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AlwaysOn Announces 100 Top Private Company Award Winners
AO 100 list showcases most innovative companies of 2005.
June 28, 2005
Courtesy of AlwaysOn
AlwaysOn today announced the AO 100 Top Private Companies for 2005. The AlwaysOn editorial panel selected the hundred most innovative and successful private firms from more than 1,000 companies nominated by venture investors, investment bankers, leading entrepreneurs and industry insiders.
Each of the AO 100 winners has demonstrated excellence in five criteria: innovation, market potential, customer adoption, media buzz, and investor value creation. The list consists solely of private companies at all phases of development from start-up to late stage.
“The AO 100 Top Private Companies represent the tech sector’s most innovative, disruptive, and exciting firms,” said AlwaysOn editor, Tony Perkins. “They all share strong performance track records, robust business models, leading technology, rapid customer adoption, and most importantly, significant market potential. These are the companies to watch.”
50 of last year’s AO 100 companies have returned to this year’s top company list. 26 are winners for a third year; 10 of last year’s winners have either gone public, are currently in registration for their IPO, or were acquired during 2004. This year’s AO100 class comes from the following technology sectors: Business software (31), Connectivity (26), Devices (13), Media (14), Web services (10), and Hardware (6). Geographically, the AO100 represents the following regions: Western US, Eastern US, Europe, and Asia.