Every year Red Herring, a global media company focused on technology, nominates the most promising private technology ventures from across the globe in their Red Herring 100 Global.
With a tagline “where innovation meets the world,” the company just announced their 2010 finalists of over 200 quickly growing technology companies from Asia, Europe, and North America. From a pool of 1200 nominees from across the globe, 7 companies with headquarters in Massachusetts made this prestigious list, representing almost 10 percent of those based in North America.
The seven companies headquartered here in Mass. include:
Blue Cod Technologies – Marlborough
Blue Cod Technologies, Inc. delivers technology-enabled services for the property and casualty (P&C) insurance industry. Twitter @Blue_Cod
Carbonite – Boston
Carbonite takes the worry out of backup – by securely and automatically backing up your files to one of our state-of-the-art data centers. Twitter @Carbonite
Copanion – Andover
Copanion is the leading provider of paperless workflow solutions for tax preparers, dedicated to saving tax professionals time with accurate and secure web-based applications that are affordable and easy-to-use. Twitter @Copanion
HubSpot – Cambridge
HubSpot, Inc. offers B2B inbound marketing software, and is the second fastest growing SaaS company in history. Twitter @HubSpot
uTest – Southborough
uTest is the world’s largest marketplace for software testing services, providing real-world testing services through its community of 30k+ testers from more than 165 countries around the world. Twitter @uTest
Viridity Software – Burlington
Viridity is the leader in energy resource management (ERM) software for energy efficient data centers. Twitter @ViridityNews
Viewfinity – Waltham
Viewfinity provides privilege management and role-based account access control for desktops, laptops and Windows servers. Twitter @Viewfinity
According to Red Herring, nominees are considered based on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financials, tech innovation, management quality, strategy execution, and industry reach.
“2010 was very difficult but extremely rewarding. Despite lingering effects of the global economic situation, there are many great companies producing truly innovative and amazing technologies, to the extent that we had a hard time narrowing the pool and selecting the finalists,” said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. “Now we’re faced with the difficult task of selecting the winners of the Top 100 Global Award.”
Winners of the Top 100 Global Award will be announced during the final day of the Red Herring Global forum in Los Angeles from January 24-26.
Make sure to congratulate these Mass. companies, and stay tuned for the winners!
