2 P.E.I. companies win Startup Canada awards

Upstreet Craft Brewing, Bohemian Findings win for Atlantic region

Image | Mikey Wasnidge

Caption: Mikey Wasnidge is the marketing and events manager at Upstreet Craft Brewing. (Krystalle Ramlakhan/CBC)

Two P.E.I. companies have won 2016 Startup(external link) Canada (external link) awards for the Atlantic region.
Upstreet Craft Brewing won the Social Enterprise award, and Hope Miller, co-owner of Bohemian Findings, won the Senior Entrepreneur award.
Upstreet Craft Brewing(external link) is a one-year-old business located in Charlottetown. It has a strong social media presence on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube.
Bohemian Findings(external link) describes itself as an Etsy store devoted to offering unique and funky charms, buttons, finding and beads to craft lovers everywhere.
The awards will be handed during a ceremony Sept. 13 in Fredericton.