The “Red Herring 100 North America” award is an important part of Red Herring’s tradition of recognizing new and innovative technology firms and their entrepreneurial founders.

Nominees are rigidly evaluated on criteria such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their ecosystem. This assessment allows Red Herring to see past the “buzz” and make the list an invaluable instrument for discovering and advocating the greatest business opportunities in the industry.

UPDATE – We have narrowed the field of contenders to 200 finalist companies.

We thank the over 1,000 technology companies that submitted to this year’s edition of the award. We look forward to seeing many finalist CEOs at Red Herring Spring in Monterey.

The 200 companies short-listed as finalists for the “Red Herring 100 North America” are (in alphabetical order):