The Mobileys Presented by Mobile Future

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Does your mobile app, service or product deserve a trophy, $10,000 and a place in the spotlight? Prove It.

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What are The Mobileys?

The Mobileys honor entrepreneurs who inspire and make a difference through mobile innovation.

This annual national competition produced by Mobile Future seeks to spotlight and support early-stage wireless apps, services and/or products that make the world a better place.

Awards
$10,000 First Place
$5,000 Second Place
2,500 Third Place
2,500 Peoples Choice

Criteria

Early Stage

Applicants should be individuals or early stage start-ups that have either recently launched their nominated mobile app, service or other product or plan to do so within six months.

Game Changer

This product should be a creative game changer that uses mobile in new ways to have a positive impact on our lives.

Demoable

Winners must be able to demo their innovation in October 2014 at an event announcing the winners.

Seeking Capital

A little money can go a long way. The Mobileys prize money should help the winners expand, grow or develop another new game-changing mobile innovation.

Wireless

The nominated product must run on wireless networks (not just wi-fi).

Judges
Kellan Carter Picture

Kellan Carter

Associate
Ignition Partners
Kevin Delaney Picture

Kevin Delaney

Editor-in-Chief
Quartz
Kathryn Finney Picture

Kathryn Finney

Founder
digitalundivided
& White House Champion of Change
Dale Hatfield Picture

Dale Hatfield

Senior Fellow
Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology & Entrepreneurship
Fran Kaufman Picture

Dr. Francine Kaufman

Chief Medical Officer
Medtronic Diabetes
Peter Marx Picture

Peter Marx

Chief Innovation Technology Officer
The City of Los Angeles
Dawn McGee Picture

Dawn McGee

CEO
Goodworks Ventures
Nihal Mehta Picture

Nihal Mehta

General Partner
Eniac Ventures
William Peng Picture

William Peng

General Partner
Red Swan Ventures
Peter Schube Picture

Peter Schube

President & COO
The Jim Henson Company
Diane Smith Picture

Diane Smith

Angel Investor
Frontier Angel Fund &
Mobile Future Advisor
Jonathan Spalter Picture

Jonathan Spalter

Chair
Mobile Future
Roelle Vento Picture

Roell Vento

CEO
The Silver Fox Studio
Monique Woodward Picture

Monique Woodward

Co-founder
Black Founders
Each entry will be evaluated by our official judging panel of distinguished individuals from the worlds of tech, mobile, venture capital, and angel funding.

Timeline

June 25

Applications
Open

August 18

Deadline for Application Submission

October 2014

Winners Announced

Partner
Venture Beat

Interested in becoming one of our partners for the 2014 Mobileys? Contact us for more information.

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2013 Winners

The 2013 Mobileys celebrated some of the nation's brightest tech innovations and we are proud to announce our winners. You can read more about our winners on The Next Web

  • Page-Out

    Page-Out allows emergency responders the ability to page-out when not available from their smartphones.

  • HeadsUP!

    HeadsUP! is a new transparent display that integrates with your smartphone to display notifications on the windshield without obstructing the driver's view.

  • Learn with Homer

    Learn with Homer is a comprehensive reading app built by literacy experts for the iPad that offers a complete Pre-K and K reading curriculum.

  • INRFOOD

    INRFOOD is a personalized nutrition platform that scans the bar code of over 300,000+ products, and instantly analyzes the nutrition facts and ingredients.

Thank you!