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Toronto Start-up Index - December (beta)

Posted by Greg Andrews on December 11th, 2007 · Filed under Start-up, Start-up Index, Toronto

Inspired by the Seattle Start-up Index, and complementing our Vancouver Start-up Index, we have compiled a Toronto Start-up Index. The index is based on the average of Alexa and Compete rankings, two leading web traffic data sites.

The criteria for companies to appear on the list:

  • Located within Metro Toronto
  • Less than five years old
  • Not a public company
  • Is a tech company (either hardware, software, web application/service, or mobile)

To clarify the last point, we won’t be including development/design shops, consultancies, or blogs. In the future, we would be interested in compiling separate lists for these categories and lists for other cities.

We put a decent effort into collecting sites for the list, but we know there are likely some overlooked. Please leave your suggestions for other companies in the comments of this post. An updated list will be published on December 15, and regularly on the 15th of each month.

Rank Name Alexa Compete Average
1 b5media 26,650 34,393 30,522
2 ProductWiki 30,033 32,118 31,076
3 AdaptiveBlue 55,262 42,849 49,056
4 FreshBooks 48,485 57,175 52,830
5 ZipLocal 86,833 93,211 90,022
6 Defensio 111,485 76,742 94,114
7 Groovle 28,174 180,412 104,293
8 ConceptShare 73,257 142,110 107,684
9 Sneakerplay 111,808 201,067 156,438
10 AideRSS 125,898 204,177 165,038
11 OfficeZilla 240,656 215,494 228,075
12 Quotiki 242,731 272,365 257,548
13 Awareness 337,563 294,679 316,121
14 BumpTop 351,024 289,585 320,305
15 JobLoft 225,328 444,229 334,779
16 Domainer 448,436 237,733 343,085
17 FileMobile 455,399 387,663 421,531
18 CakeMail 473,454 420,953 447,204
19 Onaswarm 650,814 404,761 527,788
20 YowTRIP 726,609 663,315 694,962
21 vLane 1,356,476 440,044 898,260
22 Cosimo 878,347 984,251 931,299
23 mDialog 1,524,947 658,374 1,091,661
24 xkoto 2,036,991 607,438 1,322,215
25 Zerofootprint 357,579 - 357,579
26 myhood.ca 574,148 - 574,148
27 Octopz 716,525 - 716,525
28 Clay Tablet 725,567 - 725,567
29 Semacode 923,466 - 923,466
30 ViaVol 1,010,592 - 1,010,592
31 Cytoscape 1,319,993 - 1,319,993
32 EasyPost.ca 1,391,364 - 1,391,364
33 SlashID 1,416,457 - 1,416,457
34 Realosophy 1,767,971 - 1,767,971
35 Workspace 1,902,298 - 1,902,298
36 Pursudo 2,497,159 - 2,497,159
37 Ogrant 2,737,392 - 2,737,392
38 FeelingBullish 4,534,226 - 4,534,226
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21 comments

  • Erik Kalviainen said on Dec 11, 2007 at 3:11 pm:

    Cool list. Flattered to make it! (ProductWiki)

    I just wanted to suggest a fellow GTA webiste:

    http://www.madwhips.com
    Alexa: 170,259
    Compete: 260,550
    Average: 215,405

    They just relaunched in November.

  • Heri said on Dec 11, 2007 at 4:15 pm:

    Hi Greg,
    Defensio and CakeMail are from Montréal. They just attented the latest StartupCamp in Toronto.

  • Duncan Moore said on Dec 11, 2007 at 9:05 pm:

    Heri beat me to the correction, but let me add that it would be cool to have a Montreal Startup Index too! In fact, Heri just put together a map of startups in Montreal that might make for a good starting point…

  • Ben Vinegar said on Dec 11, 2007 at 10:33 pm:

    Another imposter - vLane is headquartered in Palo Alto.

  • Jevon said on Dec 12, 2007 at 5:56 am:

    As you can see, not everyone at StartupCamp Toronto, or written about on Startupnorth.ca, is from Toronto. ;-)

  • Jevon said on Dec 12, 2007 at 6:24 am:

    And I will add: Workspace is Ottawa based.

  • Maxx-Phillippe Hollott said on Dec 12, 2007 at 6:50 am:

    Great list - may I also suggest the following:

    http://www.planeteye.com
    http://www.paymentus.com
    http://www.frescomicrochip.com

  • Gary Will said on Dec 12, 2007 at 8:01 am:

    ProductWiki (despite Erik’s comment!), AideRSS, and Semacode are all in Waterloo, which has never been part of anything called “Metro Toronto.” If you change the definition to “Toronto area” then you might be okay, since that term has no precise meaning.

  • Will Pate said on Dec 12, 2007 at 8:10 am:

    A for effort, but your methodology is flawed. I’m not sure what value a numbered list of companies (now a list of numbered companies would be another deal ;) provides, regardless.

    May I suggest:

    1) Use accurate data

    or

    2) Give the usual disclaimer that Alexa and Compete numbers are pretty much bogus, so the reader should discount them accordingly. Experienced tech folks will know to do that, but the average reader may take those numbers at face value.

  • Rob said on Dec 12, 2007 at 9:24 am:

    Hey Will,

    Our error for not stressing that this list is meant for fun only. Alexa and Compete have no serious value for investors, customers or the owners of the sites other than understanding overall trends month-to-month.

    We should have stated this in the initial post like Marcelo did for his Seattle index:

    http://www.seattle20.sampasite.com/blog/Alexa-vs-Compete-vs-the-truth.htm

    Rob.

  • Jacob said on Dec 12, 2007 at 3:13 pm:

    Hey Guys,

    Flattered that we made the list. Here is the actual data from November Groovle analytics, wondering where this really would rank? Anyone estimate?

    224,502 Visits

    Cheers,

    Jacob

  • ali said on Dec 12, 2007 at 10:54 pm:

    http://www.Well.ca would love to join the index :)

  • Bijan said on Dec 13, 2007 at 11:38 am:

    http://www.CellClients.com is a Toronto startup company which helps Canadians exchange cell phone contracts. We would love to be added to the index.

  • Jesse said on Dec 13, 2007 at 12:51 pm:

    Cakemail and Defensio aren’t even in Ontario.. and Conceptshare is in Sudbury… Waterloo ones have been pointed out already. Toronto not have enough cool stuff, why does it feel it needs to claim everything east of Winnipeg?

  • Maple Buds said on Dec 13, 2007 at 2:35 pm:

    How about http://www.Homestars.com, http://www.Gigpark.com, and http://www.SharedReviews.com??

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  • Shawn said on Dec 20, 2007 at 8:46 am:

    Great list. Quotiki is no longer in the GTA since September when it was sold to a company outside of New York City. I don’t see the RSS news hub http://www.echonium.com is on the list.

  • Ben said on Dec 20, 2007 at 11:28 am:

    Carpages.ca is a GTA-based startup (launched September 2004) that is a Canadian car search engine and car shopping portal.

    Alexa: 116,618

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