Technology Fast 500™ Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA)

Technology Fast 500 EMEA ist das relevante Programm für europäische Unternehmen. Es zeichnet die am schnellsten wachsenden Technologieunternehmen in der Region Europa, Middle East und Afrika aus. Durch die Anbindung des deutschen Technology Fast-Programms an das europäische Fast 500-Programm werden die deutschen Top 50-Unternehmen automatisch dort einbezogen und somit Bestandteil eines Präsentations- und Kontaktforums mit europäischer Dimension.

Die Auszeichnung ist längst zum Qualitätssiegel und anerkannten Wettbewerbsfaktor für unternehmerischen Erfolg geworden. Eine separate Bewerbung ist nicht notwendig.

#1 ranked company

Fingerprint Cards AB is a publicly traded, globally active, high-tech company which develops, produces and markets biometric technology that through the analysis and matching of an individual’s unique fingerprint verifies the person’s identity. A secure and convenient user experience is thus made possible, beyond keys and pins. The company offers a world-class combination of highly processed hardware and software that creates market-differentiating opportunities for the customer and a high degree of user-friendliness and integrity protection for the end user. Fingerprint Cards pursues the significant parts of the value chain on a proprietary basis: technological development and global marketing and sales. The hardware is produced externally. The main markets are smartphone/ tablet and other vertical markets in which the company’s products can be integrated. Prioritized markets are smartcards, PC, the automotive industry and the Internet of Things, i.e., online equipment.

#2 ranked company

Bilgikent is the company undertaking system integration projects concerning information and communication technologies of the technology group that includes Natek and Bor software companies. It combines newer services, and young and dynamic staff, with a qualified engineering force. Since Bilgikent was founded in 2009 in Ankara Hacettepe Teknokent, it has provided its customers with world-class information technology (IT) and turnkey solutions. The company adopts a customer and employee satisfaction policy with a first-class quality approach, and is also quickly progressing towards becoming a reputable and reliable integrator not only within the national IT market but also in the global market.

#3 ranked company

Codewise is a place where talent thrives. Since 2011, it has provided a collaborative environment that fosters creative solutions and growth, enabling it to build its flagship marketing technology platforms, Zeropark, the leading performance traffic exchange, and Voluum, which provides a powerful suite of campaign management and analytics products across mobile and desktop. Codewise is an entirely self-funded, venture-building company, headquartered in a new 3,000-square-meter office in Krakow, Poland, with a second office in London, England. The company employs more than 90 talented individuals from six different countries and supports customers in over 190 countries worldwide.

Technology Fast 500 2016 Europe, Middle East & Africa Ranking

The Technology Fast 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa Top Ten are listed below by company, country, industry sector and three year growth percentage. For the full ranking list, download the report pdf.

Top 10 ranked companies 2016

Facts and figures about the Technology Fast 500 EMEA

Top 10 countries with the greatest number of winners

Companies and growth by sector

• 2016 marks the 16th year of Deloitte Technology Fast 500 program 
• The 2016 EMEA winners represent 28 countries across Europe
• The top 10 ranked companies represent eight countries: Sweden, Turkey, Poland, Norway, France, the UK, Israel and Austria
• The average growth rate for the 2016 EMEA list is 967%
  Growth for individual companies on the list ranged from 212% to 28126%
• Software companies dominated this year’s rankings (271 companies)
• The companies with the highest cumulative growth percentages were in hardware (962%), media (644%) and clean technology (471%)
• The EMEA winners’ event was held on Thursday, 8 December 2016 in the Eiffel Tower in Paris
  

Historical rankings

If you're interested in viewing previous EMEA Technology Fast 500 winners, you can download the rankings from 2015 through 2011 here.