Deloitte Global announces 2015 Technology Fast500TM EMEA rankings

3 December 2015 — A Dutch company tops Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited’s (Deloitte Global’s) Technology Fast 500TM rankings for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), which is now in its 15th year. The list, compiled by Deloitte Global’s Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) industry group, places the Dutch online auction house, Catawiki, in the top spot among the region’s 500 fastest growing companies. Overall, the EMEA region saw a 1,012 percent average rate of growth in revenue, with companies from over 20 countries featuring in the rankings.

“Achieving a position in the EMEA Fast 500 is always an impressive feat but the rates of growth for this year are particularly inspiring. In order to better align our EMEA, US and APAC programmes, the growth is now measured over four rather than five years which has led to a drop in the average rate from 1,711 percent in 2014, to 1,012 percent in 2015” says David Cobb, Deloitte UK partner and partner-incharge of the Deloitte Technology Fast 500TM EMEA program. “Despite that shorter period however, I would like to congratulate our overall winner, Catawiki, who still managed to achieve a remarkable 45,080 percent rate of growth. These results highlight the strength and determination of the Technology sector across this region with a clear indication of some of our business leaders of the future."

The Deloitte Technology Fast 500 TM program ranks the fastest growing public and private technology companies annually. This year saw a number of changes made to the required criteria for the program in an effort to align the Technology Fast 500 programs globally across the EMEA, US & Asia Pacific (APAC) regions. Revenue growth is now calculated for the last four years rather than five, and the revamped sectors are software, hardware, communications, media, life sciences and clean technology.

Founded in 2008, Catawiki is an online auction house that boasts over 100 auctions per week in 80 speciality categories, including classic cars, trading cards and movie memorabilia. Catawiki has achieved a phenomenal 45,080% growth in revenue in the past four years, and has specialised auctioneers supervise the 12 million visitors it receives per month using the site to buy and sell collectables globally. “We are a dynamic and open organisation with a real ‘hands-on’ and ‘start-up’ mentality,” says René Schoenmakers, Catawiki CEO and co-founder. “Our hyper growth comes from our 300 talented employees. Everyone has his or her own unique qualities and knows how to use them as part of the team. We find that hiring the right people makes all the difference. In the next couple of months we plan to recruit 100 great software developers from all over the world to work in Amsterdam. We continuously want to improve our website and apps to provide the best user experience for buying and selling special objects.”

The full list of ranked companies as well as additional details on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 program can be accessed at www.deloitte.com/fast500emea.

More information:
Steve Dutton
Global Communications
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited
Tel: +1 202 734 3207
sdutton@deloitte.com

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(ranking, company name, country, four-year revenue  growth, sector)