Marketplace has announced the 21 finalists, including six in the Madison area, for the annual Governor’s Awards.

PeroDigm Design Studio (Cambridge), Cartridge Savers Inc. (Madison) and Middleton Construction Consulting LLC (Madison) are finalists for the Outstanding Small Business Award, while Octopi Brewing LLC (Waunakee), CleMetric LLC (Madison) and CEP Civil Engineering Professionals LLC (Madison) are finalists for the Rising Star Award.

Winners will be announced Dec. 14 during Marketplace 2017, a conference on minority business development taking place in Milwaukee.

According to a release, more than 400 nominations were received this year for the awards.