Tech Madness has officially tipped off! Today marks the end of the first round of voting, so check out the 64 companies below and cast your vote before 4pm. As you begin to make your way through the 32 matchups and answer who you think will have the greatest impact in five years, we wanted to provide you with a brief overview on all of the worthy competitors.TWIN FALLS CONFERENCESolar Winds: Solarwinds IT management software helps companies stay on top of their networks and systems.Remedy: Remedy is a simple new model for healthcare that is bringing urgent care to users' doors.TreeHouse: TreeHouse is a home improvement company that specializes in curated products and services that promote healthful and sustainable spaces, with an emphasis on high performance and design.theCHIVE: theChive is an Austin-based humor website, which brought its game to the TV screen this past year with a scripted video series akin to The Office.Silvercar: Silvercar provides a seamless car renting experience that allows you to book and unlock your Audi A4 with a smartphone app.Atlas Wearables: Atlast Wearables has developed a fitness wristband and programming that optimizes your workout and allows you to track a wide variety of health data.Main Street Hub: Main Street Hub takes care of social media, reviews and marketing to help local businesses growRide Scout: Need to get somewhere? Ridescout will show you just about every available option to get from point A to point B -- and it will show how long it will take and how much it will cost.Civitas Learning: Civitas helps colleges figure out when students start to slip and intervening to increase student successLocaleur: Learn about the best places in your own city or the cities you visit, save favorites and make to-go lists, and check out the places your friends love too - all based on the best recommendations from locals.Ziften: Ziften's software helps companies monitor and respond to security threats in their networks and computer systemsFirefly Space Systems: Firefly Space Systems is developing low-cost rockets to deliver small satellites into space on a regular basis. The Zebra: The Zebra is like the Kayak of car insurance. They make selecting a policy black and white with transparent pricing and policy data to help you find the best deal.Dropoff: Dropoff drops it off for businesses. Their high-speed, high-tech platform lets businesses quickly delivery products, paperwork and medicine and allows users to easily track shipments in real time.Bazaarvoice: Bazaarvoice helps other companies harness the power of consumer product reviews and other content.Kasita: Kasita has developed a 208 square foot micro housing unit that can be easily placed into a rack and transfered to new locationsHAMILTON POOL CONFERENCE:HomeAway: HomeAway gives people the abilty to rent entire homes for vacations all across the globe. They were acquired by Expedia for $3.9 billion in 2105Diversity Fund: Diversity Fund strives to enable a new, diverse generation of business owners to generate wealth and increase the common good. Favor: Favor will send a runner to pick up just about anything and bring it to your door with a few taps of their app.BancVue: BancVue is a suite of innovative products, technology, and resources that work together to help community financial institutions build relationships with profitable, engaged account holders.Phunware: Phunware provides app development platforms for iOS and Android to boost mobile experiences and drive more interaction.Chiron Health: They make HIPAA-compliant video-based telemedicine software. With full reimbursement and regulatory support, they offer the future of follow-up care.uShip: uShip is an online marketplace for shipping services that helps people and businesses get almost anything from boats to animals to a new destination.Loop & Tie: This curated gifting service is used by many large companies that regularly reward clients and employees to give. The certificates on Loop & Tie let customers select from a variety of gift collections for friends, family or business associatesSpredfast: Spredfast's enterprise social media marketing platform helps brands big and small engage social audiences. Everfest: Everfest is the world’s festival authority, bringing together festival organizers, revelers, vendors, artists and sponsors.TrackingPoint: Ready, aim, fire. TrackingPoint's high tech aiming system locks in on targets and assists shooters to ensure they hit what they're aiming at.Infinite io: Infinite io develops a network-based storage controller and enables businesses to migrate inactive data to low-cost public or private cloud storage, helping clients reducing storage costs by as much as eighty percentTrendKite: TrendKite is revolutionizing how the world's biggest brands and media companies are measuring the impact of their PR. Plum: Their cloud-based home lighting control system allows people to set timers and monitor which lights are on or off, as well as turn lights on or off remotely with a smartphone.Bigcommerce: Bigcommerce creates a one-stop shop platform for ecommerce companies. If you want to sell it, Bigcommerce powers the websites to generate sales.Aunt Bertha: Aunt Bertha's mission is to make human service program information more accessible to those in need in order to help more people reach self-sufficiency.DEEP EDDY CONFERENCERetailMeNot: RetailMeNot helps consumers find awesome deals online and on mobile phones with coupons, promo codes and more.Knock Knock: KnockKnock is a new way for renters looking for a place to live and landlords who are looking for renters to meet and interact - leading to the happiest landlords and renters on the planet. Able Lending: Able Lending helps fill the gap between bank loans and equity investment by providing low-interest loans to companies that can generate a quarter of their desired funding from friends, family and other folks in their networks.LawnStarter: LawnStarter allows users to quickly book mowing, trimming and blowing to clean up their yard on demand.SpareFoot: SpareFoot help consumer find, compare and book self-storage units.ROIKOI: ROIKOI makes software that allows a company's existing employees to point out people in their network that they think would be a good fit for the company, and rank those suggested candidates based on experience and skill sets.TabbedOut: TabbedOut is an app that allows consumers to easily pay bills at restaurants, bars and more with a couple clicks instead of waiting in line or for a waiter to come by.Pingboard: The employee directory used by today's best companies, Pingboard allows users to share org charts, employee skills, contact info, and more.Illumitex: Illumitex makes highly-specialized LED lighting that optimizes the growth of plants of all kinds -- from tomatos to marijuana. Broomly: Broomly is an on-demand home services company, allowing users to get their lawn mowed, their kitchen detailed and their toilet fixed all with a few clicks. Umbel: Umbel has developed a customer data platform that marketers use to analyze their efforts and find trends in customer data. Honest Dollar: Honest Dollar is a fast-growing startup changing the way we look at 401k.Square Root: SquareRoot's platform is making it easy for regional and franchise managers to check the status of sales, inventory and much more across retail locations.Aceable: Aceable provides drivers education through its app and helps you get your license -- or get that speeding ticket dismissed with defensive driving coursesBuildASign.com: Buildasign.com does just what it says - you can go online and build a sign. Easy!CoachTube: CoachTube helps give all athletes access to the instruction, knowledge, and the motivation they need to grow and progress as athletes and students through online, on-demand training from the world’s best coaches. BARTON SPRINGS CONFERENCESilicon Labs: They design semiconductors and software for connected devices. If it's IoT, they're all over it. recruitHer: This woman-owned tech recruiting company specializes in matching culturally diverse developers with top notch startups and tech companies.InforcePRO: InforcePRO creates software for insurance companies. They have a web-based policy-monitoring tool that boosts revenue and protects companies from liability on orphan as well as active books of life insurance business for carriers and distributors.CognitiveScale: Cognitive Scale is creating a new class of AI powered big data interpretation systems that weave experiences, actionable insights, and continuous learning into the fabric of business through their Cognitive Cloud Fabric.Volusion: Volusion's ecommerce software helps companies build online stores and gain traction.Besomebody: Besomebody is a platform where people can connect based on shared passions. They encourage both instructors (who use the app to find clients) and users to live their passion. WP Engine: WP Engine provides WordPress hosting that helps sites increase speed and reach.MakerSquare: MakerSquare is a coding bootcamp with offices in Austin, San Francisco and LA. Within 3 months, 96% of students have found jobs. Within 6 months, that number is 100%. HotSchedules: HotSchedules has a massive suite of restaurant software to help with everything from wait staff shift booking to inventory managementFashion Metric: This company uses proprietary algorithms to determine consumers’ full set of body measurements, integrating with retail and apparel companies to help provide a better fit for online and in-store shoppers.Continuum Analytics: The company develops Anaconda, an open source analytics platform powered by Python. Their product is used by major companies, such as Boeing, and governmental agencies.Student Loan Genius: Student Loan Genius is helping former students pay off their loans the most effective way possible by allowing companies to help their employees pay off their loan principal, be compensated for doing so and even save up for retirement.Outbound Engine: OutboundEngine gives independent workers a one-stop shop for fully-automated email, social media and content marketing campaigns.TeVido BioDevices: TeVido BioDevices ses the innovative process of 3D bio-printing of living human cells for use as implants or grafts targeting use in reconstructive surgery and wound care.Spiceworks: Spiceworks has created a massive set of resources and networks for IT professionals to fix just about any problem and learn more about IT solutions.PenPal Schools: PenPal Schools connects students -- children and adults -- around the globe with content, lessons and interactions