Earlier this month, Forbes released its second-annual list of America’s most promising companies. The rankings include privately-held companies that exhibited high growth in the past year. Of the 100 who made the list, 48 of the honorees work in the technology field. Forbes says their choices are not based on a single metric; rather, they took six months to consider thousands of applications on a plethora of criteria, including sales and hiring growth, market size and key partnerships.
Featuring companies from across the United States, Forbes’ picks included several from Los Angeles as well. They were:
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#7: OpenX provides an online ad-exchange. A variety of products give digital media companies the tools to navigate the online ad environment. According to their website, funding to date is $50.5 million from Accel Partners, Index Ventures, SAP Ventures and others.
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#40: Rubicon Project also runs an exchange for online ads, and its goal is to automate the buying and selling of online ads around the world. Major publishers using Rubicon Project include Time Inc., the Wall Street Journal, Virgin Media and Electronic Arts. According to TechCrunch, their funding is $51 million.
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#51: uSamp provides targeted market research by using technology and surveys to obtain business and consumer insights. With 200 employees across five offices worldwide, sales reached $44 million in 2012.
Check these companies out on BILA: OpenX, Rubicon Project, uSamp.
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