The Winners of the Manitoba Tech Awards are Here!
Another incredible evening celebrating Manitoba Tech! See the 2026 award winners below!
On May 14th, Tech Thursday hosted the fourth annual Manitoba Tech Awards superpowered by Manitoba Innovates, and it was an incredible evening celebrating tech in the prairies. Thank you to everyone who came out to support the Tech community in Manitoba!
We’re thrilled to present to you the winners of the Manitoba Tech Awards. 👇
Deal Of The Year: Awarded to the best tech transaction of the year.
Winner: Jared Kozak, Move Right
Investor Of The Year: For an individual (Angel) or investment firm (VC or family office) showing exceptional investment acumen and community leadership.
Winner: Iain Crozier, Trillick Ventures
Revenue Growth Of The Year: For the company that’s quietly grown their revenue.
Winner: David Peters, ConstructionClock
Anchor Of The Year: Honours a flagship company that supports the foundation others build on in Manitoba: creating jobs, attracting capital, nurturing talent, and showing what’s possible when vision meets execution.
Winner: Amanda Macdonald, Winnipeg Economic Development & Tourism
The You Love To See It Award: For the win, moment, or person that made the whole community smile and say, “yes, exactly more of this.”
Winner: Noah Wilson, Futurpreneur
The Quietly Crushing It Award: For someone doing consistently excellent work without needing a spotlight, a drumroll, or a LinkedIn essay about it.
Winner: Emily Franz-Lien, Chekkit
The Momentum Award: For the founder, team, or builder who’s clearly on a roll and making things happen in a big way.
Winner: Daniel Yorsh, Aryval
The Winter Warrior Award: For the person who kept showing up, building, networking, and making moves even when it was dark at 4:30pm and their eyelashes froze once.
Winner: Cal Harrison, Beyond Referrals
The Everybody Wants To Collaborate With You Award: For the person everyone wants in the room, on the project, or in the group chat because they make good things better.
Winner: Zach Fleisher, Government of Manitoba
The Local Legend Award: For someone whose impact on the Manitoba tech community is undeniable, unforgettable, and probably comes with at least three good stories.
Winner: Emile Morrissette
The Vibe Setter Award: For the person bringing the energy, the warmth, and the “happy to be here” spirit that makes the community feel like a community.
Winner: Tamara Kroeker
The Always Up To Something Award: For the founder or innovator who is somehow building, launching, advising, hosting, helping, and starting another thing all at once.
Winner: John Sparrow, Go Oil & Aperio Mobility
The Somehow Pulled It Off Award: For the miraculous last-minute launch, save, pivot, event, build, or bold move that really had no business working as well as it did.
Winner: Praise Odutayo, TruckBud
The Most Likely To Know A Guy Award: For the ultimate connector. The person who always seems to know exactly who to call, email, text, or bump into at the right time.
Winner: Genico Aiello
Community Impact Award: For someone whose work has made Manitoba’s tech community stronger, kinder, more connected, and better for everyone in it.
Winner: Zach Flett, Indigihub
S.E.E. Social Impact Award: For someone who embodies support, encouragement, and empowerment in our community, and helps others feel seen while they grow.
Winner: Sean Rayland, Red Rebel Armour Inc
WeMB Women Entrepreneur Award: Recognizing a woman entrepreneur who is turning ambition into action and shaping the future of business in Manitoba.
Winner: Raez Argulla
What’s Growing In Your Backyard Award Winner: Cellar Insights
Write-In Awards:
The MI Marty Supreme Award Winner: Hasanpreet Singh & Miguel Castro
Food Systems Innovator Award Winner: Alexander Kohut
Emerging Tech Talent Award Winner: Yadveer Kaur Brar
The Too Successful to Be This Helpful Award Winner: Joshua Simair
Always Happy to See You Award Winner: Harold (the Dog), Bobo
Tech Community Award Winner: Richard Bennett
The Heart of Tech MB Award Winner: Kelly Fournel
Moved Across the World to Scale their Company Award Winner: GeneNeer
Another incredible evening celebrating Manitoba tech! A sincere congratulations to all of our award winners, a massive thank you to all of our attendees, and a hat tip to everyone who has come together to create a thriving ecosystem. We’ll see you next year!
All photos by Reanna Khan
A big thank you to all of our sponsors for making these event possible including Boast, Skip, Neo Financial, Informanix, Lotlinx, Conquest Planning, The Exchange District BIZ, Norima Consulting, FeedFlo, Crestview Strategy, Motiv, Amiron Ventures, and Manitoba Innovates.
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