The San Francisco Business Times’ annual Tech and Innovation Awards is accepting nominations to help find the best Bay Area technology companies, leaders and products.

In a region that’s world-renowned for being the breeding ground for some of the products and companies that have shaped and driven the modern world, we need your help to find the particular standouts in the industry both big and small.

These awards recognize the most dynamic and innovative entrepreneurs and companies in the Bay Area across a range of categories.

Winners will be included in our publication and invited to an awards event in May. Previous honorees include industry leaders like Salesforce, SoFi, Airbnb AppLovin and Slack.

TECHNOLOGY CATEGORIES FOR NOMINATIONS:

• Accelerator/ Incubator

• Mobile app

• Startup

• Health/Fitness app

• Enterprise service/app

• E-commerce service/app

• Gaming/E-sports app

• Financial/ FinTech service/app

• Hardware/gadget/product

• Social Media

• Advertising technology

• Tech for good (education/nonprofit)

• On-demand service/app

• Food technology

• AI/ Machine learning technology

• Automotive technology

A few notes on eligibility:

– Companies must be headquartered in San Francisco, San Mateo, Alameda, Contra Costa and Marin Counties or the City of Palo Alto.

– Honorees must be willing and able to participate in an interview and photography for the publication, as well as the event.

– Anyone may submit a nomination in any category unless they have previously won that category in previous Tech Awards hosted by the San Francisco Business Times.

– To qualify in the “product” category, products must have been released to the general public in 2016 or earlier to be eligible for consideration.

You can nominate a company at:

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/nomination/83187/2017/tech-and-innovation-awards-2017

The deadline for submissions is Friday, March 10, 2017.

Please feel free to contact Kevin Truong at ktruong@bizjournals.com or 415-288-4935 if you have any additional questions.