Startup hub Fishburners has opened entries for its Tech for Good Awards, designed to advertise startups harnessing know-how to assist clear up a number of the largest challenges confronted by folks and the planet.
The awards function seven classes, with attain winner receiving a $5,000 money prize. The winner of the Tech For Good Excellence Award will obtain an extra $5,000.
The classes are:
- Local weather Motion Award
- Higher Well being and Wellbeing Award
- Tech for Good Feminine Founder Award, sponsored by Microsoft for Startups
- Sustainability Award, sponsored by BDO
- Sustainable Product Award, sponsored by Amazon
- The Variety and Inclusion Award, sponsored by Optus
- Fishburners Social Impression Award
Fishburners CEO Nicole O’Brien mentioned assist for future startups should concentrate on tackling environmental, financial and social challenges.
“If we glance to the subsequent 10 years, we now realise that success is determined by startups remaining on the forefront of a tech-enabled future and so they should focus improvements in the direction of sustainable growth and ongoing social and financial wellbeing,” she mentioned.
“Along with the NSW Authorities and Funding NSW, we’re asking rising companies on this house to inform us about how they’re growing options to assist clear up a few of our biggest challenges.”
The Tech for Good Awards are an necessary recognition for startups who’ve created modern services addressing local weather change, sustainability, well being and wellbeing, range and inclusion, and accessibility.
O’Brien mentioned know-how will exceed different components of the financial system and is predicted to develop thrice sooner than mining or manufacturing.
“While you add our state’s financial energy, plentiful pure sources and innovation-ready enterprise atmosphere, know-how presents a wave of alternative to scale-up nice concepts for the nice of individuals and the planet and to generate new jobs and funding,” she mentioned.
Entries within the Tech for Good Awards might want to display concepts enabled by know-how which are meant to alter the world by positively impacting folks and planet throughout the seven classes.
The awards are supported by the NSW Authorities, Optus, Microsoft, Amazon and BDO.
Extra on the award standards and purposes at fishburners.org/tech-for-good-awards
