Tech Track 100
| Rank | Company | Location | Year end | Annual sales rise over 3 years | Latest sales £000s | Staff | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAW CommunicationsVideo streaming provider | Central London | 2000 | 421.57% | 3,037 | 49 | Supplies online video presentations to the world's top fund managers |
| 2 | AttendaIT services provider | West London | 2000 | 377.27% | 2,761 | 120 | Fixed BBC's overloaded website when it went down on September 11 |
| 3 | Cramer SystemsTelecoms software developer | Bath | 2000 | 258.64% | 6,219 | 131 | Engineer simplifies telecoms technology for BT and C&W |
| 4 | Wireless Information NetworkWireless services provider | Buckinghamshire | 2000 | 245.17% | 2,333 | 25 | Ran UK's biggest text-messaging service for The Sun newspaper in 2000 |
| 5 | Green CathedralDigital media agency | Cambridge | 2000 | 239.50% | 2,092 | 27 | Kitchen-table start-up develops websites for dance band Faithless and FT |
| 6 | JacobsRimellTelecoms software developer | Central London | 2000 | 224.97% | 7,294 | 40 | IT engineers resigned from Reuters to start own business |
| 7 | Boiler Management SystemsPowerstation systems developer | Sheffield | 2000 | 207.06% | 1,183 | 5 | Founder laid off on day before wedding develops sensor for power stations |
| 8 | Victoria RealInteractive media producer | Brighton | 2000 | 205.60% | 6,662 | 80 | Designed Big Brother's website, which reported 745m hits in 10 weeks |
| 9 | EnsoftNetwork software developer | Hertfordshire | 2000 | 196.17% | 2,023 | 20 | 90% of current sales derive from Cisco contracts |
| 10 | Telecom OneTelecoms network provider | Central London | 2000 | 185.74% | 19,965 | 24 | Telecoms company also runs a digital TV dating agency |
| 11 | GoJobsiteInternet recruitment publisher | Hampshire | 2000 | 173.75% | †6,926 | 140 | Conceived by three brothers on ski chairlift in Norway |
| 12 | EntranetDigital media agency | Reading | 2000 | 157.56% | 8,330 | 96 | Claims to have designed UK's first online car insurance website |
| 13 | DemicaBanking software developer | Central London | 2000 | 151.50% | 2,291 | 50 | Banker started company as a part-time project |
| 14 | FormfillElectronic form integrator | Blackburn | 2000 | 150.95% | 1,594 | 15 | Software makes form-filling obsolete with electronic transfer of data |
| 15 | Oyster PartnersDigital media agency | Central London | 2000 | 149.94% | 10,482 | 137 | Company bought out for £1 in 1995 now has £10.5m sales |
| 16 | Olympus AutomationIndustrial software developer | Lincolnshire | 2000 | 145.36% | 1,258 | 15 | Streamlines production processes for the likes of Northern Foods |
| 17 | Mutant TechnologyFinancial website developer | Central London | 2000 | 141.48% | 3,023 | 35 | Former investment banker spins off two further internet businesses |
| 18 | MultiJacDigital media agency | Central London | 2000 | 139.48% | 1,353 | 20 | Husband and wife make web-based games for HSBC and Ford Racing |
| 19 | Netwise SystemsComputer network integrator | Surrey | 2000 | 138.19% | 7,400 | 15 | Integrates IT systems at UBS Warburg |
| 20 | Sutherland ConsultingFinancial IT integrator | Central London | 2000 | 135.71% | †3,911 | 35 | Scottish founder only recruits former City colleagues |
| 21 | Eclipse InternetInternet service provider | Exeter | 2000 | 133.09% | 1,418 | 23 | Works in SW England for Devon County Council and Brittany Ferries |
| 22 | Sports InteractiveComputer game developer | North London | 2000 | 129.15% | 1,475 | 10 | 1,500 unpaid fans contribute to PC football management game |
| 23 | Internet Pro VideoVideo-editing software developer | Cambridge | 2000 | 124.40% | 1,715 | 25 | Cambridge professor designs world standard video editing technology |
| 24 | OST Business RulesFinancial software developer | Central London | 2000 | 121.48% | 5,059 | 41 | Employs 30 software developers in Poland |
| 25 | Boke + WalterfangPower systems developer | Essex | 2000 | 118.78% | 2,260 | 28 | Former military-electronics expert starts telecom power-supply company |
| 26 | CDC SolutionsDocumentation software developer | Wiltshire | 2000 | 118.47% | 3,017 | 41 | Has raised three rounds of venture capital, totalling £19m |
| 27 | Amaze3D software developer | Liverpool | 2000 | 114.90% | 3,498 | 94 | Cervical smear training CD-Rom beats Microsoft in multimedia awards |
| 28 | Princeton ConsultingIT systems integrator | Slough | 2000 | 111.25% | 3,151 | 65 | Pulled planned £50m float on London Stock Exchange last year |
| 29 | LeisuredataPub software developer | Somerset | 2000 | 111.00% | 1,889 | 15 | Husband and wife design software to monitor pub fruit machines |
| 30 | Virtual Health NetworkDrugs database developer | Surrey | 2000 | 110.49% | 1,106 | 15 | Provides online database of new drugs for doctors and pharmacists |
| 31 | Buzz NetworksTelecommunication systems provider | Central London | 2000 | 107.89% | 2,037 | 14 | Former mobile-phone salesmen develop software to reroute calls |
| 32 | TiogaElectronics design subcontractor | Derbyshire | 2000 | 106.45% | 5,691 | 26 | Video equipment used everywhere from Alton Towers to Paramount Studios |
| 33 | UPDATAShare trading software developer | Central London | 2000 | 104.99% | 1,604 | 20 | Claims its trading platform is 10 times cheaper than Reuters or Bloomberg |
| 34 | Spektra GroupE-business software developer | Livingston | 2000 | 104.17% | 3,752 | 37 | Website developer founded out of MBO from Swiss lift manufacturer |
| 35 | OxagenGenetics researcher | Oxfordshire | 2000 | 102.69% | 2,132 | 68 | Uses family genetic profiling to help develop drugs for major diseases |
| 36 | MessageLabs GroupManaged technology provider | Gloucestershire | 2000 | 101.65% | 6,570 | 118 | Begun in a barn, it spun off a firm that makes software for filtering out porn |
| 37 | CellTrackerTelecoms software developer | Bedfordshire | 2000 | 100.65% | 1,013 | 15 | Develops database for tracking mobile-phone masts for Nokia and Ericsson |
| 38 | iokoDigital media systems integrator | York | 2000 | 100.63% | 8,199 | 130 | BSkyB uses company's technology to power Video Lounge project |
| 39 | Alphatec SoftwarePayment software developer | Milton Keynes | 2000 | 97.84% | 1,684 | 17 | Helped NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland merge their IT systems |
| 40 | Imagine GraphicsGraphics card developer | St Albans | 2000 | 97.66% | 1,402 | 6 | Helps develop giant plasma screens for airports and City trading desks |
| 41 | KW InternationalTrading software developer | SW London | 2000 | 97.42% | 3,792 | 60 | Energy consultants develop platform for trading electricity supplies |
| 42 | First WaterPolymer technology developer | Wiltshire | 2000 | 96.81% | 2,673 | 35 | Develops 'artificial skin' to speed up the healing of wounds |
| 43 | Quality PLUS ConsultingCall-centre software provider | Flintshire | 2000 | 93.68% | 2,812 | 17 | Founder sold his house to set up high-tech company over kebab shop |
| 44 | Dolphin DynamicsTravel software developer | Central London | 2000 | 93.67% | 1,272 | 14 | Developed holiday-booking software now used in 16 countries |
| 45 | AlchemetricsMarketing database developer | Berkshire | 2000 | 93.33% | 3,378 | 55 | Runs large databases with up to 60m names |
| 46 | ION ITSoftware developer | High Wycombe | 2000 | 91.21% | 5,375 | 80 | Chance meeting at airport gave birth to software business |
| 47 | Evolution ConsultingIT strategy consultancy | Central London | 2000 | 91.00% | 4,558 | 57 | Founders claim never to have advertised for business |
| 48 | NetKonect CommunicationsInternet service provider | Hampshire | 2000 | 90.87% | 3,696 | 27 | Founder borrowed £150,000 to set up company |
| 49 | ASC Computer SoftwareMedical software developer | Bolton | 2000 | 90.39% | 2,409 | 44 | National database of patients' prescriptions prevents wrong treatment |
| 50 | Scotland ElectronicsIndustrial systems developer | Moray | 2000 | 89.78% | 1,474 | 37 | Makes robust electronic kit for use in North Sea and the Arctic |
| 51 | VIS EntertainmentComputer games developer | Dunfermline | 2000 | 89.46% | 2,588 | 40 | Creates 'virtual horses' for TV gambling channel |
| 52 | Bromcom ComputersWireless communications developer | South London | 2000 | 88.49% | 12,290 | 91 | Developed electronic register to help catch truants in 700 British schools |
| 53 | EXiTelecoms services provider | Cheshire | 2000 | 86.45% | 38,721 | 715 | Irish founders employ 1,500 engineers from Manchester to Kuala Lumpur |
| 54 | GlobebyteIT systems integration | Surrey | 2000 | 85.09% | 2,544 | 19 | Founder who risked life savings now sells to IBM and Oracle |
| 55 | BluewaveWebsite designer | Central London | 2000 | 84.24% | 3,591 | 61 | Sold 20% stake to Danish giant Maersk in 2000 |
| 56 | RealiseE-business software developer | Edinburgh | 2000 | 83.31% | 1,243 | 25 | Company's new internet software won Computing magazine award |
| 57 | Focal Point SystemsInternet software developer | Marlborough | 2000 | 82.78% | 1,391 | 32 | One of only six IT contractors to Defence Evaluation Research Agency |
| 58 | Strategic ThoughtRisk software developer | West London | 2000 | 82.63% | 3,583 | 31 | Former British army officer sells risk-management software to US military |
| 59 | Lost WaxInternet software developer | Richmond | 2000 | 80.13% | 1,595 | 26 | £5m from business angels used to develop software for online auctions |
| 60 | VistormManaged services provider | Oxford | 2000 | 78.58% | 17,792 | 157 | Founder sold prized motorbike collection to start IT business |
| 61 | Process Systems EnterpriseProcess software developer | Central London | 2000 | 77.95% | 1,115 | 14 | Academics develop mathematical modelling software for BP and Shell |
| 62 | SolsisIT systems integrator | Reading | 2000 | 77.77% | 1,657 | 10 | Former Hewlett-Packard engineers retain employer as key client |
| 63 | Intensive NetworksInternet service provider | Wiltshire | 2000 | 77.47% | 1,010 | 10 | Aeronautical engineer turns into internet service provider |
| 64 | Global BeachE-business software developer | SW London | 2000 | 76.41% | 2,424 | 11 | Developed ‘cyberpet’ MOPyfish with record-breaking 18m downloads |
| 65 | 1st SoftwareIFA software developer | Warwick | 2000 | 75.31% | 3,340 | 38 | Sells its database systems to 20% of UK's independent financial advisers |
| 66 | Pregem ComputingScanning software developer | Hampshire | 2000 | 73.79% | 1,212 | 24 | Sells scanning software to banks and airlines |
| 67 | Sibelius SoftwareMusic software developer | Cambridge | 2000 | 73.28% | 2,500 | 30 | Oxbridge twins' software composed music for Captain Corelli's Mandolin |
| 68 | Epinet CommunicationsCommunications software developer | Gloucestershire | 2000 | 69.13% | 1,318 | 14 | Enables British Heart Foundation website to take donations online |
| 69 | Aircom InternationalTelecoms service provider | Surrey | 2000 | 68.71% | 6,954 | 102 | Mobile-phone giant Nokia took 40% stake in January 1999 |
| 70 | Network DataFinancial database developer | Surrey | 2000 | 68.59% | 5,647 | 85 | Claims to offer 20,000 independent financial advisers online information |
| 71 | Data IntegrationIT systems integrator | Central London | 2000 | 68.19% | 3,760 | 20 | Provides IT services to Hampshire City Council and Warwick University |
| 72 | SirocomTelecoms services provider | SW London | 2000 | 66.89% | 3,650 | 26 | Company builds virtual private networks for First Choice Holidays and Bovis |
| 73 | Blitz GamesComputer games developer | Warwickshire | 2000 | 66.22% | 3,758 | 86 | Twin brothers write top computer games for Microsoft and Disney |
| 74 | SquareSumAccounting software developer | North Yorkshire | 2000 | 66.02% | 3,942 | 43 | Increased in value since £5m listing on OFEX in January 2000 |
| 75 | Fairbridge CommunicationsIT systems integrator | North Yorkshire | 2000 | 64.85% | 1,582 | 22 | Built internet registration platform for Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? |
| 76 | The Message PadCall-centre systems developer | Warwick | 2000 | 64.15% | 2,677 | 110 | Company answers clients’ phone when their switchboards are overloaded |
| 77 | Point SourceFlexible laser developer | Southampton | 2000 | 64.09% | 5,212 | 48 | Sold wife's car to develop laser technology for Nikon and NASA |
| 78 | SearchspaceFinancial software developer | Central London | 2000 | 61.90% | 2,829 | 110 | Claims its software monitors $400 trillion worth of transactions each year |
| 79 | Information InternetTrading software developer | Hertfordshire | 2000 | 59.89% | 1,783 | 40 | Enables banks to make foreign-exchange transactions online |
| 80 | RespondCRM software developer | Northamptonshire | 2000 | 59.39% | 2,723 | 52 | Software monitors customer complaints for NHS and New York Yankees |
| 81 | ClinPhoneClinical trials processor | Nottingham | 2000 | 58.37% | 4,845 | 55 | Former doctors develop system to gather clinical drug trial data |
| 82 | PAV Data SystemsWireless technology developer | Cumbria | 2000 | 55.24% | 4,156 | 46 | Helps Formula One pit crews communicate with their cars |
| 83 | The SAS Business GroupIntranet integrator | West Sussex | 2000 | 54.48% | 2,457 | 30 | Company owns powerboat for employee days out and corporate hospitality |
| 84 | ASTRACBusiness software developer | Warwick | 2000 | 54.44% | †3,549 | 15 | Provides software in 18 countries to clients from Ford to Vatican University |
| 85 | Margolis Communication SystemsIT systems integrator | Central London | 2000 | 54.29% | 2,673 | 54 | Company began life as boardroom furniture maker in 1911 |
| 86 | Data DiscoveriesCRM software developer | Edinburgh | 2000 | 53.30% | 1,326 | 15 | Founder set up database firm after seeing a skip full of returned nappies |
| 87 | Neruby Computing ServicesIT systems integrator | Reading | 2000 | 53.12% | 1,265 | 10 | Uses team of 60 programmers in India |
| 88 | Multiple Access CommunicationsMobile network consultancy | Southampton | 2000 | 53.09% | 1,966 | 20 | Southampton University professor helps build city mobile-phone networks |
| 89 | JobserveInternet recruitment publisher | Essex | 2000 | 52.28% | 13,069 | 47 | Posts details of 8,500 jobs every day and achieves 80% profit margins |
| 90 | Concept TelecomTelecoms services provider | Nottingham | 2000 | 51.99% | 6,537 | 18 | Helps Nokia and Sony develop and test new products |
| 91 | Blueprint Management SystemsComputer software services | Central London | 2000 | 51.66% | 2,021 | 19 | Helps BT, Citibank and London Tube get more from corporate databases |
| 92 | Redwood TelecommunicationsTelecoms integrator | Central London | 2000 | 51.62% | 2,949 | 20 | Staff spend one month a year in training |
| 93 | Evolution EuropeElectronic security integrator | Buckinghamshire | 2000 | 50.14% | 2,590 | 25 | Installs security systems for offices and university laboratories |
| 94 | NS OptimumIT systems integrator | Warwickshire | 2000 | 48.79% | 6,399 | 40 | Builds and manages IT networks for state and private schools |
| 95 | Software 2000Printer software developer | Oxford | 2000 | 48.37% | 15,423 | 73 | Licensing printer driver software earns profit margins of 67% |
| 96 | Strategic Systems SolutionsBanking software developer | Liverpool | 2000 | 47.49% | 13,761 | 217 | City founders exploit lower wages in Liverpool for software company |
| 97 | Technology Facility ManagementSystems integrator | Oxfordshire | 2000 | 47.04% | 4,470 | 69 | Joint venture provides booking system for 620 hotels in China |
| 98 | Systems for WindowsElectronic form developer | Surrey | 2000 | 46.71% | 1,274 | 28 | Survives dotcom bad debts to sell to BT and government departments |
| 99 | EutechnyxComputer games developer | Gateshead | 2000 | 43.81% | 2,079 | 49 | Driving games transform teenage brothers' business |
| 100 | BOOT ComputersTrading software developer | Cheshire | 2000 | 43.46% | 1,102 | 15 | Sells software to Abbey National's former online share-dealing service |
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