Mobile tech analysis company Juniper Research predicts that the worldwide number of augmented reality (AR) users, taking in smartphones, tablets and smart glasses, will rise from 60m in 2013 to nearly 200m in 2018. With this in mind, Everline Future 50 member Zappar’s mission is to deliver the best tools to create the most immersive experiences for the new digital canvas about to emerge.
Most companies will choose to avoid a market that’s usually facing disaster. However, Cause4 launched following the UK’s financial collapse in 2008 to support the charity sector, which was set to experience government cuts and a lack of funding.
Public transport can be a distressing place at the best of times, but even more so as a commuter who has to pay upwards of £1,500 a year to get to work – and that’s where CommuterClub, in this year’s Everline Future 50, comes in. Through a combination of crowdfunding and P2P lending, the service lets commuters across the country buy annual season tickets to save an average of £200 each annually.
A trio of professionals with combined experience in recruitment, technology and investment generated Everline Future 50’s JobsTheWord with a grand plan of using big data to shake up the jobs market and provide a better way to generate results for both employers and candidates looking for a job match.
Reviews about Everline Future 50 entrant Latimer Group have been nothing but spectacular, with its films seen as fresh and vision to co-create with young new talent enabling the company to understand and reach an audience that today’s broadcasters are desperately looking to connect with.
The founders of Everline Future 50’s The Telecoms Team have spent the last 15 years helping organisations to audit and manage their telecoms services and usage. Over this time the technology’s changed a lot, but according to them “the way telecoms providers treat their customers hasn’t change a bit”.
The driving lessons industry hasn’t really changed in the past few years, but Everline Future 50 participant miDrive is about to shake things up.
Five years ago, Everline Future 50’s Big Sofa’s founders looked into the future and predicted that video would become the next big communication platform within five to ten years. Five years later, Big Sofa is supporting the visual developments and services of household organisations including the UK government and British Airways, securing its place as one of the Everline Future 50.
A previous 30 to watch in mobile star, Mubaloo isn’t new to the world of innovation or the Everline Future 50 list. But with its latest foray into MiBeacons, the company is taking the sector by storm.
With the 2015 Everline Future 50 cohort set to be announced in March, Real Business has been looking back on some of its historical members – and it has made for some impressive reading.
