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Eagle Eye was incorporated in the United Kingdom in April 2003 and built cloud technology for digital promotions and customer engagement. The company developed an API-based platform used by retailers and brands to manage loyalty, offers and real-time promotional interactions across digital and physical channels.
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Silergy was founded in 2008 as a semiconductor company specialising in analogue and power-management integrated circuits. By 2026, Silergy supplied power-management and analogue chips for consumer, computing, industrial and communications equipment.
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TransAct Technologies was incorporated in June 1996 and began standalone operations in August 1996 after the printer business formerly conducted through Tridex subsidiaries was separated. The company completed its initial public offering in August 1996 and built specialist printing products for transaction, gaming, food-service and other commercial environments, later adding software-driven solutions.
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Tucows began in Flint, Michigan, in 1993 as a shareware and freeware download site created by Scott Swedorski. After becoming an ICANN-accredited registrar in 1999, Tucows expanded into domains, fibre internet and telecom software while retiring the original downloads service in 2021.
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CyberAgent was founded in Japan in March 1998 by Susumu Fujita, initially building an internet advertising business during the early expansion of Japan’s commercial web market. By 2026, CyberAgent operated across internet advertising, media and entertainment, including ABEMA, and games through a portfolio of…
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eGain was founded in 1997 by Ashutosh Roy and Gunjan Sinha during the early commercial growth of web-based customer service. The company developed software for email response, web self-service, knowledge management and digital customer engagement, eventually shifting much of the platform to cloud delivery and AI-assisted service.
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3i Infotech was founded in 1993 as ICICI Infotech Ltd, initially operating as a technology subsidiary of ICICI Bank in India. The company became independent in 2002 and adopted the 3i Infotech name, later broadening into enterprise software, managed services, cloud, infrastructure and digital-transformation work.
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EROAD was built in New Zealand around technology for electronic road-user charging and fleet compliance. In 2009 it launched a nationwide GNSS and cellular electronic road-user-charging system, listed on the NZX in 2014, expanded into North America and Australia and acquired Coretex in 2021.
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Formosa Sumco Technology was established in Taiwan in November 1995 as Formosa Komatsu Silicon, a joint venture involving Formosa Plastics interests and Japan’s Komatsu Electronic Metals. By 2026, FST remained a producer of 200 mm and 300 mm silicon wafers used as the starting material for semiconductor manufacturing.
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GDEV’s operating story dates to 2010, when future founders Andrey Fadeev and Boris Gertsovskiy were running separate social-game studios. Their teams began collaborating in 2012 and combined efforts under the Nexters brand in 2014. The business later became public and evolved into GDEV, a group structure spanning multiple game studios and publishing activities.
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