Under the motto "Powerful Connections," Deloitte presented the "Technology Fast 50 Award" to Germany's fastest-growing technology companies for the 14th time. This year, a Munich-based startup, OnPage.org, was honored with the coveted trophy.
A winner of the Technology Fast 50 Award must meet two key criteria: above-average growth rate in the last four financial years and self-developed technologies. Both of these, of course, also apply to the three award winners of this year's round. And in addition to Northwest Box and Qoniac This year, the Munich startup OnPage.org on the winners' podium. With their positive developments and figures, the award-winning companies are following in the footsteps of global corporations like Google and Tesla.
But prizes were also awarded in other categories: Winner of the Rising Star Awards were the young entrepreneurs from Bidderplace, Sashay and TerraTransitFor sustainable, successful business, 4flow, Nanogate and Transporeon three companies with the Sustained Excellence Award rewarded. The Special Innovation Award The Munich startup received Cleverciti Systems, which was recently awarded the 1st Munich Startup Award.
"We are delighted that numerous companies from the technology sector have submitted impressive ideas for the Fast 50 Award this year. This once again demonstrates Germany's innovative strength. Competent IT solutions and business processes are in greater demand than ever in the digital age. All Fast 50 participants have recognized this need and are successfully exploiting their potential, even in international competition."
explained Dr. Andreas Gentner, Partner and Head of Technology, Media & Telecommunications at Deloitte.
Above-average growth rate is crucial
To qualify for the Technology Fast 50 category, companies had to have generated at least EUR 50,000 in revenue in the 2012 financial year and at least EUR 1 million in 2015.
With a growth rate of 6548 percent Northwest Box the first placeThe company specializes in the development of transport and storage solutions for civil protection and disaster relief, and provides, among other things, winter-proof shelters for refugees.
The second place reached Qoniac with a growth rate of 2704 percent. The company's core business is software solutions for overlay optimization in the cutting-edge technologies of lithography and patterning.
Thanks to a growth rate of 1289 percent OnPage.org the third placeThe company provides analysis software for professional quality management and sustainable search engine optimization.
