Congrats to all of the winners of last night's annual Moxie Awards event, produced by BuiltIn Chicago, who did a great job, as usual. You are all well-deserving of your wins, and you are doing great things to make Chicago's startup and tech ecosystem world class. Keep up the great work!
Best Consumer Web Startup: SpotHero
Best B2B Startup: TempoDB
Best New Startup: Civis Analytics
Best Startup Co-Founders: Jimmy Odom, Daniela Bolzmann & Kirk Lashley of WeDeliver
Best Service Provider: VineSprout PR
Digital Agency of the Year: Rise Interactive
Mentor of the Year: Chuck Templeton of Impact Engine
Investor of the Year: Stuart Larkins of Chicago Ventures
Tech Woman of the Year: Kristi Ross at dough
CTO of the Year: Aaron Rankin at Sprout Social
Best Software Company: Signal (formerly BrightTag)
Startup of the Year: Sprout Social
Best Company Culture: Centro
Best Enterprise Web Company: kCura
Breakthrough Digital Company of the Year: GrubHub
CEO of the Year: Amanda Lannert of Jellyvision
And a special shout-out to our Red Rocket client, ViaForensics; FireStarter Fund porfolio company, Hireology; and our Ensemble partners, Walker Sands and Ora Interactive, for your nominations. The full list of nominees can be seen at this link.
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