The Next Web rolls out its Startup Awards in Europe

Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Published on: December 17, 2012

Introducing the TNW Startup Awards in Europe. Nominate your favorite startups, founders and investors http://pressdoc.com/p/000rjk

The Next Web is introducing 12 online award competitions through Europe, determining the best startups, the most talented entrepreneurs and hottest investors. The TNW Startup Awards are voted for by the public and the results are published online. Meetups with a TNW team member and nominees, winners and the local startup community are organized in January and February in Berlin, London, Dublin, Paris, Barcelona, Bucharest, Warsaw, Amsterdam, Kiev, Moscow, Istanbul and Copenhagen.

Identifying the hottest startups in Europe
"Europe needs real entrepreneurs to put itself back on the map again. Vigour and drive, the willingness to transform and develop are what's required. Not all hot startups are built in Silicon Valley – we're seeing very talented entrepreneurs with big ideas and great execution all over the world. These startups need to be discovered and their stories need to be told. The TNW Startup Awards tour around Europe helps to identify and shine a light on the best startups, their entrepreneurs and investors in each country," says Patrick de Laive, co-founder of The Next Web.

Online voting with offline awards ceremony
The Startup Awards are a public choice award, where the people decide on who will win the awards. It starts with nominating your favourite startups in each country, four weeks before the event. Three weeks later, the professional TNW Jury, existing of Ziad M. Kane, CEO of TheNextWeb.com, TNW co-founder Patrick de Laive and editors Robin Wauters and Martin Bryant, selects max. 5 companies or people per category that will move on to the voting round. During the voting round, which lasts one week, anybody can vote for their favorites via our social voting platform.

The winners will be announced online, and meetups are organized in the big startup hubs in Germany, the UK, Ireland, France, Romania, Spain, Poland, Holland, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and Denmark. Here the startup community will gather for drinks, chats and to celebrate the winners and nominees in each of the seven categories.

Seven categories
The categories are Startup of the Year, Best (Co-)Founder, Best Web App, Best Mobile App, Best Design, Best User Experience and Best Investor.