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In partnership with TechCrunch, The Europas Conference & Awards, which I founded, has come up with a new kind of tech conference. Think of it as a relaxed, summer prelude to the heat of a Disrupt, followed by an all-out celebration of startups. Admittedly, it’s how we like to do things in Europe…

The Europas includes a public vote to determine the industry’s favorites.

Thus, voting has now gone live, so click here to start voting.

This is the final short list from which the winners will be chosen by a combination of industry votes and judges (also speakers at the day-time conference) and announced at an evening awards ceremony.

You can grab tickets here.

The awards are supported by TechCrunch, the official and exclusive media partner. Attendees, nominees and winners will get deep discounts to TechCrunch Disrupt in London, later this year.

Held annually, The Europas are the main European Awards for technology startups. The whole thing comes together on a special awards night in London, on June 14, which is preceded by a smaller scale, but intimate, conference where there is no VIP list and plenty of amazing discussions between founders and investors.

Of course, out of the sheer need to filter the thousands of people in tech startups across Europe, the Awards can’t cover every single startup, investor and entrepreneur. But it’s a selection of amongst the best Europe has to offer. The awards are editorially led, with many nominated and others suggested by judges. There is no charge to enter or be selected or to win. (There is only a charge to attend the awards ceremony, but it’s a super fun event for the whole industry).

So get voting!

Best Media/Entertainment Startup
Dubsmash -“Choose a a sound, record yourself, send to your friends.”
Jukedeck – “Jukedeck is developing an artificially intelligent music composer.”
Car Throttle – “Car Throttle is the internet’s fastest growing car community.”
Encore – “The fastest way to find and book great musicians.”
Touchvie – “Touchvie brings context to content.”
Grabyo – “Real-time TV and video clip sharing.”
TV Player – “The best of UK television all in one place.”

Best E-Commerce Startup
Deliveroo
Gousto
Bizdaq
Bloom & Wild
Zalando
Desk Beers
Forter
Lost My Name

Best Education Startup
Peak
Kahoot
Kuato Studios
Memrise
Overleaf
busuu
Blinkist
Memorado
ResearchGate

Best Startup Accelerator
Entrepreneur First
CyLon (Cyber London)
Startup Bootcamp
MassChallenge UK
Techstars London
WAYRA
L39
Oxygen Accelerator
Ignite
Forward Partners
TheFamily
H-FARM
Beta-I

Best Advertising/Marketing Startup
SimilarWeb
S4M
Adludio
Eyetease
Buzzoole
Pixoneye
Quintly

Best Games Startup
Seriously.com
Goodgame Studios
Quantic Dream
UsTwo
Hello Games
Brainbow
Supercell
Space Ape Games

Best Mobile Startup
Fever
Aircall
Happn
Thingthing
EyeEm
Grabble
Wallapop
Blippar
Wire

Best Fintech Startup
Curve
GoCardless
YoYo Wallet
iwoca
Revolut
World Remit
Funding Circle
Mondo Bank
Splittable
Ebury
LendInvest
Ormsby Street

Best Enterprise, SaaS or B2B Startup
Onfido
Mainframe
jobandtalent
Lystable
MOVE Guides
Forter
ProdPad
iZettle
Klarna

Best Hardware Startup
Sphericam
Micro Drone
Vector Watch
Robo Wunderkind
MysteryVibe
Kokoon
Braille Pad
Blaze
Technology Will Save Us

Best Sharing Economy Startup
JustPark
BlaBlaCar
Cat in a Flat
Student.com
Love Home Swap
Weroom
DRIVY
BorrowMyDoggy

Best Health Startup
Clue
Touch Surgery
Lifesum
Klarismo
Baby2Body
Your.MD
Qinec
Calm

Best Cybersecurity Startup
CyberX
BehavioSec
Featurespace
Darktrace
Argus Cyber
Fabric
Ukkobox
Bitninja
Digital Shadows

Best Blockchain Startup of the Year
Credits
Provenance
Slock.it
Stampery
Setl
Clearmatics
Tramonex
Satoshipay

Best Travel Startup
Blacklane
Stratajet
Victor
Teleport
Snaptrip
Family Traveller
Masabi
Secret Escapes
Gett

Best Internet of Things Startup
Sigfox
EVRYTHNG
OWLR
HUB Controls
Kontakt
Relayr
Withings

Coolest Technology Innovation
Bragi (The Dash)
Klarismo
Ultrahaptics
Yeti
Infltr
Basslet by Lofelt
Blaze Burner

Best Fashiontech Startup
Thread
Chic by Choice
Farfetch
Vinaya
VideDressing
Mall zee
Snaps

Best Angel/Seed Investor of the Year
Federico Pirzio-Biroli
Sarah Turner
Russell Buckley
Gabbi Cahane
Jeremy Yap
Richard Fearn
Richard Reed
Peter Read
Yenyun K. Fu
Michael Acton Smith
Gil Dibner
Turi Munthe
Rod Banner
Philip Wilkinson
Sean Park
Jon Bradford
Maria Dramalioti-Taylor
Scott Sage
Doug Scott

Best Humanitarian Tech of the Year
Refugee InfoHub
RefugeeAidApp
GeeCycle
MedShr
Funzi
GetAcross
mOm Incubators
NaTakallam
Meshpoint
Peacetrade (blockchain voucher system)
Kiron University
Refugeeks

Best VC Investor of the Year
Sonali De Ryker, Accel Partners
Reshma Sohoni, Seedcamp
Robin Klein, LocalGlobe
Eileen Burbidge, Passion Capital
Frank Meehan, Spark Labs
Mattias Ljungman, Atomico
Christian Hernandez, Whitestar Capital
Jason Ball, Qualcomm Ventures
Sitar Teli, Connect Ventures
Robert Moffat, Balderton Capital
Eze Vidra, GV
Neil Rimer, Index Ventures
Sean Seton-Rogers, PROFounders
Par Jorgen Parson, Northzone
Alex Macpherson, Octopus Investments
Christian Nagel, Earlybird
Suranga Chandratillake, Balderton
Omri Benayoun, Partech
Mark Tluszcz, Mangrove

Best Startup Founders
Carlos Silva / Jeff Lynn, Seedrs
Brynne Herbert, MOVE Guides
Bernardo Hernandez / Pep Gomez, Fever
Andy Hobsbawm, Vlad Trifa, Dominique Guignard, Niall Murphy, EVERYTHING
Ed Cooke / Greg Detre, Memrise
Will Shu / Greg Orlowski, Deliveroo
James Meetings, Andrew Mulling, Samir Desai, Alex Tonelli, Funding Circle
Laurence Kemball-Cook, Pavegen

Fastest Rising Startup of the Year
Improbable
Unbabel
MOVE Guides
Quiqup
Jukedeck
Student.com
Deliver
Revolut
Funding Circle

Best CEO of the Year (Individual)
Jorn Lyseggen, Meltwater, MEST, Shack15
Gareth Williams, Skyscanner
Rich Riley, Shazam
Sarah Wood
Melinda Nicci, Baby2Body
Rikke Rosenlund, BorrowMyDoggy
Parisa Louie, Watchfit
Ismail Ahmed

Best Cleantech Startup of the Year
BLOKS
POD Point
Fresh Square
Chargemaster
FlyKly / SmartPed
Mesh rafts
Viva Labs
tado
Limejump
Pavegen

Hall Of Fame Award
Awarded to a key, long-term player in European tech startups. Suggested by the community in online voting.

The Europas Grand Prix Award
(Decided from winners in other categories by Judges)

(P.S. You can follow The Europas on Twitter and Facebook or the Facebook event page).

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