2021 Disruptor Awards Winners

Annual 2021 Disruptor Company Awards

Grand Trophy Winners (alphabetically)
Cyvatar
DeepCube
iTechArt Group
Salt Security
Vectra AI

2021 Disruptor Company Awards Winners

Disruptor Company of the Year | Advertising, Branding, Marketing, PR, & similar
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Hawke Media LLC | Santa Monica, California, United States | Last minute virtual conference provided business owner strategic resources | 2014 | Erik Huberman | Erik Huberman, Tony Delmercado | Charles Liu, Lindsey Breeden, Nick Natale, Mary-Jo Gagliardi |

Disruptor Company of the Year | Cloud Computing, Digital, SaaS, & Internet
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNERS
Data Gumbo | Houston, Texas, United States | Data Gumbo Brings Trust to Commercial Transactions & ESG Reporting | 2016 | Andrew Bruce | Andrew Bruce | William Fox, Chief Product Officer, Bill Arend, Chief Commercial Officer, Maria Onufrow, Senior Vice President of Product Delivery, Michael Matthews, Senior Vice President, Bruce Bain, Vice, President of Channels & Alliances, Gina Manassero, Vice President of Communications, Meredith Bruce, Vice President of Human Resources, Meghan Wittorf, Financial Controller | Series B
Opsani | Redwood City, CA, United States | Ancestry.com chose Opsani to cut cloud costs & boost performance | 2014 | Ross Schibler | Ross Schibler, Peter Nickolov | Ross Schibler, Co-Founder & CEO, Peter Nickolov, Co-Founder & VP of engineering, Patrick Conte, Chief Commerical Officer, Amir Sharif, VP of Product, Alex Cox, Head of Marketing & Communications, Kim Shaffer, VP of Major Accounts | Series A
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER
iTalent Digital | San Jose, California, United States | iTalent Digital digitizes change management with Chama cloud software | Before 2006 | Renee La Londe | 2005 | Self-funded, Renée La Londe, Fred Walters, Caleb Hernandez | Leslie Ottavi |

Disruptor Company of the Year | Consumer Products and Services
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
SAAM Inc. | Indianapolis, Indiana, United States | The SP4 is a Smoke, Fire, Gas, Air Quality Monitor | 2017 | Rob Qualls | Rob Qualls, Greg Stewart, Erik Deutsch, Phil McCormack | Rob Qualls – CEO, Greg Stewart – President, Joe Huehnerhoff – Chief Technology Officer, Erik Deutsch – Chief Technology Advisor, Phil McCormack – Chief Operating Officer, Sibu Janardhanan – Chief Operating Officer | Seed-Angel

Disruptor Company of the Year | Engineering and Technology
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Vcinity | San Jose CA, United States | 32 Patents Granted | 2018 | Harry Carr | Harry Carr | Harry Carr – Chief Executive Officer, Russel Davis – Chief Operating Officer, Michael McDonald – Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, Stephen Wallo – Chief Technology Officer, Andrew Parsons – Chief Strategy Officer, Robert Smedley – Senior Vice President of Systems Engineering, Craig Graulich – Senior Vice President of Sales |

Disruptor Company of the Year | Financial Services
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Centili | London, United Kingdom | Pioneering a holistic Conversational Commerce platform | 2010 | Zoran Vasiljev | Roberto Kutic, Silvio Kutic, Izabel Jelenic | Zoran Vasiljev (Group CEO), Olivier Letant (Group COO), Kashif Haq (Group CTIO), Dina Janevski Farcic (SVP Marketing), Nikola Volarevic (SVP Performance & Partnerships), Ivana Rakonjac (People Operations Director) |
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER
Appreciation Financial | Henderson, Nevada, United States | Inc. 5000 fastest-growing company two years in a row | 2009 | Terry Kennedy | Terry Kennedy | |

Disruptor Company of the Year | Information Technology Cloud/SaaS
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Whatfix | San Jose, California, USA, United States | Whatfix Drives 150% Increase in In-App Engagement for Enterprise Customers | 2014 | Khadim Batti | Khadim Batti, Vara Kumar | Khadim Batti (CEO), Vara Kumar (CTO), Vispi Daver (Board Member, SVP Global Sales) | Series C
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER
Botkeeper | Boston, MA, United States | Superior AI solution, reducing processing time 40 to 60 percent | 2015 | Enrico Palmerino | Enrico Palmerino, Louie Balasny, Andrew Gauthier and Angelina DeLago | Enrico Palmerino – CEO; Byron Patrick – General Manager; Edward Shaughnessy – CFO; David Farhi – SVP Sales; Jessica King – VP Marketing; Jody Padar – VP of Strategy; Shriram Bharath – EVP of Engineering; John Barnes – Chief Product Officer; Erica Cramer – VP of Partner Success; | Series B
BRONZE GLOBEE® WINNERS
iTalent Digital | San Jose, California, United States | ICS creates one enterprise customer experience across social engagement properties | Before 2006 | Renee La Londe | 2005 | Self-funded, Renee La Londe, Fred Walters, Caleb Hernandez | Fred Walters (Chief Innovation Officer and ICS Product Lead) |
Birdeye | Palo Alto, CA, United States | Helped bring location-based businesses roaring back from Covid | 2012 | Naveen Gupta | Naveen Gupta, Neeraj Gupta | Naveen Gupta, David Lehman, Neeraj Gupta, Sunil Madan, Travis Bickham | Series B

Disruptor Company of the Year | Information Technology Services
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
iTechArt Group | New York, NY, United States | Despite the challenges of 2020, iTechArt kept growing exponentially. | 2006 | Sergei Kovalenko | Sergei Kovalenko – CEO and President iTechArt, Vasil Boika – Executive Vice President, Andrey Kulgachev – Chief Information Officer, Denis Pakhomov – Chief Operating Officer | Vasil Boika – Executive Vice President, Andrey Kulgachev – Chief Information Officer, Denis Pakhomov – Chief Operating Officer |
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER
Datacamo Inc. DBA Lionstripe | Los Angeles, CA, United States | Changing Enterprise Networking to be affordable for all Companies | 2018 | Kevin Krieser | Kevin Krieser, Martin Madsen | | Pre-Seed Funding
BRONZE GLOBEE® WINNERS
Jackyl Consulting Partnership | Toronto, Canada | Reduced network lead times from 43 days to 10 days! | 2016 | Dave Codack | Dave Codack and John Baird | Dave Codack, John Baird, Christina D’Angelo | Pre-Seed Funding

Disruptor Company of the Year | Security Cloud/SaaS
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Vectra AI | San Jose, CA, United States | Achieved unicorn status with $1.2 billion valuation | 2012 | Hitesh Sheth | Mark Abene, Ivan Wick, Marc Rogers, James Harlacher, Hitesh Sheth | | Other
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER
BitNinja Security | Hungary, Debrecen, Hungary | Upgrading and renewing the malware detection module in ServerProtection | 2019 | George Egri | George Egri, Viktoria Vereb | | Series A
BRONZE GLOBEE® WINNERS
StrikeReady | Palo Alto, CA, United States | 2019 | CEO: Yasir Khalid | Founders: Yasir Khalid, CEO, Anurag Gurtu, CPO | Seed-Angel
Perception Point | Tel Aviv, Israel, United States | In 2021, the company announced that it raised $28 million. | 2015 | Yoram Salinger | Shlomi Levin, Michael Aminov | Yoram Salinger, CEO, Shlomi Levin, co-founder and CTO, Michael Aminov, co-founder and chief architect, Eyal Drami, CFO, Benny Reich, VP of product, Lior Dolphin, VP of sales | Series B
Cyvatar | Irvine, CA, United States | Cyvatar’s membership model disrupts the industry, simplifying comprehensive cybersecurity protections. | 2020 | Corey White | Corey White, co-founder and CEO, Craig Goodwin, co-founder and chief product and strategy officer | Corey White, co-founder and CEO, Craig Goodwin, co-founder and chief product and strategy officer, Stephanie Simpson, vice president, platform & solutions, Edward Preston, vice president of sales, Aileen Casmano, director of marketing | Seed-Angel

Disruptor Company of the Year | Security Services
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Cyvatar | Irvine, CA, United States | Cyvatar’s membership model disrupts the industry, simplifying comprehensive cybersecurity protections. | 2020 | Corey White | Corey White, co-founder and CEO, Craig Goodwin, co-founder and chief product & strategy officer | Corey White, co-founder and CEO, Craig Goodwin, co-founder and chief product & strategy officer, Stephanie Simpson, VP, platform & solutions, Edward Preston, VP, sales, Aileen Casmano, director, marketing | Seed-Angel

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