We started this competition with
20 impressive startups
. After four days of fierce pitching in a wholly new virtual Startup Battlefield arena, we have a winner.
The startups taking part in the
Startup Battlefield
have all been hand-picked to participate in our highly competitive startup competition. It was an unprecedented year as we moved all of the nail-biting excitement of our physical contest to a virtual stage. They all presented in front of multiple groups of VCs and tech leaders serving as judges for a chance to win $100,000 and the coveted Disrupt Cup.
After hours of deliberations, TechCrunch editors pored over the judges’ notes and narrowed the list down to five finalists:
Canix
, Firehawk Aerospace
, HacWare
, Jefa
and Matidor
.
These startups made their way to the finale to demo in front of our final panel of judges, which included: Caryn Marooney (Coatue Management), Ilya Fushman (Kleiner Perkins), Michael Seibel (Y Combinator), Sonali De Rycker (Sequoia), Troy Carter (QA) and Matthew Panzarino (TechCrunch).
We’re now ready to announce that the winner of TechCrunch Battlefield 2020 is….
Winner: Canix
Canix
has built a robust enterprise resource planning platform designed to reduce the time it takes cannabis growers to input data. It integrates nicely with common bookkeeping software, as well as Metrc, an industry-wide regulatory platform. The founders say that their platform can help growers increase margins through improved labor costs.
You can read more about Canix here
.
Runner-up: Matidor
Matidor
is building a project platform for consultants and engineers to keep track of projects and geospatial data in a single dashboard. It offers an all-in-one data visualization suite for customers in the energy and environmental services fields.
You can read more about Matidor here
.