Now in its 14th year, the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 TM program ranks the fastest growing public and private technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, and clean technology companies from over 20 countries in the EMEA region, based on percentage revenue growth over a five-year period.
With over 37,000 event organisers already using its services, WEEZEVENT is an online event ticketing solution in France, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium and Québec, offering event organisers a simple and seamless online platform to create their event ticket requirements. Over the last five years, WEEZEVENT has registered revenue growth of an astounding 43,202 percent
David Halstead, Deloitte UK partner and partner-in-charge of the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 TM EMEA programme commented, “All 500 companies are impressive organisations. Achieving a ranking on this year’s list proves their commitment and drive to grow innovative companies—a difficult feat in the competitive and fast-moving technology environment. I would like to congratulate the top company, WEEZEVENT, and commend their team for such impressive growth over the last five years.”
WEEZEVENT Co-Founder and CEO Pierre-Henri Deballon stated: “WEEZEVENT is not just about the technology, we take great pride in offering our clients the best, global service. We have come a long way from our humble beginnings in 2008, steadily increasing in growth every year, and will continue to look forward, building an environment that is conducive to innovation, allowing us to create compelling and practical solutions for our customers and partners.”
Top 10 ranked companies 2014.
Geographic trends
Overall, France remains the most represented country for a fourth consecutive year, followed by the United Kingdom and Sweden. Israeli companies comprise five of the top ten fastest growing technology companies on the list, representing a variety of backgrounds, including visual search company, Superfish, in third place and HDBaseT solutions provider, Valens, in fourth place.
Top 10 represented countries
|
# of 2014 winning submissions
|
# of 2013 winning submissions
|
# of 2012 winning submissions
|
1
|
France
|
86
|
86
|
90
|
2
|
United Kingdom
|
67
|
71
|
74 |
3
|
Sweden |
45 |
50 |
55 |
4
|
Netherlands |
42 |
52 |
46 |
4 |
Norway
|
42 |
41 |
52 |
5 |
Turkey
|
36 |
30 |
29 |
6 |
Germany
|
32 |
28 |
24 |
7 |
Finland
|
24 |
27
|
27 |
8 |
Israel
|
22 |
20 |
14 |
9 |
Belgium
|
18 |
n/a |
n/a |
10 |
Poland
|
15 |
17 |
21 |
Sector trends
The software sector represented 42 percent of the overall rankings on this year’s Fast 500, followed by the Internet sector with 21 percent. Rounding out the sector list was telecommunications / Networking (13 percent), Semiconductors/Components/Electronics (7 percent), Biotech / Pharmaceutical / Medical Equipment (7 percent), Greentech (5 percent), Media/Entertainment (3 percent), and Computers/Peripherals (2 percent).
The sector winners 2014
Overall ranking
|
Country
|
Company
|
Five-year revenue growth
|
Sector
|
1
|
France
|
WEEZEVENT
|
43202%
|
Media/Entertainment
|
2
|
Israel
|
Taboola
|
42048%
|
Internet
|
4
|
Israel
|
Valens
|
33244%
|
Semiconductor, Components and Electronics
|
6
|
Sweden
|
Widespace
|
27930%
|
Software
|
9
|
Germany
|
CeGaT GmbH
|
15897%
|
Biotech/Pharmaceutical/Medical Equipment
|
12
|
France
|
ENERGIE PERSPECTIVE
|
10675%
|
Greentech
|
22
|
The Netherlands
|
Belsimpel.nl
|
5173%
|
Telecommunications/Networking
|
58
|
France
|
MYFOX
|
2524%
|
Computers/Peripherals
|
To see the list of Turkish winner companies, please click here.