Oakland, California – The East Bay Innovation Awards continues to highlight the ground-breaking companies and organizations contributing to the East Bay’s legacy of innovation. This year, nearly 200 nominations were submitted in 10 competitive award categories, including Advanced Manufacturing, Arts & Culture, Built Environment, Clean Tech, Community Impact, Education, Engineering & Design, Food, Life Sciences, and Technology. Of these, 87 nominees were selected to advance to the next stage.

Ahead of the 10th annual East Bay Innovation Awards return to the Fox Theater on August 4, East Bay EDA is hosting an inaugural East Bay Innovation Awards Block Party where the 2022 finalists (20 finalists in 10 categories) will be announced on June 16. Presented by Kaiser Permanente, this one-of-a-kind celebration will include food, music, and everything the East Bay has to offer. The 2022 East Bay Innovation nominees are:

Category

Company/Organization

City

Advanced Manufacturing

Hayward

Alameda

Hayward

Pittsburg

San Leandro

San Leandro

Arts & Culture

Oakland

Oakland

Oakland

Berkeley

Oakland

Built Environment

Oakland

Berkeley

Fremont

Oakland

Oakland

Pittsburg

Clean Tech

Concord

Fremont

Berkeley

Fremont

Emeryville

Berkeley

Concord

Community Impact

Berkeley

Oakland

Oakland

Livermore

San Ramon

Oakland

Oakland

Richmond

Oakland

Oakland

Oakland

Richmond

Oakland

Oakland

Oakland

Oakland

Alameda

Berkeley

Oakland

Oakland

Oakland

Richmond

Education

Berkeley

Hayward

Hayward

Antioch

Walnut Creek

Concord

Oakland

Engineering & Design

Berkeley

Emeryville

Dublin

Food

Emeryville

Emeryville

Richmond

Fremont

San Leandro

Life Sciences

Hayward

Fremont

Livermore

Berkeley

Berkeley

Hayward

Dublin

Hayward

Alameda

Berkeley

Technology

Berkeley

Hayward

Berkeley

Livermore

San Ramon

Emeryville

Pleasanton

Pleasanton

Oakland

Fremont

Oakland

Walnut Creek

Danville

Oakland

Walnut Creek

Danville