The Starties launches to celebrate startup excellence

In case you missed the official announcement last week, here’s the tldr:

• The Starties was publicly announced for the first time as the gaming industry awards for startups, by startups

• The inaugural awards show will be held on March 12 in NYC

• There are 9 different award categories, and nominations are now open

• The event is in partnership with NEXT.io, who are hosting their amazing NYC Summit that week

• The Starties is presented by Eberg Capital

• Also supporting The Starties are Defy The Odds, Optimove Ignite+, and the Sportradar Futures Hub

• The Starties is being hosted and co-produced by WagerWire and BettingStartups.com (hey, that’s us!)

• Tickets will go on sale soon, but you can register your interest here 

Starting The Starties

Our friends at WagerWire are the true owners of The Starties’ origin story, which our good friend Travis Geiger captures nicely in this article.

We bumped into Travis and his WagerWire co-founders at SBC Summit in Lisbon last September, where they shared their wild idea for an awards show for startups.

Being that we have startups within our name, and being that we know so many industry founders through our work, we immediately knew we needed to be involved.

Over the last couple months, the WagerWire and BettingStartups teams have been working very closely to crystalize the vision, develop the concept, and pitch the crazy idea to key supporters and partners.

This effort culminated in last week’s public announcement of The Starties. The buzz and excitement since the announcement has been palpable - the community is rallying around The Starties!

Building in Public

In a meta way, The Starties, an event celebrating startups, is a startup itself 🤯 

We don’t pretend that we’ll get everything right with the inaugural event, but we’re committed to it being successful