A burgeoning group of small businesses are bringing momentum to the City Beautiful's innovation ecosystem, raising the bar despite the trying times created by the Covid-19 pandemic.
These companies and the entrepreneurs who birthed them are developing innovative products, building Central Florida workforces and doing the hard work necessary to raise funds — all in an effort to bring their visions to fruition.
A total of 25 local startups based in Central Florida have been named the winners of the 2022 Orlando Inno Fire Awards. The honorees were selected from nominations and Orlando Inno's editorial team based on major milestones like overall growth, innovative ways of doing things, funding rounds, product launches and social impact.
The 2022 honorees, listed in alphabetical order, are:
- Accel Research Sites
- Anuvia Plant Nutrients Corp.
- Applied Visual Technology Inc.
- Aqfer Inc.
- Beep Inc.
- BrandXR Inc.
- Digitec Inc.
- Echo Interaction Group Inc.
- ecoSPEARS Inc.
- Engineering & Computer Simulations Inc.
- Everest Ice and Water Systems
- Fortress Information Security LLC
- Fountainhead Commercial Capital LLC
- HypGames Inc.
- Kore.ai Inc.
- Limbitless Solutions Inc.
- Obvio Health USA, Inc.
- On Demand Technologies Inc. (dba OneRail)
- Sonobi Inc.
- Space Perspective Inc.
- ThreatLocker Inc.
- Violet Defense LLC
- Virtual Dining Concepts LLC
- Yac Inc.
- Yaupon Brothers LLC
The honorees will be recognized at an April 28 awards reception. Learn more about the winners of The Fire Awards, including which categories they landed in, in Orlando Business Journal's April 29-May 5, 2022, weekly edition.
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