{"id":77471,"date":"2017-01-19T10:00:49","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T15:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techvibes.com\/?p=77471"},"modified":"2017-01-20T15:55:53","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T20:55:53","slug":"celebrating-angel-investors-canadian-startup-awards","status":"publish","type":"magazine","link":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/magazine\/celebrating-angel-investors-canadian-startup-awards","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating the Important Role of Angel Investors Through the Canadian Startup Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are more than 3,000 angel investors in Canada. These angels have invested a combined $270 million in local startups over the past four years, <a href=\"https:\/\/borndigital.com\/2016\/02\/12\/top-five-trends-for-angel-investing-in-canada-2016-02-12\">according<\/a> to the National Angel Capital Organization.<\/p>\n<p>Angels are a crucial component of the tech ecosystem, filling a gap between startups barely past the idea stage and those seeking venture capital from major firms. <\/p>\n<p>This is why we support the work angels do in Canada through our Canadian Startup Awards, which recognize the nation&#8217;s most impressive angel investors every year.<\/p>\n<p>Previous winners of the award include Shafin Diamond Tejani (2015), Dan Debow (2014), Greg Peet (2013), Dan Martell (2012), and Gerry Pond (2011).<\/p>\n<p>Who will win this year? Well, that&#8217;s for you to decide: which angel stood out most in 2016? <a href=\"https:\/\/borndigital.com\/canadian-startup-awards\">Nominate one now<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are more than 3,000 angel investors in Canada. These angels have invested a combined $270 million in local startups over the past four years, according to the National Angel Capital Organization. Angels are a crucial component of the tech ecosystem, filling a gap between startups barely past the idea stage and those seeking venture [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1358,"featured_media":77091,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"magazine-region":[],"magazine-series":[],"magazine-topic":[],"class_list":["post-77471","magazine","type-magazine","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-News"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/77471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/magazine"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/77471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/77091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77471"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-region?post=77471"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-series?post=77471"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-topic?post=77471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}