The STARTUP OF THE YEAR AWARD is presented to a company or business unit in a technology industry that has achieved significant business success, and technical innovation or scientific achievement in the past calendar year and meets the following requirements:
- Company or business unit must be based in Southern Arizona.
- Company must have been created and/or funded within the past 24 months.
- Must be generating revenue and/or already receiving funding.
- Innovation must be developed in Arizona.
- Profitability is not a requirement.
