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This year, we received nearly 100 applicants for the Inquirer’s third annual Stellar StartUps contest recognizing some of the region’s best new companies.

And from them we have 30 finalists in nine categories.

The following is the complete list of 2018 Stellar StartUps finalists. Winners in each category, along with a grand-prize winner, will be announced Sept. 13 at a gala and networking event at South Bowl. To register to attend, go to www.philly.com/stellarstartups.

Congrats to all our portfolio company finalist:

• Alumni: Keriton LLC, NeuroFlow, TowerView, Tozuda LLC

• Food/Restaurants: Dineable, Simply Good Jars, TBJ Gourmet

• Health Care: Daughterly Companions, RoundTrip, SFA Therapeutics, Tri-State Training & Safety Consulting

• Just Plain Cool Ideas: Pop in Kids Club, REC Philly, Remark Glass, Employee Cycle, Greppo Technologies, Strados Labs

• Products/Services: Houwzer, Instahub, Junto Bicycle Works LTD, Kleer LLC

• Second-Act Start-ups: Pathogend, Shuttlebee

• Students: Rex Riccardi, Sharing Excess, Wish Respect

• Technology: Augean Robotics, Biorealize, Group K Diagnostics, Verif-y