Who are Northern Virginia's hottest entrepreneurial tech companies?

The Northern Virginia Technology Council has picked the winners of the 13^th Annual NVTC Hot Ticket Awards, which honor the region’s best entrepreneurial technology companies.

The winners of the different categories are:

Hottest Bootstrap

• Cyber Squared Inc. - winner 
• QuoteMyContractor.com, Inc.
• SameGrain, Inc.
• Windpact

Hottest Company Culture

• iCore Networks - winner

• ActioNet, Inc.

• Octo Consulting Group

• Weddingwire

Hottest Exit

• Mandiant - winner

• AirWatch by VMware

• Cvent, Inc.

• Vocus

Hottest Friend of the Entrepreneur

• Jonathan Aberman - winner
• Dan Mindus
• Kristina Tanasichuk
• Wyly Wade
• Tien Wong

Hottest Government Contractor

• Infosys Public Services Inc. - winner
• NGA.NET U.S. Public Sector
• Probity LLC
• Qlarion

Hottest Startup

• Kit Check - winner

• DataRPM

• Distil Networks
• FiscalNote Inc.

Hottest VC Deal

• Optoro - winner

• FoundationDB

• LiveSafe, Inc.