Santa Clara: The final countdown for the TiE50 Award submissions has begun. It is the last week for startups to register for Silicon Valley’s premier awards which recognize the hottest tech startups from across the globe. The entries for this award keenly contested by thousands of technology startups will close on April 15^, 2013. The winners will be announced and awarded at TiEcon 2013, the world’s largest conference for entrepreneurs.

Startups stand to gain a lot with TiEcon and TiE50 as the event offers a unique value proposition for early stage technology startups. In the thriving milieu of various smart technology startups, an organization needs the recognition at a platform like TiE50 to differentiate itself from the crowd.TiE50 is TiE Silicon Valley’s premier annual awards program keenly contested by thousands of technology startups from across the globe.

TiE50, which recognizes the hottest tech startups, has a record to boast for. Since its inception in May 2009, almost 94 percent of the winners and finalists have received funding, attracting billions in investments. Several of these companies have also been acquired, merged or have gone public.

“The TiE50 awards program gives us the privilege of showcasing the smartest and brightest entrepreneurs, and the success of our past winners underscores the quality of our winners,” says Venktesh Shukla, President of TiE Silicon Valley.

“Winning a spot in the TiE50 is a great moment of recognition for the

entire Salorix team. TiEcon has a renowned track record of identifying

companies that seek answers to difficult questions clients face, as

well as those inventing technologies that create new markets globally,” says Santanu Bhattacharya, CEO of Salorix and a TiE50 2012 winner.

Tie50 will bring excellence onto a new mark as this year; the TiE50 Awards Program will not be restricted to any specific technology segment. All technology startups worldwide, particularly early stage companies have a fare chance to win this much desired recognition.  

“This year, we are seeing a strong mix of innovative early stage

companies as well as mid-to-late stage tech startups with established

credentials,” says Ram K. Reddy, the TiE50 Program Chair.

Previous winners of this prestigious award include cutting-edge companies such as Bump Technologies, Cetas (now part of VMWare), CipherCloud, Claritics, FireEye, Mint (now part of Intuit), Pearl Therapeutics, Salorix,

SpotZot, ViVu Inc., and Wildfire Technologies (now part of Google)

amongst several others.