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Posted by Greg Andrews on Tue, January 15, 2008 3:03 PM · Filed under Toronto, Waterloo , Start-up Index · 16 Comments

This second edition of the Toronto Start-up Index gets more interesting as we get to see some movement through the standings. The index ranks Toronto area start-ups based on an average of Alexa and Compete traffic rankings. Criteria and other details are available on the Start-up Index page.

Two new additions made the top ten: iBegin at #3 and Carpages at #9.

If you have any suggestions for companies to add to the index, please post them in the comments for this post.

Rank	+	/-	Name	Alexa	Compete	Average
1			b5media	31,197	30,511	30,854
2			ProductWiki	34,343	30,217	32,280
3	N		iBegin	58,617	25,439	42,028
4		1	FreshBooks	49,286	42,195	45,741
5		3	Sneakerplay	76,395	91,240	83,818
6			ConceptShare	84,929	99,939	92,434
7		3	ZipLocal	81,266	136,024	108,645
8		3	Groovle	59,268	176,366	117,817
9	N		Carpages	134,770	131,877	133,324
10		1	AideRSS	129,786	147,708	138,747
11		4	SharedReviews	117,046	185,877	151,462
12		2	MadWhips	158,393	149,352	153,873
13		2	OfficeZilla	224,872	271,840	248,356
14		4	FileMobile	275,702	300,871	288,287
15		2	Awareness	323,051	253,564	288,308
16		4	Quotiki	371,317	272,266	321,792
17			HomeStars	309,005	366,566	337,786
18		1	Onaswarm	346,730	373,976	360,353
19		7	Zerofootprint	388,045	351,661	369,853
20		6	BumpTop	338,642	428,413	383,528
21		6	JobLoft	242,991	588,200	415,596
22		6	Domainer	466,889	453,009	459,949
23		1	PokerSpace	499,997	438,584	469,291
24		4	Well.ca	583,530	435,035	509,283
25		6	GigPark	603,347	457,118	530,233
26	N		Omnidate	668,545	714,615	691,580
27		6	YowTRIP	657,014	744,006	700,510
28			Octopz	914,185	932,915	923,550
29		8	CastRoller	2,025,741	828,951	1,427,346
30		5	EasyPost.ca	2,797,298	967,525	1,882,412
31		8	Cozimo	732,998	-	732,998
32			ViaVol	792,645	-	792,645
33		3	Semacode	796,203	-	796,203
34		1	CellClients	976,567	-	976,567
35		1	SlashID	1,326,025	-	1,326,025
36		12	mDialog	1,405,832	-	1,405,832
37		3	Cytoscape	1,590,542	-	1,590,542
38	N		Ipartee	445,480	-	445,480
39	N		Wellocities	577,255	-	577,255
40	N		Banzza	623,815	-	623,815
41		14	myhood.ca	677,348	-	677,348
42		2	Ogrant	2,071,303	-	2,071,303
43		5	Realosophy	2,184,723	-	2,184,723
44		19	xkoto	2,195,491	-	2,195,491
45		6	Pursudo	2,633,524	-	2,633,524
46		17	Clay Tablet	2,821,447	-	2,821,447
47		6	FeelingBullish	3,258,231	-	3,258,231
48	N		Addictive Mobility	4,750,605	-	4,750,605

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16 Comments

AhmedF said on Tue, January 15, 2008 at 10:50 PM

Might I suggest for Alexa using the Canadian ranking - eg while we are above ZipLocal overall, in the Canadian ranking they are 700 ahead of us.

AhmedF said on Tue, January 15, 2008 at 11:05 PM

Or actually a bit of both. Eg ZipLocal gets especially hit because they only focus on Canada - hitting them hard across the rest.

Maybe factor in both Alexas - overall and Canadian?

Bootup Labs Starts up to help Start-ups in Vancouver said on Tue, January 15, 2008 at 11:42 PM

[...] me add to that for you. Greg at Techvibes has updated the start up lists for Alberta, Toronto (where b5media is number #1 baby!), and Vancouver. Wow what a hot list. Boy do I have a [...]

Jeremy Wright said on Wed, January 16, 2008 at 6:42 AM

I don't think the list should be "influence in Canada" so much as success of the company. Obviously I'm biased since the vast majoriy of our traffic is US and International, but either way.

Happy to even be *on* this list, so thanks guys!

Leila Boujnane said on Wed, January 16, 2008 at 7:08 AM

Oh my goodness: Greg really needs to do his homework! How could you have not listed the greatest Toronto startup: Idee Inc. oh oh. Check it out: http://www.ideeinc.com

We would rank in the top 10 I believe. Off to doing your homework. Now.

Leila

Ethan Henry said on Wed, January 16, 2008 at 7:22 AM

This is really, really biased to startups that are based on web page views. Where's the enterprise software startups? The mobile phone software startups?

A lot of the companies on the Fast 50 are still startups, but I see few of them here.

You need more adjectives between "Toronto area" and "startups".

Jay Goldman said on Wed, January 16, 2008 at 10:33 AM

Great list!

What's the criteria for getting listed on it? We're definitely Toronto-based, almost certainly a startup, and would rank somewhere in the middle of the list from a traffic perspective. Contact me directly if you need more info...

Greg said on Wed, January 16, 2008 at 11:52 AM

Leila: Idee isn't included because it is older than five years, one of the criteria we defined for "start-up". Please correct me if I'm wrong.

We certainly don't mean to shun other types of companies, and would like to do other lists in the future.

Ben said on Tue, January 22, 2008 at 7:19 AM

Carpages has the wrong URL - it's www.carpages.ca, NOT www.carpages.com.

rami nasser said on Wed, January 30, 2008 at 9:26 AM

great idea, would be nice to have one for atlantic canada.

Spidey said on Tue, February 5, 2008 at 8:29 PM

I think www.parkingspots.com is from Toronto.

timothy said on Thu, February 7, 2008 at 12:36 PM

My buddy just started at a new startup: http://www.nexj.com/

Rob said on Thu, February 7, 2008 at 2:09 PM

Wild Apricot needs to be on here - www.wildapricot.com

Jeff said on Thu, February 14, 2008 at 10:46 AM

Hi! http://FlashcardDB.com is from Toronto

ParkingLady said on Thu, February 28, 2008 at 6:55 PM

omeone mentioned parkingspots.com and while it's run out of toronto, technically it's active NorthAm wide. Just launched though so stay tuned!

Used Cars Canada said on Wed, December 17, 2008 at 12:51 PM

Carads.ca is a Mississauga based startup with a decent ranking on Google.ca for used cars, used cars for sale, used car prices, toronto etc. keywords.