Last night at the TechCrunch Crunchies, John Oliver, an Emmy and Writers Guild Award-winning writer, kicked off the event with a healthy dose of snark and humor to a crowd of notable CEOs, investors and startups ready to take home a win. Here’s a brief look into the live action. Congrats to all Crunchies nominees & winners.
Best technology achievement – Bitcoin
Best collaborative consumption service – Airbnb
Best E-commerce application – Wanelo
Best mobile application – Tinder
Fastest rising startup – Upworthy
Best health startup – One Medical Group
Best design – Pencil by Fifty Three
Best Bootstrapped Startup – Imgur
Sexiest enterprise startup – Zendesk
Best international startup – Waze
Best education startup – Duolingo
Best hardware startup – Oculus VR
Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop – Candy Crush Saga
Biggest social impact – Edward Snowden’s NSA Revelations
Angel of the year – Chris Sacca
VC of the year – Peter Fenton (Benchmark)
Founder of the year – Arash Ferdowsi & Drew Houston – Dropbox
CEO of the year – Dick Costolo – Twitter
Best new startup of 2013 – Tinder
Best overall startup of 2013 – Kickstarter
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