Big internet companies around EU

quoted from Economist.comDaisuke Ishii(Kolors, Japan)

Top 3 companies in each countryPeak Market Valuation in billion $EVEN Luddites know that the largest internet firms reside in America. The upcoming public offering of Alibaba,

an e-commerce giant, will drive home the point that China is catching up fast. But what about the rest of the

world? The latest numbers from World Startup Report, a market researcher, gives an answer. Of the 50

countries they examined, 30 have at least one internet company worth more than $1 billion. Firms outside

America and China are still relatively small: Google’s market capitalisation, for instance, is bigger than the

value of the top internet firms in all other 48 countries combined. And worryingly for Europe, of the top five

countries with firms with the highest valuations, none is European—but three are Asian.

Roll over the interactive chart above to see the company and value. If all three datapoints are not visible, it is

because one is shrouded by another (ie, America's Amazon obscures Facebook, since both are worth around

$185 billion); clicking on the key at the top will remove datapoints.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2014/07/daily-chart-6?utm_content

Russia

No.1 Yandex (Search Engine)- 14.4B$ (NASDAQ from 2011)No.2 MailRu (Social Media & Portal)- 9.1B$(7th biggest PV in the world)No.3 VK (Social Networking Service)- 2.5B$(100M active users)

Israel

No.1 CheckPoint (Software)- 13.3B$ (NASDAQ)No.2 Conduit (Mobile First Software)- 1.4B$No.3 Wix (DIY Web Development Platform)- 1.2B$(NASDAQ)

Great Britain

No.1 ASOS (Fashion E-Commerce)- 9.8B$ (London Stock Exchange from 2001)No.2 Just Eat (Food Delivery Service)- 2.7B$(London Stock Exchange from 2014)No.3 Wonga (Personal Loan Service)- 2.5B$

Sweden

No.1 KING.com (Social Game)- 7.1B$ (NYSE from 2014)No.2 Spofity(Music Streaming) - 4.0B$No.3 Klarna (Payment Solution)- 800M$

Germany

No.1 Rocket Internet (The largest Incubator)- 7.1B$ No.2 Zalando(Shoes&Apparel E-Commerce)- 5.3B$(Amazon Clone)No.3 Big Point (Browser Game Platform)- 1.0B$

Finland

No.1 Rovio Entertainment(Mobile Game)- 5.0B$ (Angry Birds series)No.2 Supercell(Mobile Game)- 3.0B$(165 games)No.3 Grand Cru Games (Social Games)- 75M$

Ireland

No.1 PaddyPower(Betting/Bookmaker)- 4.5B$ No.2 FleetMatics(GPS Tracking System)- 1.9B$(in NYSE)No.3 Hostel World(Hotel Booking Service)- 150M$

France

No.1 Criteo(Retargeting Ads)- 3.3B$ (in NASDAQ from 2013)No.2 Vente Privee(Fashion Flash Sales)- 2.5B$No.3 Seloger(Mobile Application Developer)- 850M$

Italy

No.1 YOOX(Fashion EC)- 2.8B$ (in Milan Stock Exchange)No.2 Bravofly(Flight Booking)- 787M$(in NYSE)No.3 Buongiorno(Mobile Commerce App)- 300M$