Announcing the winners of the DC Innovation Awards 2016

On Wednesday evening, around 100 local founders, technologists, creators and others gathered at WeWork’s K Street location for Technical.ly’s inaugural D.C. Innovation Awards. All the nominating and voting came down to just this — the final word on who’s had a truly great 2016.

Here’s who won:

• Maker Space of the Year — Union Kitchen
• Best Web/Mobile Product of the Year — The ASL App
• Artist/Creative Group of the Year — Mari Andrew
• Indie Video Game of the Year — Drinkards
• Colocation Community of the Year — WeWork
• Tech Mission Org of the Year — General Assembly
• Sciences Group of the Year — Data Society
• Technologist of the Year — Kate Rabinowitz
• Tech Startup of the Year — Social Tables
• Entrepreneur of the Year — Kate Glantz

Each of the winners was awarded with a small trophy created by TechShop Arlington’s Kelly Austin — we think they came out looking pretty snazzy.

Who deserves to win best of the best for 2016 in #dctech & Innovation? 1200+ votes + tonite we salute the winners! https://t.co/4qQKmr3L2a pic.twitter.com/BXdVgt90Jm

— Technical.ly DC (@TechnicallyDC) December 14, 2016

And after (tweet length!) acceptance speeches, the evening continued with food, drinks and a room buzzing with conversations with new connections. Thanks for the celebration, #dctech.