Rocket Builders Names
Top Technology Companies To the “Ready to Rocket” lists for 11th Consecutive
Year
Annual list
highlights technology trends and those private
BC companies positioned
for high growth in 2013.
VANCOUVER, BC – March
12, 2013
Rocket Builders
today released its eleventh annual “Ready to Rocket” lists of British Columbia
technology companies that are best positioned to capitalize on the 2012
technology sector trends that will lead them to faster growth than their peers.
Rocket Builders also released results from its 2012 lists, with 2 companies
being acquired and 3 companies graduating from future consideration having
achieved greater than $20 million in revenue.
The annual “Ready
to Rocket” lists provide accurate predictions of private companies that will
likely experience significant growth, venture capital investment or acquisition
by a major player in the coming year. The lists cover 3 different technology
sectors:
●
Information and Communications
Technology (ICT)
●
Cleantech (CT)
●
Life Science (LS)
The “Ready to
Rocket” lists are the only predictive lists of its kind in North America,
requiring many months of sector and company analysis.
“Each year, our
team of analysts received lots of inquiries on how we are able to predict so
accurately which companies will grow revenue.” said Geoffrey Hansen, Managing
Partner at Rocket Builders. “Three elements characterize these high growth
firms: a growing market opportunity, a unique competitive position and customer
validation of a must-have value proposition.”
The 2012 Ready to
Rocket list for ICT performed extremely well. The median growth rate on that
list was over 50% growth, with the 10 companies exceeding 75% growth and 5
companies exceeding 100% growth. The 2013 list will feature 25 companies, and
the list can be found here:
“With the growth
of mobility and cloud computing as major drivers of the ICT sector, there are
many market opportunities that BC companies are capitalizing on,” said Reg
Nordman, Managing Partner at Rocket Builders, “And despite slow economic growth
in most global markets, ICT companies are finding ways to win customers in the
United States and abroad.”
The 2012 Ready to
Rocket list for Cleantech also performed extremely well, with 3 companies
exceeding $30 million in revenue, and many more were able to more than double
their revenues. The 2013 list will be expanded to feature 14 companies, and the
list can be found here:
According to Dave
Thomas, Senior Partner at Rocket Builders, “B.C. continues to be a leader in
Cleantech innovation, and investments into this sector continue to grow. Unlike
information technology, Cleantech innovations need longer timeframes to
establish a market foothold. This year, many new B.C. startups have
transitioned from innovation to commercialization.”
The 2012 Ready to
Rocket list for Life Science featured many new investments and key milestones.
The 2013 list will feature 10 companies, and the list can be found here:
According to Thealzel Lee, Senior
Partner at Rocket Builders, “2012 has seen significant investments in BC’s life
science companies as well as changes to the business landscape that is
reflective of the challenges faced by the regulatory environment as it tries to
keep up with the advances and convergence of molecular biology, chemistry,
digital media, nanotechnology, ICT and other interfacing technologies.”
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