Tech Trailblazers Awards Winners 2020 News Posted by Jon Howell | 08/12/2020 We are very proud to announce the winners of the 2020 Tech Trailblazers Awards. In a year dominated by the effects of COVID-19, it’s heartening to see an increase of over 50% in entrants. This goes to show that even in these challenging times more startups in the enterprise tech space are continuing to take positive steps to gain recognition from awards like these in order to stand out from the startup crowd when it comes to seeking investment, clients and potential acquirers. There were some very hard fought categories and some tight results, but without further ado, here are the winners: Female CxO Trailblazers Winner: Stephanie Fohn (NeuVector) – www.neuvector.com – @StephanieFohn Runners-up: Grace Waters (Codastra) – www.codastra.io – @GraceWatersMelissa Wong (Retail Zipline) – www.retailzipline.com – @MelissaWong Male CxO Trailblazers Winner: Dean Sysman (Axonius) – www.axonius.com – @DeanSysman Runners-up: Patrick Harr (SlashNext) – www.slashnext.com – @PatrickHarrTim Hinrichs (Styra, Inc.) – www.styra.com – @TimHinrichs AI Trailblazers Winner: MemVerge, USA – www.memverge.com – @MemVerge Runners-up: Amperity, USA – www.amperity.com – @amperityBehavox, USA – www.behavox.com – @BehavoxDawex, France – www.dawex.com – @dawexdata Big Data Trailblazers Winner: MemVerge, USA – www.memverge.com – @MemVerge Runners-up: Ascend.io, USA – www.ascend.io – @ascend_ioMakersite GmbH, Germany – www.makersite.io – @makersite Blockchain Trailblazers Winner: Cognitochain Technologies, UK – www.cognitochain.io – @CognitoChain Runners-up: Dawex, France – www.dawex.com – @dawexdataDLT Labs, Canada – www.dltlabs.com – @DLTLabs Cloud Trailblazers Winner: Bamboo Systems Group, UK – www.bamboosystems.io – @BambooSystems Runners-up: CoreView, US – www.coreview.com – @CoreView_incFungible, USA – www.fungible.com – @fungible_incWasabi Cloud Storage, USA – www.wasabi.com – @wasabi_cloud Containers Trailblazers Winner: Styra, USA – www.styra.com – @styrainc Runners-up: NeuVector, USA – www.neuvector.com – @neuvectorStackRox, USA – www.stackrox.com – @StackRox Developer Trailblazers Winner: Ambassador Labs, USA – www.getambassador.io – @ambassadorlabs Runners-up: Codastra, UK – www.codastra.io – @CodastraDevKong Inc. USA – www.konghq.com – @thekonginc Fintech Trailblazers Winner: Modulr, UK – www.modulrfinance.com – @ModulrFinance Runners-up: Apiax AG, Switzerland – www.apiax.com – @apiaxcomMemVerge, USA – www.memverge.com – @MemVerge Firestarter Trailblazers Winner: Codastra, UK – www.codastra.io – @CodastraDev Runners-up: Eldir (Pty) Ltd, South Africa – www.eldir.netNexBotix Ltd, UK – www.nexbotix.com – @nexbotixVastmindz, UK – www.vastmindz.com – @vastmindz IoT Trailblazers Winner: BehrTech, Canada – www.behrtech.com – @BehrTech Runners-up: Dispel, USA – www.dispel.io – @dispelhqMedigate, USA – www.medigate.io – @MedigateLtd Mobile Trailblazers Winner: SafeGuard Cyber, USA – www.safeguardcyber.com – @safeguard_cyber Runners-up: SlashNext, USA – www.slashnext.com – @slashnextincVolta Networks. USA – www.voltanet.io – @voltanetworks Networking Trailblazers Winner: Ananda Networks, USA – www.ananda.net – @AnandaNetworks Runners-up: Celona, USA – www.celona.io – @celonaioVolta Networks, USA – www.voltanet.io – @voltanetworks Security Trailblazers Winner: Abnormal Security, USA – www.abnormalsecurity.com – @abnormalsec Runners-up: Medigate, USA – www.medigate.io – @MedigateLtdZero Networks, Israel – www.zeronetworks.com – @zeronetworksZeroNorth, USA – www.zeronorth.io – @ZeroNorthSec Storage Trailblazers Winner: VAST Data, USA – www.vastdata.com – @VAST_Data Runners-up: Lightbits Labs, USA – www.lightbitslabs.com – @LightbitsLabsWasabi Cloud Storage, USA – www.wasabi.com – @wasabi_cloud