2014 Canadian Startup Award Winners Announced

January 29, 2015

Four years ago, Techvibes created the Canadian Startup Awards to recognize Canada’s talented entrepreneurs and innovative companies. With over 3,500 nominations and 40,000 votes cast across six categories, the awards keep getting stronger. Congratulations to the 2014 winners:

1) STARTUP of THE YEAR – Winner: VarageSale; Runners up: Slack, OMsignal

2) ENTREPRENEUR of THE YEAR – Winner: Stewart Butterfield (Slack); Runner up: Cameron Chell (Trace), Allen Lau (Wattpad)

3) EMPLOYER of THE YEAR – Winner: Shopify; Runner up: FreshBooks

4) ANGEL of THE YEAR – Winner: Dan Debow; Runner up: Martin-Luc Archambault

5) VENTURE CAPITAL FIRM of THE YEAR – Winner: OMERS Ventures; Runner up: Version One Ventures

6) ACCELERATOR GRADUATE of THE YEAR – Winner: Vanhawks (FounderFuel); Runners up: Blynk, Sciencescape

A special mention to our clients VarageSale, Shopify, Wattpad and Freshbooks. Great work!