AWARD CATEGORIES
Unicorn / Startup Awards
Sustainability Excellence Award
To honour businesses or organizations demonstrating exceptional commitment to environmentally and socially responsible practices. They highlight companies that actively integrate sustainability principles into their core operations, products, and services.
Most Innovative Startup Award
To recognize a start-up which created highly innovative technology or business model and is well recognized
Bootstrapped to Billions Award
To recognize an individual or a team who created a Unicorn with minimal or no external funding in the recent times.
Trailblazing women entrepreneur
To recognize women founders across the globe who have created high valuation and impact and has created a unicorn or a group of companies.
The Unstoppable Award
The award was created this year. The objective is to recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of “differently Abled” entrepreneurs who, despite living with physical challenges, have achieved significant success in their business ventures. By highlighting their inspiring stories, the award aims to encourage inclusivity, resilience, and innovation within the entrepreneurial community. These entrepreneurs are differently abled individuals, who challenged the odds and turned the tide. They have gone on to become role models, working for their community and creating opportunities for other differently abled individuals.
Trailblazing women entrepreneur
To recognize women founders across the globe who have created high valuation and impact and has created a unicorn or a group of companies.
The EntrePride Award
The award was created this year. The objective is to recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of LGBTQIA entrepreneurs who through their inventiveness, creativity and problem solving have demonstrated outstanding leadership, resilience, and innovation in their business ventures. By highlighting their success stories, this award aims to inspire the next generation of LGBTQIA entrepreneurs who have opened the doors to a more inclusive and diverse workforce and are reimagining the future roles and possibilities of our expanding digital world.
The Unstoppable Award
The award was created this year. The objective is to recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of “differently Abled” entrepreneurs who, despite living with physical challenges, have achieved significant success in their business ventures. By highlighting their inspiring stories, the award aims to encourage inclusivity, resilience, and innovation within the entrepreneurial community. These entrepreneurs are differently abled individuals, who challenged the odds and turned the tide. They have gone on to become role models, working for their community and creating opportunities for other differently abled individuals.
Ecosystem awards
Most Active Angel Network in the World
To recognize an angel network, that has high number of active angel members with large deal activity supporting the early stage startups.
Best Performing VC Fund, Global
To recognize the Venture Capital firm based on their performance, with contributing factors like fund raise, return and exits.
Best Incubator /Accelerator in the World
To recognize an Incubator or Accelerator, that has made an impact in the startup ecosystem by supporting startups via activities like market access, investments, investment readiness, technology support,etc.
Best Corporate Supporting Entrepreneurship Development Program
The award’s objective is to recognize top corporate, that has the highest number of startup investments as a ratio of the Global Revenues. This award is intended to recognize corporates that stand pivotal in fostering potential startups and empower them to plan, design and execute innovative strategies and offer a wide range of training and advisory services to empower themselves.
Best Global University Promoting Entrepreneurship
To recognize a Global University which promotes Entrepreneurship, that has the highest number of startups incorporated by graduating classes.
Best Government Agency Supporting Startup Ecosystem
To recognize a Government which promotes entrepreneurship by taking various initiatives to build a vibrant ecosystem for start-ups.
TiE GLOBAL AWARDS WINNERS
Unicorn / Startup Awards
Sustainability Excellence Award
To honour businesses or organizations demonstrating exceptional commitment to environmentally and socially responsible practices. They highlight companies that actively integrate sustainability principles into their core operations, products, and services.
Most Innovative Startup Award
To recognize a start-up which created highly innovative technology or business model and is well recognized
Bootstrapped to Billions Award
To recognize an individual or a team who created a Unicorn with minimal or no external funding in the recent times.
TiE GLOBAL AWARD WINNER
Unicorn / Startup Awards
Nobuyoshi Yamasaki, Founder & CEO
TBM Co. Ltd.
Sustainability Excellence Award
Nikolay Storonsky, Founder & CEO
REVOLUT
Most Innovative Startup Award
Rahul Roy-Chowdhury, CEO
GRAMMARLY
Bootstrapped to Billions Award
Ramesh Kannan, Founder & MD
KAYNES TECHNOLOGY
Bootstrapped to Billions Award - REGIONAL
Srikanth Bolla, Founder & CEO
BOLLANT INDUSTRIES
The Unstoppable Award
Sheetal Arora, CEO, MANKIND PHARMA. Award accepted by Natasha Raj, Head – Corporate Communication
Bootstrapped to Billions Award - REGIONAL
Upasana Taku, Co-Founder, Executive Director & CFO
MOBIKWIK
Trailblazing women entrepreneur-regional
Avlok K, CEO
ANGELLIST
Most Active Angel Network - Global
Melanie Perkins, Co-founder & CEO
CANVA
Trailblazing women entrepreneur-Global
Ecosystem Awards
Vinod Khosla, Founder
KHOSLA VENTURES
BEST PERFORMING VC FUND
Magnus Grimeland, Founder & CEO
ANTLER
BEST INCUBATOR /ACCELERATOR IN THE WORLD
Dr. Alan Garber, President
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
BEST GLOBAL UNIVERSITY PROMOTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Harvard University is honored to accept this year’s award for “Best Global University Promoting Entrepreneurship.” The members of our community are deeply committed to discovery and innovation, and this acknowledgement of their achievements is much appreciated. Many thanks, again, for your recognition and support of our efforts.
Dror Bin, CEO
ISRAEL INNOVATION AUTHORITY
BEST GOVERNMENT AGENCY SUPPORTING STARTUP ECOSYSTEM - GLOBAL
Nivruti Rai, MD & CEO, INVEST INDIA. Award accepted by Ashok Suresh Chandavarkar, Vice President - Invest India, StartupIndia Incubation & Investments
BEST GOVERNMENT AGENCY SUPPORTING
STARTUP ECOSYSTEM - REGIONAL
Andy Jassy, President and CEO
AMAZON
BEST CORPORATE SUPPORTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Hiroshi Mikitani, Chairman and CEO, Rakuten
SPIRIT OF TIE AWARD
Anu Aga, Former Chairperson and Non-Executive Director, Thermax
SPIRIT OF TIE AWARD
Eric Yuan, Founder & CEO, Zoom Communications
SPIRIT OF TIE AWARD
