scalability, and sales and user growth numbers; very competitive; 2020 got 1400 nominations for 50 spots

Wendy Fox: https://www.ey.com/en_us/people/wendy-fox

for entreprenuers in every sector, only some tech represented; very involved application with essays

Amy Feldman: https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyfeldman/#11b088d965e4

VC firms nominate ports in March; Contact Amy Feldman;Truebridge Capital runs nominations; 300 nominations from VCs, then Forbes contacts over 100 finalists

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Using the CB Insights platform, our research team picked 100 companies from nearly 5K startups, based on several factors including patent activity, business relations, investor profile, news sentiment analysis, proprietary Mosaic scores, market potential, competitive landscape, team strength, and tech novelty. Must enter company info into their Editor platform: https://editor.cbinsights.com/login)

2019 list

Referral from Goldman

https://edisonawards.com/

A range of categories across geos and things like “best employer” -

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