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2022 Awards and Accolades
2021 Awards and Accolades
- 2021 BCTIA's, Game Changer-Diversity & Inclusion, Winner
- 2021 Annual CEO World Awards, CEO Achievers | Champion of the Year Award, Winner
- 2021 Business in Vancouver BC 500 I Most Prominent Business Leader, Tech
- 2021 Canadian HR Awards, Excellence in Diversity & Inclusion, Finalist
- 2021 Canadian HR Awards, KPMG in Canada Award for HR Champion (CEO), Finalist
2020 Awards and Accolades
- 2020 G20; Shahrzad Rafati appointed Co-chair of G20 EMPOWER
- 2020 BIV BC CEO Awards, Large Company Category, Winner
- 2020 RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards, Excellence Award, Regional Finalist (West)
- 2020 UnTapped 2020 B.C. Workplace Inclusion Awards, Medium & Large Business Workplace Inclusion Champion, Nominee
- 2020 Canadian HR Awards, KPMG in Canada Award for HR Champion (CEO), Finalist
- 2020 BC Business of Good Awards, Inclusivity, Finalist
2019 Awards and Accolades
- 2019 CanadianSME Business Awards, Business Woman of the Year, Shahrzad Rafati
- 2019 Business in Vancouver Biggest Digital & Media Agencies in B.C; #1
- 2019 Canada’s Tech Titans: Top 19, Shahrzad Rafati
- 2019 Deloitte Technology Fast 500: North America
- 2019 Deloitte Technology Enterprise 15: North America
- 2019 The Globe and Mail's Report on Business Magazine Ranking of Canada’s Top Growing Companies
- 2019 AdAge, Creativity Awards, Visionary/Founder of The Year, Shahrzad Rafati
2018 Awards and Accolades
- 2018 G20, Argentina; Shahrzad Rafati appointed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as Canada’s representative on the Business Women Leaders Task Force
- 2018 Business in Vancouver Biggest Digital & Media Agencies in B.C; #1
- 2018 Canadian Innovation Awards Finalist; Media & Entertainment
- 2018 BC Business Entrepreneur Of The Year, Technology Category, Shahrzad Rafati
- 2018 Ernst & Young, Entrepreneur of the Year, Pacific, Technology Category, Shahrzad Rafati
- 2018 Canadian Innovation Awards Winner - Entrepreneur, Shahrzad Rafati
2017 Awards and Accolades
- 2017 Deloitte Technology Fast 500: North America
- 2017 Deloitte Technology Fast 50; Canada
- 2017 Startup Canada; High Growth Entrepreneurship Award
- 2017 International Business Awards, Company of the Year; Internet/New Media
- 2017 The Hollywood Reporter’s 25 Most Powerful Women in Global Television, Shahrzad Rafati
- 2017 Cynopsis Digital “It List” Honouree, Shahrzad Rafati
- 2017 Top 25 Women of Influence, Shahrzad Rafati
- 2017 Startup Canada Awards Entrepreneur of the Year finalist, Shahrzad Rafati
- 2017 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winner - Hall of Fame, Shahrzad Rafati
- 2017 Canada’s Top 40 under 40, Shahrzad Rafati
- 2017 RBC Canadian Immigrant Awards, Shahrzad Rafati
- 2017 Recognized as one of the top 150 women in Canada, Shahrzad Rafati
- 2017 Populist’s Best Vancouver Companies to Work For List
2016 Awards and Accolades
- 2016 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winner in the BMO Arts & Communications category, Shahrzad Rafati
- 2016 Hollywood Reporter’s 20 Most Powerful Women in Global Television, Shahrzad Rafati
- 2016 TheWrap Innovators List, Shahrzad Rafati
- 2016 Bertelsmann Digital Strategy Award
- 2016 BCTIA’s Person of the Year, Shahrzad Rafati
- 2016 CEO World Awards Founder/Entrepreneur of the Year, Shahrzad Rafati
- 2016 WCT Leadership Excellence Award – Entrepreneur, Shahrzad Rafati
- 2016 BCBusiness Influential Women in B.C., Shahrzad Rafati
- 2016 Adweek Hot List; Hottest Video Network/Studio Finalist
2015 Awards and Accolades
- 2015 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winner in the BMO Arts & Communications category, Shahrzad Rafati
- 2015 Adweek Young Influentials, Shahrzad Rafati
- 2015 Variety Power of Women, Shahrzad Rafati
- 2015 Business Intelligence BIG Awards - Woman of the Year, Shahrzad Rafati
- 2015 Sara Kirke Award for Entrepreneurship finalist, Shahrzad Rafati
- 2015 Adweek Hot List; Hottest Video Network/Studio Finalist
- 2015 Business Intelligence BIG Awards; Company of the Year
- 2015 Content Innovation Awards MCN of the Year Finalist
- 2015 Cynopsis Model D Awards; Best YouTube Multichannel Network/Original Channel finalist
- 2015 Canadian HR Awards Best HR Communication Strategy; Finalist
- 2015 Workplace Inclusion Awards; Finalist
2014 Awards and Accolades
- 2014 World Economic Forum, Young Global Leader, Shahrzad Rafati
- 2014 TechVibes Executive of The Year finalist, Shahrzad Rafati
- 2014 Notable Award for Entrepreneurship, Shahrzad Rafati
2013 Awards and Accolades
- 2013 Digi Awards, Executive of The Year, Shahrzad Rafati
- 2013 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winner in the Sun Life Financial Arts & Communications category, Shahrzad Rafati
- 2013 Playback’s Digital Company of The Year
- 2013 Backbone Magazine; Best digital media and gaming companies in Canada
- 2013 Ernst & Young, Pacific Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year, Shahrzad Rafati
- 2013 Business In Vancouver, CEO of The Year, Shahrzad Rafati
- 2013 BCTech Magazine's Top 10 Women in Tech, Shahrzad Rafati
- 2013 YWCA Women of Distinction Award for Entrepreneurism, Shahrzad Rafati
2012 Awards and Accolades
- 2012 Digi Awards; The Top Digital Media Companies
- 2012 PwC Vision to Reality; Canadian Tech Startup Worth Watching
- 2012 BC Business; Most Innovative Business in BC
- 2012 40 Under 40 Business in Vancouver, Shahrzad Rafati