Moving Walls named one of the top 50 companies in the world
By Digital News Asia May 16, 2017
- The company is on a rapid expansion push, setting up regional offices in India and Singapore
- The awards recognise the world’s most innovative tech startups
MOVING Walls has been named a “2017 TiE50 Winner” at the TiE50 Technology Awards Program in Silicon Valley.
The awards recognise the world’s most innovative tech startups. Winners were announced on Friday, May 5 at the Santa Clara Convention Centre during TiE Silicon Valley’s annual tech entrepreneurship conference, TiEcon.
“TiE50 screens thousands of companies worldwide. Being named in the top 50 is great validation for the disruptive innovation we are bringing to the media industry in Asia. We are proud to represent Malaysia on this global stage,” says Moving Walls executive director Srikanth Ramachandran.
Moving Walls is a data and technology led media group that specialises in digital outdoor media, audience data, and creating brand experiences. It operates Asia’s largest network of digital billboards – an aggregation of more than 5,000 media assets.
The global award comes as the company has been on a rapid expansion push, setting up regional offices in India and Singapore.
“TiE50 has become a global brand that attracts thousands of companies worldwide. We screened more than 1,303 companies this year and selected the most innovative 50 companies as TiE50 Winners. TiE50 company presentations were well received at the conference.
“As a not-for-profit, our vigorous screening and judging adopts multiple regression techniques to ensure process integrity,” said programme co-chair Daniel Zimmer.
“This highly successful programme is in its ninth year and has been a major draw at TiEcon. The TiE50 Program is one of TiE Silicon Valley’s most successful programmes,” says programme co-chair Sanjay Shirole.
“This year, the screening committee included 31 accomplished domain experts and influencers who participated. Our judges included senior executives, venture capitalists, and marquee tech entrepreneurs.”
TiEcon is an annual tech entrepreneurship conference put on by TiE Silicon Valley, a not-for-profit organisation in its 25th year. The conference attracts participation from technology companies, venture capital firms, and global service providers.
TiEcon 2017 attracted 6,000+ attendees from across the world – including CEOs of established companies to first-time entrepreneurs creating new companies, to leading investment professionals and corporate executives.
TiEcon was listed by Worth Magazine as one of the 10 best conferences for ideas and entrepreneurship along with TED and the World Economic Forum.
The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) is a non-profit founded in 1992 in the Silicon Valley by a group of entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and senior professionals. TiE is a 320,000+ network with 14,000+ members and operates cohesively through 61 chapter locations in 18 countries.
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