We proudly present the first annual Northeast 100 Top Private Companies. With this list of the most innovative and promising new companies in the Northeastern United Sates, AlwaysOn’s editors and our panel of industry experts introduce a new generation of game-changing players in the Northeast's high-growth marketplace.

These 100 companies have emerged at an important time for the US economy.  As financial services and real estate markets gasp for air, investors are turning to technology to expand into global markets, make business more efficient, and find new ways to tap hidden revenue sources.  And that means more money flowing into the robust VC and startup community in the Northeast.

This inaugural list features companies across all high-growth sectors, including green tech, mobile and wireless, enterprise, media, infrastructure and more....More

The third annual OnHollywood 100 competition has begun!
Disruptive technology forced big changes in Hollywood this year: new contracts, new genres, new stars.  As the behemoth industry steps into the digital era, entertainment execs will be paying even closer attention to the global Silicon Valley--especially the startups that are writing the rules and creating the tools for the digital entertainment age.

To help identify these startups, we'd like your help. We're looking for the top emerging private companies that are creating new business opportunities in digital entertainment. To qualify, companies must demonstrate significant market traction and be pursuing game-changing technology in one of the following sectors:

• Consumer Services
• Content Delivery Platforms
• Digital Content Publishers
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For the next issue of our magazine, AlwaysOn is creating a new list — one that spotlights the world's top interactive marketers, hailing from agencies on Madison Avenue, in Silicon Valley, and other Meccas of interactive marketing creativity around the world. These are the agency executives who really grok interactive, online, mobile, social-network, virtual-world, and especially cross-platform marketing. They're at the forefront of today's interactive marketing revolution. They know how to creatively blend technology and marketing to get results for their clients.  They have cracked the online-interactive code, and everyone else is paying attention to what they’re doing.  They’re the leaders in more than title.

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AlwaysOn has officially kicked off its second annual OnMedia 100 competition. We’re looking for the top emerging technology companies that are creating new business opportunities in the worlds of media, advertising, marketing, branding, and public relations.  This includes private companies that are demonstrating significant market traction and pursuing game-changing technology.  To submit a company for review click here.

Nominees ideally come from one of the following sectors:

Online Ad Service Providers:  New ad networks and other front line advertising services.

Technology Enablers: Tools and infrastructure for next generation advertising.

Community Platforms: Social Networking, advertising integration, and innovation.

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AlwaysOn and KPMG are pleased to announce the individual winners of the first annual AO Top Dealmakers List. These growth-market professionals cover the entire investment food chain including limited partner investors, VCs, investment bankers, lawyers, private equity directors, institutional investors, and corporate buyers. AO will publish the numbers behind these picks in the next issue of the AlwaysOn Magazine, which will hit the newsstands in early December. Winning dealmakers were rewarded for the total dollars transacted as well as M&A and IPO success in the globaltech, media & entertainment, and greentech sectors in the last twelve months.

This list also includes the AO Industry Analyst All-Star Team, made up of the most  influential analysts in the investment world, categorized by market segment.

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AlwaysOn and KPMG are pleased to announce the first annual AO Top Dealmakers List. These top firms cover the entire growth-investment food chain including limited partner investors, VCs, investment banks, law firms, private equity, institutional investors, and corporate buyers. AO will publish the numbers behind these picks in the next issue of the AlwaysOn Magazine, which will hit the newsstands in early December. Winning firms were rewarded for their dollars invested and M&A and IPO success in the globaltech, media & entertainment, and greentech sectors in the last twelve months.

Next Tuesday, AlwaysOn will also publish the top 50 individual dealmakers representing many of these winning firms, as well as our AO Industry Analyst All-Star Team.

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Welcome to the first annual AlwaysOn GoingGreen 100. With this list of the hottest private companies in greentech, we highlight the game-changing players that are making it possible and profitable for big businesses to go green.  These innovators are transforming the global energy, water, agriculture, transportation, construction, manufacturing, and resource recovery establishments – all trillion-dollar industries.

Greentech has become the 3rd largest investment class for venture capitalists —$6.4 billion total has been invested.  As the money pours into this sector, our GoingGreen editorial team - headed up by EcoWorld’s Ed Ring - has been hard at work vetting these companies, searching for ones based on real science and solid business plans.

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The pace of change in the tech sector is accelerating. This year's AO 100 list of the hottest private companies includes a big batch of young innovators paving the way in emerging markets.

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by Packy Kelley



As we created the 2007 list of AlwaysOn top 100 private companies, we found that high-tech startups are again going through significant lifecycle events—fundings, mergers and acquisitions, and even IPOs—at a rapid rate. We’re seeing activity in a wide range of sectors, including mobile, greentech, security, social media, components and infrastructure, and on-demand services for consumers and businesses alike.

With the large number of promising contenders, deciding which companies make the AO100 list is always complex....More

We proudly present this year’s OnHollywood 100. With this list of top private companies, AlwaysOn’s editors and our panel of industry experts introduce a new generation of game-changing players in the digital entertainment space.

These 100 companies have emerged in an exciting year in the world of digital content and entertainment. Google’s $1.6 billion acquisition of YouTube and the introduction of the Apple iPhone are just two examples of watershed events that are driving a new wave of video entertainment out on the Internet and onto your cell phone. Other companies on the 2006 OnHollywood 100 list also achieved success this year: Shutterfly and DivX both went public, while Glu Mobile has filed for its IPO.

In last year’s first-round list, enabling technologies (both enabling tools and content delivery platforms) dominated....More

Welcome to the first annual AlwaysOn Media 100. With this fresh list of private companies, we highlight game-changing players in advertising, marketing, and promotion. These ventures aren’t just redefining the way marketers reach audiences; they’re also changing the very nature of the relationship between brands and their consumers.

Today’s marketing executive, or the “new marketer,” exists in a more dynamic universe than ever before. Seminal works like The Cluetrain Manifesto and The Cathedral and the Bazaar showed the way to this new world, where many more voices clamor to be heard. Instead of spouting “key messages,” brands engage in discussions, while spin turns into context, and audiences morph into communities. The AlwaysOn Media 100 offers a roadmap to the innovative tools, services, and venues that new marketers use to engage their targets and grow their businesses.
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