The 2015 Austin A-List of hottest startups awards reception was an exciting celebration of entrepreneurship. On May 14, 2015, the Austin Chamber of Commerce honored the winners for best startups in three key stages of development: Emerging (<$1M in funding/revenue), Growth ($1M-$10M in funding; $1M-$20M in revenue) and Scale (>$10M in funding; >$20 in revenue).

The winners in each category are listed below. We will be featuring each company on our blog in the coming weeks, so stay tuned for more information about what makes them A-List material!

Emerging Winners

• Everfest
• Bitfusion.io
• Green & Grow
• ENTvantage Dx

Growth Winners

• CognitiveScale
• Neogenis Labs
• Illumitex
• Epic
• Spark Cognition

Scale Winners

• SpareFoot
• Silvercar
• Volusion

The video above and the Flickr page here are courtesy of Fit to Tweet.

Thank you to SXSW Interactive Director Hugh Forrest, Google, Merrill Lynch, IBM, SkylesBayne, and SafeGuard World International, Oxford Commerical, Tito's Vodka, IBM, SXSW, FOUNDERSCARD, SILVERCAR and British Airways.