This year, 12 Finovate alums were selected among 250 other winners in the AlwaysOn Global 250 awards, and two Finovate alums were identified among 50 other Companies to Watch.
The awards honor the top 250 U.S.-based private tech companies, plus recognize 50 to watch. Some of the underlying themes in this group of 300 innovative companies include mobile technology, cloud-based solutions, and social network integration.
Here are the 12 Finovate alum winners of the 250 Awards, listed in alphabetical order:
- Category: Consumer Internet
- Headquarters: San Francisco, CA
- Founded: 2009
- CEO: Ryan Gilbert
- Total funding: $32.5 million
- FinovateSpring 2011 demo video
- Category: B2B Applications- SaaS and Enterprise
- Headquarters: Lexington, MA
- Founded: 2005
- CEO: Tom Beecher
- Total funding: $21.2 million
- FinovateFall 2011 demo video
- Category: Consumer Internet
- Headquarters: San Francisco, CA
- Founded: 2007
- CEO: Kenneth Lin
- Total funding: $33 million
- FinovateStartup 2009 demo video
- Category: Consumer Internet
- Headquarters: Atlanta, GA
- Founded: 2009
- CEO: Rob Frohwein
- Total funding: $53.7 million (plus $91.7 million in debt funding)
- FinovateSpring 2013 demo video
- Category: Consumer Internet
- Headquarters: San Francisco, CA
- Founded: 2006
- CEO: Renaud Laplanche
- Total funding: $220 million
- FinovateStartup 2009 demo video
- Category: B2B Applications- SaaS and Enterprise
- Headquarters: New York, NY
- Founded: 2007
- CEO: Noah Breslow
- Total funding: $102 million
- FinovateSpring 2012 demo video
- Category: B2B Applications- SaaS and Enterprise
- Headquarters: Denver, CO
- Founded: 2002
- CEO: Andre Durand
- Total funding: $78 million
- FinovateEurope 2012 demo video
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- Category: B2B Applications – Mobile
- Headquarters: San Francisco, CA
- Founded: 2005
- CEO: Alistair Goodman
- Total funding: $8 million
- FinovateSpring demo video
- Category: Consumer Internet
- Headquarters: New York, NY
- Founded: 2004
- CEO: Barry Silbert
- Total funding: $34.2 million
- FinovateStartup 2009 demo video
- Category: B2B Applications- SaaS and Enterprise
- Headquarters: San Jose, CA
- Founded: 2005
- CEO: Reed Taussig
- Total funding: $36.2 million
- FinovateStartup 2009 demo video
- Category: Consumer Internet
- Headquarters: London, UK
- Founded: 2007
- CEO: Errol Damelin
- Total funding: $145 million
- FinovateFall 2010 demo video
- Category: Consumer Internet
- Headquarters: Redwood City, CA
- Founded: 1999
- CEO: Anil Arora
- Total funding: $116 million
- FinovateFall 2010 demo video
Here are the two listed in the Companies to Watch category:
- Headquarters: San Francisco
- Founded: 2012
- CEO: Jason Gordo
- Total funding: $1.5 million
- FinovateSpring 2013 demo video
- Headquarters: San Francisco, CA
- Founded: 2009
- CEO: Bertram Meyer
- Total funding: $17.7 million
- FinovateSpring 2012 demo video
All companies were selected by industry experts in the following organizations:
- The AlwaysOn editorial team
- Morgan Stanley
- KPMG
- GSV Capital
- Greylock
- Google Ventures
- New Enterprise Associates
- Flybridge Capital Partners
- Accel Ventures
- Bridge Bank
- Venrock