Canada’s Most Impressive Startups—As Determined By You

At the center of every startup ecosystem is, of course, the startups. They are what everything orbits around. They are the very core of innovation that propels us forward.

We at Techvibes have been writing about startups for more then a decade now. And we have been celebrating them through our Canadian Startup Awards since 2011.

This year we have two award categories dedicated to startups: Startup of the Year and New Startup of Year. The latter is for the truly young companies—the ones that launched in 2016.

Past winners of Startup of the Year include Grow (2015), VarageSale (2014), Thalmic Labs (2013), Indochino (2012), and Wattpad (2011).

Who will win this year? Well, that’s for you to decide. Nominate one now.

Nominations Open for the 2014 Canadian Startup Awards

Nominations for the 2014 Awards are CLOSED.

The 2014 Canadian Startup Awards are here. Let’s get nominating.

Three years ago Techvibes lauched the Canadian Startup Awards. These annual awards have been a tremendous success: last year alone garnered more than 36,000 finalist votes in just two short weeks. The awards, a celebration of startups and technology in Canada, are back and we’re ready for your nominations. It’s up to the Canadian public to nominate the most deserving startups, founders, and investors across six categories.

Here are this year’s categories.

Startup of the Year: Recognizing a Canadian startup for its outstanding accomplishments in 2014.

Entrepreneur of the Year: Recognizing the outstanding accomplishments of an exemplary Canadian entrepreneur in 2014.

Employer of the Year: Recognizing the best Canadian technology employer in 2014.

Venture Capital Firm of the Year: Recognizing the Canadian venture capitalist who made the most significant impact in 2014.

Angel Investor of the Year: Recognizing the Canadian angel investor who made the most significant impact in 2014.

Accelerator Graduate of the Year: Recognizing a graduate of an accelerator for its outstanding accomplishments in 2014.

Check out the previous winners for 2011, 2012, and 2013 here.

 

REMINDER: Get Your Canadian Startup Awards Nominations in by December 31

Last year Techvibes hosted our inaugural Canadian Startup Awards presented by KPMG. They were a tremendous success, garnering more than 10,000 finalist votes and 7,000 social media shares in just two short weeks. This year, the awards are back and we’re ready for your nominations.

Nominations close December 31. We’re accepting nominations via Twitter, email, comments, and this form. If you would like to make a nomination on Twitter be sure to include the hashtag #StartupAwards and our handle @techvibes. Here’s a sample tweet:

“@techvibes I nominate @GoInstant for Most Significant Canadian Acquisition #StartupAwards”

Email nominations can be sent confidentially to startupawards@techvibes.com. Comments can be added to this blog post via Disqus.

Here are the award categories:

  • Best Overall Canadian Startup of 2012 – Recognizing the best startup in Canada for its outstanding accomplishments in 2012.
  • Best New Canadian Startup of 2012 – Recognizing the best startup in Canada that launched in 2012 for its outstanding accomplishments.
  • Canadian VC of 2012 – Recognizing the Canadian venture capitalist who has made the most significant impact this year.
  • Canadian Angel of 2012 – Recognizing the Canadian angel investor who has made the most significant impact this year.
  • Canadian Entrepreneur of 2012 – Recognizing the outstanding accomplishments of an exemplary Canadian entrepreneur.
  • Most Significant Canadian Acquisition of 2012 – Recognizing the biggest acquisition of a Canadian startup this year. 

On Monday, January 7 we’ll announce the finalists for each category and open voting to the public.

The 2012 Canadian Startup Awards are Open for Nominations

UPDATE: Nominations are now closed.

Last year Techvibes hosted our inaugural Canadian Startup Awards presented by KPMG.

They were a tremendous success, garnering more than 10,000 finalist votes and 7,000 social media shares in just two short weeks.

This year, the awards are back and we’re ready for your nominations.

Presented by KPMG, the awards are meant to be an annual celebration of startups and technology.

And it’s up to you to nominate (and then vote for) the most deserving startups, founders, and investors across 6 categories.

Here are the award categories:

  • Best Overall Canadian Startup of 2012 – Recognizing the best startup in Canada for its outstanding accomplishments in 2012.
  • Best New Canadian Startup of 2012 – Recognizing the best startup in Canada that launched in 2012 for its outstanding accomplishments.
  • Canadian VC of 2012 – Recognizing the Canadian venture capitalist who has made the most significant impact this year.
  • Canadian Angel of 2012 – Recognizing the Canadian angel investor who has made the most significant impact this year.
  • Canadian Entrepreneur of 2012 – Recognizing the outstanding accomplishments of an exemplary Canadian entrepreneur.
  • Most Significant Canadian Acquisition of 2012 – Recognizing the biggest acquisition of a Canadian startup this year. 

Until the end of this year we will be accepting nominations via Twitter, email, comments, or this form. If you would like to make a nomination on Twitter be sure to include the hashtag #StartupAwards and our handle @techvibes. Here’s a sample tweet:

“@techvibes I nominate @GoInstant for the Most Significant Canadian Acquisition of 2012 #StartupAwards”

Email nominations can be sent confidentially to startupawards@techvibes.com. Comments can be added to this blog post below through Disqus.

On December 31, 2012 we’ll close nominations and on Monday, January 7th we’ll announce the finalists for each category and open voting to the public.

We’ll close voting on Friday, January 25th and annonuce the winners on Monday, January 28th.

We have created this online form to make it easier for you to nominate your favorites across all the categories quickly.