Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Central Europe | 2022 Edition

Deloitte Romania invites you to the conference “Locally recognized technology startups at the regional level – which is the recipe for success?”, which aims at discussing the present and the future of the Romanian tech industry and the six mega trends that will encourage its growth. Additionally, the debate will address the positive impact on society, businesses and innovation that technology companies have.

Representatives of Deloitte Romania approach these topics during the conference together with representatives from Romanian technology companies.

The results of this year’s Deloitte CE Technology Fast 50 competition will be presented during the event.

The event will take place on Friday, November 25, 2022, between 10.00 and 12.20, and will be broadcast live on www.hotnews.ro and on Deloitte Romania and Hotnews Facebook.

On June 1st, Deloitte opens its online application process of the 2022 edition of the ‘Technology Fast 50 Central Europe’. For 23 years Deloitte has run the programme in the following Central European countries: Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia.

2022 CATEGORIES

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.

Fast 50 – Main category criterias

1. Be in business of a minimum 4 years – founded on or prior to December 31, 2017.
2. Own prioprietary intellectual or prioprietary technology, sold to customers in products that contribute to a majority of the company’s operating revenues.
3. Have base-year operating revenues of €50,000 in 2018, 2019, 2020 and a current year operating revenue (2021) of at least €100,000.
4. Be headquartered within Central Europe.
    

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 – Subcategory Criterias

1. Be in business a minimum of 3 years – founded on or prior to December 31, 2018.
2. Own prioprietary intellectual property or prioprietary technology, sold to customers in products that contribute to a majority of the company’s operating revenues.
3. Have base-year operating revenues of minimum €10,000 (2019) and current year operating revenue of minimum €30,000 (2021).
4. Be headquartered within Central Europe.
    

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.

Impact Stars – Special award criterias

The Impact Stars (IS) is a special category which recognizes a company which successfully links great products/services with a positive impact on at least one of the following: society, business, innovativeness, environment and diversity.

Impact Stars must:

1. Sell a product and/or a service that makes an impact in the one of the fields listed above.
2. Be headquartered within Central Europe.
   
   

CE Tech Rocketship!

This special recognition by Deloitte and Google Cloud awards companies that have developed high-quality, scalable solutions with the potential to serve the most demanding customers in the market. 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 2022.

KEY DATES

• Application period: June 1st – August 31st, 2022
• Verification period: September 1st – November 23th, 2022