Announcing the Winners of the 2014 Canadian Startup Awards
After six weeks of nominations and voting, the 2014 Canadian Startup Awards have boiled down to this one moment: the winners. This year we received more than 40,000 votes, a significant increase from last year’s awards.
We want to thank all of our readers—from the voters to the startups and the entrepreneurs and investors who power them—for making Canada’s startup community so vibrant and innovative. And now, the winners:
STARTUP of THE YEAR 2014
WINNER: VarageSale
Runners up: Slack, OMsignal
ENTREPRENEUR of THE YEAR 2014
WINNER: Stewart Butterfield (Slack)
Runner up: Cameron Chell (Trace), Allen Lau (Wattpad)
EMPLOYER of THE YEAR 2014
WINNER: Shopify
Runner up: FreshBooks
ANGEL of THE YEAR 2014
WINNER: Dan Debow
Runner up: Martin-Luc Archambault
VENTURE CAPITAL FIRM of THE YEAR 2014
WINNER: OMERS Ventures
Runner up: Version One Ventures
ACCELERATOR GRADUATE of THE YEAR 2014
WINNER: Vanhawks (FounderFuel)
Runners up: Blynk, Sciencescape