Thursday, June 24, 2010

Top Private Companies in Massachusetts | 2010

One hundred private East Coast companies were honored at the Harvard Business School this week by AlwaysOn, the leading business media brand networking the Global Silicon Valley.

The AOE100 represent the top emerging companies from the East Coast that are demonstrating significant market traction and pursuing game-changing technologies in the following three areas:

  • on-demand computing
  • digital media
  • greentech

Massachusetts landed 29 companies on the list. Only New York with 31 companies had a stronger East Coast showing. New York is home for this year's overall winner:

Foursquare ... a mobile application that gives you & your friends new ways of exploring your city.

Top Private Companies in Massachusetts

According to AlwaysOn, the top 100 private companies are "taking old notions of doing things and forging solutions that will lead to industry shake-up and huge value-creation opportunities."

If you are looking to join a company that has exceptional growth potential, then check out the 29 Massachusetts-based companies below. The remaining 71 East Coast companies are listed in an AlwaysOn press release.

[NOTE: Hover over company name to view a tooltip summary of that company's value proposition. Click the "in" icon to reveal your LinkedIn connections at that company.]

Consumer Internet

  • AuthorsGlobe | Lexington
  • Bloson | Cambridge
  • CitySquares | Boston
  • Goby | Boston
  • Viximo | Cambridge
  • Where | Boston

Digital Media

  • DataXu | Boston

Enabling Tools and Devices

  • Invention Machine | Boston
  • Pixtronix | Wilmington
  • Pubget | Cambridge

Greentech

  • Joule Biotechnologies | Cambridge
  • Konarka | Lowell
  • Oasys Water | Cambridge
  • Persistent Power Systems | Boston
  • Solasta | Newton
  • WiTricity | Watertown

SaaS and Enterprise

  • Aprigo | Waltham
  • Desktone | Chelmsford
  • HubSpot | Cambridge
  • Lumigent | Acton
  • uTest | Southborough
  • WordStream | Boston
  • Zmags | Boston

Cloud and Infrastructure

  • Akorri Networks | Littleton
  • CloudSwitch | Burlington
  • Leostream | Waltham
  • Nasuni | Natick
  • Sonian | Needham
  • VKernel | Andover

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