TechCrunch’s 10th Annual Crunchies Awards is Silicon Valley’s version of the Academy Awards. With the venue at the spectacular San Francisco War Memorial Opera House, the attire ranged from evening wear to hoodies (it’s Silicon Valley after all). Tech celebrity sightings included Yahoo Marissa Mayer, Atom Factory Troy Carter and 500 Startups Dave McClure. The emcee of the awards ceremony was comedian Chelsea Peretti who described sex as 3D printing using DNA. The event was kicked off by a witty opera performance by Laura Krumm that took jabs at President Trump and Peter Thiel (a high profile Trump supporter) — Silicon Valley’s disdain for the Trump Administration was voice often during the evening. Now the moment you’ve all been waiting for and the envelope please…

Best Startup: A Star startup in all categories

Slack (Winner)

Stripe (Runner-Up)

Didi

Giphy

SpaceX

 

Hot New Startup: A startup founded or publicly launched this year

Otto (Winner)

Prelude Fertility (Runner –Up)

MarcoPolo

VIV

Winnie

 

Best Technology: An exceptional recent technological achievement

CRISPR – Cas9 (Winner)

Tesla Solar Roof (Runner – Up)

Blue Origin

Facebook Solar Plane

SpaceX Falcon 9 Landing

 

Best App: A recent standout that has earned a place on your home screen

Pokémon GO (Winner)

Musical.ly (Runner- Up)

Clue

Prisma

Weedmaps

 

Hardware of the Year: Breakout hardware product of the year

Snapchat Spectacles (Winner)

Bevel Trimmer (Runner-Up)

Doppler Labs Here One

June Oven

Markforged Mark Two

 

TechCrunch Include Award: An organization or individual that has advanced inclusion in tech

Project Include (Winner)

Tony Prophet, Salesforce (Runner-Up)

Change Catalyst

DigitalUndivided

Mission Bit

 

Social Impact: Excelling in using technology to advance social impact

Kapor Center for Social Impact (Winner)

Signal Protocol (Runner – Up)

A Vision for Black Lives

Oakland Digital

We The Protesters

 

Founder of the Year: A founder that has made a statement in leadership or execution this year

Jeff Lawson, Twilio (Winner)

Tristan Walker, Walker & Company (Runner-Up)

Jessica O. Matthews, Uncharted Play

Morgan DeBaun, Blavity

Ryan Petersen, Flexport

 

Angel Investor of the Year: A breakout portfolio

Naval Ravikant (Winner)

Troy Carter (Runner-Up)

Carine Magescas

Eric Paley

Fabrice Grinda

 

VC of the Year: An investor whose bets on founders and companies have borne fruit this year

Kirsten Green, Forerunner Ventures (Winner)

Aydin Senkut, Felicis Ventures (Runner-Up)

Byron Deeter, Bessemer Venture Partners

Stuart Peterson, ARTIS Ventures

Tony Florence, NEA

 

Best Startup Video: Best launch or explanatory video

Snapchat Spectacles (Winner)

Slack (Runner-Up)

Lyft

Navdy

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