To win you had to pick the 5 most popular startups out of a field of 100, and the popularity was judged by several different standards. I picked 4 out of the 5 companies to win, my top 5 were (in alphabetical order)

1. Acquia
2. Igloo
3. Mill River Labs (owns tradesvibes)
4. Sprout
5. Zoho

The winning companies are all the same except the surprising result that Acquia is out and Rearden Commerce is in. Check them out and you tell me if you wouldn’t have made the same choice I did.

Thanks to TradeVibes for running the contest and offering such a generous prize!