Tech Trailblazers Awards Winners 2023 Award Categories Posted by Jon Howell | 29/11/2023 The Tech Trailblazers Awards have unveiled the 2023 Tech Trailblazers winners and runners up. A tough competition across 16 categories has finally yielded those who came out top after being vetted by our high-profile judging panel and subjected to a public vote. This year sees a repeat winner, with Noname Security winning the Security Trailblazers category for a second year in a row. The 2023 cohort of winners come from across the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australasia. They will be hoping to repeat the success of many previous winners who have gone on to large funding rounds, floating on the stock market, or being acquired by the likes of Ericsson, Microsoft and Oracle. The 2023 enterprise category winners and runners-up are: Female CxO Trailblazer: Winner: Lilit Davtyan – CEO, Phonexa, USA Runners-up: Elena Antoneac – CEO & Co-Founder, xpath.global, Romania Tammy Camp – CEO & Co-Founder, Stronghold, USA Eleanor Lightbody – CEO, Luminance, UK Male CxO Trailblazer: Winner: Sam Johnston – CEO, Acumino, Singapore Runners-up: Haseeb Budhani – CEO & Co-Founder, Rafay Sytems, USA Shay Levi – Co-Founder & CTO, Noname Security, USA Simon Rodgers – CTO, Luminance, UK Firestarter Trailblazers: Winner: ProvisionAI – provisionai.com – @ProvisionAICom, USA Runners-up: Leil Storage – leil.io – LinkedIn, Estonia Phoenix Security – securityphoenix.com – @appsecphoenix, UK The 2023 technology category winners and runners-up are: Artificial Intelligence Trailblazers: Winner: Luminance – luminance.com – LinkedIn, UK Runners-up: Abnormal Security – abnormalsecurity.com – @AbnormalSec, USA Bearing AI – bearing.ai – @BearingAI, USA TruEra – truera.com – @truera_ai, USA Big Data Trailblazers: Winner: Coalesce – coalesce.io – @coalesceIO, USA Runners-up: Motionworks – mworks.com – @motionwrks, USA TDengine – tdengine.com – @TDengineDB, USA Blockchain Trailblazers: Winner: 1Kosmos – 1kosmos.com – @1KosmosBlockID, USA Runners-up: Crystal Blockchain – crystalblockchain.com – @CrystalPlatform, Netherlands FCX – fcx.com.au – LinkedIn, Australia Cloud Trailblazers: Winner: Dig Security – dig.security – @dig_security, Israel Runners-up: CoreStack – corestack.io – LinkedIn, USA Datamotive – datamotive.io – @datamotive_io, India Impossible Cloud – impossiblecloud.com – @imp0ssiblecl0ud, Germany Developer Trailblazers: Winner: Descope – descope.com – @descopeinc, USA Runners-up: LinearB – linearb.io – @LinearB_Inc, USA StackHawk – stackhawk.com – @stackhawk, USA Diversity Trailblazers: Winner: Academy – academy.tech – @academy_4_tech, UK Runners-up: Confirm – confirm.com – @confirmhr, USA Radically Digital – radically.digital – @RadicallyDigit2, UK FinTech Trailblazers: Winner: OfColor – ofcolor.com – @WeAreOfColor, USA Runners-up: ClearEstate – clearestate.com – LinkedIn, Canada FCX – fcx.com.au – LinkedIn, Australia Internet of Things Trailblazers: Winner: NetRise – netrise.io – @NetRiseInc, USA Runners-up: FloodFlash – floodflash.co – @FloodFlash_Ins, UK Memfault – memfault.com – @Memfault, USA Radix IoT – radixiot.com – @RadixIot, USA Investment Trailblazers: Winner: Tercera – tercera.io – @TerceraCapital, USA Runners-up: Fuel Venture Capital – fuelventurecapital.com – @jeffransdellvc, USA The Syndicate Group – syndicategroup.com – LinkedIn, USA Networking Trailblazers: Winner: RtBrick – rtbrick.com – @rtbricknet, USA Runners-up: Nile – nilesecure.com – @nilesecure, USA Prosimo – prosimo.io – @Prosimo_io, USA Security Trailblazers: Winner: Noname Security – nonamesecurity.com – @NonameSecurity, USA Runners-up: Abnormal Security – abnormalsecurity.com – @AbnormalSec, USA SpyCloud – www.SpyCloud.com – LinkedIn, USA SynSaber – synsaber.com – @SynSaber, USA Storage Trailblazers: Winner: Graid Technology – graidtech.com – @graidtechnology, USA Runners-up: Nodeum – nodeum.io – @nodeum_io, Belgium Object First – objectfirst.com – @object_first, USA Sustainable Tech Trailblazers: Winner: Wayout International – wayout.com – LinkedIn, Sweden Runners-up: Negative – negative.eco – @negative_eco, Singapore Pigment – gopigment.com – LinkedIn, France Rose Ross, Chief Trailblazer and Founder of The Tech Trailblazers Awards said; “2023’s Tech Trailblazers Awards has uncovered another treasure trove of entrepreneurial talent. I am always delighted to see new names appearing, but also happy to see a winner from last year come back and win again. Congratulations to all of our 2023 Tech Trailblazers! “With our 12th edition it’s been important to not just look at the technology, but also the ecosystem as a whole. The Female and Male CxO categories continue to be popular, to recognise these trailblazing individuals as vitally important to the startup community. Environmental issues also continue to inspire firms entering the Sustainable Tech category. “Our winners and runners up can now benefit from the exposure and credibility that an award from industry judges can bring. We will certainly be keeping an eye on their future endeavours and look forward to featuring our winners in the #FoundersonFire podcast over the coming months.” Key dates for your diary: Entries for the 2024 Tech Trailblazers Awards will open in Summer 2024. For more information, visit www.techtrailblazers.com, follow @techtrailblaze, or listen to the #OnFire podcasts.