Founders and evangelists from the Kitchener-Waterloo region featured prominently in the regional Startup Canada Awards for Ontario, announced Thursday by Startup Canada.

Brenda Halloran, CEO of the Waterloo Innovation Network, won the Adam Chowaniec Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by Wolf Blass.  And the Startup Canada Award for Entrepreneur Promotion, presented by TruShield Insurance, went to Iain Klugman, CEO of Communitech.

The regional winners will receive the awards at a reception and fireside chat in Ottawa on Nov. 17. They will also be considered for the national awards, which will be announced at a ceremony at the CN Tower in Toronto on Dec. 1.

The other winners and runners-up from the region were:

Startup Canada Award for International Trade Winner:  CLEARPATH Robotics.

Startup Canada Award for Innovation, presented by Intuit Canada, Runners-Up: PiinPoint and plum.io.

The other Ontario prize-winners are:

Startup Canada Award for Entrepreneurship Support, presented by BDC, Winners:   Intuit Canada, Mississauga; HumberLaunch, Toronto; and School for Social Entrepreneurs, Toronto.

Startup Canada Senior Entrepreneur of the Year Award, presented by Gerry Pond, Winner:   Wendy Mayhew, Ottawa, CEO of Business Launch Solutions.

Startup Canada Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, presented by MNP LLP, Winner:   Brennan McEachran, CEO and co-founder of SoapBox, Toronto.

Startup Canada Entrepreneur of the Year Award, presented by Scotiabank, Winner:   Jason Flick, co-founder of Youi.TV, Ottawa.

Startup Canada Award for International Trade Runner-up:   WallHop, Toronto.

Startup Canada Award for Innovation, presented by Intuit Canada, Winner:   Cloud DX, Toronto.

Startup Canada Award for Sustainable Development, presented by TELUS, Winner:   Next Millennium Farms, Lakefield.

On a related note, Entrevestor was cited in the Atlantic Canadian awards. I was a co-winner of the Startup Canada Award for Entrepreneur Promotion, along with David Alston, CMO of Introhive. Last year, Entrevestor won a regional award for Media Person of the Year.