Techweek just announced its list of LA’s top 100 tech company leaders, the TECHWEEK100.
Techweek Los Angeles will be at the Santa Monica Pier November 9-15 here.
Topping the Techweek100 are Elon Musk of SpaceX, Evan Spiegel & Bobby Murphy of Snapchat, and Olav Nergheim of Fjord Ventures.
The Techweek100 includes leaders from a wide array of verticals, including:
VC / Accelerators / Incubators: Fjord, Upfront Ventures, Velos, Roth, Amplify, Steamboat
Fintech: Acorns, Realty Mogul, Patch of Land, Tuition.io
E-Commerce: Dollar Shave Club, DSTLD, Loot Crate, Honest, Tradesy, The Bouqs, Thrive Market, The Black Tux, Club W, Me Undies, Nasty Gal, Shop Hers, Candy Club
Service: Soothe, Honk, Washio, Laurel & Wolf, Dog Vacay, ChowNow, HomeHero
Transportation: Spacex, Hyperloop, Cargomatic, Surf Air
Data: Alteryx, Shift, Accruent
Video / VR / AR: Oculus, Pluto.tv, Flipagram, Hulu, Tastemade, WhipClip, Daqri, Victorious, Epoxy, Mitu
Video Games: Scopely, Seriously
Social: Snapchat, Whisper, Tinder
Content: leaf.tv, Who What Wear, Career Contessa, Headspace, Hello Giggles, Koreaboo
Health: NantHealth, MD Insider
Says Techweek CEO Katy Lynch, “From virtual reality to food to fashion, this year’s Techweek100 LA features the most prominent leaders, investors, and visionaries that have made important and significant contributions to the thriving Los Angeles tech scene!”
The Techweek100 identifies leaders who have made a significant impact on the technology and innovation ecosystem in which they operate. The Techweek100 includes leaders of fast-growing tech companies, prominent investors, key enablers of the digital ecosystem, creators of new technologies, and other innovators that make important contributions to their field.
The Techweek100 is not a ranking, but rather an annual list of 100 most distinguished technology organizations and their leaders selected by the Techweek community, Techweek Advisory Boards, and the Techweek team.
To create each list, Techweek reviews five major factors in the nomination process.
– Has played an instrumental role in the growth of an accelerating market-specific technology company. – Has led specific innovative technology initiatives for public or private corporations his or her ecosystem. – Has been an active supporter of growth in the community as an advisor or mentor. – Has created a net benefit for the public, such as: invented a coding language or led a civic initiative.
– Has been an integral part of companies attaining the necessary capital for success and strategic growth.
