The Next Web has been stalking the fastest growing startups in Europe . These startups are companies from France, UK, Germany and Sweden. These companies represent the best in their respective countries have to offer and gathered in the Conference TNW Europe under the Tech5 competition.
The companies that exhibit were selected from hundreds of start requests from seven European countries. The companies were chosen based on the income of real data traffic and employee between 2011 and 2013. These companies are not only competing to be named the fastest growing technology company in Europe, but also in the hope for the best overall company by the judges.
A new era of tech events began
We're back in New York in November for the 4th edition of our technology event focused on growth.
This is the day two Tech5 startups. See Tech5 page later today for the winners:
Leetchi
Based on Paris, is a Leetchi Corporate payment solutions. The fastest growing start outside France in the competition, the service allows users to easily collect money from several people for group gifts, travel or charitable donations.
A useful service when you are the person responsible for collecting money from a group of friends. The money raised can be transferred to a bank account or sent to a friend. If the money is used to buy goods Leetchi a partner, there is no transaction fee. To get out of cash, the company gets a four percent cut.
Because the launch of such a service, France requires obtaining a banking license, Leetchi created Mangopay API for other companies who need a payment solution. Each transaction has a transaction fee of 1.8 percent.
The French company is Mangopay Licensing throughout Europe. Although Leetchi is available via a website and an iOS app.
➤ Leetchi
MAG Interactive
MAG interactive is a 30 people of Swedish mobile games developer. He created and Ruzzle Quizcross games. The success of the company Ruzzle hit the number one spot game in the United States App Store.
Since its launch, Ruzzle had 50 million players. Using this huge audience, the company uses the analysis to expand its portfolio of games. With cross promotion, Ruzzle is used to inform players MAG new interactive games, including the new Ruzzle Adventures.
To keep the audience playing his games, MAG Interactive maintains a team on every game after launch. In 2014, it plans to launch two new games. Both games will have dedicated teams.
➤ MAG Interactive
Run a shop
the German startup Run a shop, using the sites to create highly customizable affiliate ads. The team of 32 people based in Berlin with the developers in Ukraine has developed an API for its widget ad.
The ad widget or banner can be adjusted to match the look and feel of a site. Widgets and banners include several providers such as Amazon, eBay, and Shopping.com. Instead of getting a single price, the site visitors can check prices from several suppliers. All this is accomplished with a small piece of code.
The ads have already gone live in 19 countries and the company is reviving a network of publishers in addition to ads that have already launched on third party sites.
➤ Run shop
Hailo
The taxi based application Hailo in London for iOS and Android was launched by three London taxi drivers and three developers. Since 2012, the staff has grown to over 100 employees and more than 50,000 drivers in Europe, North America and Asia.
Riders use the app to request and track the taxi. When the car arrives, a notification is pushed to the mobile device the rider. So far, the company has more than 1 million registered customers who have had more than 13 million trips. Currently, every two seconds someone takes a taxi Hailo activated.
Halio has already acquired more than $ 100 million in investments and plans on expanding its taxi network.
➤ Hailo