Portugal

TOP25 Most Innovative Organizations

-2011-

All information used for this selection is public and freely available on the Internet. The criteria used for this ranking is of personal

choice and thus, subjective. All errors or omissions are the exclusive

responsibility of the author: André Marquet {andre.marquet@gmail.com}

00 / DISCLAIMER

TOP10 Most Innovative Companies of 2011 by Andre Marquet and Hugo Garcia is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

HEADQUARTERS Lisboa SPECIALTY Automatic Bioparameter Recognition TOTAL REVENUES N/A

01 / VISION-BOX

For making border controls safer (and faster).

HEADQUARTERS Arouca SPECIALTY Motorsports accessories TOTAL REVENUES N/A

02 / POLISPORT

For believing in product development and keep providing some of the best moto gear.

HEADQUARTERS Lisboa SPECIALTY Defense&Aerospace TOTAL REVENUES N/A

03 / TEKEVER

For developing one of the most advanced tactical radios for field team operations.

HEADQUARTERS Lisboa SPECIALTY Electric Mobility TOTAL REVENUES N/A

04 / MOBI.E

For rolling out the world’s widest on most advanced electric car smart charging grid.

HEADQUARTERS Lisboa SPECIALTY Food retail TOTAL REVENUES N/A

05 / H3 “HAMBÚRGUER GOURMET”

For changing the way we think of going-out for burgers, that are tasty, along with the best lemonade.

HEADQUARTERS Lisboa SPECIALTY Social Media TOTAL REVENUES N/A

06 / ADEGGA

For creating a social network around wine that puts winemakers closer to winetasters.

For creating some of the best sport nutrition formulas and helping athletes perform better.

HEADQUARTERS Alcabideche SPECIALTY Sport Nutrition TOTAL REVENUES N/A

07 / GOLDNUTRITION

HEADQUARTERS Porto SPECIALTY Power Stations TOTAL REVENUES ~1.000M€

08 / EFACEC

For creating the first “Made in the USA” shell unit to be successfully manufactured in US soil in more than 20 years.

HEADQUARTERS Oeiras SPECIALTY Transportation Management TOTAL REVENUES Part of Brisa Group.

09 / BRISA INOVAÇÃO

For avoiding the congestion caused by toll stops and easing the life of millions of drivers in Europe, India and the US.

HEADQUARTERS Porto SPECIALTY GPS Navigation Software TOTAL REVENUES N/A

10 / NDRIVE

For making one of the best turn-by-turn GPS navigators accessible on most mobile phones.

HEADQUARTERS Barcelos SPECIALTY Sport Textiles TOTAL REVENUES N/A

11 / ONDA

For creating new textile combinatios to demanding sports like triathlon. Gearing both seasoned athletes and newcomers.

HEADQUARTERS Coimbra SPECIALTY Rich Communication TOTAL REVENUES N/A

12 / MOBBIT SYSTEMS

For creating the most amazing and functional interactive screens available in reference malls.

HEADQUARTERS Porto SPECIALTY Cloth Fashion for kids TOTAL REVENUES Part of SONAE Group.

13 / ZIPPY

For building one of most successful Iberian brands for kids fashion.

HEADQUARTERS Porto SPECIALTY PC maker TOTAL REVENUES 280M€

14 / JP SÁ COUTO

For designing the most comprehnsive educative solutions for the 21st century class room.

15 / ACTUALSALES

HEADQUARTERS Lisboa SPECIALTY Online Sales Agency TOTAL REVENUES N/A

For offering an innovative Pay-as-you-Go option that allows for more effective online campaigns.

For launching a new mobile banking app that allows for personal expense tracking and to keep budgetary targets a fun experience.

16 / BEST (BES)

HEADQUARTERS Lisboa SPECIALTY Web banking TOTAL REVENUES Part of BES Group.

17 / TIMWE

HEADQUARTERS Lisboa SPECIALTY Mobile solutions TOTAL REVENUES ~233M€

For preparing the first IPO of a Portuguese tech company in the NASDAQ.

18 / SOVENA

HEADQUARTERS Lisboa SPECIALTY Agricultural goods TOTAL REVENUES N/A

For having decided to plant the biggest olive tree plantation in the World.

19 / BIAL

HEADQUARTERS Lisboa SPECIALTY Pharma TOTAL REVENUES ~100M€

For launching a new patented drug, Zebinix, an anti-epileptic aimed to improve the quality of life of people suffering from epilepsy.

For helping creating more than 30 startups in 2011, mentoring over 100 entrepreneurs, and reaching out with events like Silicon Valley comes to Lisbon, or TEDxEdges.

20 / BETA-I

HEADQUARTERS Lisboa SPECIALTY Startup Acceleration and Incubation TOTAL REVENUES Not for profit

For making great alpine gear, for all weather and all conditions.

HEADQUARTERS Lisboa SPECIALTY Alpine gear TOTAL REVENUES N/A

21 / ORTIK

For developing an agile platform that was chosen by the DoD for the US Army.

22 / OUTSYSTEMS

HEADQUARTERS Carnaxide, Lisboa SPECIALTY Software consultancy TOTAL REVENUES ~15M€

For installing the most advance and ambitious eolic offshore park in the world, off the maritime coast of Portugal.

23 / EDP

HEADQUARTERS Lisboa SPECIALTY Electric power utility TOTAL REVENUES ~13.000M€

HEADQUARTERS Lisboa SPECIALTY Neuroscience Research TOTAL REVENUES Thrust of over 500M€.

24 / CHAMPALIMAUD FOUNDATION

For runnig one of Europe’s state of the art neuro-science labs at the “Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown”.

HEADQUARTERS Lisboa SPECIALTY Logistics TOTAL REVENUES N/A

25 / URBANOS

For re-inventing the logistics sector in Portugal and keeping expanding towards more integrated solutions.

26 / THE COMPLETE LISTING:

1. Vision-box

2. Polisport

3. Tekever

4. Mobi.e

5. H3

6. Adegga

7. Gold Nutrition

8. Efacec

9. Brisa Inovação (BRISA)

10. Ndrive

11. Onda

12. Mobbit Systems

13. Zippy (SONAE)

14. JP Sá Couto

15. ActualSales

16. BEST (BES)

17. TIMWE

18. SOVENA

19. BIAL

20. Beta-i

21. Ortik

22. Outsystems

23. EDP

24. Fundação Champalimaud

25. URBANOS

Organization are hyperlinked web site.