The third annual TechCrunch Crunchie Awards were held on January 8, 2010 and at the historic Herbst Theater in San Francisco and we’re proud to report that Sparkpr took home the “Crunchie” for Best Technology PR firm in the country. The event was co-hosted by GigaOm and VentureBeat and there were a total of 18 award categories and 125 finalists.
Facebook won for “Best Overall Startup Or Product” — the third year in a row the company won the top prize.
Here is a list of top winners in each category. All finalists can be found here.
Best Technology Achievement:
Chrome OS (Google) (Winner)
Best Internet Application:
Dropbox (Winner)
Best Social App:
Farmville (Winner)
Best Bootstrapped StartUp:
Tinychat (Winner)
Best Mobile Application:
foursquare (Winner)
Best International:
Spotify (Winner)
Best Time Sink Application:
DailyBooth (Winner)
Best Design:
Animoto (Winner)
Best Enterprise:
Google Docs/Office (Winner
Best CleanTech:
Sun Run (Winner)
Best New Gadget:
Barnes & Noble nook (Winner)
Best Tech PR:
Sparkpr (Winner)
Best Angel:
Ron Conway (SV Angel) (Winner)
Best VC Firm:
Accel Partners (Winner)
Founder Of The Year:
Aaron Patzer (Mint) (Winner)
CEO Of The Year:
Mark Pincus (Zynga) (Winner)
Best New Startup Or Product Of 2009:
Bing (Microsoft) (Winner)
Best Overall Startup Or Product Of 2009:
Facebook (Winner)
