TechCrunch is joining forces with VivaTech, Europe’s biggest startup and tech event, to select startups for the prestigious VivaTech Innovation of the Year at VivaTech 2025. This partnership will highlight exceptional creativity, technological ingenuity, and industry-transforming potential among exhibiting startups.
The VivaTech Innovation of the Year Award acknowledges and celebrates exhibiting startups at VivaTech 2025 that showcase outstanding innovation, advanced technological capabilities, and significant potential to revolutionize their respective industry.
TechCrunch will curate a shortlist of the top 30 candidates, appoint a jury member to help select the final top five, and participate onstage at VivaTech on June 11 alongside the full jury during the final award presentation. On June 12, TechCrunch will also serve as the official host of the VivaTech Global Awards Ceremony, where the winners of the five VivaTech Awards will be announced, providing the Master of Ceremony to lead the event with introductions, award transitions, and the closing moment.
Five finalists will receive a valuable opportunity to pitch on the VivaTech stage on June 11, gain introductions to venture capitalists, enjoy exclusive networking with jury members, achieve high visibility across VivaTech marketing channels, and receive two additional four-day passes to attend VivaTech 2025.
The Innovation of the Year award winner will also secure a place in the highly competitive Disrupt Startup Battlefield 200, with eligibility to present at TechCrunch’s flagship annual event held in San Francisco in October 2025.
VivaTech Innovation of the Year Award eligibility guidelines:
Must be an exhibiting startup at VivaTech 2025
Founded in or after 2020
Fewer than 50 employees
Selection of five Finalists – June 4
Finalists’ Pitch Session at VivaTech – June 11
VivaTech Global Awards Ceremony – June 12
About Viva Technology
VivaTech accelerates innovation by connecting startups, tech leaders, major companies, and investors responding to our world’s biggest challenges.
Each year, over four exciting days in Paris, VivaTech creates Europe’s biggest technology and startup event, exploring the most disruptive topics in tech with world-premiere demos, launches, and conferences in a collaborative ecosystem. This is where business meets innovation. Take part in the ninth edition of VivaTech 11-14 June 2025.
