DIANA Biotechnologies – winner of the Companies to Watch category

DIANA (DNA-linked Inhibitor ANtibody Assay) is a leading and highly innovative Czech biotech company that develops products based on cutting-edge research in molecular diagnostics and drug discovery. During the pandemic, it developed one of the world’s most innovative COVID-19 tests and became the biggest Czech manufacturer of RT-PCR tests. Today, with close to 100 employees, it has the scale and ambition to run ambitious long-term projects.

Country: Czech Republic

CEO Name: Václav Navrátil & Martin Dienstbier

Industry sector: Healthcare & Life Sciences

Revenue growth: 100 314%

Website: https://www.dianabiotech.com/

Payhawk – 2nd place of the Companies to Watch category

Payhawk has developed a payments platform enabling businesses to combine all their spending processes in one place, putting finance teams in full control while allowing employees access to secure and convenient spending methods.

Country: Bulgaria

CEO Name: Hristo Borisov

Industry sector: Fintech

Revenue growth: 6 629%

Website: https://payhawk.com

FUMBI NETWORK – 3rd place of the Companies to Watch category

FUMBI NETWORK makes it simple and convenient to create a cryptocurrency investment portfolio for both individual and business clients. A user-friendly platform, security of funds, access to current information on cryptocurrencies and advanced algorithms are the key to the company's success.

Country: Slovakia

CEO Name: Juraj Forgács

Industry sector: Fintech

Revenue growth: 6 055%

Website: https://fumbi.network/en/

Autenti – winner of the CE Tech Rocketship! category

Autenti has created and brought to market a solution enabling every entrepreneur to sign legally-binding documents online – securely, in just one click, 24/7, at home, at work or on the go. The platform uniquely combines electronic signature and innovative technology within a legal environment based on European and national regulation. Today, with the company poised to accelerate its international expansion, the Autenti platform has already enabled the e-signature of more than 4.5 million documents.

Country: Poland

CEO Name: Grzegorz Wójcik

Industry sector: Fintech

Website: https://autenti.com/pl/

Fast 50

The main Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Central Europe category ranks 50 fast growing technology companies, public or private, based on percentage revenue growth over four years.In order to be eligible for the Technology Fast 50 Central Europe Programme companies must:

1. Be in business a minimum of 4 years - founded on or prior to December 31st, 2018.

2. Own proprietary intellectual property or proprietary technology, sold to customers in products that contribute to a majority of the company’s operating revenues.

• Own proprietary technology that contributes to a significant portion of the company’s operating revenues.
• Manufacture a technology related product.
• Devote a significant proportion of operating revenues to research and development of technology.
• Be technology intensive or use unique technology to solve problems.

3. Have base-year operating revenues of €50,000 in 2019, 2020, 2021 and a current year operating revenue (2022) of at least €100,000.

4. Be headquartered within Central Europe.*

* The CE Fast 50 Programme is open to companies with headquarters based in the following countries: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Moldova, Albania and Kosovo.

Companies to Watch

This Technology Fast 50 Central Europe subcategory recognizes companies that are too young to be listed in Fast 50, but are growing rapidly.

Companies to Watch must:

1. Be in business a minimum of 3 years - founded on or prior to December 31st, 2019.*

2.Own proprietary intellectual property or proprietary technology, sold to customers in products that contribute to a majority of the company’s operating revenues.

• Own proprietary technology that contributes to a significant portion of the company’s operating revenues.
• Manufacture a technology related product.
• Devote a significant proportion of operating revenues to research and development of technology.
• Be technology intensive, or use unique technology to solve problems.

3. Have base-year operating revenues of minimum €10,000 (2020) and current year operating revenue of minimum €30,000 (2022).

4. Be headquartered within Central Europe.**

*In justified cases, we accept companies founded between January 1 – 3, 2020.

**The CE Fast 50 Programme is open to companies with headquarters based in the following countries: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Moldova, Albania and Kosovo.

Impact Stars

The Impact Stars is a special classification of entities which successfully link great products/services with a positive impact on at least one of the following: society, business, innovativeness, environment and diversity.

Those interested in applying for the Impact Stars category must:

1. Sell a product and/or a service that makes an impact in the following fields:

• Impact on the business, environment and society.
• Diversity – amongst employees and/or management staff.
• Unique assets and/or services development.

2. Be headquartered within Central Europe*

* The CE Fast 50 Programme is open to companies with headquarters based in the following countries: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Moldova, Albania and Kosovo.

CE Tech Rocketship! by Deloitte & Google Cloud

This is special recognition by Google Cloud and Deloitte, in which joint teams assess the companies’ technologies and award those with the greatest business potential. The award is dedicated to all companies that apply to the CE Technology Fast 50 ranking in 2023.

To be eligible for the CE Tech Rocketship! category companies must:

1. Develop high-quality, scalable solutions with the potential to serve the most demanding customers in the market.

2. Be headquartered within Central Europe*

* The CE Fast 50 Programme is open to companies with headquarters based in the following countries: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Moldova, Albania and Kosovo.