Announcing the Winners of the 2015 Canadian Startup Awards

After six weeks of nominations and voting, the 2015 Canadian Startup Awards have arrived at their climax: the winners.

This year we received more than 43,000 votes, an 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 2015

WINNER: Grow

Runners up: Breather, Clearpath Robotics

 

ENTREPRENEUR of THE YEAR 2015

WINNER: Mallorie Brodie & Lauren Lake, Cofounders, Bridgit

Runner up: Brennan McEachran, Co-founder & CEO, SoapBox Innovations

 

EMPLOYER of THE YEAR 2015

WINNER: EventMobi

Runners up: Lightspeed POS, Axonify

 

ANGEL of THE YEAR 2015

WINNER: Shafin Diamond Tejani

Runner up: Markus Frind

 

VENTURE CAPITAL FIRM of THE YEAR 2015

WINNER: Real Ventures

Runner up: OMERS Ventures

 

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