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ruva Inc.4.5

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uolingo4.5

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latiron Health, Inc.

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agic Leap, Inc.4.5

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indMeld, Inc.

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saro Inc4.5

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ocDoc

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lockchain4.0

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siKick Inc.

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ubicon Global

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prinklr, Inc.4.0

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ext, Inc.4.0

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ppier3.8

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3.84

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3.73

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demy

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alastone Limited

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Overal avg. Rating per judge Recommendation Comment

5 Recommended Orbital Insight has created a very powerful and innovative big data application that could change the landscape on predictive decisions making for a broad range of industries. Using data collected via satellite from the environment to predict things like public company sales, weather events, crop output, rate of vegetation growth as well as countless military activities could well add a new layer of accuracy and predictability to a world that's quite unpredictable and volatile in many ways. So the idea is quite transformative. They seem to have strong initial traction, a solid CEO and team, and a solid group of investors and advisers. I'd imagine this technology could potentially be applicable to some of other Tech Pioneer companies. I think they are a great candidate to be considered for Tech Pioneer..

5 Recommended Outstanding opportunity, business model and technology! A huge, tangible benefit in sustainability efforts.

5 Recommended World-class. Orbital’s approach to satellite data analysis has the potential to change how decisions are made in any industry

4 Recommended really like it, innovative and original. Huge market, too.

Top Ranked CompaniesAccount Name Company Profile

Orbital Insight, Inc.IT-Information TechnologyUSA, North America

4.8 Orbital Insight is a geospatial big data company leveraging the rapidly growing availability of satellite, unmanned aerial vehicles, and other geospatial data sources. Orbital Insight works at the intersection of big data and the commercialization of space — processing satellite and UAV imagery millions of images at a time. Orbital’s sophisticated technology serves as a “macroscope” that allows the study of social and economic trends that are too large to be seen by the human eye, are hidden, or exist in places with poor official data. From cars in parking lots to trees in the rainforest, Orbital Insight can analyze any type of aerial imagery at massive scale to deliver insights that help clients make smart market decisions. Orbital Insight is focused on transforming images from space into insights we can use right away, here on Earth.

5 Recommended APX Labs sits in the cat-bird's seat of the burgeoning field of augmented reality smart glasses. While smart glasses remain in their infancy, enterprise vertical applications in field service, industrial manufacturing, oil and gas exploration, and similar industries are already being piloted. And APX Labs is a key software company in enabling all of these applications. Importantly, APX Labs doesn't require the success of any single smart glasses platform. Instead, their solution acts as a cross-platform software solution, enabling organizations to leverage a wide array of hardware platforms. This is key, since at this early stage in the market, some or many of those specific hardware platforms might not survive into the future. Instead, APX builds a relationship with the worker (through applications) and the organization (through business process reengineering), effectively capturing an important range of value in the smart glasses ecoystem. They also integrate with Salesforce as a cloud-based solution for managing the flow of data to and from the smart glasses applications. By focusing on the right demand target (the large market for workforce enablement with smart glasses) with the right portion of the value chain (software) at the right time (early, but when market demand was present) and with the right assets (the technology has a great record with early customers), APX Labs has become a key player in the augmented reality smart glasses market. As such, they deserve high scores for innovation.

5 Recommended Strong budding company serving an important (and frequently out of the news) sector, which has attracted a solid team and great investors

4 Recommended Beyond the initial hype created by Google Glass, we are now seeing a huge swell of interest in AR for industrial and field applications. The ubiquity of high bandwidth mobile data which now exists is a key enabler, that was missing previously. APX Labs find themselves in a very interesting and emerging space.

APX Labs, Inc.IT-Information TechnologyUSA, North America

4.7 Since 2010, APX Labs has been the leader in developing smart glasses based solutions for the industrial and commercial workforce. APX Labs proudly provides its Skylight platform to leading Global 1000 enterprises in manufacturing, logistics, oil & gas, and field services with active users in the US, Europe, and Middle East. Using APX Labs’ Skylight platform, users are able to interact with existing business processes where they can now access data and applications, broadcast point-of-view video or photos to colleagues, and receive live assistance on a heads up display without having to move away from their work. Skylight integrates with nearly any type of smart glasses and with most existing ERPs to drive improved productivity, operational flexibility, and process compliance & safety for the connected workplace. APX Labs employs world recognized experts in the field of wearable technology, computer vision scientists, human factors engineers, and systems engineers with strong wireless systems and mobile electronics integration backgrounds. APX Labs’ patent pending techniques and software platform have garnered multiple industry awards for excellence and selection as one of the first Google certified Glass at Work partners.

5 Recommended Quid have combined two very disruptive and modern technologies -those being machine learning to process vast amounts of seemingly unconnected data and advanced visualization techniques very suited to the way the human brain needs to process information. The visualization tech in particular stands Quid apart making it very accessible to the layman, which is unusual with "Big Data" solutions. The net result is an analytics capability that is pretty unique taken together as interconnected package. This level of insight is always valued and could have far reaching impact in the community. Given the background of the leadership and members of the company the service is likely to evolve further.

5 Recommended Very innovative and useful

4 Recommended Good innovation in an impactful area. Main concern is viability over the long run as these types of techniques are hard to protect from an IP standpoint.

5 Recommended

5 Recommended is the revenue number correct? a game changer company in messaging and great entrepreneu

4 Recommended Definitely changing something fundamental in the way people communicate with one another

5 Recommended

5 Recommended Too soon to tell if they will succeed (remember deanKamen had an amazing device in this space 10 yrs ago, which never was released). but the co-founders hearts are in the right place and seem deeply committed to doing good. This is altruistic innovation in the highest tradition of WED and the TP program. I think they are a safe bet because even if they fail, they remain an inspiration for others to apply their entrepreneurial and technical skills in the service of giving mobility to the mobile-impaired.

4 Recommended This is a clear example of tech improving lives.

5 Recommended Cylance is truly a unique technology in a large field of nascent endpoint behavioral detection and response products.

Quid IncIT-Information TechnologyUSA, North America

4.7 Quid has created a new type of software that allows users to "read" massive amounts of information at one time. We do this by indexing billions of high value documents and then allowing users to view interactive visual maps of the data on the fly, and so navigate their way through the world's collective intelligence and see relationships that were previously hidden. Quid is based in San Francisco and is backed by investors including Founders Fund, Tiger Capital and Liberty Media. Clients include the U.S. Department of Defence, Walmart, BCG, and Intel as well as many other large corporations.

Cylance Inc.IT-Information TechnologyUSA, North America

4.5 Cylance is the first company to apply artificial intelligence, algorithmic science and machine learning to cyber security. By coupling sophisticated math and machine learning with

SlackME-Media, Entertainment & InformationUSA, North America

4.7 Slack is a messaging platform for teams. It seamlessly brings together all team communications and organizes them into one place; uses real-time messaging to improve productivity and reduce internal e-mail; and eliminates inefficiencies by providing easy-to-use archiving and search. In short, Slack is on a mission to make your working life simpler, more pleasant, and more productive.

WHILL IncIT-Information TechnologyJapan, Japan

4.7 WHILL, Inc. is a San Francisco and Tokyo based start-up that makes the world’s first personal mobility devices “WHILL” with 4WD, an intuitive mouse controller, foldable arms and an electronically adjustable seat. WHILL had started as a private project to create the first mobility device of its kind by designers and engineers in Japan in 2010. In 2014, WHILL had announced that it had closed $11 million in Series A funding. The investment had been used to manufacture and expand distribution of WHILL’s line of indoor and former all-terrain outdoor personal mobility devices, solidifying the company as an innovator in the area of personal transport for the injured or disabled.

4 Recommended

5 Recommended According to Gartner, one laptop is stolen every 53 seconds. Druva’s impact is seen as it becomes the system of record for structured and unstructed data within organizations.. Very strong tech and product is best in class. Druva helps organizations to securely regain corporate oversight of their data, not only reducing risk of data loss or breach but also limiting opportunity for financial, legal, and reputational consequences

4 Recommended Data resiliency and retention is a crucial part of any organization, especially in the age when data is gold and retention [not throwing away your data] can lead to future insight using Big Data analytics. It is also crucial the way business is conducted these days, consumers will not tolerate your web site not working for a few days because a server went down and you lost all your data, they will move on. Modern data backup is about being able to access aspects of that data all the time, rather than it being a monolithic single system backup. Drive were one of the first companies to offer a totally cloud native solution. Worthy of a place in the community.

, y p g p ga unique understanding of a hacker's mentality, Cylance is truly predictive and preventive against advanced threats. All other comparable vendors focus on detection and response, a reactive operationally expensive model. Being predictive and preventive reduces the total attack surface as well as the resources for monitoring, maintaining and recovering. CylancePROTECT, the cornerstone product, replaces or augments existing endpoint protection products. Network and Forensic Analysts use CylanceV as an analytics tool for malware detection used in compromise assessments, forensic analysis and to augment network security and situational awareness tools. The Cylance services team has deep expertise incident response, compromise assessments, penetration testing and securing industrial control systems (ICS) and critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR).

Druva Inc.IT-Information TechnologyUSA, North America

4.5 Druva is the leader in converged data protection, bringing data-center class availability and governance to the mobile and distributed enterprise. With a single dashboard for backup, availability and governance, Druva’s award-winning solutions minimize network impact and are transparent to users. As the industry's fastest growing data protection provider, Druva is trusted by over 3,000 global organizations on over 3 million devices.

5 Recommended I first discovered this company several years ago, and have been watching their impressive growth over time--in fact I nominated them as a Tech Pioneer before (I think it was 2013.) I think the company and its founder, Luis von Ahn, exemplify all the WEF values perfectly: improving the state of the world. Moreover, their goal is not just to 'do good' for the world, but to do it really, really well. From a product standpoint, it's excellent. I and have used Duolingo myself and it's its is an impressive user experience--fun and engaging, with immediate learning benefit. I'v not tried all the other competitors, but have tried Rosetta Stone and it is superior in my view. It has also gotten better over time. Not only has the company expanded the number of languages covered dramatically, it uses of machine learning to continually improve the user experience. That said, in my view the most impressive things about the company is the number of people it can potentially help, for free, and Luis himself, who would make an excellent Tech Pioneer. In one sense, Duolingo is essentially the Kahn Academy of Languages; however, the fact that it uses data from its users to personalize the experience and to make the product better f overall, makes it even more compelling in my view. To users, the product is free, but the genius in it is in the way it uses of massive online collaboration for continual improvement, which is an area where Luis has a long and accomplished history. As the inventor of CAPTHA, he has a long history of inventing ways to leverage user input for public good. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to point to any additional information but to ge

5 Recommended the proof of the pudding is in the 110 million eaters . doing good

4 Recommended

4 Recommended Strong brand and high-quality product with significant impact potential

DuolingoME-Media, Entertainment & InformationUSA, North America

4.5 Duolingo is a Pittsburgh-based education startup founded by Carnegie Mellon University professor Luis von Ahn, PhD, and Severin Hacker, PhD. Its mission is to provide free language education to the world. Known for its free, gamified, and science-based language courses, Duolingo is the world’s most popular online language learning platform with over 110 million users. It was selected by Apple as iPhone App of the Year in 2013, and by Google as Best of the Best for Android in 2013 and 2014. Duolingo is used both by students in the poorest developing countries and Bill Gates, the richest man in the world, a testament to its work building a society in which spending more cannot buy a better education."

5 Recommended Elections are indeed an area where the process has been stagnant for decades. It's a process that technology seems to have simply skipped over, and as a result, it's much less efficient and more expensive than it should be in this day and age. It's also a global issue. While voting processes in developed democracies have a lot to gain by harnessing the power of technology, developing countries as well as countries where voting processes are less mature could have even more to gain on a relative basis if they can leapfrog into a technology-driven process. So big points for tackling a big problem with big potential impact. I would like to seen more about the security aspects of their solution, and I would have expected to see more traction given how much money they've raised and how long they've been operating. Still, their progress is significant, and bringing this company and this topic into the Tech Pioneer spotlight would be a great addition to the community.

5 Recommended I sat with the founder at a dinner in silicon Valley several years back and was deeply impressed with her social commitment, and determination to fix the hugely broken voting system. I have been following them with interest ever since. They are a bit of an underdog, but their technology makes so much sense that they have a real shot at winning in the space. In summary, the combination of their technical innovation with their altruistic motivations make them a very good fit in my opinion

5 Recommended Strong solution for a growing need with solid forward momentum. Leadership with strong knowledge of this area and a solid advisory board

3 Not recommended I was not familiar with Everyone Counts before reading this submission but I am very famiilar with Scytl, a Spanish competitor, as I have written about the company. Scytl,was launched before Everyone Counts. Governments in 42 countries around the world use Sctyl's election technology, in some cases at a national or federal level and in others at a more regional level. In the U.S. it is working with 1,400 of 3,200 counties including important ones such as Los Angeles, Miami or Dallas. New York, Virginia, New Jersey, Alaska are also Scytl clients. Scty,l which is due to IPO soon, is more global so for me Everyone Counts is not the clear cut winner in this space.

Everyone CountsIT-Information TechnologyUSA, North America

4.5 Everyone Counts is bringing greater security, accuracy, auditability and access to voting by digitizing elections. We are leading the transformation of arguably the most important business process in the world—from expensive, antiquated purpose-built hardware systems and error- and fraud-prone manual paper processes, to a perpetually state-of-the-art software as a service (SaaS) model. Everyone Counts has brought together internationally recognized leaders in technology, computer security, and election administration to provide secure software-based election administration solutions to government and private membership organizations around the world. With hundreds of customer successes over the past decade, Everyone Counts’ innovations have improved processes, while cutting costs significantly over traditional voting methods. From voters with disabilities in Bosnia voting privately and independently for the first time, to soldiers serving on the front line finally being able to vote reliably, Everyone Counts’ sustainable, scalable solutions for election administration and voting increase participation, drive voter confidence and bring real credibility to results. Our global market leadership will result in increased accessibility and improved accuracy for all elections, as well as enhanced security, increased auditability, and significant cost savings. Everyone Counts’ mission is to ensure that every person in every democracy or membership organization in the world with the right to vote can easily do so privately, independently, and securely—and with full confidence that their vote is reliably counted.

5 Recommended In my view one of the fastest and most important ingredients in curing cancer is data. Since my brother is currently suffering from stage 4 metastatic colon cancer, I'm seeing this first-hand. There are so many questions that I'm SURE have been asked before by other patients with the same conditions, but we're blind to the learning that might result because data are not currently pooled. The problem bring solved for here, which is to bring together patient data in a HIPPA compliant way, is a powerful innovation that will create the ability to perform analytics across patients. I think this approach will not only be valuable for doing research to find cures for cancer, but can help patients navigate the complicated web of treatments in a much more optimized way, leading to better outcomes, much faster. If this database could be opened up. I have not worked with Nat Turner on this venture at all but has several interactions with him in the early days of Invite Media. He is extremely bright, passionate and curious and would be an excellent addition to the Tech Pioneer community.

4 Recommended The team benefits the social-economy by powering an innovative platform to address today’s healthcare challenges.

5 Recommended Magic Leap no longer requires an introduction. They are literally breaking new ground in visual technology, which is paramount to the world we will be living in. Magic Leap do not simply use AR, they re-invent it with retinal projection. It is not only about gaming, but also about how any surface could become your workspace in the future, making their technology applicable to all WEF members. Magic Leap is about real technology breakthroughs which could change how we interact with information. Not many other companies can make such claims.

4 Recommended

5 Recommended This company and entrepreneur should be part of the conversation at the WEF http://recode.net/2015/10/27/the-future-of-voice-whats-next-after-siri-alexa-and-ok-google/, also add in Amazon Echo (alexa) a very vibrant AI fron

Flatiron Health, Inc.IT-Information TechnologyUSA, North America

4.5 Flatiron Health’s mission is to serve cancer patients and our customers by dramatically improving treatment and accelerating research. Our team is building a disruptive, oncology-specific software platform that connects cancer centers across the world on a common technology infrastructure to address key healthcare challenges. Today, the Flatiron Health OncologyCloud™ platform includes the industry-leading electronic medical record for oncology, a first-of-its-kind analytics tool, patient portal, and integrated billing management. Our goal is to help cancer centers and life science companies leverage real-world oncology data at a scale and clinical depth never before seen to advance cancer care and accelerate research.

Magic Leap, Inc.EL-ElectronicsUSA, North America

4.5 Magic Leap is developing the next computing platform that will enable you to seamlessly combine and experience your digital and physical lives. Magic Leap is headquartered in Dania Beach, Florida, USA, with locations in Austin, Los Angeles, Mountain View, Seattle; Israel, New Zealand, and the UK.

MindMeld, Inc.IT-Information TechnologyUSA, North America

4.5 MindMeld (formerly Expect Labs) democratizes the ability to build intelligent voice interfaces into any device or application. While a handful of large technology companies are creating their own voice assistants for their services, the majority of businesses and enterprises are unable to

4 Recommended

5 Not recommended Fascinating technology and off the charts on innovation, but they don't really have proof of concept or prototype at this stage. Put them at the top of the list for next year though. If/when this takes off (and I believe it will) I'd put them at the top of the list for consideration

4 Recommended this is on the border bet 4 and 5. Its add-on to deep learning -"deep reinforcement learning" is a novel and potentially extremely important concept as it could greatly accelerate machine learning. The company has top-notch investors, which provide an all-important network of resources to help the company meet its goal. I thus think that its prospects are very strong. Social/business impact is also potentially huge if deep reinforcement learning lives up to its promise. Of course Osaro could just be accelerating the arrival of the robot apocalypse, but I guess that if so, we may as well give our future robot overlords an award! ;-)

5 Recommended This company is targetting a massive market and big pain point. Most governments today procure complex services on a large scale with the objective of providing better social infrastructure, enhanced security, and higher standard of living to the general public. Sirion can enable streamlining and proactive monitoring of these engagements to ensure that the contracted obligations are met by the vendors and the outcomes are aligned with the original business case.

4 Recommended This kind of platform will be needed to convert the world of B2B contracts to the as-a-service economy in virtually every industry in the world. I don't know how good this team is, but they have taken an effective approach, and there is a lot of trapped value that can be released by their disruptive innovation.

SirionLabs Pvt. Ltd.IT-Information TechnologyIndia, South Asia

4.5 SirionLabs is a leading provider of enterprise SaaS products focused on the post-signature management of complex services contracts. SirionLabs is transforming the way buyers and suppliers of complex services (e.g. IT Outsourcing, BPO, 3rd Party Logistics, etc.) engage with each other using our flagship enterprise platform - Sirion. Sirion enables effective governance of complex services engagements in the post-signature phase by automating complex procedures across key governance disciplines – contract, performance, financial, relationship and risk management – on a single integrated platform. The result is improved supplier performance, reduced value leakage, stronger buyer-supplier relationship and significantly lower cost of governance.

the majority of businesses and enterprises are unable tobuild the suite of technologies needed for intelligent voice capabilities. MindMeld’s end-to-end platform enables a turnkey solution that is more affordable and accessible to most commercial enterprises. The technology is built on deep artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and enabling technologies for speech recognition and machine learning.

Osaro IncIT-Information TechnologyUSA, North America

4.5 Osaro is a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company developing products based on proprietary deep reinforcement learning technology. Osaro software automates the control of complex systems. The company’s patent pending technology automatically processes large amounts of unstructured data and efficiently learns complex control tasks. Osaro software is able to learn quickly and efficiently by watching humans.

5 Recommended Teracle is at the intersection of subjects which are very topical this year: 1. Virtual reality, and the use of headsets (which are democratizing considerably) to help visualize complexity. Teracle are one of the best illustrations that VR is not just about hardcore gamers and Oculus Rift. 2. Education, Teracle harnesses the power of VR to make complex concepts (such as geometry or atomic chemistry) much more visual and intuitive to grasp for students 3. Open systems, Teracle has build libraries of vector graphics which are very easy for teachers to re-use and create VR curriculum with. This is an essential condition for the democratization of such solutions. 4. Asian start-ups, Teracle is a Korean start-up which is on its way to addressing international markets. They have recruited international young leaders to help promote their concept beyond Asia. This is one of the start-ups which I resonated the most this year.

4 Not recommended Approach seems to show promise and their technology is impressive, but to the extent their big innovation is in their Teraglass product, it's too early for them. The visual wearable space is evolving quickly, but there are a lot of unknowns about device adoption, practicality, use cases that lend themselves to visual or AR experiences, ultimate cost of these devices, operationalization of content, etc. Net, while a company to keep an eye on with founders that seem impressive, the company has not yet proves viability or adoption.

5 Recommended I have been reporting stories about SigFox since we put them on our cover in 2012. The company's technology, growth trajectory and potential impact make them a clear Technology Pioneer and the launch of the foundation adds an important social dimension as well

5 Recommended Offering compelling solutions today in the hot world of IoT / M2M. Great head start on future competing solutions from 4G and 5G. Strong, positive response at the recent Mobile World Congress held in Barcelona.

5 Recommended This is a very innovative technology that has no equivalent. It if delivers its promises it will connect the Internet of Things on long distance in a way that is impossible today. It has a huge market and potential, highly recommend them

4 Recommended Innovative, leading startup in the field of IoT. Well positioned in a relevant and growing segment Maybe too many awards already

Teracle, Inc.IT-Information TechnologyUSA, North America

4.5 Teracle, Inc. is a company that uses ICT to regenerate the current education ecosystem so that it is more suitable for the smart generation students and teachers. Its foundation was based upon the vision of three young men in their 20s - to create a world where everyone has an equal opportunity to access quality education no matter what his or her socioeconomic status is. The three men are twin brothers, In-Je Cho and Joseph Cho, and their best friend, Daniel Kim. Together, they worked on several projects to fulfill their vision, and eventually founded Teracle, Inc. in January 2013. Our mission is to use the latest technological advancements to help others access the learning tools they need, deliver quality education, and make it accessible to everyone. Our ultimate goal is to minimize the gap between the educationally rich and poor, improve education standards, initiate change and make worldwide movement in educational equity.

SIGFOXIT-Information TechnologyFrance, Western Europe

4.4 SIGFOX is the world’s leading provider of cellular connectivity dedicated to the Internet of Things and M2M Communications. The company’s network complements existing high-bandwidth systems by providing economical, energy-efficient two-way transmission of small quantities of data over long distances, thus lowering barriers to wide implementation of IoT and M2M solutions, and greatly extending the battery and service life of connected devices. SIGFOX, whose technology is already FCC certified, is currently operating or being deployed in the U.S. and 11 European countries and registers over 7 million objects in its network. SIGFOX is headquartered in France and has offices in Boston, Dubai, Madrid, San Francisco & Singapore.

3 Not recommended What will hold back SIGFOX is focus on proprietary technology

5 Recommended The Company has built the world’s first maritime data platform, which analyzes and organizes the massive, fragmented and extremely unreliable maritime data, making the data accessible and actionable across verticals. It has solved the problem of ocean being the world’s missing data link and for the first time in history, it allows anyone to know what’s happening at sea

4 Recommended This is a really important area that has not received as much attention as it deserves, perhaps because it is not as glamorous as other areas, perhaps because this is an ecosystem that will take some time to adopt. In any event, the platform is a exactly the right model, the government agencies are natural early adopters, and the big market will come when general industry seeks the same kind of visibility from sea logistics as it enjoys on land.

4 Recommended Windward, which made Informilo's list of the Top 25 hottest Israeli companies in 2015, provides insight into the movement of the 50,000 commercial ships, and other vessels, that traverse the globe, carrying over 90% of the world’s trade. Its a great example of how Big Data can bring transparency to business and make a big impact

5 Recommended I think Jibo is a terrific candidate for Tech Pioneer, although I'm puzzled as to why it's not Cynthia Brazeal who is the nominee rather than Steve Chambers. Cynthia is clearly the inventor, innovator behind the technology and an out of the box thinker as it relates to product creation, and she is probably one of the world's most foremost experts in the world of social robotics. Having watched her in a number of YouTube videos on the topic, I think she would be a great addition to the community. That aside, this is one of the best devices I've seen to date that I think has true potential for being a companion on the home. Amazon Echo is intriguing, but it is designed to be much more utilitarian. The social impact this machine could have is significant--the fact that it learns your preferences and has a 'personality' sets it apart and puts it into a different category. I think this has huge applicability in both elder care and childcare in particular, but could be integrated into anyone's life pretty easily. Very high marks for innovation. Can't wait to get one for my mom! ('ve just joined their mailing list!)

Jibo, Inc.EL-ElectronicsUSA, North America

4.3 Jibo, Inc., creator of the world’s first Social Robot for the home, is a design-driven company dedicated to creating unforgettable experiences through advanced social robotics technology. Jibo is the world’s first Social Robot and Family Companion that provides help, fun and companionship. With the Jibo SDK, developers have the tools to create and build a wide range of Jibo Skills extending Jibo’s personality and capabilities in the home. Founded in 2012 by Dr. Cynthia Breazeal, a pioneer of social robotics and human robot interaction from the MIT Media Lab, Jibo, Inc. is staffed by robotics and consumer electronics leaders in both the Boston and San Francisco areas.

WindwardIT-Information TechnologyIsrael, Middle East

4.3 Windward is a maritime data and analytics company, bringing unprecedented visibility to the maritime domain. With over 90% of the world’s trade transported over the oceans, data on ship activity is critical to decision makers across industries. But despite the huge stakes at sea, ship activity remains a mystery: the data is massive, fragmented and extremely unreliable when take as is, due to human error and active manipulation. The oceans are the last analog market and the world’s missing data link. Windward is bridging the information gap. The Company has built the world’s first maritime data platform, The Windward Mind, which analyzes and organizes the world’s maritime data, making the data accessible and actionable across verticals. From flagging criminal threats at sea to combating illegal fishing to identifying new market trading opportunities, Windward’s data and insights are providing reliable maritime data and analytics, for the first time in history, to anyone who needs to know what’s happening at sea.

4 Recommended

4 Not recommended Jibo is impressive, but has not been released. I recommend watching the release closely (it should be this spring) and then making a final decision. Overall, my inclination is to pass this year and reconsider them next year when you have a release track record to examine. And substitute Breazeal for Chambers. Pros: impressive vision, and clear attempt to make a useful and friendly home robot resource. Excellent exec team with impressive experience. But I am annoyed that the candidate is Steve Chambers not Cynthia Breazeal. If she had been nominated, I probably would have cast a "yes" vote Cons: it is still vaporware. There is no way to evaluate the underlying technology, which may or not be innovative or effective. The few demos that have been reported suggest that its actual uses are rather limited. And it is entering a space littered with the corpses of earlier attempts. finally, the whole "affective computing" area is filling up with players from Apple's to Google racing to develop systems. Finally, I am annoyed by all the awards they list in their submission above -- most are for Breazeal's other work, not Jibo. Which only makes the case that the individual being nominated should be Cynthia Breazeal, not Steve chambers.

4 Recommended Promising segment of robot-led Human suport and helper combining Human like user interface with NLP capabilities. Amazon Echoes ans others ALL jumping on that hot sector, so differentiation will be key but difficult. Again one startup in that domain will be needed and jibo might be the right on

5 Recommended Innovative company with a big vision, potential huge impact, and a CEO who seems to be very impressive One huge challenge we have as a society is that the law is that increasingly, our legal system is unable to keep pace with the rate of technology change. It's getting more complex to review and analyze either federal or state by state statutes and map them to legal questions on the table today because technology introduces entirely new dynamics that are simply not addressed. (Witness the many privacy and data abuse issues currently being debated by the courts, including FBI/Apple.) There are huge legislative gaps in the US legal system as well as many others across the world. Applying machine learning & AI technologies to these issues could be game changing not only in helping predict outcomes, but in surfacing both gaps and potential legislative solutions in a much faster, efficient manner. Could be huge in the US as well as in countries all over the world. Great candidate for Tech Pioneer.

5 Recommended Very innovative solution for government combining statistical and analytical approac

4 Recommended Interesting company that we've known about for a while and are tracking. Not sure it becomes a massive technology platform but it can possibly improve the way our democracy works

4 Recommended They aren't explicitly trying to tackle broad social benefit, but their products help make government info (and risk) more accessible to organizations that serve the public. Many of their advisors (and apparently also their somewhat self-absorbed CEO) have demonstrated substantive commitment to socially-conscious causes. The technology behind Fiscalnote is not earth-shaking -- this is an implementation play around a solid business model. So I vote a yes, but you might want to contact Lally Weymouth who is an advisor to them and also a good friend of WEF.

3 Recommended The company is addressing a space that one would not commonly think is appropriate for data analytics and predictive behaviour, namely one associated with politics. However, the fact that this company chooses to address a challenging space where human interaction is so unpredictable makes it an interesting candidate to explore

5 Recommended like healthcare sector's airbnb version

FiscalNote, Inc.IT-Information TechnologyUSA, North America

4.2 FiscalNote is on a mission to build the world’s most powerful platform for analyzing government risk. Every day, FiscalNote transforms the way global organizations work by unlocking government data to make it accessible and actionable.

ZocDoc 4.1 Zocdoc is the tech company at the beginning of a better

5 Recommended They are definitely not early, but an established, credible company that still has lots of room to grow and to improve. They have provided huge benefit to both patients and doctors, navigating the still messy US health-care system

4 Recommended

4 Recommended Not sure if they are passed the Tech Pionneer stage considering they are a 2B dollar company, but I voted yes on the principle of the selection criteria

4 Recommended Very topical and relevant in terms of the on-demand economy; addresses a real pain point for both consumers and businesses alike

4 Recommended well proven concept . solid group of supporters, big market. good leadership

3 Recommended Yes, well, maybe. It is a practical application of Jean Tirole's two-sided market theory. Star-studded investors. but a look at doctors in their system for Silicon Valley suggests they have an issue with Doctor take-up: the list was pretty limited, and omitted known local top doctors

5 Recommended Acquia is commercializing the important open source web software called Drupal. This software is freely available to all, but this company is making it easier for large corporations, government bodies, and non-profits to stand up and manage a global web presence. As a professional evaluator, I find this product and company to exemplify the benefits of open source software and the Internet. The combination of these forces makes it possible to connect billions of people -- including the next billion Internet users coming in via mobile phones and wireless networks -- to the information and services and other people they need to thrive in this digital economy. The payoff is the democratization of the world's information, the availability of University-quality educational resources to all, and the services underlying every economy and social order.

5 Recommended Dries and Drupal are excellent examples of the digital transformation of the enterprise and the rise of new enterprise software companies started with a global open source community and building to strong revenue based companies

2 Not recommended Not fundamentally original Content Management System. Basic service company for enterprise. No potential to have an influence of changing the world in any way

4 RecommendedBlockchain 4.0 Blockchain develops the software platform that will power

ME-Media, Entertainment &InformationUSA, North America

healthcare experience. Each month, millions of patients usZocdoc to find in-network neighborhood doctors, instantly book appointments online, see what other real patients have to say, get reminders for upcoming appointments and preventive check-ups, fill out their paperwork online, and more. With a mission to give power to the patient, Zocdoc’s online marketplace – now available across all 50 U.S. states - delivers the accessible, seamless, and simple experience patients expect and deserve. Zocdoc is free for patients and available across the United States via Zocdoc.com or the Zocdoc app for iPhone and Android.

AcquiaIT-Information TechnologyUSA, North America

4.0 Acquia, named one of the most promising companies in America by Forbes in 2011, commercializes Drupal, a popular open source web content management system widely used by media, entertainment, government and higher education. Drupal users include the White House, the Economist magazine, Warner Brothers Music, Harvard, Thomson-Reuters, Al Jazeera, the World Economic Forum, Time, Inc., Stanford and hundreds of thousands of additional organizations.

4 Recommended Application is very light on details, but organization is well established and working on high-impact (if somewhat overhyped) technology.Team and directors are high-quality and well known leaders

4 Recommended Blockchain.info has a strong global offering and a strong management team. In addition to the wallet and developer platform Blockchain offers a search engine that helps people track assets in a decentralized database and claims to have some 90% of the market in global search of blockchain. In an interview with my magazine the CEO put it this way: " you could think of us to Bitcoin as what Google is to the Internet.” I believe they deserve to be a tech pioneer.

4 Recommended Potential to become the backbone of crypto-currency led commerce

4 Recommended The team benefits the social-economy by practicing innovation in AI and machine learning in cyber-security to facilitate safer public, governmental and corporate infrastructures.

4 Recommended There are so very many cyber solutions out there it's difficult to truly differentiate one from the next, but the Cybereason solution is clever both in how it detects attacks and the fact that it's end to end.The fact that it looks at signal changes in processes, users, machines, memory, registry etc. that are predictive of an attack and then collects forensic action to diagnose, trace and ideally thwart the attack is impressive. They named two companies of the 25, but I would like to have seen more. Revenue suggests significant marketplace traction, but I'd like to understand more about major rollouts among clients who have tried it. (This the 4 instead of 5)

5 Recommended Very sharp founders and growth is at breakneck speed. O2O is a fast-growing market in China with huge potential, and on-demand, last-mile delivery is a key capability in this market

4 Recommended This is one of China's newest unicorns. It is solving complex logistical problems related to transportation and delivery. Applied broadly, these breakthroughs in logistics have far-reaching implications.

3 Not recommended Very interesting and real business opportunity. However, not qualifying for WEF TP, as more a replication in PRC of known successfull business concept.

BK-Banking & Capital MarketsLuxembourg, Western Europe

our open financial future

Cybereason, IncIT-Information TechnologyUSA, North America

4.0 Founded by members of the Israeli military’s elite cyber-security corps, Unit 8200, Cybereason’s technology is based on their deep understanding of complex hacking operations. The Cybereason Endpoint Detection and Response Platform leverages big data, behavioral analytics and machine learning to uncover, in real time, complex cyber attacks designed to evade traditional defenses. It automates the forensic investigation process, connects isolated malicious events and visually presents the full malicious operation. The platform is available as either an on-premise solution or a cloud-based service. Cybereason is privately held and headquartered in Boston with offices in Tel Aviv, Israel.

DaJiang Network Technology （Shanghai） Co., Ltd.IT-Information TechnologyPeople's Republic of China, Greater China

4.0 Founded in early 2014 and backed by the DST and Sequoia Capital, Dada focuses on building a crowd-sourced marketplace for last-mile, on-demand delivery. As the largest crowdsourcing platform in China and around the world, Dada has over 1 million certified couriers on its platform, serving over 1.2 million daily delivery orders for more than 300,000 merchants in 40+ cities. In last 2015, Dada launched its own consumer-facing food delivery app which has quickly grown to 1 million daily orders.

4 Recommended dMetrics have created something that perhaps already or very soon will become a necessity in society or business, that is a machine/tool/service that is able to process the vast amounts of data being produced on a topic at any one time and present it back to the user in a simple concise form tailored to the needs of the user at a particulate time. The amount of data being produced is accelerating, it is already impossible to have an interest in a number of topics and be considered knowledgable or up to date, dMetrics can provide this capability. The uses for such a technology are endless and if kept as an "open" technology, rather than the next Google, will be a very rewarding tool for society to use as a whole. A very worthy entrant to the community.

4 Recommended The team benefits the social-economy by practicing innovation in AI and machine reading that benefit to the Pharmaceutical and Financial industries.

4 Not recommended early stage . Not sure of the business case

4 Not recommended The space Maana is going after is big. It's true that industrial companies are plagued with disparate data in silos, many of which are in out-dated legacy systems that are difficult to integrate with. It's also true that unlocking data within these silos and making it inter-operable so that production lines, service functions, etc. can be performed faster, more accurately, So they get a lot of points for innovation, potential impact and working prototype. Viability, however is still a question. The examples they provide for potential impact are from an industry study, they are not examples of the results their clients are seeing. While promising, it's too early for them at this point. Would like to evaluate them again next year, when they have more proof of impact.

4 Recommended Disclaimer: My fund is an investor in mnubo and I nominated them to the community this yea

Maana, Inc.IT-Information TechnologyUSA, North America

4.0 Maana is a privately held, US-based, big data analytics software company with offices in Palo Alto, California, Bellevue, Washington and Houston, Texas. Maana’s mission is to democratize and operationalize big data analytics for millions of employees who manage, operate, and maintain the infrastructure assets and business processes of the world’s largest industrial companies. Operations of these assets generate massive amounts of data, yet tens of millions of day-to-day decisions regarding operations, maintenance, and repair of these assets are made with less than 10% of that data. Making sense of the other 90% is difficult and expensive, and hence today not feasible. Maana addresses this problem in an ingenious way. Imagine for one moment that search engines on Internet mysteriously disappear, instantly more than 90% of the World Wide Web goes dark, or in other words making use of the data on billions of websites becomes very difficult and expensive

mnuboIT-Information Technology

4.0 mnubo is a IoT Data Analytics company. Our SmartObjects™ platform extracts business value from IoT

dMetrics Inc.IT-Information TechnologyUSA, North America

4.0 dMetrics are the builders of reading machines™, intelligent agents that can be trained to extract valuable information from unstructured text. The company is a winner of four National Science Foundation SBIR awards for the development of its technology. Our team includes 6 PhDs and 12 engineers / business people. Cofounded by two MIT PhDs (Paul Nemirovsky and Ariadna Quattoni), we speak 10 languages, hold 7 passports, and are located in Brooklyn NY.

4 Recommended I gave Mnubo a 4 rating. Based on Mnubo's focus on providing customers with value generating IoT data analytics solutions. Mnubo is a good fit for the community. The initial focus of IoT solutions has been on expanding the number of IoT-enabled connected products and assets. However, connecting IoT products is not where the value of IoT will be achieved. The real value of connecting IoT products will be achieved by capturing data driven insight and analytics from these connected products. Mnubo focuses on the value-generating IoT analytics market. Pros: 1) Innovation: Mnubo provides IoT data management solutions to help simplify the process of generating personalized, useful information from IoT-enabled connected products. This actionable analysis and insight is the true value of IoT, not just connecting the IoT devices. 2) Market Segments: Mnubo focuses on key industries and segments where we see momentum for IoT solution deployment, particularly: wearables, industrial markets, automotive/connected car, smart home, and healthcare. 3) Delivery models: Mnubo offers a SaaS solution to manufacturers using a three tiered pricing structure (base, pro, and premium). This tiered structure gives end users the flexibility to select the appropriate type of data storage, analytics, and management to meet their IoT data management needs. Cons: 1) Fragmented competition: The competition in the IoT data analytics category is fragmented with many different types of competitors trying to position their solutions in this area. Examples of the competitors include: Niche Vendors: e g

gyCanada, North America

j psensor data by delivering real-time intelligence, predictive analytics and IoT data science – powering richer IoT applications. mnubo offers a SaaS-based solution to IoT manufacturers to connect, collect and analyze their object data. Customers use mnubo to improve their connected product experience and benefit from the insights to deliver service efficiency. mnubo is one of the pioneers in identifying the need for advanced IoT analytics and data science tailored to the IoT market. Since then, we’ve helped connected object manufacturers worldwide derive intelligence from sensor data, by productizing IoT algorithms in consumer products, smart homes, smart buildings, smart farming as well as industrial automation.

5 Recommended This is a company that I think can be truly transformational in the ed tech space. Solving for how to practically bring education to emerging markets is a huge challenge. Unlike the many other competitors in the ed-tech space, OUN has innovated to solve for three important barriers to success. First, it's bundled the cost of internet access in with tuition. As we've seen with so many other companies trying to bring the internet to these regions, the access costs are a very heavy lift. The bundling approach is a creative way to get around that. Second, the approach to learning, which is to make it self-paced, but with access to coaches, is important. Third, in contrast to MOOC's this is a degree-based program. While MOOC's are great for skills-based learning, they don't deliver this kind of experience, and don't culminate in a degree. I think OUN is a model that is offering a unique, innovative solution and it's traction to date is strong evidence that it's working.

4 Recommended taking Moogs to mobile -- great

3 Recommended while there are number of organizations addressing this space, in light of the immense size of it and its importance ,it is important to test various solutions to gain experience and to see who will be proven good.

4.0 4 Recommended

One University Network, Inc.ME-Media, Entertainment & InformationUSA, North America

4.0 One University Network (OUN) collaborates with respected universities and employers throughout the world to help students earn degrees and credentials via mobile device. Tuition is an affordable, monthly subscription - as low as $100 per month in many emerging markets - which includes as many self-paced classes as students can complete, along with all required class materials. Students receive intensive support from an OUN-certified coach and, unlike traditional faculty, coaches are continuously rated, much like Uber drivers and AirBNB hosts. This feature creates a vast talent pool to address the severe shortage of qualified instructors in the world’s fastest growing higher education markets.

Onshape, Inc.IT-Information TechnologyUSA, North America

Onshape is the only company in the world 100% focused on cloud and mobile CAD, offering the first and only professional 3D CAD system that lets everyone on a design team work together using any web browser, phone, or tablet. Companies worldwide rely on Onshape today to speed up the design of consumer electronics, mechanical machinery, medical devices, machine parts, industrial equipment, and many other products. Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Onshape includes key members of the original SolidWorks team plus elite engineers from the cloud, data security and mobile industries.

4.0 4 Recommended Partnerships with FAA and NASA as well as revenues and investor funding suggest that this is a company with potential. Their advantage might be more from early adopter than innovation but still an excellent candidate.

4 Recommended In addressing the power issue, PsiKick are overcoming is a major obstacle to the widespread deployment of IoT.

4 Recommended Innovative with great potential for deployment

5 Recommended I am not an investor here but know the founder quite well. A transformational company that encompasses the themes of SV - using technology to improve the world. Highly recommend.

4 Recommended Not the usual WEF profile, but perhaps that's a positive. As a consultant, the company is free to recommend the best approach rather than focus on its own offerings. It addresses a market that is often considered dirty or boring, but which matters to the health of the planet. Also, Morris's background is a plus

3 Not recommended While I like Rubicon's mission to improve waste management and recycling, I did not see near enough evidence that their particular approach actually works in a substantial way. Worth watching for the future, at present I would not recommend them as aTech Pioneer

5 Recommended

PsiKick Inc.EL-ElectronicsUSA, North America

4.0 Wireless Energy Harvesting System-on-Chip Platform for IoT PsiKick designs the next generation of semiconductor electronics and systems that will power the Internet of Things. PsiKick’s wireless chips are fully integrated systems on chip that perform sensing/computation/memory and wireless communication but consume only a tiny fraction of the power required for standard chips. By tiny fraction we mean 1/100th to 1/1000th of the power required by typical "low-power" chips from Intel, Qualcomm,Samsung or other leading chip companies today. PsiKick's chips can run entirely from energy they harvest from their environment via indoor light, vibration, energy, thermal differences or even RF energy. Essentially, they power themselves. No batteries required. Today PsiKick is building wireless sensor systems based on these chips to solve the hardest problems in the emerging IoT space

Rubicon GlobalPS-Professional ServicesUSA, North America

4.0 Rubicon Global is North America's leading provider of sustainable waste and recycling solutions. Rubicon Global's technology-based, comprehensive waste stream solutions allow companies to reduce operating expenses, implement recycling programmes, and meet long-term sustainability goals.

PrecisionHawkIT-Information TechnologyUSA, North America

PrecisionHawk is a terrestrial data acquisition and analysis company founded in 2010. The company provides an end-to-end platform using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for data collection and analysis, software tools to provide better business intelligence to clients across a wide range of civilian industries. PrecisionHawk also owns drone data software, DataMapper, satellite imagery provider, Terraserver, and the Low Altitude Traffic and Airspace Safety platform, LATAS. PrecisionHawk currently holds a contract with the FAA to test technology solutions for drone flight outside line of site.

Sphere 3D Corporation 4.0 Sphere 3D Corporation (NASDAQ: ANY) delivers

5 Recommended 1. Containerization technology for apps. 2. Relatively new technology so adoption and user experience is unproven. However technology agnostic makes it appealing to wide range of users including legacy users. 3. Micro Hypervisors are used for virtualization for windows and non windows application. 4. This technology addresses a massive product portfolio - $57b (as per the note in the details provided) 5. Publicly traded company with strong leadership to drive this vision

4 Recommended

2 Not recommended not innovative enough for tech pioneers.

5 Recommended

4 Recommended Strong Techn Pioneer candidate due to the holistic approach they've taken to harnessing the power of the voice of the consumer and delivering a 'social platform' to the market, and marketplace traction and renewal rate. However, they still come up short of a 5 for a few reasons. Growth rates are somewhat deceptive as they are driven at least in part by acquisition--it's difficult to tell how much of their success is due to them using capital to buy companies rather than inventing solutions themselves. While bringing a range of technologies together and melding them into the same code base so end users can have a single unified experience is impressive and complex, I'm not sure it rises to the level of original innovation as seen in many other candidate companies. I also thought their write-up was sub-par as compared to others. It was very repetitive, with too much sizzle, not enough steak. Would like to have seen a more detailed product description, as well as some examples of how the named companies are using their products to drive their businesses.

3 Not recommended Sprinklr captured our attention with their foresight in creating a unified social solution early in social media's overall development. However, since then other players have entered or refined their offering creating a competitive environment. Sprinklr's vision is inspiring, but we are still awaiting indicators of progress through concrete product enhancement details. Without those, it is difficult to provide a firm recommendation for this community. In the past, Sprinklr's leadership has caused us to question its ability to deliver on its brand promise. Recent additions to the company have us feeling more positive about success, however, time will tell.

IT-Information TechnologyUSA, North America

containerization and virtualization technologies along witdata management solutions that enable workload-optimised IT solutions. This is achieved through a combination of containerized applications, virtual desktops, virtual storage and physical hyper-converged platforms. Sphere 3D allows organizations to deploy a combination of public, private or hybrid cloud strategies while backing them up with state-of-the-art storage solutions.

Sprinklr, Inc.IT-Information TechnologyUSA, North America

4.0 At Sprinklr, we believe big brands really do care about their customers. They know consumers are connected and empowered like never before. They know one Facebook post or Yelp review can make or break their business. But in an omnichannel universe that moves at the speed of Twitter, they’re simply not equipped to understand their customers and engage with them at scale in a consistent, coordinated, and personal way that makes people feel they actually matter. We’re on a mission to help companies put the pieces back together and create experiences customers can love. Sprinklr provides the most complete enterprise social technology in the world, designed to help large companies collaborate across their entire organization to provide intuitive, superior customer experiences across every social channel. The company is revolutionizing customer engagement in 75+ countries for more than 1,000 of the most recognized brands.

4 Recommended While the revenue number if correct seems weak the company is a good example a component company using APIs, data and sensors to transform value.

4 Recommended Yext have an excellent history of innovation in the local business marketplace. Yext's PowerListings product has revolutionized the on-line "yellow pages" market. Yext were the first, and perhaps the only business, to truly bring value to both the consumer and the small business to allow both parties to find each other in a way that is both convenient and sustainable to both. #1 problem for a small business is to be found by consumers, #1 problem for a consumer is to find niche small businesses they like. Yext solves both with some innovative programatic software applied very differently from the crowd. A worthy addition to the community.

5 Recommended Appier is interesting for our community for 2 reasons: 1. They solve the well known problem of "multi-channel". This has been the buzzword in the digital world for multiple years now but Appier actually helps brands recognize when the same user reaches to them via different digital routes. They use big data to do this, in a rather novel way. So they help solve a major potential challenge for WEF members, using new technology. 2. They are fundamentally an Asian start-up and have been quite focused regionally. This is interesting by itself as Asian start-ups tend to be somewhat under-represented as a group, and have slightly different perspectives on subjects like privacy compared to their western counterparts. This is a good occasion for real productive discussions with WEF members.

5 Recommended The team's product is the best in class globally, not only in Asia. Very large impact in how artificial intelligence is harnessed for business to make better decisions. Significant moat and defensibility. Very important problem that they are solving i.e. “Emergent artificial intelligence” is one of 10 emerging technologies highlighted by the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council. CEO is a thought leader in Artificial Intelligence

4 Recommended While still at small revenues, they are leaning into the future of smart (not just big) data with machine learning. Note to WEF, it would have been great to see more machine learning, deep learning, AI companies in the candidate set

Yext, Inc.IT-Information TechnologyUSA, North America

4.0 Yext is the global location data management leader, with a mission is to help people go places. The award-winning Yext Location Management Platform enables companies of all sizes to manage location data across their websites, mobile apps, internal systems, and the industry’s largest ecosystem of maps, apps, social networks, directories, and search engines including Apple, Facebook, Bing, and Yahoo.

AppierIT-Information TechnologyChinese Taipei, Greater China

3.8 Appier is a leading Artificial Intelligence company that develops proprietary technology of cross-screen intelligence for businesses to identify, analyze, and reach their target customers across smart screens. The company is backed by renown venture capitals, such as Sequoia Capital. Established in 2012 by renown AI Scientists, the company has achieved 500% y/y revenue growth. It is currently based in Singapore, Taipei, Tokyo, Sydney, and Vietnam, and have helped renown global brands, such as Estee Lauder, J&J, and Airbnb in reaching targeted customers.

3 Not recommended Very clever solution for e-commerce site but customers (and Governments in Europe) are becoming anti-tracking and profiling and this will likely cause restrictions in their growth. Its probably a controversial area that the WEF might want to avoid.

2 Not recommended Basically mass surveillance company for the benefit of (slightly) better performing advertising. Doesn't make the world a better palce..

5 Recommended A good solution to a growing social ill which will continue because of the availability of personal information on public databases and social media

5 Recommended The demand for this solution will grow significantly as cyber solutions are developed and deployed around the world. The key relationships and business wins illustrate a winning business with a highly innovative set of technologies driving it

4 Recommended innovative, sound technology . type of approving customers

3 Not recommended This seems to be a nice growing business but not innovative enough for tech pioneers

2 Not recommended Great technology and solving a problem for big companies. But who cares about making the world safer for the big established giants -- that just isn't in the spirit of Tech Pioneers

4 Recommended BlueTalon offers fine-grained data access control and entitlement for Big Data. It includes facility to mask, tokenize, audit and secure sensitive data. It offers policy engine to control rows, fields, cells and data dynamically and transparently to automate the process. Although Apache projects such as Sentry and Ranger offer basic level of security controls, its not as comprehensive as BlueTalon. However, there are vendors such as IBM, HPE Voltage Security, Imperva, Denodo, DataGuise and Informatica Dynamic masking capabilities that offer some flavor of access control/entitlement of big data, therefore its not completely unique in its offering. However, it does offer some level of innovation to control access to sensitive data to only authorized users, therefore a rating of 4 is recommended.

PindropIT-Information TechnologyUSA, North America

3.8 Pindrop provides enterprise solutions to secure phone and voice communications. Pindrop solutions reduce fraud losses and authentication expense for some of the largest call centers in the world. Pindrop’s patented Phoneprinting technology can identify, locate and authenticate phone devices uniquely just from the call audio thereby detecting fraudulent calls as well as verifying legitimate callers. Pindrop has been selected by the largest banks, insurers, brokerages and retailers, detecting over 80% of fraud, even for attackers never seen before. Our solutions are allowing our customers to reduce call time and improve their customers experience even while reducing fraud losses. Pindrop is restoring confidence in the security of phone-based transactions.

BlueTalon, Inc.IT-Information TechnologyUSA, North America

3.8 BlueTalon is a leading provider of data-centric security across Hadoop, relational-based and big data environments. Our security platform delivers an effective line of defense against massive data breaches while enabling unprecedented flexibility in the management of data resources. Using BlueTalon, leading enterprises have deployed consistent, precise and dynamic user access control across the organization, on-premises and in the cloud, regardless of data repositories and applications in use. The BlueTalon Policy Engine provides fine-grained authorization and filtering, dynamic data masking and data usage auditing, to keep enterprises in control of their data while giving users access to the data they need to do their job, not a byte more.

4 Recommended Security is critical for data protection. As there are large deployment of Hadoop happening and data lakes created, this is a technology that is needed and needs expansion and focus. BlueTalon has several deployment and that’s critical for maturity of the product Security model linked to code of the tool versus application level makes it more applicable. Competing Opensource technologies are coming up and may catch up or some of the large vendros like cloudera or Horton may make the investment and make it available thru open source too.

4 Recommended They perform well in meeting all of the criteria in addressing the most significant challenge facing technology today - data security. Builds on industry standard solutions and appears to take a rigorous approach that accounts for weaknesses in other solutions. Small company but with potential for large impact if successful at Fortune 100 companies.

3 Not recommended Blue Talon is huge if you rely on hadoop to run your business. but there are others also trying to solve th Hadoop security problem, and it is not overwhelming obvious that BT has a unique approach that can't be matched by others. And even if they are unique, they are still only a big deal for the hadoop world, which isn't as if they are solving the problem of world peace. So nice company, but way too nichy, and just doesn't get m pulse racing...

4 Recommended First to bring to the consumer 3d printing, without melting plastic. Instead they use SL technology. As a customer I can say this is exciting, but the form 1, was not ready for production use. Trying to go against the more established, larger players is a bold move, and to date they have sold more of this type of machine than anyone before. I hope they can pull off this transition, and feel they will need more funding to make it happen.

4 Recommended Formlabs has been a strong leader in fairly crowded space. Team has excellent pedigree and business has beaten most competitors to key innovative and commercial milestones

4 Recommended Poised for substantial growth

3 Not recommended Innovation is moderate but impact is likely to be quite narrow.

4 Recommended

4 Recommended Great example of how the fourth industrial revolution is impacting finance; good traction

FormlabsEL-ElectronicsUSA, North America

3.8 Formlabs designs and manufactures powerful and accessible 3D printing systems for engineers, designers, and artists. The company’s recently redesigned Form 2, uses stereolithography (SLA) to create high-resolution physical objects from digital designs. Founded in 2012 by a team of engineers and designers from the MIT Media Lab and Center for Bits and Atoms, Formlabs launched its first printer with a record-breaking $2.8 million Kickstarter campaign. Today the company has grown to over 100 employees, expanded sales and operations from the US into the EU, Australia and Asia, and raised over $20 million in venture capital. With its powerful, intuitive, and affordable machines, Formlabs is establishing a new benchmark in professional desktop 3D printing. Formlabs also develops its own suite of high-performance materials for 3D printing, as well as best-in-class 3D-printing software.

KenshoBK-Banking & Capital MarketsUSA, North America

3.8 Kensho is pioneering real-time statistical computing systems and scalable analytics architectures—the next-generation of improvements to the global financial system

4 Recommended Widens accessibility to information and data that has been kept under wraps. In the long run opens up the possibilities for open source data on these topics. The initial explanation of the company and what it does is breathless cliche, but if we overcome that we get something that in the end can have high impact.

3 Not recommended Interesting technologies however the potential impact is unclear

4 Recommended Afiniti has demonstrated commercial viability and acceptance of machine learning based behavioral matching for customer service. They have been in operation for over 5 years well before the current hype bubble of AI and operate in large contact centers. They DO have a close competitor, Mattersight whose methods are similiar. As fierce competitors they both maintain that their approaches are unique, but both have advanced the concept of behavioral matching and it's ability to positively impact revenue and efficiency for large contact center operations. So my rating of 4 is in recognition of the existence of a close competitor. The large contact center vendors such as Genesys, Cisco, and Avaya who dominate this market have jointly chosen to leave this level of innovation to these close competitors.

4 Recommended One conditional question that needs clarification. The company states that revenue is $15M? With 320 employees that would imply an annual cash burn rate of at least $20M (assuming a very low salary base) and likely closer to $30M. It does not appear that the numbers here are correct or this company will be out of money soon, so please verify. They are in a very large global market and this is a very strong example of smart (machine learning) applied to large data.

3 Recommended Using real-time analytics to pair callers and agents is a novel concept. Customers (callers) feels frustrated when calling call centres to speak to different people, reset the dialogue. When seeking advice, it's human nature to prefer to speak to the same person each time.. How scalable this approach actually is remains to be seen, but it is admirable that Afiniti are giving it a try

4 Recommended

Combining massively-parallel statistical computing with natural language inputs, big data and machine learning with user-friendly visual interfaces—and recent breakthroughs in unstructured data engineering—Kensho is the the next-generation analytics and knowledge platform for investment professionals. Addressing the most significant challenge in the financial markets today—achieving speed, scale, and automation of previously human-intensive knowledge work—Kensho's intelligent computer systems are capable of answering complex financial questions posed in plain English

AFINITIIT-Information TechnologyUSA, North America

3.7 With Afiniti.com we better pair. We have a revolutionary software that leverages predictive analytics to optimize contact center interactions. Afiniti transforms the way humans interact by applying artificial intelligence to analyze and predict patterns of interpersonal behavior. Afiniti enables the real-time, optimized pairing of individual contact center agents with individual customers in large enterprises. We are the sole worldwide provider of such an application predicated on pairing individuals.

Circle Internet Financial Limited 3.7 Circle is a consumer internet company focused on

4 Recommended Jeremy Allaire is a first-rate entrepreneur (I first met him when he represented WEF Tech Pioneer Brightcove in Davos.)Circle's traction and its goal of reinventing retail banking and finance make it a strong candidate

3 Recommended

4 Recommended Entering a much needed market for advanced end point protection that will base detection and incident response on IoC/IoA/TTP indicator on how attackers usually proceed for providing pro-active detection,while leveraging automated data exchange through Stiix/Taxii protocols. Crowded place to enter now with all major security company fighting for the endpoint (intel, carbon9, ...) and leveraging threats intelligence (cylance, crowd strike,...) Having one of such company makes a lot of sense, to complement Crowdstrike and Lookout, but it might not be the best one

4 Recommended They are a key innovator in the space, and their technology is extremely promising. Their early clients are top-tier and though it is hard to look into the company, their reputational buzz is very positive. Finally, the overall space (cyber-crime) is hugely important as WEF has identified. I thus feel they are a good candidate

3 Recommended adrresing an important area ,in what look like as a comperhansive solution

4 Recommended Good solution addressing a need that will only grow as broadband speeds increase. Risks going forward is competition form main brands, lowering market price of propositions. At $500 they may find market in US to be small

4 Recommended I'm a customer, and love the product. Gold standard in consumer packaging, and directions to set up a complex networked device. I literally told my teams to see how easy they make it to install. The product also is a game changer for the home wifi. I now have fast internet, where I couldn't get it before. Sorry for the ad sounding nature of my comments, but I just loved everything about this product. That said, given the limited application space of the product I could not rate it higher than a 4.

3 Not recommended not very differentiated

5 Recommended very disruptive

Confer Technologies, Inc.IT-Information TechnologyUSA, North America

3.7 In a connected world, security must be adaptive — encompassing prevention, intelligence and enterprise-wide visibility - anticipating new attacks and blocking them in the future. Based on that philosophy, Confer is fundamentally changing endpoint security through the “Converged Endpoint” - providing advanced threat prevention and incident response for endpoints, servers and cloud workloads. Confer’s patented technology uses enterprise-wide telemetry and data science to analyze, adapt and eliminate manual processes, automatically showing the trajectory, enabling triage, and showing business impact for an incident. And, by preventing over 99% of advanced attacks, Confer facilitates an intelligent and efficient approach to securing the enterprise.

eero inc.EL-ElectronicsUSA, North America

3.7 eero is dedicated to solving today's (and tomorrow's) connectivity problems with a distributed WiFi system that provides a fast, reliable, and secure Internet connection throughout the home, eliminating dead zones and making it possible for connected devices to always work. eero was founded in 2014 by Nick Weaver, Nate Hardison, and Amos Schallich, and has raised over $40 million in capital to date. eero has a team of more than 70, and is headquartered in San Francisco.

BK-Banking & Capital MarketsUSA, North America

transforming the world economy with secure, simple andless costly technology for storing and using money.

Udemy 3.7 Udemy is the world’s leading online learning marketplace,

4 Recommended Udemy is well known and so is the MOOC category. But if you think of the impact on tomorrow's world, Udemy brings a promise which is very much in line with the WEF's intention, i.e. to improve the state of the world through democratizing access to education. What is interesting about Udemy is that this is a 2-sided democratization: students get access to online content which can change their lives, but people with skills can also become teachers using the course creation libraries Udemy has made available. This is essential to stimulate supply and not just demand for education.

2 Not recommended Udemy has raised huge amounts of funding and still hasn't figured out how to earn revenue, despite intrusive upsell attempts inside free courses ... their courses also have very mixed reviews, and trainers complain of insufficient support. The space is crowded and this does not seem like a logical survivor over the longer term. Team has relatively strong pedigree, though

5 Recommended

4 Recommended Interesting approach for a type of "advanced SIEM in the cloud" approach, leveraging major cloud platform to provide a security as a service solution, addressing the growing need for regulated companies to re-take control of their cloud exposure. Solid established base of customers. Business model will be interesting to look at to see how it scale as revenue/customer ratio seems low.

4 Recommended This technology enables safer, more reliable storage of information in the cloud. They use an innovative approach with significant impact on millions of people. They are well beyond a working prototype with $9M+ in revenue and nearly 150 employees. The application is a little weak on future plans but success to date and awards won do imply a viability moving forward, as well as strong leadership.

IT-Information TechnologyUSA, North America

dedicated to helping anyone achieve the life they imaginfor themselves. Over ten million students are taking courses on everything from programming to yoga to photography–and much, much more. Each of Udemy’s 40,000 courses is taught by an expert instructor, and every course is available on-demand, so students can learn at their own pace, on their own time, and on any device.

CloudLock, Inc.IT-Information TechnologyUSA, North America

3.6 CloudLock® is the multi-mode, cloud-native CASB and Cloud Cybersecurity Platform that helps organizations securely leverage the cloud for apps they buy and build. CloudLock delivers security for any cloud application and platform, including IaaS, PaaS, and IDaaS and orchestrates security across your existing investments.

3 Not recommended CloudLock are in a crowded community of services that protect users from potential malicious or insecure cloud services. They are joined in the market by a number of competitors that offer a similar service. Although the service CloudLock and other offer is a very worthy services and needed it is not unique. Sure;y one or two of the companies will be become the strong players in this market, it would be hard to say that CloudLock would be. On that basis hard to recommend as a candidate to join the community. However, CloudLock may well have an advantage in using the crowd to review cloud services that they offer protection of. Other companies rely on internal resource, which may be a limitation on scale in terms of breadth and depth of services they can consider.

2 Not recommended Not unique, and facing a serious uphill climb against larger players. Also, while cyber-security is a huge in general, this is one where the benefit to the community in general is indirect. so I respect what they are doing byt it just doesn't feel inspiring enough to qualify as a tech pioneer

4 Recommended My magazine Informilo, crowdsources lists of the top start-ups in Europe from the smartest investors and industry experts. Each is allowed to nominate several from their own portfolios but they must also nominate companies that are not in their portfolios. We then cross-reference all the nominations and only use those that have a significant number of votes. Calastone got top votes on our lists in 2015 of the top 25 hottest London start-ups, top 25 hottest global financial start-ups and Top 25 EMEA start-ups to watch in 2015.

3 Not recommended Business has operated since 2007, and built a good platform and made great progress Not clear about the 'pioneer" word here. Don't really see impact. Though recognize that with something that is primarily designed for making back office operations more efficient, that is hard to evaluate. Odd that they have been in business for 9 years, but don't believe they have a competitor. Expect perhaps for the 'industry apathy'

5 Recommended Strong leadership team with impressive results based on reported data

4 Not recommended the pitch looks pretty promising with a great leadership team, only issue is that revenue doesn't match yet expectation. A more carefull assessment should be done.

Calastone LimitedBK-Banking & Capital MarketsUnited Kingdom, Western Europe

3.5 Calastone is a financial technology company. Calastone enables global fund distribution through connection to the Calastone transaction network, providing access to over 8,500 trading links worldwide. Calastone automates the flow of investment fund transactions, from order routing through to the reconciliation and settlement of the order. Solutions also incorporate post trade services, including the automation of custodian trade notifications and stock transfers. With a single connection to Calastone, client organisations are able to seamlessly trade with any part of our global network. More than 910 customers in 27 domiciles are now processing domestic and cross border transactions via Calastone, benefiting from the cost and risk reduction opportunities transaction automation can offer.

iSentium, LLCIT-Information TechnologyUSA, North America

3.5 The core mission of iSentium is to find, quantify and transform social content into actionable information. There has been a spurt in real-time information about all aspects of humanity, updated continuously through millions of messages every second on Platforms like Twitter, Facebook, Google. The information embedded in this clou

3 Not recommended Terrific technology applied in the service of making powerful companies even richer and more powerful by monetizing the information flows of ordinary citizens. I see utterly no redeeming social value to hat they are doing. They will probably get very rich, but there is nothing in what they are doing that is worthy of being TP

2 Recommended another big data sentiment company... not very innovative

4 Not recommended Interesting approach of using statistical approach to language learning. Still very early stage and not yet proven sustainable

3 Recommended I like that this solution is based on adaptive machine learning. It is still relatively early but has proof of concept and traction via its deal with Rakuten. I would say it is worth taking a bet on this one.

4 Recommended Financial planning is another area that is ripe for technology disruption. I am familiar with Personal Capital as I was a customer about 3 years ago, and used the service for about 8 months. I did not use them for financial advice, just reporting. I found the automated reporting and the additional built-in services, like uncovering fees, to be helpful. Having all of one's assets reported on in the same place, with real-time reporting, was a big step above what any one broker can provide. Clearly they well beyond the prototype stage--they are getting market traction, generating significant revenue, and they have a growing user base. Although there is not a tremendous amount of technology innovation involved (mint.com was the first to pave the way here) they have innovated around their business model, and turned this into a viable, and, I would imagine, profitable, company.. In the end I deleted my account and transitioned to a different service, for one main reason, which was security. I was not satisfied that the company (or any startup company, really) could sustain an overt cyber attack. Because all of my accounts could be accessed through their site, I didn't feel comfortable with having one single point of potential failure, at least not without more rigorous technology, like two-factor authentication, which they didn't have at that time. They might have added it since but I don't see mention of this above, and don't see it on their site. Absent that, I think this leaves a vulnerability which could be significant. Once that is addressed, I'd move them to a 5 but think they're a 3 or 4 without it (I gave them a 4

Facebook, Google. The information embedded in this clouof unstructured text is largely unexploited. Predominant revenue source for the above Platforms is adverts, not analytics. iSentium is exploiting the big gaping hole in analytics to perform text analysis using a patented Artificial Intelligence based approach.

Lingvist Technologies OÜIT-Information TechnologyEstonia, Central/Eastern Europe

3.5 Lingvist Inc develops language-learning tools based on statistical analysis and adaptive machine learning algorithms for customers internationally. It provides its services through online platform and mobile application. The company was founded in Spring 2013 in Tallinn, Estonia and currently has a team of approximately 25 people.

Personal Capital CorpBK-Banking & Capital MarketsUSA, North America

3.5 Personal Capital is a next generation financial advisor. The company melds technology with professional advisors to help households manage their wealth. Personal Capital's free app is available for iPhone, iPad and Android.

3 Not recommended Looks like a solid approach to an unquestionably frequent challenge, Questi the impact, is it looks like a big calculator and aggregator of data fed into it, but doesn't seem to allow for great new insights for the customer or the system

4 Recommended I like the idea and there is a market for location where GPS doesn't work. It's early to tell how successful it will be but it seems like a good candidate.

4 Recommended This is a technology which is both proven to work, and with substantial potential impact in commercial and other situations where tracking in GPS-obscure places is a risk and security priority

3 Not recommended A lot of competitors in the space. Company's growth is not impressive considering they have been around for 12 years

3 Not recommended NIL

4 Recommended could hit big roadblocks at scale

4 Recommended SalaryFinance can meaningfully reduce interest payments of debt for most workers. This is an important innovation for freeing up capital throughout society and can have a positive impact on most people.

3 Recommended A guarded yes, with mixed feelings.I could as easily say no. Pluses: good concept, excellent management, smart focus on going to scale, focus on undercutting banks and sleazy pay-day and credit card lenders. This sort of loan consolidation absolutely needs to be an option available to the public Minuses: The founders seem overly interested in turning their company into a "unicorn" (their words in articles on the web. And they seem to have an ambiguous feeling about doing good for the consumer and doing well for themselves, which makes me uneasy. Also, it is not the company's fault, but consolidation like this is not a solution if after consolidating, consumers then go out and take up more credit card debt. My recommendation: am hoping others have evaluated them as well. And if there are other + votes, I would do some careful due diligence to be sure they are in fact as public-spirited as they claim.

Q-Track CorporationIT-Information TechnologyUSA, North America

3.5 The Q-Track Corporation is located in Huntsville, Alabama, USA. It is pioneering a breakthrough in indoor wireless tracking (e.g., Real Time Location Systems or RTLS) using low radio frequencies and a phenomenon known as the near field. Low frequencies penetrates walls better than high frequencies and does not suffer from bouncing radio waves called multipath. Q-Track's patented technology can consistently achieve one meter (or better accuracy) in indoor environments where GPS cannot function. The technology is currently being used for collision avoidance in warehouses and factories; to track nuclear workers in over 20 nuclear power facilities; and to track soldiers training for Military Operations Urban Terrain (MOUT).

SalaryFinanceBK-Banking & Capital MarketsUnited Kingdom, Western Europe

3.5 SalaryFinance is a FinTech business with a social purpose. We help middle-to-low income employees improve their financial health. We do this by enabling them to payoff their debt quicker, by dramatically reducing the interest on their debt. Our platform consolidates existing high cost debt an employee has into a single low cost loan. We collect repayments from salary (not bank account), which reduces our costs and risk, the savings from which we pass on. We charge a single low interest to all employees, which is one-third the average bank rate. Interest savings equate to a pay rise of 2-3%.

3 Recommended Good impact re reducing costs for lower income employees. Done simply by attaching to payrolls, ie in one sense there is little innovation. But it does fill a need, for those who currently find financing costs are too large a share of their spending, Overall I recommend because of the impact, though compared with other more innovative companies I am less certain about this one,

4 Recommended

4 Recommended Innovative and strong candidate from China. Also significant funding from Sequoia seems like a great validation in a fast growing sector

4 Not recommended Terrific team, solid technology (tho less innovative than they claim). BUT....the social implications are horrific. Creating a tool to allow for enhanced human surveillance that will inevitably be abused (starting in China) is no qualification for a TP award. I therefore strongly recommend against giving them an award

3 Not recommended The company looks interesting but I have lots of questions and the submission and a quick Internet search do not give me answers. How many clients does this company have outside of China? It is targeting different sectors simultaneously. Can it provide concrete proof of traction in any of those sectors? it is difficult with the limited amount of info given - and the limited amount of information available on the Web in English - to benchmark them against the competition. I think the company needs to provide additiononal information before a decision can be

d2 Not recommended Lot of knowledge in image processing but seems very early and still all over the place, not rally focused yet

4 Recommended

3 Recommended Interesting as bitcoin blockchain will beat private blockchains and it needs hardware to promote the deflationary slope required for bitcoin to be THE blockchain

DeepGlint LtdIT-Information TechnologyPeople's Republic of China, Greater China

3.4 DeepGlint is a privately-owned Chinese Company specializing in Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence. It is one of the earliest pioneers that aims to enable compters to actively acquire, process, analyze, and understand visual information from the real-world in real-time. DeepGlint's cutting-edge vision technologies has been and could be applied to security surveillance, retail analysis, autonomous-driving vihicle/quad-drones/robotics/medical imaging, and many other promising fields and industries. DeepGlint is headquartered in Beijing, China, with a R&D center in Shanghai, and a manufacturing team in Chengdu. DeepGlint is well-known to the public as the "real" innovative startup in China; the company that really innovates from technology itself. Instead of leveraging on the booming domestic market to make quick money with a new business model, Deepglint is a technology-driven, market-focused global company. We aim to solve problems with technology ten times better with just a tenth of the price.

BitFury GroupIT-Information TechnologyNetherlands, Western Europe

3.3 BitFury Group is a fully integrated Bitcoin Blockchain transaction processor and infrastructure provider. BitFury derives sustainable industry advantage through its custom-built application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), which are optimized to achieve the lowest power consumptio

3 Recommended This is a close call... maybe a 3-1/2 or 4. The company has a solid rep for innovation and leadership in their space. But about their space: cryptocurrency generally is a huge area, certain to grow and become ever more important in global commerce. But the bitcoin space in particular is quite problematic. Just too many weird unknowns in the space to feel entirely comfortable with any company working in it. so despite the fact that they appear solid, with solid silicon valley entrepreneur/investors, I can't quite get rid of reputational risk worries for WEF.

5 Recommended A good example of block chain usage for improving IAM solution, taking benefit of existing GSM infrastructure and Bluetooth specificity. Strongly backed by Samsung and Telefonica, with great advisor and security knowledge. Only reserve might be this is a bit early stage and you might want to keep it for next year

3 Recommended good leadership. highly competitive space

2 Not recommended Managing acceptable geolocations is difficult and rules out consumer IAM and work-from-home IP geolocations are unreliable on mobile devices GPS may not be available in datacenters Keeps passwords (hard to remember strong passwords) in the picture 0 revenues after 2 years Technologically undifferentiated

4 Recommended Compelling solution with tangible results that builds on technology and workforce trends. The main question - what competitive barriers have they established? Patents? Could they be displaced by a larger competitor with a focused team? This is the biggest risk that I see

3 Not recommended It's a good idea, seems to be validated by a nice revenue but there isn't a real technology behind to qualify as tech pioneer

3 Recommended This is really borderline as the company is subscale, but I love the idea of leveraging b2c photo culture to achieve b2b productivity gains among store associates, merchandizers, etc. I really do think a picture is worth a thousand words in retail.

5 Recommended

3 Not recommended too early stage

2 Not recommended While this area is a high impact area, absolutely no insight on how they have "cracked the problem." Maybe it is the way the application was written but this needs more work and better presentation to qualify as a pioneer

4 Recommended

Cloudwear, Inc.IT-Information TechnologyUSA, North America

3.3 Cloudwear is a leading developer of solutions for the Identity & Access Management (IAM) sector of the cybersecurity industry. Cloudwear’s core technology was first introduced on the main global stage at TED 2015 in Vancouver, Canada. Cloudwear has developed an innovative solution to solve the worldwide cybersecurity problem which is based on the mobile GSM backbone coupled with a unique blockchain technique (a similar technology as used for Bitcoin but used for global password management). Cloudwear partners with AT&T, Samsung, and Telefónica in developing, marketing, and selling Cloudwear security solutions. Telefónica is also an equity investor in Cloudwear. Serial entrepreneur and security and telecommunications expert Wendell Brown is the founding CTO and CEO of Cloudwear

Foko Inc.IT-Information TechnologyCanada, North America

3.3 Often referred to as “Instagram for retailers”, Foko is a photo sharing app for retail teams for better merchandising, best practice sharing and team communications. Foko incorporates all the fun, social aspects of photo sharing apps with retail-specific functions surrounding merchandising auditing and validation. We give retailers real--time insight into all in--store operations, from HQ to store level. Foko has over 50 brands using the service with well know customers like Whole Foods, Esprit and Indigo.

p p pcoupled with the highest processing metrics. BitFury also runs operations around the world in data centers in Iceland and the Republic of Georgia, and is the only Bitcoin Blockchain transaction processor that employs innovative proprietary immersion cooling technology at data center scale. The company is committed to maintaining the smallest carbon footprint possible and uses renewable energy for all of its data centers.

Psi Quantum Computing, Corp (PsiCorp)IT-Information TechnologyUSA, North America

3.3 We have cracked the problem of how to manufacture a quantum computer: We will build a universal QC in a silicon fab exploiting Si photonics developed for optical interconnects in the semiconductor industry. This machine will transform AI, healthcare, energy, finance, defence, cyber security and the internet.

Distil Networks 3.3 Distil Networks, the global leader in bot detection and

4 Recommended much needed technology in a growing technology market

3 Not recommended Not clear differentiator identified in a pretty busy place on bot detection and iP reputation management

2 Not recommended We all hate bots, but distil is focused on protecting large players -- hardly a social mission helping humanity. Okay board, mildly unimpressive VCs. It just doesn't feel worthy of TP.

4 Recommended

3 Recommended Great conceptual outline but almost no firm examples of solutions and customer benefits. It all sounds great but it comes down to the classic question - "so what?"

3 Not recommended Interesting company with a strong foundation, good early traction, and nice focus on specific business challenge with an audience that cares about that specific challenge a lot. . The particular application they are developing and customer base they're going after is smart so I do think they have a strong chance of being very successful, However, I just don't think their technology is as original or as innovative as they claim. There are lots of companies out there doing something similar. Doesn't rise to the level of the Tech Pioneer standard in my view.

3 Not recommended NIL

Near Pte Ltd.IT-Information TechnologySingapore, Asia Pacific

3.3 Near is the largest location intelligence platform providing real-time information on places, people and products. The Near platform powers Allspark, its flagship product enabling customers to visualize, engage and analyze audience data including their location and behaviour for data-driven decisions. Founded in 2012, Near is headquartered in Singapore with a presence across Australia, South East Asia, Japan and Europe. To date, the company has more than 700 million profiled audiences and has put it to work for marquee brands including P&G, Coca Cola, Ikea, Audi, McDonald’s, Toyota, Nike and Samsung. Near is backed by investments from leading venture capitalists Sequoia Capital, JP Morgan Private Equity Group, Telstra Ventures and Global Brain Japan. Visit www.near.co to find out more.

IT-Information TechnologyUSA, North America

mitigation, is the first easy and accurate way to identify anpolice malicious website traffic, blocking 99.9% of bad bots without impacting legitimate users. Distil protects against web scraping, brute force attacks, competitive data mining, online fraud, account hijacking, unauthorized vulnerability scans, spam, man-in-the-middle attacks, digital ad fraud, and downtime. Distil makes online applications more secure with API security, real-time threat intelligence and a 24/7 security operations center.