Every year, the Austin Chamber and SXSW host the Austin A-List Awards, which celebrates and promotes Austin’s top innovative, homegrown companies and leaders. The event highlights both tech and non-tech companies.

Austin is home to a unique and collaborative business community. We are working to highlighting them in a variety of ways including through a commitment to make A-List an enduring honor by staying in touch with and highlighting our winners throughout the year.

As we approach this year’s Austin A-List Awards on May 23 at ACL Live @ the Moody Theater, we are looking each week at a different 2018 winner.

When selecting winners, our judges evaluate nominees on the following criteria:

Innovation: How novel/innovative is the company’s core idea?
Achievability: How achievable/practical is the idea? Can it be delivered?
Sustainability: Is the company sourcing properly with thoughts on its impact to the environment?
Growth: Will the company scale over time?
Leadership: Does the company have the right leadership to execute?

2018 Growth Winner: Liveoak Technologies Inc.:

Andy Ambrose, Co-Founder and President of Liveoak shares that since 2018 A-List Liveoak has have grown its Austin based team by more than 50 percent and have experienced substantial growth in customer engagements. “We are thrilled to be working with the largest global Banks, Insurers, Wealth Management Firms, and Asset Managers in the world who are 'all in' with digital transformation,” says Ambrose. Liveoak is also expanding into exciting new verticals such as Automotive and Real Estate

Know an awesome candidate for 2019 Austin A-List Awards? Help us discover and promote the very best Austin has to offer. Nominate here.