This award celebrates a young leader already making waves in the startup community. They inspire peers, challenge the status quo, and offer a compelling glimpse into the future of leadership in our ecosystem.

This award recognizes a mentor who offers honest, practical, and deeply helpful advice. Their strength lies in telling hard truths with empathy, helping entrepreneurs grow without compromising their well-being. It’s demanding mentorship, but always human.

This award honors a woman whose leadership has left a lasting mark on the entrepreneurial community. She is a source of inspiration, driving vitality, diversity, and progress in the ecosystem with strength and conviction.

This award honors a founder or startup that turned a key transition, whether an exit, a pivot, or a shutdown, into an opportunity to generously pay it forward. They used the moment to share invaluable lessons, give back to the community, and support the next generation of builders.

This award honors an organization that boldly took a chance on a promising startup from the very beginning. Whether through early adoption of an emerging technology or a joint R&D project, this partnership accelerated the startup’s development, deployment, and credibility. It celebrates the power of collaboration built on trust and shared vision.

This award celebrates a later-stage startup (Series A/B+) that never forgot where it came from. Despite its growth, it continues to invest time and energy into its local ecosystem by hosting events, mentoring, sharing resources, and creating space for knowledge exchange.