A-LIST
Brought to you by the Austin Chamber and SXSW, the A-LIST Awards recognize Austin’s most innovative and promising high-growth startups. Entries are judged by a cohort of entrepreneurs, local investors, and other business leaders. Are you a privately-owned, innovative, scalable startup or an investor that is active in the Austin area? Then A-LIST is right for you!
Learn more about A-LIST 2023
Why A-LIST?
In addition to joining the ranks of notable A-LIST alumni, winners will also receive various prize elements including:
Oracle
$25K in Oracle Cloud Credits to winning companies ($10k to finalists)
$25k credits to all investors to allocate amongst their portfolio
Capital Factory Golden Ticket
Consists of 3 months of co-working space and access to CF mentors. This benefit is available to new members only. Up to four individuals per company/firm may have access, the winning Angel investor will get one access.
Two 2024 Platinum SXSW badges per company.
Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN) office hours + application fee waiver (covers up to two attempts at CTAN funding cycles to companies that do not receive funding during their first attempt).
Consideration for speaking opportunities within Chamber & SXSW joint programming events like the Tech Talks series; a forum for founders and executives to discuss key trends impacting technology and business.
Access to the A-LIST Mentor Network.
See our A-LIST Mentor Network.
Access to by-invitation-only networking and other professional events.
Media exposure on official Austin Chamber channels as well as local press coverage and production of a professional winner video.
A-LIST 2022
Learn more about A-LIST 2022 at The Long Center, where Janice Omadeke and Albert Swantner talked about the power of mentorship and preserving Austin's collaborative spirit through the rapid changes the city is undergoing.
Recap
A-LIST Winner Alumni
| YEAR WON | CATEGORY | COMPANY |
| 2015 | Mid-Size | CognitiveScale |
| 2015 | Start-Up | ENTVantage Dx |
| 2015 | Mid-Size | EPIC Provisions |
| 2015 | Mid-Size | HumanN |
| 2015 | Scaling | Storable |
| 2015 | Mid-Size | SparkCognition |
| 2015 | Scaling | Volusion |
| 2016 | Start-Up | IdealSpot |
| 2016 | Start-Up | Factom |
| 2016 | Start-Up | re:3D, Inc. |
| 2016 | Mid-Size | OJO Labs |
| 2016 | Mid-Size | NSS Labs |
| 2016 | Mid-Size | The Zebra |
| 2016 | Mid-Size | Firefly Aerospace |
| 2016 | Scaling | Civitas Learning |
| 2016 | Scaling | Modernize |
| 2017 | Start-Up | data.world |
| 2017 | Start-Up | Banyan Water |
| 2017 | Start-Up | Convey |
| 2017 | Start-Up | EverlyWell |
| 2017 | Start-Up | OrcaConfig |
| 2017 | Mid-Size | Aceable |
| 2017 | Mid-Size | Digital Pharmacist |
| 2017 | Mid-Size | Dropoff |
| 2017 | Mid-Size | High Brew Coffee |
| 2017 | Mid-Size | Tenfold Acquired by LivePerson |
| 2017 | Scaling | Certain Affinity |
| 2017 | Scaling | Enverus |
| 2017 | Scaling | FloSports |
| 2017 | Scaling | Pivot3 |
| 2017 | Scaling | Tiff's Treats |
| 2018 | Start-Up | Advanced Scanners, Inc. |
| 2018 | Start-Up | Apptronik |
| 2018 | Start-Up | Compassionate Cultivation / Texas Original |
| 2018 | Start-Up | Friends and Allies Brewing |
| 2018 | Start-Up | Medici |
| 2018 | Start-Up | Yonder |
| 2018 | Start-Up | System Surveyor |
| 2018 | Mid-Size | AlertMedia |
| 2018 | Mid-Size | Austin Eastciders |
| 2018 | Mid-Size | Liveoak Technologies |
| 2018 | Mid-Size | PullRequest |
| 2018 | Scaling | Dosh |
| 2018 | Scaling | Workrise (formerly RigUp) |
| 2018 | Scaling | Rhythm Superfoods |
| 2018 | Scaling | SparkCognition |
| 2019 | Start-Up | CherryCircle Software / QbDVision |
| 2019 | Start-Up | Chrono.gg |
| 2019 | Start-Up | ICON |
| 2019 | Start-Up | Rabbet |
| 2019 | Start-Up | Ticketbud |
| 2019 | Start-Up | SchooLinks |
| 2019 | Start-Up | SourceDay |
| 2019 | Mid-Size | Convey |
| 2019 | Mid-Size | Better Bites Bakery |
| 2019 | Mid-Size | Double A Labs |
| 2019 | Mid-Size | Elligo Health Research |
| 2019 | Mid-Size | OJO Labs |
| 2019 | Mid-Size | ScaleFactor |
| 2019 | Mid-Size | Shattuck Labs, Inc. |
| 2019 | Mid-Size | Shipwell |
| 2018 & 2019 | Mid-Size & Scaling | Cece's Veggie Co. |
| 2019 | Scaling | Erin Condren |
| 2016 & 2019 | Mid-Size & Scaling | ESO |
| 2019 | Scaling | Rev.com |
| 2019 | Scaling | Talroo |
| 2020 | 1-10 Employees | Biomedical Medical Solutions |
| 2020 | 1-10 Employees | Laundris |
| 2020 | 1-10 Employees | MEASURE |
| 2020 | 1-10 Employees | Texas Innovation Center |
| 2020 | 11-50 Employees | Compass |
| 2020 | 11-50 Employees | Future /Proof |
| 2018 & 2020 | 11-50 Employees | Rocket Dollar |
| 2020 | 11-50 Employees | SkyGrid |
| 2020 | 51-199 Employees | ActivTrak |
| 2020 | 51-199 Employees | AlertMedia |
| 2020 | 51-199 Employees | DOSH |
| 2020 | 51-199 Employees | Literati |
| 2020 | 51-199 Employees | The Helper Bees |
| 2020 | Ace In the Hole | A Cloud Guru |
| 2020 | Spotlight | Gardenio |
| 2020 | Spotlight | Treaty Oak Distilling |
| 2020 | Spotlight | Tso Chinese Delivery |
| 2020 | Top Tech Team | Double A Labs |
| 2021 | Early Stage | BOXT |
| 2021 | Early Stage | CherryCircle Software, Inc. |
| 2021 | Early Stage | Cyvatar |
| 2021 | Early Stage | Everyware |
| 2021 | Early Stage | Fieldcraft |
| 2021 | Early Stage | Sips by |
| 2021 | Early Stage | Spyderbat, Inc. |
| 2021 | Early Stage | Spotlight |
| 2021 | Early Stage | Swivel |
| 2021 | Early Stage | UnaliWear |
| 2021 | Early Stage | Yonder |
| 2021 | Later Stage | Aceable Inc. |
| 2021 | Later Stage | AlertMedia |
| 2021 | Later Stage | LeanDNA, Inc. |
| 2021 | Later Stage | TrustRadius |
| 2021 | Bootstrapped | Growth Acceleration Partners |
| 2021 | Bootstrapped | Urban Artist Alliance |
| 2021 | Emerging Business | Mosie Baby |
| 2022 | Bootstrapped | KUNGFU.AI |
| 2022 | Angel & Seed | Afia |
| 2022 | Early Stage | FloorFound |
| 2022 | Later Stage | AffiniPay |
| 2022 | Angel Investor of the Year | Andrea Kalmans of Lontra Ventures |
| 2022 | Venture Capital Investor of the Year | LiveOak Venture Partners |