Winners
Best Technology Achievement
Mars Curiosity winner | |
Google Glass runner-up
Baumgartner Jump, SpaceX docks with International Space Station, Tesla Supercharger Networkfinalists
Best Collaborative Consumption Service
Airbnb winner |
Uber runner-up
Get It Now/Postmates, Lyft, TaskRabbit finalists
Best E-Commerce Application
Fab winner |
Karma/Facebook Gifts runner-up
Hotel Tonight, Warby Parker, Zulilyfinalists
Best Mobile Application
Google Maps winner |
Evernote runner-up
Grindr, Instagram, Squarefinalists
Fastest Rising Startup
Snapchat winner
Stripe runner-up
Exec, Lyft, Pinterest finalists
Best Content Discovery Application
Pinterest winner |
Flipboard runner-up
Instapaper, Prismatic, Tumblrfinalists
Best Design
Paper by FiftyThree winner |
Square runner-up
Facebook Timeline, Medium, Svbtlefinalists
Best Bootstrapped Startup
Techmeme winner |
FreshBooks runner-up
Instapaper, Nimbus Data, Upverterfinalists
Sexiest Enterprise Startup
Box winner |
Cloudera runner-up
Asana, Plexxi, Zendeskfinalists
Best International Startup
SoundCloud winner |
Spotify runner-up
Hailo, Rovio, Xiaomifinalists
Best Education Startup
Codecademy winner |
Coursera runner-up
Edmodo, Khan Academy, Udacityfinalists
Best Hardware Startup
Makerbot winner |
Raspberry Pi runner-up
Lit Motors, Lockitron, Nestfinalists
Best Time Sink
Buzzfeed winner |
Letterpress runner-up
Angry Birds Star Wars, Pinterest, WhatsAppfinalists
Biggest Social Impact
Reddit winner |
Indiegogo runner-up
Donors Choose, Kickstarter, Kiva finalists
Angel of the Year
Chris Dixon winner |
Paul Graham runner-up
Michael Arrington, David Lee, Chris Saccafinalists
VC of the Year
Peter Thiel winner |
Jim Goetz runner-up
Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, Matt Cohler, Michael Moritzfinalists
Founder of the Year
Kevin Systrom (Instagram) winner
Elon Musk (SpaceX, Tesla) runner-up
Nathan Blecharczyk, Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia (Airbnb), Julia Hartz, Kevin Hartz and Renaud Visage (Eventbrite), Nir Zuk (Palo Alto Networks)finalists
CEO of the Year
Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) winner
Larry Page (Google) runner-up
Dick Costolo (Twitter), Phil Libin (Evernote), Marissa Mayer (Yahoo!) finalists
Best New Startup of 2012
Coursera winner |
Lyft runner-up
Crowdtilt, Snapchat, Wazefinalists
Best Overall Startup of 2012
Github winner |
Palantir runner-up
Fab, Instagram, Square
