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Toronto Start-up Index - January 2008

Greg on January 15th, 2008 · Filed under Start-up Index, Toronto, Waterloo

This second edition of the Toronto Start-up Index gets more interesting as we get to see some movement through the standings. The index ranks Toronto area start-ups based on an average of Alexa and Compete traffic rankings. Criteria and other details are available on the Start-up Index page.

Two new additions made the top ten: iBegin at #3 and Carpages at #9.

If you have any suggestions for companies to add to the index, please post them in the comments for this post.

Rank + /- Name Alexa
Compete
Average
1     b5media 31,197 30,511 30,854
2     ProductWiki 34,343 30,217 32,280
3 N   iBegin 58,617   25,439   42,028  
4 1 FreshBooks 49,286 42,195 45,741
5 3 Sneakerplay 76,395 91,240 83,818
6     ConceptShare 84,929 99,939 92,434
7 3 ZipLocal 81,266 136,024 108,645
8 3 Groovle 59,268 176,366 117,817
9 N   Carpages 134,770   131,877   133,324  
10 1 AideRSS 129,786 147,708 138,747
11 4 SharedReviews 117,046 185,877 151,462
12 2 MadWhips 158,393 149,352 153,873
13 2 OfficeZilla 224,872 271,840 248,356
14 4 FileMobile 275,702 300,871 288,287
15 2 Awareness 323,051 253,564 288,308
16 4 Quotiki 371,317 272,266 321,792
17     HomeStars 309,005 366,566 337,786
18 1 Onaswarm 346,730 373,976 360,353
19 7 Zerofootprint 388,045 351,661 369,853
20 6 BumpTop 338,642 428,413 383,528
21 6 JobLoft 242,991 588,200 415,596
22 6 Domainer 466,889 453,009 459,949
23 1 PokerSpace 499,997 438,584 469,291
24 4 Well.ca 583,530 435,035 509,283
25 6 GigPark 603,347 457,118 530,233
26 N   Omnidate 668,545   714,615   691,580  
27 6 YowTRIP 657,014 744,006 700,510
28     Octopz 914,185 932,915 923,550
29 8 CastRoller 2,025,741 828,951 1,427,346
30 5 EasyPost.ca 2,797,298 967,525 1,882,412
31 8 Cozimo 732,998 - 732,998
32     ViaVol 792,645 -   792,645
33 3 Semacode 796,203 -   796,203
34 1 CellClients 976,567 -   976,567
35 1 SlashID 1,326,025 -   1,326,025
36 12 mDialog 1,405,832 - 1,405,832
37 3 Cytoscape 1,590,542 -   1,590,542
38 N   Ipartee 445,480   -   445,480  
39 N   Wellocities 577,255   -   577,255  
40 N   Banzza 623,815   -   623,815  
41 14 myhood.ca 677,348 -   677,348
42 2 Ogrant 2,071,303 -   2,071,303
43 5 Realosophy 2,184,723 -   2,184,723
44 19 xkoto 2,195,491 - 2,195,491
45 6 Pursudo 2,633,524 -   2,633,524
46 17 Clay Tablet 2,821,447 -   2,821,447
47 6 FeelingBullish 3,258,231 -   3,258,231
48 N   Addictive Mobility 4,750,605   -   4,750,605  

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15 comments

  • AhmedF said on Jan 15, 2008 at 10:50 pm:

    Might I suggest for Alexa using the Canadian ranking - eg while we are above ZipLocal overall, in the Canadian ranking they are 700 ahead of us.

  • AhmedF said on Jan 15, 2008 at 11:05 pm:

    Or actually a bit of both. Eg ZipLocal gets especially hit because they only focus on Canada - hitting them hard across the rest.

    Maybe factor in both Alexas - overall and Canadian?

  • Bootup Labs Starts up to help Start-ups in Vancouver said on Jan 15, 2008 at 11:42 pm:

    […] me add to that for you.  Greg at Techvibes has updated the start up lists for Alberta, Toronto (where b5media is number #1 baby!), and Vancouver.  Wow what a hot list.  Boy do I have a […]

  • Jeremy Wright said on Jan 16, 2008 at 6:42 am:

    I don’t think the list should be “influence in Canada” so much as success of the company. Obviously I’m biased since the vast majoriy of our traffic is US and International, but either way.

    Happy to even be *on* this list, so thanks guys!

  • Leila Boujnane said on Jan 16, 2008 at 7:08 am:

    Oh my goodness: Greg really needs to do his homework! How could you have not listed the greatest Toronto startup: Idee Inc. oh oh. Check it out: http://www.ideeinc.com
    We would rank in the top 10 I believe. Off to doing your homework. Now.

    Leila

  • Ethan Henry said on Jan 16, 2008 at 7:22 am:

    This is really, really biased to startups that are based on web page views. Where’s the enterprise software startups? The mobile phone software startups?

    A lot of the companies on the Fast 50 are still startups, but I see few of them here.

    You need more adjectives between “Toronto area” and “startups”.

  • Jay Goldman said on Jan 16, 2008 at 10:33 am:

    Great list!

    What’s the criteria for getting listed on it? We’re definitely Toronto-based, almost certainly a startup, and would rank somewhere in the middle of the list from a traffic perspective. Contact me directly if you need more info…

  • Greg said on Jan 16, 2008 at 11:52 am:

    Leila: Idee isn’t included because it is older than five years, one of the criteria we defined for “start-up”. Please correct me if I’m wrong.

    We certainly don’t mean to shun other types of companies, and would like to do other lists in the future.

  • Ben said on Jan 22, 2008 at 7:19 am:

    Carpages has the wrong URL - it’s http://www.carpages.ca, NOT http://www.carpages.com.

  • rami nasser said on Jan 30, 2008 at 9:26 am:

    great idea, would be nice to have one for atlantic canada.

  • Spidey said on Feb 5, 2008 at 8:29 pm:

    I think http://www.parkingspots.com is from Toronto.

  • timothy said on Feb 7, 2008 at 12:36 pm:

    My buddy just started at a new startup: http://www.nexj.com/

  • Rob said on Feb 7, 2008 at 2:09 pm:

    Wild Apricot needs to be on here - http://www.wildapricot.com

  • Jeff said on Feb 14, 2008 at 10:46 am:

    Hi! http://FlashcardDB.com is from Toronto

  • ParkingLady said on Feb 28, 2008 at 6:55 pm:

    someone mentioned parkingspots.com and while it’s run out of toronto, technically it’s active NorthAm wide. Just launched though so stay tuned!

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