With the buzz of South by Southwest in full effect this past Saturday at Tech Cocktail’s #Startuplife Celebration presented by .CO we showcased 33 startups from across the country with 13 US states and 5 countries represented. We had a solid set of judges come through and select their favorites, then we awarded six prizes. The following companies came out on top:

Best In Show (Early Stage) – Stitch Labs
Best In Show (1st Runner Up – Early Stage) – Spotflux
Best In Show (Later Stage) – FitOrbit
Best Design – Peekseed
Most Innovative – Homesnap by Sawbuck
People’s Choice – Spotflux

Prizes were provided by Betamore, Rackspace, Constant Contact, Delivering Happiness, Idea Couture, Lippe Taylor, BugHerd, CoTweet (ExactTarget) and BlameStella. Each winning team will also receive a custom engraved Tech Cocktail Trophy – martini glass shaped of course, sans olive.

When the judging was done, thousands of people flowed through Saturday night’s event checking ...