• Foursquare, Scribd, And Spotify To Be Dubbed 2011 Technology Pioneers At Davos

    Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

    Erick Schonfeld is a technology journalist and the former Editor in Chief of TechCrunch. At TechCrunch, he oversaw the editorial content of the site, helped to program the Disrupt conferences and CrunchUps, produced TCTV shows, and wrote daily for the blog. He joined TechCrunch as Co-Editor in 2007, and helped take it from a popular blog to a thriving... → Learn More

    The World Economic Forum has announced its list of 31 Technology Pioneers for 2011. The Technology Pioneers are its list of up-and-coming startups. Last year’s list included Twitter, Playfish, and Boston Power. The year before, Mint, Etsy, and Brightcove were named.

    Joining the pantheon this year are foursquare, Knewton, Layar, Scribd, and Spotify. However, greentech is equally strong on the list, particularly with smartgrid companies such as OPower and Tendril. Below is the full list of infotech companies that made it, with links to their Crunchbase profiles for more information:

    Aster Data (big data)
    Atlassian (product management)
    Foursquare (Geo-location)
    GetJar
    Knewton (adaptive learning)
    Layar (augmented reality)
    NetQin Mobile (mobile security)
    OpenDNS (domain names)
    ReputationDefender (online reputation monitoring)
    Scribd (online documents)
    SecondMarket (private securities market)
    Spotify (streaming music service)
    Vortex Engineering (low-power ATMs)

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