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Announcing the WINNERS of the First Annual Canadian Startup Awards!

Posted by Knowlton Thomas on Fri, January 20, 2012 4:15 PM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, Atlantic-Canada, Okanagan , Startups · Comments

After a month of nominations and two weeks of voting, the First Annual Canadian Startup Awards presented by KPMG boils down to this one moment. The winners. 11,000 votes later, let's just skip the poetry and get to the point… here are the victors!

 

BEST OVERALL CANADIAN STARTUP of 2011

 

WINNER: WATTPAD

Based in Toronto, Wattpad is a place to discover and share stories.

RUNNERS UP:  HootSuite, Beyond The Rack

 

BEST NEW CANADIAN STARTUP of 2011

 

WINNER: PAYFIRMA

Based in Vancouver, Payfirma is a mobile payments solution.

RUNNERS UP:  Vidyard, GoInstant

 

CANADIAN ENTREPRENEUR of 2011

 

WINNER: MARCEL LEBRUN, CHRIS NEWTON, and CHRIS RAMSEY 

Based in Atlantic Canada, these three entrepreneurs are the trio behind Radian6.

RUNNERS UP:  Ryan Holmes, Razor Suleman

 

CANADIAN ANGEL of 2011

 

WINNER: GERRY POND

Gerry Pond is an award-winning innovator and investor in Canada's tech space.

RUNNERS UP:  Boris Wertz, Gary Slaight

 

CANADIAN VC FIRM of 2011

 

WINNER: REAL VENTURES

Based in Montreal, Real Ventures invests in tech startups at the seed level.

RUNNERS UP:  iNovia Capital, Rho Ventures

 

MOST SIGNIFICANT ACQUISITION of 2011

 

WINNER: RADIAN6

Founded in New Brunswick in 2006, Radian6 was acquired by Salesforce for $326 million.

RUNNERS UP:  Kobo acquired by RakutenZite acquired by CNN

 

Congratulations, winners and finalists! Winners may email us for an official badge.

 

 
Company:
Techvibes Media Inc.
Website:
http://www.techvibes.com
Location:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Techvibes.com is a hyperlocal technology blog, events calendar, job board, and company directory. With more than 200,000 visitors and over 375,000... [more]

 
 
Company:
KPMG LLP
Website:
http://www.kpmg.ca
Location:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

KPMG LLP, the audit, tax and advisory firm (kpmg.ca), a Canadian limited liability partnership established under the laws of Ontario, is the... [more]

 
 
Company:
Radian6
Website:
http://radian6.com
Location:
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

Radian6 provides the leading social media monitoring and engagement platform for marketing, communications and customer support professionals. The... [more]

 
 
Company:
Wattpad
Website:
http://www.wattpad.com
Location:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Wattpad is the best way to discover and share stories with friends On Wattpad you’ll discover a new form of entertainment where you can interact... [more]

 
 
Company:
Real Ventures
Website:
http://www.realventures.com
Location:
Montréal, Québec, Canada

We look for inspiring entrepreneurs who exhibit unique insight and appreciation of their target market and industry. You can be first time or... [more]

 
 
Company:
Payfirma Corporation
Website:
http://www.payfirma.com
Location:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Payfirma processes credit, debit and loyalty cards for businesses of all sizes and industries, whether they are brick and mortar business or... [more]

 

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Knowlton is the Associate Editor of Techvibes. A Vancouver-based writer and author, Knowlton has been published in national publications and has also appeared on television and radio. He has written two ebooks are more are in the works. Previously, he was an editor for New Westminster weekly The Other Press and served on its board of directors....[more]

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