BÉT50 companies 2016
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Hungarian robotic driver on its way to global success - AdasWorks
László Kishonti, founder and managing director of AdasWorksOnly founded last year, the Budapest-based AdasWorks engaged in the development of autonomous cars has already acquired investment of over 10 million dollars.
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Destination Silicon Valley - Commsignia
József Kovács managing directorBy the time this issue is published, a California-based investor from the Silicon Valley may have already been invested in Commsignia, a Hungarian company dealing with vehicular communication.
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Cell scanners - Femtonics
Gergely Katona managing director and Balázs Rózsa managing director, head of developmentSupplying the international market of two-photon excitation microscopy, Femtonics Kft. Boasts nobel-laureate customers.
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Digital rounder - Gravity R&D
Domonkos Tikk managing directorAfter the web-based version, the company’s recommendation engine may revolutionise personal shopping. Growth could be accelerated by a capital raise of 10 to 20 million dollars.
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Solid business - Ivanka Factory
Katalin Ivánka founderThe company once founded on designer concrete has by now evolved into a medium sized enterprise of seventy employees making a billion forints in revenue. The founders are now considering another capital raise.
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No crunch, no punch - IVM
Dr. Emese Várnagy CEOWith its headcount of 40 people, the Székesfehérvár-based IVM Zrt. Receives orders from nearly all countries of Europe. The vending machines developed by the company sell no coke, nor saltsticks, but instead industrial equipment (gloves and tools) to be used by the workers.
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Life-saving business - Neumann Diagnostics
Miklós Nyíri managing directorThe latest innovation of the company - engaged in biotechnological developments - is about to revolutionise the prevention and treatment of a disease widely affecting women.
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Ambient intelligence - Quantislabs / SmartVineyard
Csaba Árendás managing directorStarting out from an incubator office located in a Budapest-based university, the system of the Smartvineyard brand is about to revolutionise the work of viticulturists.
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Devine content management - ShiwaForce.com
Anton Kovach, CEOStarting out from a dormitory, the it company now serves huge corporations. It has become one of the region’s fastest growing SMEs within the course of a few years.
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Attractive target - Szallas.hu
József Szigetvári, managing director of Szallas.huWith no prior experience in hospitality and tourism, in 2007 the company founded an online booking system, which has by now become Hungary’s market leader in travel bookings.