Startups of The Year 2024 is officially in the books, after months of nominations, voting, and support from our growing community.
With 150,000+ startups nominated worldwide and more than 4 million votes cast, the energy and enthusiasm around innovation have never been more palpable. In the Engineering category alone, we saw a surge of bold ideas, game-changing tech, and passionate builders ready to take on the world’s toughest challenges.
Engineering is where science becomes reality—whether it’s building smarter cities, advancing clean energy, or reimagining infrastructure through AI, robotics, and IoT. The Engineering startups recognized this year are doing great work to stay in step with a world that is constantly changing, meeting challenges that impact our daily lives with technological solutions.
Startups of The Year 2024: Key Engineering Industry Stats
Here’s a quick look at some numbers:
- Total Number of Participating Startups: 25,206
- Sub Industries Represented: 7
- Total Votes Recorded: 22,500
- Winning Startups: 7
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To discover winning startups in other industries or cities, head over to startups.hackernoon.com and use the search bar — the name at the top of each list is the winner.
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You may also check out the full list of nominated startups in the Engineering Industry HERE.
Now, let’s meet the startups shaping the future of the Engineering Industry.
Manufacturing (8.2k total votes, 9.4k startups)
Winner: Margik Inc.
- MedGos
- Riemann Computing
Honorable Mentions:
Logistics & Supply Chain (4.6k total votes, 6.5k startups)
Winner: floww Delivery APIs
- Alan Harper Composites Brasil
- Bidmex
Honorable Mentions:
Electronics (2.8k total votes, 2.9k startups)
Winner: Riemann Computing
- Epic of Sun
- EEPISAT
Honorable Mentions:
Hardware (2.8k total votes, 931 startups)
Winner: SKL.vc
- Cropler
- Margik Inc.
Honorable Mentions:
Construction (2.4k total votes, 3.3k startups) – 6.5k startups)
Winner: Didimi
- Dapt
- Zenerate
Honorable Mentions:
Aviation & Aerospace (995 total votes, 975 startups)
Winner: Epic of Sun
- EEPISAT
- UrbanV
Honorable Mentions:
Electric Vehicles (685 total votes, 1.2k startups)
Winner: IKA TCHI EXPRESS
- Carlo
- BIKEFIXUP
Honorable Mentions:
Congratulations to you all. We will contact you with details on your winnings!
- See the global regional announcements here.
- See the global industry announcements here.
About HackerNoon’s Startups of The Year
Startups of The Year 2024 is HackerNoon’s flagship community-driven event celebrating startups, technology, and the spirit of innovation. Currently in its third iteration, the prestigious Internet award recognizes and celebrates tech startups of all shapes and sizes. This year, over 150,000 entities across 4200+ cities, 6 continents, and 100+ industries participated in a bid to be crowned the best startup of the year! Millions of votes have been cast over the past few years, and many storieshave been written about these daring and rising startups.
The winners will get a free interview on HackerNoon and an Evergreen Tech Company News page.
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