In just four years, the next-generation search engine company has burst onto the global e-commerce scene

London – 25th October 2010 - Just four years after it was founded, Twenga has become one of the biggest successes in the e-commerce sector. Ernst & Young and L’Entreprise today recognise this success by naming Twenga the 2010 Company of the Future.

The Company of the Future Award is bestowed to a company with high growth potential that has brought innovation to its market. The award was presented to Twenga on 21st October 2010.

As the next-generation shopping search engine, Twenga has quickly established itself on the British and international markets, ranking eleventh globally in the price comparison sector, fifth in Europe and sixth in the UK. [1]

Behind the company’s success are the two cofounders, inventors, entrepreneurs and old friends, Bastien Duclaux and Cédric Anès. Together they had the vision of a company using proprietary automatic indexing and multilingual information processing technologies to expand across the world four times quicker than its competitors.

Today, their vision has become reality: Twenga now runs sites in 15 countries, including the United States, Brazil, Australia and China.

Drawing on dual experiences as an entrepreneur in Silicon Valley and strategy consultant, Twenga CEO Bastien Duclaux is leading the company in technological advancements, marketing and commercial innovation. This has enabled Twenga to attract 40 million consumers, who can find the best deal from over 280 million offerings and over 130,000 online stores quickly and easily.

“I’m delighted to accept this award on behalf of our employees, investors, customers and partners. Twenga’s achievements have exceeded my hopes as an entrepreneur. I’m very confident in the future of e-commerce and our ability to seize the opportunities that it will present,” says Bastien Duclaux, CEO Twenga.

[1] Source: comScore, monthly audience, September 2010