FundedByMe crowned winner in White Bull’s 2013 Bully Awards

FundedByMe, Europe’s fastest-growing crowdfunding platform, has been named a winner in the White Bull Summit’s 2013 Bully Awards. Judged by leading journalists, investors, industry analysts and academics, the Bully Awards are no doubt the most prestigious in the industry, honouring Europe’s leading technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) companies.

“The 2013 Bully Award winners were selected for innovation and excellence, and represent Europe’s elite TMT companies. They are leaders in their field, with meaningful business propositions and market strategies, driven by a rich understanding of customer needs and technological solutions,” stated Farley Duvall, Chairman and founder of White Bull Summits. “The competition was incredibly strong this year and is a clear indication of the strength of European innovation.”

FundedByMe CEO and co-founder, Daniel Daboczy, is ecstatic about the announcement. “The FundedByMe team has been working round-the-clock to create a solution that is tailor-made for entrepreneurs and investors looking for an alternative way of raising capital – be it using reward-based or equity crowdfunding. Receiving this award is testimony to the fact that what we have known all along, internally – that this is the next big thing in financing – is a message that reverberates on a larger scale.”

The 2013 winners fall into three categories: Yearlings: firms that seek or have received angel/seed rounds or equivalent; classic start-ups, Young Bulls: firms that seek or have received Series A financing; early stage companies, and Longhorns: post Series A firms; growth stage companies.

The 2013 Bully Award winners are:

• Baimos (Germany) – Young Bull 
  
• Barnebys (UK) – Young Bull 
  
• Blippar (UK) – Young Bull 
  
• Biomicore (Denmark) – Yearling 
  
• CloudMe (Sweden) – Young Bull 
  
• Crowdynews (The Netherlands) – Young Bull 
  
• Ebuzzing (France) – Longhorn 
  
• Eco4Cloud (Italy) – Young Bull 
  
• Elasticsearch (The Netherlands) – Young Bull 
  
• Falcon Social (Denmark) – Young Bull 
  
• FundedByMe (Sweden) – Yearling 
  
• Funding Circle (UK) – Young Bull 
  
• Gvidi (Russian Federation) – Yearling 
  
• Infantium (Spain) – Yearling 
  
• IOVOX (UK) – Young Bull 
  
• JUSP (Italy) – Yearling 
  
• Mint Labs (Spain) – Yearling 
  
• Navx (France) – Young Bull 
  
• Packlink (Spain) – Young Bull 
  
• Scytl (Spain) – Longhorn 
  
• Service2Media (The Netherlands) – Longhorn 
  
• Softkinetic (Belgium) – Longhorn 
  
• Taulia (Germany) – Longhorn 
  
• Tobii (Sweden) – Longhorn 
  
• Virtusize (Sweden) – Young Bull 
  
• Vivocha (Italy) – Young Bull 
  
• Voycer (Germany) – Young Bull 
  
• Zazzy (The Netherlands) – Yearling 
  
• Zentyal (Spain) – Young Bull 
  
• Zyncro (Spain) - Longhorn 
  

“The White Bull judges reviewed seed-stage, early-stage and growth-stage companies, and selected those who demonstrated clear potential for further growth and a high probability for exit in the next few years,” added Duvall. White Bull has a successful track record in identifying Europe’s leading TMT companies. A number of previous Bully Award winners identified by White Bull were acquired in the past three years including BuyVIP (acquired by Amazon), JayCut (acquired by RIM), Q-go (acquired by RightNow Technologies), Severa Corp (acquired by Visma Group), SunglassesShop.com (acquired by Glasses Direct), Ubitexx (acquired by RIM), Vilant Systems Oy (merged RFID activities with Swisscom Auto-ID Services AG), WatchMouse (acquired by CA Technologies), and Mirror42 (acquired by ServiceNow).

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