44,000 startups.
4,553 cities.
“4 billion votes”
It was such a blessing to get to know so many of your ideas and innovations from every corner of the world in 2021.
The startup community amazed all of us with your hard work and persistence despite all of the challenges that we faced globally throughout last year.
Not gonna lie, the competition got our hearts racing like Eurovision. We won’t let you wait for much longer, below are long-awaited results! ✨✨✨
To see who is a winner in each respective city, visit startups.hackernoon.com and pick a city. The name at the top of the list is the winner. (Compromised awards are under review.)
The Startups Winners Announcement Series will announce the winners per region in their respective cities.
Central Europe 🔥
Central Europe has always caught our attention with the talented pool of people in tech community.
But were they able to get through 2021 despite the pandemic? Let’s cheers to the most outstanding amongst 4,500+ startups who have been working hard this year:
Basel, Switzerland
An overwhelming vote for MachiQ Software ~ in their mission of helping machinery companies drive more service revenues from their installed base
Berlin, Germany
We have Plan A with a whooping 538 votes! Let’s support Plan A with its mission to help companies to measure, monitor and reduce their environmental footprint.
Düsseldorf, Germany
It doesn’t get any easier with EasyWeek! Kicking off in helping people organize online schedules more easily.
Geneva, Switzerland
Manage code quality? We have to give props to SonarSource for their startup!
Hamburg, Germany
Taking over Hamburg is ReCalm, an acoustic device to reduce noises in vehicle cabins. No more annoying sounds on the road 🚗
Köln, Germany
Small business? Hoping to manage your marketing campaign? rankingCoach is winning the vote!
Lausanne, Switzerland
Metaco is a Swiss-based company focused on cryptocurrency management solutions built for financial institutions.
Leipzig, Germany
FlyNex empowers companies to operate and utilize drones for the most effective industrial data applications.
Mainz, Germany
Next Mobility Labs is growing sustainable digital mobility startups!
Munich, Germany
ORY wins for top-line, high-security international Identity Management!
Stuttgart, Germany
Remote desktop application? Ask AnyDesk anywhere.
Vienna, Austria
Mostly AI, an IT company enabling privacy-preserving big data applications in the digital age.
Zug, Switzerland
Way to go CasperLabs! 1762 votes for the first provably live pure Proof-of-Stake (PoS) CBC-Casper blockchain designed for real-world applications.
Nyon
Calling Havuta LLC for robust data solutions for impact-driven organizations!
Zürich
Teylor is revolutionizing small business lending to give easy access to capital to those who need it most: SMEs ✨
Heidelberg, Germany
Talk'n'Job is an innovative HR startup providing a solution for fast and efficient recruiting of employees with simple job profiles.
Stuttgart, Germany
Congratulations AnyDesk for winning this title!
Moving on to our buddies in...
Eastern Europe is home to many familiar big names in our start-up world. Trace history for Miro, Telegram, and Grammarly and you know where they are from. Who is the next generation for Eastern European startups?
Budapest, Hungary
Bitrise is a platform for mobile app development, enabling tens of thousands of developers to automate integration, testing, and deployment.
I__stanbul, Turkey__
Leading here is Oobeya - a brand new software intelligence platform- helps organizations deliver faster, high-quality products by connecting their DevOps tools.
Kraków, Poland
Talent Alpha is a human cloud platform that connects global enterprises with European software houses, offering tech talent as a service.
Kyiv, Ukraine
281 votes for Reface, an AI powered app where people can swap faces in the videos, GIFs and images in just a few seconds.
Sofia, Bulgaria
387 votes for __LimeChain__378, leading Blockchain and DLT solutions company that specializes in helping enterprises and blockchain startups design, build and scale innovative solutions using Blockchain & DLT!
Warsaw, Poland
DoxyChain is a next-generation blockchain document management software (DMS).
Yerevan, Armenia
Whoever clicked to vote for SmartClick was sure a smart vote, because it ended up winning as a full-service software provider delivering Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning solutions for businesses.
Almaty
Just like the name suggested, 1FIT provides one pass to dozens of gyms and studios.
Debrecen
CodersRank got all the coders ranked figured out!
Kharkiv
Pics.io is complete solution digital assets management!
Minsk, Belarus
Scorum with 243 votes is the first blockchain-powered sports media platform.
Moscow, Russian Federation
1 e-grocery company in Russia SberMarket with 26 votes and #1 on our HackerNoon board for Minsk.
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
CoinKeeper leads this area as a personal finance application that rewards responsible spending and savings.
Kazan, Russian Federation
Smelling a sweet victory? 3d App designers Flowito for flower bouquets is in the house!
Brexit? Pandemic? It seems like startups in Western Europe still keep their spirits regardless. Startups in Western Europe that stood out in votes this year go to:
Antwerp
intigriti is on a streak! As a bug bounty platform, it ensures online security through a crowd-sourced platform for computer experts.
Belfast
A record-breaking 10,003 votes? Bobs & Berts is an independent coffee shop. Come grab a coffee!
Birmingham
What’s happening in Birmingham? We have Aceleron, an innovative UK-based advanced lithium battery developer aiming to accelerate the global shift to cleaner.
Bordeaux
NuxtJS 30 is an open-source web framework for building modern apps and websites with Vue.js.
Boulogne-billancourt
DiGEiZ is a software company that provides an in-store analytics platform to optimize operations.
Brighton
In for some jam? BIMM offers musical education services.
Bristol
Another tasty victory for Western Europe
KETS Quantum Security is enabling the strongest digital encryption on the internet.
Brussels
A fashionable win for SCANDALOOK, a social fashion network. You scan barcodes in fashion shops and see every influencer wearing those outfits! Share your wishlist with your friends and earn cashback.
Cardiff
Bond Digital Health is a technology company developing end-to-end digital connectivity for the point-of-care diagnostics market.
London
A whooping number of 1085 vote__Crypto Quantique__ offers hardware based cyber-security solution for authentication and encryption in a wired local network.
Edinburgh
Hopping up on the crypto movement, Zumo just launched last year but they are already rocking it at making crypto accessible to everyone.
Ghent
5379 votes for WeGroup! A Belgian InsurTech startup that helps insurance providers all over the world to better connect with their digital customers.
Glasgow
Biomage specializes in single-cell analysis transforming the life sciences.
Paris
Show some love in the city of love for AirFit, a sports platform that is connected to a mobile sports coaching application.
Aberystwyth
Agxio enables artificial intelligence, data science & digital innovation solutions for the agriculture, biotech & life sciences industries.
Norwich
Congratulations WATR for the amazing win of 1124 votes!
Charleroi
Congratulations Hirering for your amazing win!
Gibraltar
Give a round of applause to Fortknoxter!
Waltham Abbey
RPAIR is ruling the area with its amazing 72 votes!
Antwerpen
Rocking up Antwerpen area is the rising startup Willow!
Egham
What’s happening in Egham? Proudly announcing ATA.ONE winning the Noonies this year!
Leicester
Leicester is calling the name of DeadHappy as the winner for the region!
Macclesfield
Who else but AeroCloud? Congratulations on dominating the award!
Want to listen to some music? Spotify. Need some games to kill time? Candy Crush. What about a quick call to someone you haven’t seen in a long time? Skype.
These are all startups that originated from Northern Europe! Noonies, let’s take a look at the upcoming generation of startups from Northern Europe that hopefully will see an even bigger and brighter future.
Gothenburg, Sweden
Shipping was never made for small shippers, so Sendify took on the mission to built an end-to-end logistics platform to empower small businesses to spend less time and money on shipping and more time on growing their businesses.
The Netherlands
Let's Get Digital provides a virtual platform for many kinds of conferences and events.
Helsinki, Finland
A curated collection of public basketball courts in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area called Koripallopaikat. Everyone is welcome to submit to their local court.
Lund, Sweden
Gedea Biotech develops an antibiotic-free, safe and effective treatment of vaginal fungal infections.
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
🚀 nexten.io is a job-matching platform that connects developers and tech experts with CTOs and team leads from the best tech companies across Europe. 👾
Malmö, Sweden
Feeling studious, Noonies? __StudyBe__e is a tool for Google Classroom, that enables formative matrix assessment towards course learning objectives directly.
Oslo, Norway
Domos Labs is the platform supports a unified API across all connected device categories, removing significant friction for app developers.
Reykjavík, Iceland
__Indo service__s is a mobile-first technologically advanced neo-bank.
#S__tockholm, Sweden__
ChromaWay AB is the biggest blockchain start-up in Sweden. Double winner of the most prestigious nomination in Nordics 'NyTeknik 33-listan', winner of the Deloitte Fast 50, and now Noonies Award!
T__allinn, Estonia__
Passing 1000 votes
OBORTECH is a fully digital and decentralized ecosystem for all actors in supply chain.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Genome is an easy-to-use money app for cards and accounts. Via Genome, users can open a business or a merchant account or a personal one with dedicated IBANs, access transfers, exchange currency, process payments, and manage the funds.
Aalborg Digura
A legaltech offering tenants fast, digital and reliable legal assistance
Aarhus Partisia
Market Design provides secure, simple, efficient solutions for auctions and exchanges realizing the potential of the market.
Helsingborg
Occlutech is a hi-tech company developing cardiac occlusion devices and other vascular implants.
Tallinna
POSTOPLAN is an AI-powered system for marketing automation in social networks.
Southern Europe’s economy went through a hard time this year due to a huge reduction in tourism.
But our startups are of course always headstrong, from Spain to Italy and all the way through Greece. Who are the heroes rising amidst changes of Southern Europe?
Skopje
CodeChem is a versatile software development company that solves the business challenges of SMBs, big brands, and brave hearts with awesome ideas.
Sliema
Sounds like just a relaxing exhale. Few is a holistic health and wellbeing app built to allow users work on the development of their physical, mental and spiritual health
Tajonar
das-Nano is a company of experienced business & industry entrepreneurs offering solutions to industries based on cutting-edge technologies.
Tarragona
IMICROQ is a technology-based company focusing on the production of integrated microsystems.
Terni
Mind is an ICT-based integrated solution that is able to modulate, respond, assist and learn to control most home activities.
Tirana
Gjirafa is a video content and e-commerce platform for the Balkans built on top of an Albanian language specialized search engine.
Torino
AIKO develops and commercializes algorithms based on Artificial Intelligence to increase the autonomy of small satellite missions.
T__orres__
Vedras Buy online groceries like you would buy offline with personalized picking as fast as in 4 hours with 360hyper!
Trento
Brots is a music-based platform built around streaming platforms that allow users to discover new emerging artists and make new friends.
2021, what a YEAR. Congratulations to all of the startups that made it to the top winning list for Europe! Stay tuned for Startup awards in 2022 and let’s cheers to a new year of more innovative ideas, bold innovations, and robust creations from you, Europe 🌷
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