Russian chatbot developer, antipiracy startup among Red Herring’s Top 100 Europe

Speaktoit, a Russian mobile and Internet chatbot developer, and PiratePay, an antipiracy startup recently awarded grant funding from Microsoft, have been included on the Red Herring Top 100 Europe listing this year.

Prior to the selection proceedings, which took place on May 23-25 in Amsterdam, 5 Russian companies were initially included among 200 finalists.

The final group of 100 companies were selected on the basis of their preeminent innovative character after passing both qualitative and quantitative assessment criteria, including financial performance, technological innovation, management quality, strategy execution, and the level of to integration into their respective industries.