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The 10 “Hottest Startups” in Berlin right now

Last week Thursday we made a poll on Facebook, looking for the hottest startup in town. The poll to date received almost 4.000 votes!

Here the result:

1. Smeet (658 votes)

2. 6Wunderkinder (326 votes)

3. Twago (281 votes)

4. Soundcloud (270 votes)

5. Ezeep (169 votes)

6. Tape.TV (138 votes)

7. Wooga (120 votes)

8. ResearchGate (120 votes)

9. Gidsy (109 votes)

10. Orderbird (94 votes)

Almost 100 companies were added to the poll, which gives a nice overview of the startup scene in Berlin. You can find all startups and votes here. Some of the companies i had actually never heard of before.

Since many companies asked their followers on Facebook and Twitter to vote for them it should be noted that the more established, bigger companies had an advantage over the early stage companies. So “hottest” may actually translate into “most community outreach” or “most social media savvy” here. We will therefore make another poll soon, where only companies younger than 6 months (from date of launch) are asked to participate. This way we shall find the hottest early stage company!

Update: Twago passed Soundcloud in the amount of votes just minutes after this post was published and the list was therefore updated. Since Facebook does not allow the poll to be closed without deleting it, the poll may change over time. We will therefore check the list every couple of weeks and write an update if the ranking changes considerably (i.e. new players entering the Top 10 list, etc.).

by Nikolas Woischnik