Browsergame Platform POPMOG Selected as a Red Herring Top 100 Europe Tech Startup

    BERLIN, GERMANY, June 07, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The Independent Publishing platform POPMOG (http://www.popmog.com) announced today it won the prestigious Red Herring's Europe 100 award, honoring the year's most promising private technology ventures from the world European business region.

Red Herring's Top 100 Europe list has become a mark of distinction for identifying promising new companies and entrepreneurs. Red Herring editors were among the first to recognize that companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, Skype, Salesforce.com, YouTube, and eBay would change the way we live and work.

"Choosing the companies with the strongest potential was by no means a small feat," said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. "After rigorous contemplation and discussion, we narrowed our list down from hundreds of candidates from across Europe to the Top 100 Winners. We believe POPMOG embodies the vision, drive and innovation that define a successful entrepreneurial venture. POPMOG should be proud of its accomplishment, as the competition was very strong."

"It's an honor to be recognized by an esteemed industry publication like Red Herring," says Alexander Piutti, co-founder and CEO of POPMOG. "After recently winning the eco award as the 'Most Innovative Content Start-up 2010' in April, the Red Herring 100 Europe Award 2010 is another significant success for POPMOG. We have launched POPMOG as an independent publishing platform barely half a year ago and the awards prove that our product and business direction seem much in line with market demand. We will keep our focus on adding top online games to the platform while enhancing its feature set for our gamers. To support our game developers in the best possible fashion, we work closely with portals and gaming sites to implement the right distribution strategy and attract new target groups for each game."

Red Herring's editorial staff evaluated the companies on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, management quality, strategy, and market penetration. This assessment of potential is complemented by a review of the track record and standing of startups relative to their sector peers, allowing Red Herring to see past the "buzz" and make the list a valuable instrument of discovery and advocacy for the most promising new business models in Europe.

About Red Herring:
Red Herring is a global media company uniting the world's best high-technology innovators, venture investors and business decision-makers in a variety of forums: a leading innovation magazine, an online daily technology news service, technology newsletters, and major events for technology leaders around the globe. Red Herring provides an insider's view of the global innovation ecosystem, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy. More information: www.redherring.com.

About POPMOG:
POPMOG ("Popular Multiplayer Online Games") was started in 2009 in Berlin/Germany by the GameGenetics founders as the first independent publishing platform for browser-based MMO games. Independent means in this context, that GameGenetics does not develop games itself, but instead integrates popular online games from partner developers into the POPMOG portal and into sites of its cooperation partners such as portals and social networks. The company's strategy and business model was recently acknowledged by the Association of German Internet Commerce as "Most Innovative Content Start-up 2010" (eco Award) and further honored by RED HERRING with the prestigious 'Red Herring 100 Europe Award' as one of the most promising private technology ventures in Europe. The portal http://www.popmog.com consists of a unique package of gaming features, containing attractive games, community functionality and services for game developers. POPMOG does not intend to reinvent the wheel, instead uses established services like Facebook as a basis. POPMOG for example uses 'Facebook Connect' and 'Open ID' as established standards to connect with the platform, hence keeping user registration and invitations of friends very simple.
For more information please visit http://www.popmog.com.

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