Future 50: shortlisted companies announced

After spending the Summer hunting for ambitious and exceptional startups and young companies, we’ve now got the Future 50 shortlist.

We received nearly 200 fantastic entries for the Future 50, from fields as varied as nanotech, motorsport, green energy and fashion.

We’ve now whittled the list down to 87 shortlisted companies, which you can see below. The judges have received information on all of the companies.

Their fate is now in the judges’ hands. They’re tasked with selecting the 50 firms that have the power to grow, disrupt and generate serious profits.

Congratulations to the shortlisted companies – find out who has made the Future 50 in the Autumn edition of Real Business, out on September 27.

Shortlisted Future 50 companies:

• AcerMetric – pre-fab housing materials
• AdInsight – websight tracking
• Allow – online privacy management tools
• Anesco – renewable energy consultancy
• Artesian Solutions – analyses social media
• Bamboo Innovations – e-learning for schoolchildren
• BaseKit – automated website creator
• BeFruity – fruit bars
• Bertie’s Wood Fuel – wood fuel brickettes
• Biscuiteers – bespoke gift biscuits
• Borro – online pawnbroker
• Buddy – SMS app to help depression sufferers
• Cella Energy – hydrogen storage technology
• Central Working – business workspace for rent
• Chic & Seek – vintage clothing for sale online
• Clearer Partners – video editing and hosting on the cloud for professionals
• Clippys – apple jam preserve
• Cognitive Match – online advertising service
• Concept Cupboard – showcases and sells design services of arts students and graduates
• Cotswold Gold – rapeseed oil products
• CT Innovations – software for engineers
• Durham Graphene Science – nanotech graphene
• Electrospinning – nanofibres for the biotech industry
• Ellipse – group risk insurance
• Enistic – energy saving
• Fins for Him – shoes brand for men
• Floxx – gossip, lechery and chatter on a map
• Flybrid Systems – automotive energy conservation tech
• Funding Circle – disintermediated lending to small firms
• Girl Meets Dress – designer dress rental
• Gold-i – software platform for stock market brokers
• Grannies Inc – knitwear accessories knitted by grannies
• Hedgehog Lab – mobile apps maker
• Housebites – website for chefs to sell food in a “virtual takeway”
• Housetrip – holiday home rental website
• Image Analysis – diagnostic software for MRI scanners
• Incinerator Replacement Technology – crematorium for cows
• Infectious Media – online advertising service
• Insure the Box – GPS box in car for car insurance
• Lilly and Sid – childrens clothing
• LoveThis – social network focused on recommendations
• Made.com – online furniture store
• Maiden Voyage – social network for travelling businesswomen
• MarketInvoice – eBay of invoice financing
• MBA & Company – freelancer consultancy model, using MBAs and PhDs
• MobileRoadie – app creator
• Mubaloo – mobile apps maker
• My Work Search – assistance to Jobseeker Plus
• MyBuilder.com – recommendation website for builders
• Naked Energy – hybrid solar panels: both photovoltaic and heat transfer in one
• Nanodome – pan-tilt-zoom security camera
• National Locums – medical recruitment agency
• Navmii – maps for mobiles
• Neul – radio chip maker, targeting white space spectrum
• Newspepper – journalism platform
• Newtons Solicitors – virtual law firm
• Nova Parking – intelligent parking
• One Fine Stay – couchsurfing meets hotels. Brent Hoberman is an investor.
• Orlebar Brown – men’s swimwear
• Oxford Yasa Motors – electric motors for cars
• Patrick Properties – innovative lettings agency
• People Per Hour – freelancer job allocator
• Peppersmith – organic food by ex-Innocent Drinks employees
• Peter Spanton Beverages – stylish soft drinks range
• PitchUp – campsite bookings
• Poikos – custom fit clothing via mass customisation
• SeaPower Gen – sea power generators
• Secret Escapes – boutique hotel booking service
• Seven Hills – public relations
• SharedBand – broadband maximiser
• Simeio – biometric sign-in sheets for construction industry
• Snap Fashion – Google Googles for the fashion industry
• Songkick – concert tickets
• Sports New Media – fan pages for sports
• Sumo Drinks – soft drink which helps you burn calories
• Teamly – productivity web-app
• Tepilo – Sarah Beeny’s property management service
• TransferWise – disintermediated currency exchange
• Twenty Recruitment – recruitment agency
• Universal Fuels – fuel supply. Founder is 19
• VirtualGym TV – personal fitness delivered via the internet
• Wahanda – retail aggregator for health and beauty products
• We Are Social – social media marketers
• WebMynd – Platform to allow apps to work on all OSes
• Wikijob – open source job site
• Wish.co.uk – experiences, such as F1 car racing or days out (“virtual” model)
• Xsilon – energy monitoring powerline products

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