Tech Madness has officially begun and we're off to the races! Of our 150 finalists, we picked 64 killer companies to compete for the title of 2017 Tech Madness Champion.
The selection and seeding of the companies is based on a number of factors, including amount of funding raised, age, number of employees and insights from our editorial staff on trajectory, product and industry. You'll find some familiar names and some brand new upstarts. Don't count anyone out; last year 16-seed Spotluck made an improbable run to the championship.
So here's how this works. Over the next few weeks we'll have six rounds of voting, where you the readers weigh in on which company you think will be most valuable in five years. Here's the schedule of the voting rounds:
Round 1 : 3/2 - 3/8 Round 2 : 3/8-3/13 Last Sixteen: 3/13-3/16 Quarter Finals: 3/16-3/23 Semi Finals: 3/23-3/29 Championship: 3/29 - 4/3
If you're a company in the competition, make sure to get you team, followers and fans engaged and voting for you throughout. Here is our 2017 bracket.
