Lenexa Medical, a Victorian startup serving to stop stress accidents for healthcare sufferers, is one among 54 standout finalists within the 2025 Startup Day by day Finest in Tech awards.
A report 273 entries have been submitted throughout 14 classes, with Lenexa singled out as a finalist for Finest Sustainability Startup, Most Modern Startup and AI Gamechanger, whereas cofounder and Will Yang chief scientific officer Will Yang is a finalist in Finest Technical Chief.
The preferred classes this yr have been as soon as once more Startup of the 12 months (50 entries), Finest New Concept (40) and Most Modern (40). Reflecting the rising prospects in synthetic intelligence (AI), the second yr of the AI Gamechanger class noticed the variety of entries double to 23.
Startup Day by day editor and chief of judges Simon Thomsen stated that 2025 reveals a brand new sophistication within the Australian and New Zealand startup ecosystem.
“The constant refrain from our judges – and I can’t thank them enough for their care, passion and dedication to assessing the nominations – is that this was the toughest in three years of the awards to assess,” he stated.
“The factor that stands out for me within the course of is the range of decisions they made in finalist nominations in widespread classes equivalent to Finest New Concept and Most Modern Startup.
“I’m additionally happy to see, amid a broader debate about girls in tech, that ladies founders and others within the startup ecosystem characteristic prominently, as soon as once more, within the finalists.
“There’s a certain irony in the fact that Saara Jamieson, founder of Cool Beans Underwear, is one of our Best New Founder finalists when the problem she’s solving is blokes looking after their ‘low-hanging fruit’ to improve fertility for conception.”
The winners will probably be introduced at a gala dinner on the ivy ballroom in Sydney on September 25. Tickets at the moment are on sale right here.
The Startup Day by day Finest in Tech Awards are supported by Main Associate: AWS Startups and Supporting Associate: Vanta.
Listed below are the finalists:
Startup of the yr
WeMoney
Relevance AI
Apate
ProcurePro
Scaleup of the yr
Buildkite
Emesent
Asseti
Everlast Networks
Most progressive startup
Electrical Energy Conversions Australia
Apate
Xefco
Lenexa Medical
Finest regional startup
Rainstick
Cauldron Ferm
Mondus Capital
Laundry Woman
Trade champion
Paz Pisarki
Preethi Mohan
Mick Liubinskas
Sam Garven
Finest sustainability startup
Lenexa Medical
Xefco
HydGene Renewables
Levur
Finest new concept
Secure Name Up
Good day Cover
Neoma
Cellbauhuas
Finest technical chief
Sumith Jitta, Lawpath
Pallavi Nates, Pathfindr
Daniel Engelke HowdyGo
Will Yang, Lenexa Medical
Finest new founder
Trent McLaren, Vinyl
Rebecca Keeley, Yarn Speech
Parth Gulati, Collect
Saara Jamieson, Cool Beans Underwear
The AI gamechanger
Lima AI
Minikai
Lenexa Medical
Relevance AI
Finest startup occasion
EvokeAG
_SOUTHSTART
Cicada x Tech23
Tropical Innovation Competition
Startup investor of the yr
Tidal Ventures
Euphemia
Big Leap
Scalare Companions
Future chief
Shilpa Mohan
Paz Pisarski
Poonam Advani
Gweneth Masonsong
The GSD award
MPTConnect
Tech Prepared Girls
Press Play Ventures
Christie Jenkins/Techstars
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