We've announced the judges. We've booked the referee. We've invited you.

Now meet the brave companies who will duke it out for glory and the hope of being crowned the Startup Smackdown winner:

Dandy is a launchpad for great app ideas, and a graveyard for bad ones. Users dream up app ideas and our community decides which ideas should be considered for development. The community helps in every stage of the design process from feature suggestions, UI feedback, name and tagline. The community also helps beta test the idea, distribute the app and profits are then divided amongst the community based on the each users level of contribution.

Organimi lets people create, update and share org charts, photo boards and contact lists for every organization they belong to, at work and play. We’re reinventing and integrating these tools with leading social, mobile and cloud platforms. Organimi lets everyone “claim their place” in each organization they belong to, manage their profile across all the organizations they are part of from a single place, and provide an engaging application for new levels of personal growth, communication and collaboration.

Will Pwn 4 Food is gaming for money! We make fast action 3D games that you can play directly in the browser window for actual cash and prizes!

Edgar Bruce Eyewear is three young and vivacious entrepreneurs set out to change the world with vintage custom-lens sunglasses, founded on a unique take on the give-one-get-one business model.

First Interview is a groundbreaking online hiring platform that will forever change the hiring process. It is a new job posting site that makes use of an unique video application process, giving job seekers the opportunity to show an employer who they are beyond their resume, and allowing employers to gain better insight into their applicants and improve the efficiency of their hiring process.

Cream.hr has declared WAR on resumes! Their technology reviews each and every applicant and lets only the cream rise to the top. They separate who you should see instantly, so you start meeting amazing candidates.

Togethr is a gift giving mobile application for in the moment gifting, making it fun and simple to send real gifts to people that matter.

draftingSPACE connects homeowners looking to renovate with freelance designers through an open competition platform.

I Think Security is an award winning data protection company that focuses on providing state-of-the-art, bulletproof IT security solutions of unparalleled reliability to protect the most sensitive corporate information. I Think Security acts as a security R&D lab as well as a distributor of the products and services it builds.

Our solutions for data protection, cloud security, mobile security and secure communications mean your critical data is more controllable, more secure, and easier to use.

ViewsIQ enables labs to digitize patient samples so that they can get an accurate diagnosis from the best doctors in the world in an instant.

With simple camera on top of a standard microscope in the lab, our unique software called Panoptiq, takes images of the patient sample and stitches them together into one panoramic image.

Who will you be cheering for? Register today to get a ringside seat on Feb. 28.

A special thanks to Debbie Landa as Startup Smackdown originated at the Grow Conference. GROW will be hosting GROWTalks this February 21st in Toronto. The event focuses on bringing together entrepreneurs, marketers, product managers, designers and startups.