Render Wins TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2019 Startup Battlefield
Render takes home the $100,000 prize and the Disrupt Cup after competing against twenty hand-picked startups. The cloud platform startup beats out four other finalists, including runner-up OmniVis.
Render wins the Startup Battlefield competition at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2019, earning the $100,000 grand prize and the highly coveted Disrupt Cup. The victory comes after two days of intense competition that starts with a field of twenty hand-picked startups. These early-stage companies present to various panels of venture capitalists and tech leaders before TechCrunch editors narrow the list down to five finalists.
The five finalists include OmniVis, Orbit Fab, Render, StrattyX, and Traptic, all of which demo their products in front of a final judging panel. This elite group of judges features prominent figures like Mamoon Hamid, Ashton Kutcher, Alfred Lin, Marissa Mayer, Ann Miura-Ko, and Matthew Panzarino. Ultimately, the judges select Render as the overall winner based on the strength of its business and presentation.
Render offers a managed cloud platform that serves as a simpler alternative to traditional providers like AWS, Azure, and GCP. The company automates deployments and provides an abstracted way to manage applications that reminds users of the Heroku experience. OmniVis takes the runner-up position with its smartphone-powered platform that detects cholera and other pathogens as quickly and easily as a pregnancy test.