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Deloitte Technology Fast 50 in Central Europe

Welcome to the official site of the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Program in Central Europe. This prestigious annual award honors the fastest growing Central European technology companies, based on the percentage of revenue growth over five-year period. 

To be eligible, companies must meet a number of criteria. Deloitte representatives verify the data from registered companies to determine whether it has been accurately reported. Deloitte does not audit the companies nor does it analyse their financial standing.

This competition is a Deloitte initiative on a regional and global level that aims to draw attention to fast-growing companies and to highlight companies who are just establishing themselves on the market.

Registration

Registration will close on 15 July 2013. The ranking will be announced in October 2013.

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Contact us

Gábor Orsolya, Deloitte

For more information please contact Orsolya Gábor, local coordinator of the Central Europe Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Award.

Tel: +36 1 428 6208
E-mail: ogabor@deloittece.com

Advantages of Being a Fast 50 Winner:

  • Achievement of a benchmark of success and further establishing your corporate credibility
  • Positive media coverage for the ranked companies
  • Enhances recruitment and retention efforts
  • Automatic entry into the Deloitte EMEA Technology Fast 500 –  an opportunity to compete against the fastest growing companies in Europe, the Middle East and Africa
  • Access to a network of industry peers
  • Chance to develop relationships and discuss your thoughts with leading Deloitte member firm industry professionals

Technology Fast 50 2012 Ranking

Romanian Internet airline ticket retailer Vola.ro has placed first in Deloitte's 2012 Central Europe Technology Fast 50 for the second year in a row with a revenue growth rate of 17,323% over the past five years. This is the second-highest growth rate in the history of the Central European programme, and the fastest five-year growth observed since 2005.

Other fast-growing companies include internet sports company LiveSport s.r.o. from the Czech Republic, growing at a rate of 2,441% over the last five years – the second-fastest growing company this year and also the second year in a row they have been second-fastest, after first appearing as a Rising Star in 2009. A similar story is to be seen at Polish software firm i3D S.A., who jumped from the Rising Stars list in 2011 to the third spot on the 2012 Fast 50 with a five-year growth rate of 2254%.

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This year's Rising Stars are topped by Polish software company Netwise S.A. with a three-year revenue growth rate of 643%. In the Big 5 category, Internet Shop s.r.o., the Czech Internet perfume retailer and 2011's third-fastest growing company, was the fastest-growing company with 2011 revenues of over €25 million, and managed to remain in the Fast 50 main category in the seventh position.

Technology Fast 50 winners posted average revenue growth of 1026%, a decrease on the 1068% average growth in 2011.

Previous rankings

Technology Fast 50 rankings:

 

#1 CE company (country)

#1 in Hungary (ranking)

2012 list

Vola.ro SRL (Romania)

Capture Informatikai és Tanácsadó Zrt. (10.)

2011 list

Vola.ro SRL (Romania)

Active Vision Kft. (19.)

2010 list

Netmedia S.A. (Poland)

Viala Kft. (9.)

2009 list

Netmedia S.A. (Poland)

AITIA International Informatics, Inc. (9.)

2008 list

Blue Media Sp. z o.o. (Poland)

Alerant Information Technology, Inc (4.)

2007 list

Blue Media Sp. z o.o. (Poland)

Assocom Kft. (6.)

2006 list

Blue Media Sp. z o.o. (Poland)

CVO Group (10)

Rising Star and Big 5 category winners

 

#1 Rising Star (country)

#1 Big 5 (country)

2012

Netwise S.A. (Poland)

Internet Shop s.r.o. (Czech Republic)

2011

Selvita S. A. (Poland)

Netmedia S.A. (Poland)

2010

LiveSport s.r.o. (Czech Republic)

Netmedia S.A. (Poland)

2009

Multicom d.o.o. (Croatia)

Agito S.A. (Poland)

2008

Nav N Go (Hungary)

n.a.

2007

Hoopla.pl (Poland)

n.a.

2006

Alerant Information Technology Inc (Hungary)

n.a.

 

Learn more

  • Ranking 2012
    Technology Fast 50 in Central Europe
  • Eligibility criteria

Categories

Technology Fast 50

  • Must have operating revenues of at least €50,000 each year

  • Must be a company that has been in business for a minimum of five years

Rising Stars

  • Must have operating revenues of at least €30,000

  • Must be a company that has been in business for a minimum of three but less than five years

Big 5

  • Must have operating revenues of at least €50,000

  • Must have 2012 revenues in excess of €25 million

  • Must be a company that has been in business for a minimum of five years

All categories criteria:

  • Must be a technology company, defined as follows:

    • an owner of proprietary technology that contributes to a significant portion of the company's operating revenues

    • a company that devotes a significant portion of revenues to research and development of technology

  • Exchange rates are based on annual average given by the central bank of the company's respective national currency

  • Revenue must be accounted for on a consistent basis

  • Must have an ownership structure that excludes majority-owned subsidiaries of strategic entities.

  • Must be headquartered within one of the following Central European countries: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, or Slovenia

 

Contact us

Gábor Orsolya, Deloitte, marketing és üzletfejlesztés

Orsolya Gábor 
Senior coordinator
Marketing, communications and business development | Deloitte Zrt.
Tel: +36 (1) 428 6208
E-mail: ogabor@deloittece.com

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