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Accepting the award at the Red Herring Asia 2007 conference in Hong Kong, SteveMelhuish, CEO of ComiAsia said, "We are delighted and proud to be selected for thisprestigious award. This recognizes the success and hard work of the team to date. Itis further endorsement of the only multi-platform comic-focused social network thatComiAsia is creating for passionate comic fans and aspiring artists everywhere.
Red Herring 100 Asia awards recognizes Asia's hottest private companies from apool of more than 500 candidates in 16 countries across the region. As part of itsshort listing process, the editorial team of Red Herring evaluates companies basedon both quantitative and qualitative criteria such as financial performance,technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integrationinto their ecosystem.
"After a rigorous process, we're very happy with winners we selected," said JoelDreyfuss, Editor-in-Chief of Red Herring. "There was a large pool to choose from andwe're impressed by the caliber an innovative talent bursting from Asia's businessand technology sector. They are exceptional companies who thrive on innovation andstrongly define the important role of technology in Asia s economy and throughoutthe world."
The finalists and winning companies celebrated at the Red Herring 100 Asia event inHong Kong last week. Red Herring 100 Asia is an exclusive event honoring 100cutting-edge private technology companies from across the Asia-Pacific region. Theevent brings together an elite roster of entrepreneurial and global ventureinvestment firms to showcase excellence in innovation. It features three days ofkeynote discussions, roundtable panels and intimate networking events designed forparticipants to make connections and learn what it takes to achieve the best inbusiness and technology in Asia.
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About Red HerringRed Herring is a global media company uniting the world s best high technologyinnovators, venture investors and business decision makers in a variety of forums: aleading innovation magazine; an online daily technology news service; technologyresearch, and major events for technology leaders around the globe. Red Herringprovides an insider s access to the global innovation economy, featuringunparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy. For moreinformation, visit www.redherring.com. The names of the 100 announced winners can befound online atwww.herringevents.com/asia0 7/index.html
About ComiAsiaComiAsia is the leading user-generated comics community for fans by fans. It bringstogether independent comic artists wanting to create, publish and share theircontent; Passionate fans hungry to consume new comic content and interact with otherfans and artists; Suite of simple comic creation, publishing & community tools;Multiple platforms including interactive Contests, Web, Mobile & TV; Working withbrands seeking exciting new ways to communicate intimately with their consumers.
It has offices in Singapore and Shenzhen and provides services to over 130countries. For more, please visit www.comiasia.com or its beta site atwww.comiworld.com.
For further details please contact:
Contact at Red Herring:Maggie XiaoDirector, Red Herring APAC650.585.3419 mxiao@redherring.com
|Contacts at ComiAsia:Steve Melhuish, CEO, steve@comiasia.com, +65 97 356 956Karen New, COO, karen@comiasia.com, +65 97 887 969
Media Contact Information and Accreditation:Jenny ChongTerpin Communication Inc. for Red HerringTel: + 1 310 821 6100 Ext. 103Email: jenny@terpin.com
