The top 10
1 Shazam Entertainment London: Mobile music recognition service
2 Wonga London: Short-term money-lending service
3 Spotify London: Proprietary peer-to-peer, music streaming service
4 Huddle London: Online collaborative project management software for business
5 Mind Candy London: Social multi-player online games developer
6 Zoopla London: Property market search and market research tool
7 Mimecast London: Unified email management
8 Flirtomatic London: Online and mobile flirting service
9 Forward London: Online marketing agency and consumer site publisher
10 Skimlinks London: Affiliate marketing service
Advertising and Search
Adconion Media Group London: Online advertising and content syndication network
Artesian Solutions Winnersh: Automated search and surveillance technology provider
Cortexica London: Image recognition technology
Dynmark Cheltenham: Mobile marketing provider
FreeAgent Central Edinburgh: Online accounting software for small business and freelancers
Jeego London: Digital messaging for the mobile entertainment industry
Livebookings London: Online marketing and reservations service for restaurants
Loc8 Solutions Edinburgh: Mobile location-based entertainment guide and hyperlocal applications
Madgex Brighton: Job board software
Mediafed London: RSS metrics system for publishers
Mippin London: Optimised content for mobiles
MusicMetric London: Professional music analytics
PharmiWeb Solutions Bracknell: Publishing and digital marketing for healthcare industry
Predictive Intent Poole: Marketing for online retailers
Rated People London: Directory of recommended local tradespeople
Saffron Digital London: Digital video and entertainment delivery for mobile and online
Struq London: Personalised advertising
TagMan London: Web analytics and container tag management
TV Genius London: Personalised search for TV on the web and on mobile
Upad London: Marketplace for UK property rental
Wahanda London: Global health, beauty and wellness community
Devices and Technology
Acrossair London: Augmented-reality applications for the iPhone
Alfresco Maidenhead: Open source software for collaborative content management
Cambridge Broadband Networks Cambridge: Manufacturer and supplier of mobile backhaul technology
Codilink London: Secure digital voucher system for retail
The Cloud London: European wireless broadband network
Cybertill Merseyside: Electronic point-of-sale and retail management technology
Datanomic Cambridge: Enterprise data quality management
EnQii London: Signage software
Entanet Telford: Consumer voice and data connectivity services
The Foundry London: Visual effects and image processing for film and video post-production
GetJar London: Mobile application distribution and developer community
HulloMail Ltd London: Voicemail applications and instant voice messaging
Icera Chipping Sodbury: Semiconductor technologies for wireless devices
iPLATO Healthcare London: Mobile health services
Kashflow London: Accounting software for small business.
Light Blue Optics Cambridge: Miniature projection systems.
Mendeley London: Academic tool tracking research trends and providing desktop and mobile bibliography management
Miniweb Brentford, Middlesex: Interactive features for internet video on TV screens
Nativ London: TV and video distribution
OnRelay London: Cellular fixed mobile convergence software
PassivSystems Newbury: Cleantech system that manages domestic energy use
Plastic Logic Cambridge: Flexible electronic screen technologies
Siondo London: Web-based software applications for business
TeslaOne London: Mobile communications and mobile commerce solutions
Truphone London: Mobile communications provider
Ubiquisys London: Developer of 3G femtocells
Ubisense Cambridge: Real-time location systems and geospatial consulting
Xconnect London: Peering services for fixed, mobile and web 2.0 service providers
Games and Entertainment
Blinkbox London: Online premium TV and film service
ChannelFlip London: hort-form online video community
Cybersports London: 3D virtual multi-player and multi-sports worlds
Digital Goldfish Dundee: Mobile platform developer
Hello Games Guildford: Independent video games developer
Mixcloud London: Sharing on-demand radio shows
nDreams Farnborough: Digital games developer and publisher
Orca Digital London: Interactive services for mobile and online
Perform Group London: Technology and commercial tools for rights-managed content
Quick.tv Newcastle: Interactive online video service
Slicethepie Reading: Fan-funded new music service
SoundCloud Birmingham: Sharing and web-hosting audio service
SupaJam Hever: Showcase and commercialisation platform for music, entertainment and live events
Very Tangy TV Cheltenham: Live UK television for set-top box or PC
We7 Oxford: Music-playing service with embedded advertising
Online
Aroxo London: Marketplace and negotiation tool for product and service buyers and sellers
Autoquake London: Online used-car retailer
Borro Oxford: Short-term loans
The Book Depository Gloucester: Online bookseller
Ecommera London: Ecommerce technology and insight, delivered as a service, and driven by sound retail thinking
Endava London: Outsourced digital platform for consumer websites
ioko London: IT platform design and management for telecoms, media and enterprise
Madbid London: Auctioning website
made.com London: Furniture portal
Mobcast Ebook distribution and retail platform
Moo London: Online printing
Mydeco London: Home design software
mySupermarket London: shopping and comparison website for UK supermarket shoppers
Notonthehighstreet.com London: Boutique and independent retail
ShipServ London: Online trading platform
TranslateMedia London: Language services agency
viagogo London: Online ticket exchange
Social Media
AudioBoo London: Sound-sharing website
Demotix London: Citizen journalism website and photo agency
Hubdub Edinburgh: (hubdub is now closed and restarted as fanduel, a fantasy sports site) Web-based prediction market
Rummble London: Location-based discovery, recommendation and social search
Sendible London: Management for business
Songkick London: Live music listings, alerts and news
Tweetdeck London: Personalised browser for Twitter, Facebook and social networks
Tweetmeme Reading: Trendwatching service for Twitter
Webjam London: Software-as-a-Service-based online community tools
The contenders
Kemp Little Innovation Award nominees
These companies have been picked for their outstanding business innovation:
• Alfresco
• Cortexica
• Forward
• nDreams
• Zoopla
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Hottest Prospect Award shortlist
These companies have been selected as those showing good potential:
• Audioboo
• Getjar
• Livebookings
• Mind Candy
• Tweetdeck
Winners will be announced at the Tech Media Invest 2010 event on 18 October and will receive free legal advice from Kemp Little and free financial consulting advice from PwC.
Both Kemp Little and PwC are specialists in advising technology and digital media companies to help them achieve their full potential.
The companies featured in this list are not endorsed, guaranteed or recommended for investment by PwC or Kemp Little.
Rising stars
Bindi Karia is venture capital and emerging business lead at BizSpark. Microsoft's BizSpark programme provides software, support and development tools to 35,000 international early-stage companies, 2,300 of which are based in the UK.
Dubbed the queen of startups, Karia has a keen eye for talent. Here she gives us her insider tips for next year's Tech Media Invest 100.
Dezineforce Web-based engineering design and optimisation service
Exceedra Next-generation supply chain management and sales planning solution
Social business software for roadmapping and strategic planning
Parcelgenie Sends physical gifts to social network contacts.
View from the bench How to get on to the list
Take a snapshot of this year's Tech Media Invest 100 – a mobile health service, a used-car retailer, a social network for flirting. Whatever the size of the company, innovation and a maturation of business models is the theme.
Of the 100 companies on this year's list, around 40 are new entries. This is a sign of an entrepreneurial spirit impervious to the credit crunch, according to PwC director Brian Henderson.
"This year, we are looking at companies with innovative business models. Companies simply don't get on to the list if they're not doing something different. What those top businesses have in common is that they have diversification in their business models. They're not relying on one revenue stream – Apple's App Store, for instance – they've got a portfolio, which is essential.
"There are lots of exciting companies out there looking to be the next Google or Facebook. The challenge is a difficult climate – they will have to be innovative to get to market."
As in 2009, getting on to the list is not easy. Judges had to work their way through a hothouse of talented emerging businesses before they could get on with ranking those that remained. What emerges is a unique collection of cross-industry enterprise, all well-versed in the art of fine-tuning revenue streams.
"Funding is always going to be a challenge," says Henderson. "But companies need a robust business model that investors can believe in."
