It's with great excitement that we introduce the eighth annual AlwaysOn Global 250 top private companies. The AlwaysOn Global 250 represent the top emerging companies in the Global Silicon Valley that are demonstrating significant market traction and pursuing game-changing technologies in on-demand computing, digital media, and greentech.
The AlwaysOn editorial team, along with partners at Manatt, Morgan Stanley, the Blackstone Group, KPMG, Silicon Valley Bank, Sonnenschein, and Bridge Bank, as well as industry experts across the globe, scoured the entrepreneurial community to identify the top 250 private companies that are taking old notions of doing things and forging solutions that will lead to industry shake-up and huge value-creation opportunities. The AlwaysOn Global 250 winners were selected from among thousands of domestic and international technology companies nominated by investors, bankers, journalists, and industry insiders. The AlwaysOn editorial team conducted a rigorous three-month selection process to finalize the 2010 list.
"After examining the companies that are on the AO Global 250 list, it's obvious that innovation is not only alive and well in the Global Silicon Valley, it's accelerating in economic power and scope." says Tony Perkins, founder and editor of AlwaysOn. "The companies certainly represent some of the highest-growth opportunities in the private company marketplace.
The winners of this competition will be officially announced at:
The AlwaysOn and STVP Summit at Stanford 2010
Meet the New Captains of Innovation
July 27th-29th, 2010
Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA
This two-and-a-half-day executive gathering highlights the significant economic, political, and commercial trends affecting the global technology industries. Summit at Stanford's goal is to identify the most promising entrepreneurial opportunities and investments in the global tech industry.
To see current program, reserve your ticket, or learn more about the AlwaysOn and STVP Summit at Stanford, please click here.
Overall Winner
Company Name: SecondMarket
Category: Enabling Tools and Devices
URL: www.secondmarket.com
Headquarters: New York, NY
CEO: Barry Silbert
Year Founded: 2004
Employees: 125
Investors Include: FirstMark Capital, Pequot Ventures
AO Take: SecondMarket is an online trading platform that provides a central market, where private companies and their employees can sell stock. The company also works with investors on executing private and public illiquid-asset transactions. It serves a wide variety of financial institutions as well as individual investors, and currently claims about 3,000 participants that collectively manage more than $1 trillion in assets available for investment. The company runs several markets for illiquid assets, including ones for restricted public equities and bankruptcy claims. Most recently, it created a market for banks to find buyers for troubled assets such as mortgage-backed securities and collateralized debt obligations.
Cloud and Infrastructure
2e2
Newbury, U.K.
www.netstore.co.uk
Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment
Shanghai, China
www.amec-inc.com
Atlantis Computing
Mountain View, CA
www.atlantiscomputing.com
Box.net
Palo Alto, CA
www.box.net
CloudShare
San Mateo, CA
www.cloudshare.com
Cotendo
Sunnyvale, CA
www.cotendo.com
Darkstrand
Chicago, IL
www.darkstrand.com
Eucalyptus Systems
Goleta, CA
www.eucalyptus.com
G.ho.st
Jerusalem, Israel
www.ghost.cc
Globant
Buenos Aires, Argentina
www.globant.com
MobileIron
Sunnyvale, CA
www.mobileiron.com
NetQin Mobile
Beijing, China
www.netqin.com
OpenX
London, U.K.
www.openx.org
Category Winner
OpSource
Santa Clara, CA
www.opsource.net
Palantir Technologies
Palo Alto, CA
www.palantirtech.com
Radialpoint
Montreal, Ont., Canada
www.radialpoint.com
RainStor
Gloucester, U.K.
www.rainstor.com
RingCentral
San Mateo, CA
www.ringcentral.com
rPath
Raleigh, NC
www.rpath.com
Shanghai SynaCast Media
Shanghai, China
www.synacast.com
Consumer Internet
Apontador
Sao Paulo, Brazil
www.apontador.com
asklaila
Bangalore, India
www.asklaila.com
Autoquake
London, U.K.
www.autoquake.com
BuyVIP
Madrid, Spain
www.buyvip.com
Chomp
San Francisco, CA
www.chomp.com
Criteo
Palo Alto, CA
www.criteo.com
Dailymotion
Paris, France
www.dailymotion.com
Debix
Austin, TX
www.debix.com
DHgate
Beijing, China
www.dhgate.com
Docstoc
Santa Monica, CA
www.docstoc.com
Etsy
Brooklyn, NY
www.etsy.com
EverFi
Washington DC
www.everfi.com
Facebook
Palo Alto, CA
www.facebook.com
Flock
Menlo Park, CA
www.flock.com
Foursquare
New York, NY
foursquare.com
Gilt Groupe
New York, NY
www.gilt.com
Glam Media
Brisbane, CA
www.glam.com
Category Winner
Groupon
Chicago, IL
www.groupon.com
kaChing
Palo Alto, CA
www.kaching.com
Kaixin001
Beijing, China
www.kaixin001.com
King.com
London, U.K.
www.king.com
Knewton
New York, NY
www.knewton.com
Lending Club
Redwood City, CA
www.lendingclub.com
Linekong
Beijing, China
www.linekong.com
LinkedIn
Mountain View, CA
www.linkedin.com
meebo
Mountain View, CA
www.meebo.com
Metacafe
Palo Alto, CA
www.metacafe.com
myYearbook
New Hope, PA
www.myyearbook.com
Netvibes
Paris, France
www.netvibes.com
ngmoco
San Francisco, CA
www.ngmoco.com
oDesk
Menlo Park, CA
www.odesk.com
OLX
Buenos Aires, Argentina
www.olx.com
OnLive
Palo Alto, CA
www.onlive.com
OPEN Sports Network
Deerfield Beach, FL
www.opensports.com
Pandora
Oakland, CA
www.pandora.com
PeopleFinders.com
Sacramento, CA
www.peoplefinders.com
Plastic Jungle
Mountain View, CA
www.plasticjungle.com
PlaySpan
Santa Clara, CA
corp.playspan.com
Power.com
San Francisco, CA
power.com
Quidsi
Montclair, NJ
www.diapers.com
Quikr
Mumbai, India
www.quikr.com
Qunar.com
Beijing, China
qunar.com
Raptr
Mountain View, CA
raptr.com
Redfin
Seattle, WA
www.redfin.com
Scanbuy
New York, NY
www.scanbuy.com
Second Porch
Portland, OR
secondporch.com
Shazam
London, U.K.
www.shazam.com
Spotify
Luxembourg
www.spotify.com
Stardoll
Stockholm, Sweden
www.stardoll.com
SurveyMonkey
Palo Alto, CA
www.surveymonkey.com
Tudou
Shagnhai, China
www.tudou.com
Twitter
San Francisco, CA
www.twitter.com
Vast
San Francisco, CA
www.vast.com
Viagogo
London, U.K.
www.viagogo.com
Viximo
Cambridge, MA
viximo.com
Where
Boston, MA
www.where.com
Yelp
San Francisco, CA
www.yelp.com
Zazzle
Redwood City, CA
www.zazzle.com
Zong
Palo Alto, CA
www.zong.com
Zynga
San Francisco, CA
www.zynga.com
Digital Media
[x+1]
New York, NY
www.xplusone.com
Adap.tv
San Mateo, CA
www.adap.tv
aniBoom
Tel Aviv, Israel
www.aniboom.com
appbackr
Palo Alto, CA
www.appbackr.com
Apptera
Sunnyvale, CA
apptera.com
Auditude
Palo Alto, CA
www.autitude.com
Bambuser
Stockholm, Sweden
bambuser.com
BlogHer
Belmont, CA
www.blogher.com
BOOM! Studios
Los Angeles, CA
www.boom-studios.net
Brand Affinity Technologies
Irvine, CA
www.brandaffinity.net
Brightcove
Cambridge, MA
www.brightcove.com
BrightRoll
San Francisco, CA
www.brightroll.com
Buddy Media
New York, NY
www.buddymedia.com
ChaCha
Carmel, IN
www.chacha.com
ContextWeb
New York, NY
www.contextweb.com
Digital Chocolate
San Mateo, CA
www.digitalchocolate.com
Everloop
Alameda, CA
www.everloop.com
Category Winner
FreeWheel
San Mateo, CA
www.freewheel.tv
Kontera Technologies
San Francisco, CA
www.kontera.com
MediaMath
New York, NY
www.mediamath.com
MeFeedia
Burbank, CA
www.mefeedia.com
Mimeo
New York, NY
www.mimeo.com
Mobclix
Palo Alto, CA
www.mobclix.com
MUZU TV
Dublin, Eire
www.muzu.tv
Playdom
Mountain View, CA
www.playdom.com
Pontiflex
Brooklyn, NY
www.pontiflex.com
PubMatic
Palo Alto, CA
www.pubmatic.com
Quantcast
San Francisco, CA
www.quantcast.com
Reinvent
Vancouver, B.C., Canada
www.reinvent.com
Riot Games
Culver City, CA
www.riotgames.com
The Rubicon Project
Los Angeles, CA
rubiconproject.com
Tagged
San Francisco, CA
www.tagged.com
TVtrip
Paris, France
www.tvtrip.com
Wildfire Interactive
Palo Alto, CA
www.wildfireapp.com
Yodle
New York, NY
www.yodle.com
Enabling Tools and Devices
Aloqa
Munich, Germany
aloqa.com
Ambient Industries
London, U.K.
ambientindustries.com
Bazaarvoice
Austin, TX
www.bazaarvoice.com
Bigfoot Networks
Redwood City, CA
www.bigfootnetworks.com
Borqs
Beijing, China
www.borqs.com
Broadhop
Denver, CO
www.broadhop.com
C2 Microsystems
San Jose, CA
c2micro.com
CSIdentity
Austin, TX
www.csidentity.com
doubleTwist
San Francisco, CA
www.doubletwist.com
EnOcean
Oberhaching, Germany
www.enocean.com
FangTek
Cupertino, CA
www.fangtek.com.cn
Fluffy Spider Technologies
Ultimo, Australia
www.fluffyspider.com
Flurry
New York, NY
www.flurry.com
fon
Madrid, Spain
www.fon.com
Gigya
Palo Alto, CA
www.gigya.com
InMobi
Bangalore, India
www.inmobi.com
Intune Networks
Dublin, Eire
www.intunenetworks.com
Jambool
San Francisco, CA
www.jambool.com
Kaltura
New York, NY
corp.kaltura.com
Like.com
San Mateo, CA
www.like.com
mChek
Bangalore, India
www.mchek.com
Mercent
Seattle, WA
www.mercent.com
Minicom Digital Signage
Dübendorf, Switzerland
www.minicomdigitalsignage.com
MobiTV
Emeryville, CA
www.mobitv.com
Modu
Kfar-Saba, Israel
modumobile.com
NextG Networks
San Jose, CA
www.nextgnetworks.net
N-trig
Kfar-Saba, Israel
n-trig.com
Obopay
Redwood City, CA
www.obopay.com
Offerpal Media
Fremont, CA
www.offerpalmedia.com
PingCo.com
Beijing, China
www.pingco.com
Quantenna Communications
Fremont, CA
www.quantenna.com
RAMP
Woburn, MA
www.everyzing.com
Raydiance
Chevy Chase, MD
www.raydiance.com
Rebtel
Nacka Strand, Sweden
www.rebtel.com
Redlasso
King of Prussia, PA
redlasso.com
Rotohog
Los Angeles, CA
www.rotohog.com
Category Winner
SecondMarket
New York, NY
www.secondmarket.com
Senseg
Helsinki, Finland
www.senseg.com
Shanghai Handpay Information
Shanghai, China
www.handpay.com.cn
Skyhook Wireless
Boston, MA
www.skyhookwireless.com
Soluto
Tel Aviv, Israel
soluto.com
SoundCloud
Berlin, Germany
soundcloud.com
Swype
Seattle, WA
www.swypeinc.com
Trialpay
Mountain View, CA
www.trialpay.com
Vubiq
Alisa Viejo, CA
www.vubiq.com
WhiteHat Security
Santa Clara, CA
www.whitehatsec.com
XMOS
Bristol, U.K.
www.xmos.com
Greentech
Accelergy
Palo Alto, CA
www.accelergy.com
AlertMe
Cambridge, U.K.
www.alertme.com
AMEE
London, U.K.
www.amee.com
AquaCritox
Cork, Eire
www.scfi.eu/aquacritox.html
Aurora Biofuels
Alameda, CA
www.aurorabiofuels.com
Better Place
Palo Alto, CA
www.betterplace.com
Category Winner
Bloom Energy
San Jose, CA
www.bloomenergy.com
BPL Global
Cranberry Township, PA
www.bplglobal.net
Bridgelux
Sunnyvale, CA
www.bridgelux.com
BrightSource Energy
Oakland, CA
www.brightsourceenergy.com
Calera
Los Gatos, CA
www.calera.biz
Calisolar
Sunnyvale, CA
www.calisolar.com
ClimateWell
Stockholm, Sweden
www.climatewell.com
CoaLogix
Charlotte, NC
www.coalogix.com
Coda Automotive
Santa Monica, CA
www.codaautomotive.com
Cool Earth Solar
Livermore, CA
www.coolearthsolar.com
CoolPlanetBioFuels
Camarillo, CA
www.coolplanetbiofuels.com
Elster Group
Essen, Germany
www.elster.com
Enecsys
Cambridge, U.K.
enecsys.technopr.com
Enphase Energy
Petaluma, CA
www.enphaseenergy.com
EnStorage
Zichron Yaakov, Israel
www.enstorageinc.com
GreatPoint Energy
Cambridge, MA
www.greatpointenergy.com
Hara Software
Redwood City, CA
www.hara.com
Heliatek
Dresden, Germany
www.heliatek.com
HelioVolt
Austin, TX
www.heliovolt.net
Hycrete
Carlstadt, NJ
www.hycrete.com
Innotech Solar
Narvik, Norway
www.innotechsolar.com
Miasolé
Santa Clara, CA
www.miasole.com
Nanosolar
San Jose, CA
www.nanosolar.com
Pacific Biosciences
Menlo Park, CA
www.pacificbiosciences.com
Porous Power Technologies
Lafayette, CO
www.porouspower.com
Potter Drilling
Redwood City, CA
www.potterdrilling.com
Scientific Conservation
San Francisco, CA
www.scientificconservation.com
Serious Materials
Sunnyvale, CA
www.seriousmaterials.com
Sierra Energy
Davis, CA
www.sierraenergy.net
Soladigm
Milpitas, CA
www.soladigm.com
SolarCentury
London, U.K.
www.solarcentury.co.uk
SolarCity
Foster City, CA
www.solarcity.com
Solazyme
South San Francisco, CA
www.solazyme.com
SolFocus
Mountain View, CA
www.solfocus.com
Sopogy
Honolulu, HI
sopogy.com
SpaceX
Hawthorne, CA
www.spacex.com
Synthetic Genomics
La Jolla, CA
www.syntheticgenomics.com
Tioga Energy
San Mateo, CA
www.tiogaenergy.com
Trilliant
Redwood City, CA
www.trilliantinc.com
Twin Creeks Technologies
San Jose, CA
Wilson TurboPower
Woburn, MA
www.wilsonturbopower.com
WiTricity
Watertown, MA
www.witricity.com
ZeaChem
Lakewood, CO
www.zeachem.com
SaaS and Enterprise
Adaptive Planning
Mountain View, CA
www.adaptiveplanning.com
Adeptol
Santa Clara, CA
www.ajaxdocumentviewer.com
Category Winner
Appirio
San Mateo, CA
www.appirio.com
Aprimo
Indianapolis, IN
www.aprimo.com
CareCloud
Miami, FL
www.carecloud.com
Clarizen
Hod Hasharon, Israel
www.clarizen.com
Cloud9 Analytics
Redwood City, CA
www.cloud9analytics.com
Contactual
San Carlos, CA
www.contactual.com
Cornerstone OnDemand
Santa Monica, CA
www.cornerstoneondemand.com
Datanomic
Cambridge, U.K.
www.datanomic.com
DocuSign
Seattle, WA
www.docusign.com
ERPLY
Tallinn, Estonia
www.erply.com
Eventbrite
San Francisco, CA
www.eventbrite.com
everis
Madrid, Spain
www.everis.com
Evolv
San Francisco, CA
www.evolvondemand.com
GlobalLogic
Vienna, VA
www.globallogic.com
HubSpot
Cambridge, MA
www.hubspot.com
iYogi
New York, NY
www.iyogi.net
JackBe
Chevy Chase, MD
www.jackbe.com
Kapow Technologies
Palo Alto, CA
www.kapowtech.com
Location Labs
Emeryville, CA
location-labs.com
Marin Software
San Francisco, CA
www.marinsoftware.com
Marketo
San Mateo, CA
www.marketo.com
Millennial Media
Baltimore, MD
www.millennialmedia.com
Mobixell Networks
Cupertino, CA
www.mobixell.com
Nextpoint
Chicago, IL
www.nextpoint.com
Octoshape
Copenhagen, Denmark
www.octoshape.com
Pixetell
Portland, OR
www.pixetell.com
Qliance Medical Management
Seattle, WA
www.qliance.com
RichRelevance
San Francisco, CA
www.richrelevance.com
SugarCRM
Cupertino, CA
www.sugarcrm.com
Unisfair
Menlo Park, CA
www.unisfair.com
uTest
Southborough, MA
www.utest.com
Virtual Instruments
Scotts Valley, CA
www.virtualinstruments.com
Webtrends
Portland, OR
www.webtrends.com
WorkLight
New York, NY
www.worklight.com
Xcerion
Linköping, Sweden
xcerion.com
YouMail
Alisa Viejo, CA
www.youmail.com
Zuora
Redwood City, CA
www.zuora.com
