HIRO Media Ranked the 11th Fastest Growing Technology Company in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA 2015

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL--(Marketwired - Dec 14, 2015) - HIRO Media, one of the leading online Programmatic video Marketing ecosystems, today announced that it ranked number 11 on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA 2015, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in EMEA, and the second consecutive year that HIRO has been ranked in the list's top 20. Rankings are based on percentage revenue growth over four years.

"We're very happy to be ranked in the top 15 of the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA 2015 list for the second year in a row. Making the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA list shows HIRO's commitment to innovation and pushing the video monetization industry forward. This is also an opportunity to say thank you to the entire HIRO team for making us all look good", said Ariel Napchi, Founder and CEO, HIRO Media.

"Securing a position in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 is an impressive feat, especially in the highly competitive and rapidly changing environment of the technology industry", said David Cobb, Deloitte UK and partner in charge of the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA programme. "As a recipient of the 2015 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 ranking, HIRO Media has demonstrated that it is indeed one of the fastest growing technology companies in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and we are proud to honour them for this. We congratulate HIRO Media on being among the most dynamic and successful technology companies in the region."

On average, ranking companies on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA 2015 programme had an overall growth rate of 1,012 percent.

Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA selection and qualifications

The Technology Fast 500 list is compiled by the Deloitte EMEA Technology Fast 50 programme, nominations submitted directly to the Technology Fast 500, as well as public company database research. To qualify for the Technology Fast 500, entrants must have had base-year operating revenues of at least EUR50,000 and current-year operating revenues of at least EUR800,000.

Entrants may be either public or private companies but must be a 'technology company', headquartered in EMEA. A 'technology company' is defined as a company that develops or owns proprietary technology that contributes to a significant portion of the company's operating revenues, or manufactures a technology-related product, or devotes a high percentage of effort to the research and development of technology. Using other companies' technology in a unique way does not qualify.

About HIRO Media
With an online-video advertising reach of more than 100 million unique viewers and 4 billion ad-views, HIRO Media is one of the leading online video ecosystems in the marketplace. Consisting of a content network, an ad platform and first-party data for targeting, HIRO Media represents an end-to-end video solution that helps advertisers, content owners, and publishers optimize their profits and performance. Through their proprietary technology, HIRO Media drives value via a multitude of offerings and services, including online video advertising, a turnkey profit-optimization strategy for publishers, and a new revenue resource for content owners to profit from HIRO Media's programmatic content-distribution platform. HIRO Media delivers a world-class entertainment media network for viewers, who watch content on any Internet-connected platform. For more information, please visit www.hiro-media.com.

About Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ EMEA
The Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA programme is the region's most objective industry-ranking to focus on the technology field, recognising technology companies that have achieved the fastest rates of revenue growth in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) during the past four years. Combining technological innovation, entrepreneurship and rapid growth, Fast 500 companies -- large, small, public and private -- span a variety of industry sectors, and are leaders in hardware, software, communications, media, life sciences and clean technology.

The programme is supported by the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 initiatives, which rank high growth technology companies by location or specifically defined geographic area and is run by the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited's Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) global industry group. Co-sponsors include Eight Roads, a venture and growth capital investor which backs entrepreneurs with aspiration for greatness in the IT and clean technology sectors across Europe, Silicon Valley Bank, the premier bank for technology, life science, private equity and premium wine businesses and Taylor Wessing, a leading International law firm with a focus on the industries of tomorrow. More information on the programme and prior year winners is available on www.deloitte.com/fast500emea.

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