East Bay Innovation Awards
On Thursday, March 27, the 12th annual East Bay Innovation Awards, presented by PG&E, welcomed over 500 guests at the Oakland Scottish Rite Center. For over a decade, the annual awards ceremony has showcased outstanding companies and organizations from Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
Learn more about the 2025 finalists and awardees below!
2025 Photo Gallery
Visit our photo gallery to see the excitement, elegance, and accolades of the 2025 awards ceremony. Congratulations to all the honorees.
Meet the Finalists
Our 2025 program received over 100 applications across four competitive award categories: Catalyst, Community Impact, Manufacturing, and Technology. Groups of industry experts narrowed the nominations down to 22 finalists who will be celebrated at the Oakland Scottish Rite Center on March 27, 2025. Read the press release.
Thank you for joining us for a fun-filled evening presented by PG&E.
The East Bay is a world-class leader when it comes to innovation and entrepreneurship. Often referred to as the “Academy Awards of the East Bay,” the East Bay Innovation Awards is the premier program of its kind that celebrates and honors the extraordinary companies and organizations that contribute to the East Bay’s legacy of innovation. The annual awards ceremony showcases outstanding organizations that embrace innovation in manufacturing, products, services, design, and information.
Past Finalists
Past East Bay Innovation Award finalists include Tesla, Impossible Foods, Prime Roots, and 10x Genomics to name a few. Our Legacy Award is given out to entities and organizations that have been part of the fabric of the East Bay community. Past winners include Cal State East Bay, the Contra Costa Transportation Authority, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, and the Port of Oakland. Browse the list of our cutting-edge companies and organizations over the years:
Caribou Sciences
CCTA
Cerus Corporation
Checkerspot
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland**
Chirp Microsystems
Civil Maps
Clef
Climax Foods
Community Grains
Community Resources for Science
Core Foods
Cuberg
Cyark
Cyclotron Road
Designing Justice Designing Spaces
District Works
DOER
DOER Marine
East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation
East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD)
Ecologic Brands
Eikon Therapeutics
Ekso Bionics
Ekso Bionics
Elemeno Health
Emerald Packing
EnChroma
Energy Recovery
EnerVenue
Enovix
FATHOM
Finelite Inc.
Finless Foods
Full Cycle Bioplastics
Gel-Pak Lid/Clip Super System LCS2
GELTOR, Inc.
Geopogo
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Presenting
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Partner
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