Start-Up Magazine have announced their Top 10 Startups for 2008:

• eBUS (Advertising/Media collaboration)
• Mindscape (Application development tools)
• PocketSmith (Personal finance forecasting)
• Celsias (Climate change portal)
• OffTheBack (E-tail)
• Bookhabit (E-books)
• endemicworld (Online design store)
• Polar Bear Farm (iPhone application development)
• Koordinates (GIS)
• Unimarket (SaaS E-procurement)

It’s nice to see local companies getting recognition for their hard work in an challenging environment!  Many of these companies are backed by angel investment, including Bookhabit and Celsias in which which I have indirect interests.  Go Team!

Webfund’s Managing Director Stefan Korn visited Bootup Labs in Vancouver today, and was interviewed by Boris Mann on international incubation opportunities.

Boris writes a great blog on the Vancouver startup scene, and has been working to try to increase international cooperation and information sharing to help maximise the chances of success for startups.

Watch the interview:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJbkDr_-ND8]

Disclosure: I’m the Chairman of Webfund. Go Stefan!