Nearly 200 of Brooklyn’s leading technologists, inventors, coders and entrepreneurs descended upon WeWork Dumbo Thursday night for the inaugural Brooklyn Innovation Awards.
One of the themes of the night was community: what it means, what its scale is and what its benefits can be. At Technical.ly we’re trying to help build and strengthen the Brooklyn tech community by connecting people with similar interests from across the borough.
The awards last night were fun, but on another level, simply being in a big room with so many people thinking critically about solving problems and creating solutions was the real thrill. We can only imagine years down the line what will have come from the people gathered in that room last night.
We’re excited about the current state and the future of the Brooklyn tech community. Below you’ll find the winner in each category and a story we’ve written about them in the past year.
The Winners
Incubator of the Year: Made in NY Media Center by IFP
Maker Space of the Year: Genspace
Technologist of the Year: Catt Small
https://twitter.com/cattsmall/status/692893920280227841
Best Locally-built Indie Video Game of the Year: Brooklyn 1776
Tech Mission Org of the Year: Brooklyn Public Library
https://twitter.com/Broken_Bread/status/692883716121559041
Best Web/Mobile Product of the Year: Push for Pizza
https://twitter.com/sydcampos415/status/692894414050447360
Artist/Creative Group of the Year: Brooklyn On Demand
Coworking Space of the Year: DUMBO Startup Lab
https://twitter.com/Laurie_Coghlan/status/692902729589604352
Tech Community Leader of the Year: Allison Esposito
Creative Agency of the Year: Huge
Science Firm of the Year: HabitatMap
Tech Startup of the Year: Voodoo Manufacturing
Tech Business of the Year: Kickstarter
