Lotaris and Dacuda win Red Herring Global 100 Award

Red Herring announced its Global 100 awards earlier this month in recognition of the leading private companies from North America, Europe and Asia. “Choosing the best from the previous two years was no mean small feat,” said Alex Vieux, chairman of Red Herring. “After rigorous contemplation and discussion, we narrowed down our list from 1,100 potential companies to 100 winners. It was an extremely difficult process. The global top 100 are truly the best of the best.”

 

Red Herring’s Global 100 list has become a mark of distinction for identifying promising companies and entrepreneurs. The company was among the first to recognise that companies such as Google, Skype, Baidu, Salesforce.com, YouTube, eBay and many others would change the way we live and work. Red Herring’s editorial staff evaluate companies on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, management quality, strategy and market penetration. This assessment of potential is complemented by a review of the track record and standing of start-ups compared with their sector peers, allowing Red Herring to see past the “buzz”. It makes the list an invaluable instrument of discovery and advocacy for the greatest business opportunities from around the world.

 

Three Swiss companies appear on Red Herring’s Global 100 2011 list:>
 

Dacuda’s founders brought their scanner mouse on to the global market in a record time of two years. The ETH Zurich spin-off, which had been certified by the CTI with the start-up label, took the Swiss Economic Award in the high-tech/bio-tech sector in the early summer, and finished in the second tier rankings of the best Swiss start-ups in 2011.
 

Lotaris operates an international licensing business for apps and services for mobile devices. Its R&D department, Lotaris Labs, works closely with the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies (IICT) at the University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland (HEIG-VD/HES-SO), with the support of the CTI. The young company is based in Yverdon-les-Bains, with offices in Tokyo, Singapore and San Francisco. Lotaris succeeded in making it on to the list of the Top 100 Start-ups 2011 in the autumn.
 

Starhome is a leading provider of roaming services for mobile network operators. Founded in 1999, the global company, which is headquartered in Zurich, now manages and monitors more than 1,000 Starhome roaming solutions to more than 200 mobile operators in 130 countries.