And then there was one...
It started with 150 killer Boston tech companies. We whittled that into the traditional, NCAA-style 64-team tournament bracket. We heard you loud and clear on what local tech company you think will have the greatest impact in 5 years. And after more than 100,000 votes were electronically counted this month, we now have a champion.
Toast, a Boston restaurant point-of-sale software company, is our 2017 Tech Madness Champion. Congratulations!
Toast, led by CEO Chris Comparato, has had a huge couple of years. Since securing $30 million in Series B funding in 2016, Toast has continued to think about expansion both in Boston and across the country. So much so, that they are looking to increase their team by a few hundred employees in the next year, and have plans to move to a new space of about 100,000 square feet for their new Boston headquarters.
Toast, who was kicked out of the 2016 competition only after Round 2, brought their A-Game this year. They entered as a #12 seed, and sailed past #5 seed, Vecna, in a first-round matchup. Then Toast edged out seed #4, CarGurus, before cruising past Hopper, Datadog and then ezCater in the Semi Finals. They finished off the competition with a matchup against Cybereason, who really brought the heat, and even flew a message plane over Boston to gain votes. In the end Toast reigned supreme and will be cutting down the Tech Madness net, and made Cybereason, quite literally, toast...
We're taking #TechMadnessBOS seriously.
Airplane: "Help us win - https://t.co/Qoh7lEYjAu" pic.twitter.com/mHtlHe6t8q
— Mike Volpe (@mvolpe) April 11, 2017
This brings an end to Tech Madness 2017. A big thanks to everyone who voted throughout this series and for coming out for the bracket reveal party at Game On! Fenway in March. Join us next year for another hot competition among local tech companies!
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