The Red Herring 100 Asia award ceremony is on Aug 29-31, 2007 in Hong Kong. For the last decade, these lists have discovered & short-listed the most promising start-ups in the technology industry, and are highly regarded by investors, executives and observers alike.

The Top 100 award winners will be announced at the ceremony, but the 200 short-listed companies have been announced here.

I’ve identified 28 Indian companies (nearly 15%) that have made it to the finalists. Considering the list identifies companies that will lead the next wave of disruption and innovation, some names are obvious – like iXiGO, Paymate & Onyomo; while the majority of the names lead me to doubt the shortlisting process itself – like GlobalLogic, WEP Peripherals, kerela.com.

Following is a list of the Indian companies that have made it to the 200 finalists.

• Adiance Technologies Pvt Ltd www.adiance.com
• Automotive Exchange Private Limited www.CarWale.com
• CashTech Solutions India Ltd www.cash-tech.com
• Cat Computer Services Pvt Ltd www.quickheal.com
• Cross-Tab Marketing Services Pvt Ltd www.cross-tab.com
• FXLabs Studios Pvt Ltd www.fxlabs.com
• Gameshastra Solutions P Ltd www.gameshastra.com
• GlobalLogic India Pvt Ltd www.globallogic.com
• Intrasoft Technologies Ltd www.infrasofttech.com
• iXiGO.com www.ixigo.com
• iYogi Technical Services Pvt Ltd www.iyogi.net
• MeritTrac Services Private Limited www.merittrac.com
• Mindlogicx Infotech Ltd www.mindlogicx.com
• Mistral Software Pvt Ltd www.mistralsoftware.com
• nautanki.tv online india Pvt Ltd www.nautanki.tv
• NetAlter Software Limited www.netalter.com
• OnMobile Asia Pacific Pvt Ltd www.onmobile.com
• PayMate India Pvt. Ltd. www.paymate.co.in
• Proteans Software www.proteans.com
• RealAcres.com www.RealAcres.com
• Rudra Technologies Pte Ltd www.rudratec.com
• Regalix www.regalix.com
• Saora www.saora.com
• SM Onyomo Infotech Pvt Ltd www.onyomo.com
• Telibrahma Convergent Communications Pvt Ltd www.telibrahma.com
• Vembu www.vembu.com
• WeP Peripherals Ltd www.wepindia.com
• Worldviewer Dot Com India Private Ltd www.kerala.com

Congrats all, and wish you luck for bagging the award 🙂

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