The Winners of the 2013 Canadian Startup Awards

Nearly 36,000 votes were cast for The Canadian Startup Awards hosted by Techvibes. Having run for three years now, the 2013 awards received double the number of votes from last year.

Here are the results:

STARTUP of THE YEAR

Winner: Thalmic Labs; Runners up: Vidyard and Frank & Oak 

ENTREPRENEUR of THE YEAR

Winner: Tobias Lütke of Shopify; Runner up: Jack Newton, Clio 

ACCELERATOR GRADUATE of THE YEAR

Winner: Playerize; Runners up: Bridgit and ePact

ANGEL of THE YEAR

Winner: Greg Peet; Runner up: Jevon MacDonald

VENTURE CAPITAL FIRM of THE YEAR

Winner: BDC Venture Capital; Runner up: Omers Ventures

EMPLOYER of THE YEAR

Winner: HootSuite; Runner up: Shopify

Congratulations to everyone and specifically LW clients: Clio (Themis Solutions) ePact, Frank & Oak, Playerize, Shopify, and Vidyard!