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This year, TechCrunch Disrupt showcased nan unthinkable talent and groundbreaking ideas of our 2025 Startup Battlefield 200 cohort.
Out of thousands of applications, we selected 200 of nan astir promising startups, each bringing unsocial innovations to their respective industries. The title culminated successful an electrifying arena wherever these startups had nan opportunity to transportation and show their solutions unrecorded complete 3 days.
From nan top 20 finalists, TechCrunch editorial selected nan top 5 companies that past battled it retired for nan $100,000 equity-free prize money and nan coveted Disrupt Cup. The well-deserved triumph went to Glīd, pinch a beardown runner-up, Nephrogen.
Among nan Startup Battlefield 200 were galore industry-defining companies exhibiting and pitching connected nan Showcase Stage. Here are nan standouts:
Best Showcase Stage transportation by manufacture group
Sustainability
HomeBoost provides AI-powered location power assessments that prevention money, trim carbon, and boost comfort.
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Investwise is building AI-driven compliance for commercialized buildings.
Consumer
Rax is democratizing luxury manner done a two-sided marketplace.
Enterprise
Cashew Research delivers master customer insights accelerated and affordably pinch AI-powered research.
Health
AWEAR has developed an ear-worn EEG pinch AI coach for brainwave search and accent management.
Policy + Protection
JustiGuide is turning migration from bureaucratic nightmare into seamless infrastructure.
Best booth — it’s a tie!
Billight brought 1 of their light-up excavation gaming systems and secured it to their pop-up banner. They are building nan “Top Golf” of pool, but without having a excavation array disposable to demo, they did what immoderate bully laminitis would: improvise! This was an innovative usage of abstraction and a large deed successful nan Expo Hall.
Calificadas brought nan energy, colors, and productivity each nan measurement from Argentina to their booth setup. They demonstrated their AI-powered connection intelligence coach successful an interactive way, encouraging attendees to usage their level unrecorded astatine nan booth. They were nan talk of their row, and rightfully so!
Spirit of Disrupt award
The Spirit of Disrupt grant goes to Manu Seve, co-founder and CEO of Sponstar, who went supra and beyond to create exposure, connections, and opportunities for chap founders done a wealth hunt she organized for weeks starring up to nan event. Using her platform, nan hunt served 33 participating companies, 15 broadside events featured 200 leads captured, complete 700 locations visited (about 4 locations per user), and 50 prizes claimed from 8 different startups.
The Startup Battlefield is much than a transportation competition; it’s an opportunity to build relationships pinch investors, imaginable customers, and chap founders to support each different connected their entrepreneurial journeys.
As we observe nan achievements of this year’s winners, we are excited to spot really they will style their industries and thrust invention successful nan months and years to come. Congratulations to each nan participants of nan Startup Battlefield 200, and a typical convey you to our judges and sponsors for their support successful making TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 a resounding success.
Isabelle leads Startup Battlefield, TechCrunch’s iconic launchpad and title for nan world’s astir promising early-stage startups.
You tin interaction aliases verify outreach from Isabelle by emailing isabelle.johannessen@techcrunch.com.
She scouts apical founders crossed 99+ countries and prepares them to transportation connected nan Disrupt shape successful beforehand of tier-one investors and world media. Before TechCrunch, she designed and led world startup acceleration programs crossed Japan, Korea, Italy, and Spain—connecting world founders pinch VCs and helping them successfully participate nan U.S. market. With a Master’s successful Entrepreneurship & Disruptive Innovation—and a past life arsenic a master singer—she brings a blend of strategical rigor and shape beingness to thief founders trade compelling stories and guidelines retired successful crowded markets.
Michael operates Startup Battlefield, TechCrunch’s iconic launchpad and title for nan world’s astir promising early-stage startups.
You tin interaction aliases verify outreach from Michael by emailing michael.schick@techcrunch.com.
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