Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Mediatech 100

The Library House 2008 Mediatech 100 supported by Kemp Little and NMA represents the hottest 100 private mediatech companies in Europe, selected by rigorously assessing companies using Library House proprietary data filters, and an expert advisory panel. By considering growth potential and market impact potential, the Library House 2008 Mediatech 100 supported by Kemp Little and NMA will form a collection of 100 companies among those most likely to change the mediatech world.

Advisory panel members include some of the most prominent mediatech investors and experts in Europe, with senior mediatech representatives from Microsoft UK, Amadeus Capital, Kodak External Alliances and Advent Venture Partners to name but a few.

CEOs from all of the companies successful in making the final 100 were invited to attend the event for free, ensuring entrepreneurs of the highest calibre were present. In addition some of The Library House 2008 Mediatech 100 supported by Kemp Little and NMA showcased their company to potential investors and the audience as a whole.

The Library House 2008 Mediatech 100 supported by Kemp Little and NMA- Top 10 companies
1. Flirtomatic United Kingdom
Handmade Mobile Entertainment runs the Flirtomatic service, a fast-paced messaging platform, entertainment and dating. Handmade distinguishes its service from other dating sites by an emphasis on "spontaneous fun", and its cross-platform web-mobile interoperability. The service is free to use, but revenues are generated through advertising and by up-selling of value added services for small fees. 70% of Flirtomatic's users are aged 18-24.

2. MOO Print United Kingdom
MOO Print is a printing company, producing a variety of printed products (cards, stickers etc) based on users' photograps. Users can upload photographs directly, use stock MOO's designs, or use the MOO.com interface to take images from accounts on Flickr, Facebook or other similar websites. A pack of 50 business cards could have a different image printed on each card.

3. Where Are You Now? United Kingdom
Where Are You Now (WAYN) is a social networking community which emphasises the formation of contacts between travellers around the world, as well as helping friends who met whilst travelling to stay in touch. The network has over 13 million users, and is present in 193 countries. WAYN allows users to share photographs and videos via its site, and it has SMS functionality.

4. Dailymotion France
DailyMotion is a destination website hosting user-generated videos. The French website has been growing steadily since its launch in for those wishing to publish videos online, or to watch the video others have uploaded. The site has in excess of 30m page views per day, and has a global Alexa rank of 38. In February 2008, the site began to support HD video.

5. King.com United Kingdom
Midasplayer.com Ltd runs the King.com website, a successful casual gaming site where players compete against opponents from around the world. The games played are casual and skill-based, and presented in flash. The site’s main attraction is that it allows players to back themselves with small monetary stakes, avoiding gambling restrictions as the games are skill orientated, rather than games of chance.

6. Sulake Finland
Sulake runs the popular Habbo site, a free-to-use, browser-based virtual world in which players customise an avatar character and its room in a virtual hotel. Sulake generates revenue by selling in-game furniture in order to personalise the character’s space. Habbo has 19 websites running, in 30 local communities. The site receives 8 million unique visits per day, and has 100 million avatars registered.

7. Playfish United Kingdom
Playfish develops and publishes games for integration into social networks. Its most popular games are on the Facebook platform. Playfish’s games have over 20 million active users, and this number is growing rapidly. The company has three games on offer currently, with the aim of encouraging interactions between friends through gaming sociably.

8. Blyk Finland
Blyk is an advert-funded mobile telecoms network for 16-24 year olds. Users receive a set number of texts and minutes per month, which can be topped up through payment. In exchange for free messages and minutes, users are sent multimedia adverts directly to their mobiles, which they can easily interact with by replying to messages.

9. Plastic Logic United Kingdom
Plastic Logic has developed a low-power, flexible display, initially for use in the company’s portable document reader. The device will be released in 2009 and encompasses a touch screen interface, along with the robustness of the company’s display technology, which is built on a plastic substrate.

10. Stardoll Sweden
Stardoll is an online community website and browser game aimed at people aged 9-17 who are interested in fashion. The site is centred on a dressing-up game, wherein a user chooses the clothing an online avatar will wear. The service has over 8 million unique page views per month. The game is free to play, but small subscription fees open additional content.

Remaining top 100


Community & Sharing Country
Rummble United Kingdom

Skinkers United Kingdom
WeeWorld United Kingdom
Netlog Belgium
trutap United Kingdom
Verwandt.de Germany
Webjam United Kingdom
Weblin (Zweitgeist) Germany
Zemanta United Kingdom
Games
Boonty France
Codemasters Group United Kingdom
CCP Iceland
Football Superstars United Kingdom
GD GameDuell Germany
GetJar United Kingdom
Jagex United Kingdom
Metaboli France
Microgaming Isle of Man
Mind Candy United Kingdom
Miniclip United Kingdom
Player X United Kingdom
Realtime Worlds United Kingdom
Music & Audio
Deezer France
Ministry of Sound United Kingdom
Omnifone United Kingdom
Sellaband Verwaltung Germany
Slicethepie United Kingdom
Spotify Luxembourg
We7 United Kingdom
Other Entertainment
Betware Iceland
Search & Directory
192.com United Kindom
abphone France
Everyclick United Kingdom
Experteer Germany
Livebookings United Kingdom
Moveme.com United Kingdom
m-spatial United Kingdom
Pixsta United Kingdom
Qype Germany
Shazam Entertainment United Kingdom
Silobreaker United Kingdom
Taptu United Kingdom
Touch Local United Kingdom
True Knowledge United Kingdom
Tvtrip France
Zoopla! United Kingdom
Text & Images
coComment Switzerland
Imageloop Germany
Mobiqa United Kingdom
MoneyExpert United Kingdom
Photoways France
Polar Rose Sweden
Purepeople.com France
Shiny Media United Kingdom
Unity 3D Denmark
Video
Blinkbox Entertainment United Kingdom
Mydeo United Kingdom
NaturalMotion United Kingdom
Short Fuze United Kingdom
Slingshot Productions United Kingdom
umeetv United Kindgdom
Zattoo Switzerland

Enablers

Advertising
Adconion Media Group Germany
AdJug United Kingdom
Adscale Germany
Brandwatch (formerly known as Magpie) United Kingdom
ChangingWorlds Ireland
Criteo France
Elateral Holdings United Kingdom
MirriAd United Kingdom
nugg.ad Germany
OpenX United Kingdom
Spotzer Media Group The Netherlands
Streetbroadcast United Kingdom
wunderLOOP Luxembourg
Xtract Finland
Device
Polymer Vision The Netherlands
Wyplay France
Distribution
Celltick Technologies United Kingdom
Cityspace United Kingdom
Exit Games Germany
Kobalt Music Group United Kingdom
LastMile Communications United Kingdom
Velocix United Kingdom
Ether Digital United Kingdom
Picsel Technologies United Kingdom
Service Platform
Volantis Systems United Kingdom
NewBay Software Ireland
ShoZu United Kingdom
Streamezzo France


Advisory Board Members
Jason Ball Qualcomm Ventures Europe
Clennell Collingwood TTP Ventures
Frederick Court Advent Venture Partners
Robert Desborough London Seed Capital
Edwin Hengstmengel Van den Ende & Deitmers
Michelle Holford Livingstone Partners LLP
Ben Holmes Index Ventures
Laurence John Amadeus Capital
Bindi Karia Microsoft UK
Manish Madhvani GP Bullhound Ltd
Paddy MccGwire Cobalt Corporate Finance
Frederick Mendelsohn Creative Capital Fund
Stefan Menden Straub Ventures Ltd
Chris Moore Kodak External Alliances
Andy Moseby Kemp Little LLP
Graham O'Keeffe Atlas Venture
Jay Patel SPARK Ventures
Olivier Schuepbach Wellington Partners Venture Capital
Sean Seton-Rogers Balderton Capital
Marta Skundric DN Capital

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