Feral Horses referred to as “Europe’s 100 digital champions” by FT

Press time again for Feral Horses!

Feral Horses is is a FT Top100

A few weeks ago we got an email out of the blue saying that we made it into this prestigious Top 100 within the New technologies and Business Models’ section including companies providing tools to help others with their digital transformations or challenging an industry sector with a disruptive business model. We were amazed to discover that we are together with: Gillian Tans Booking.com , Nik Storonsky Revolut , Francesco Bellanca Feral Horses (Look, that’s us!) , Daniel Dines UiPath , Ian Funnell ABB , Ahti Heinla Startship, Brian Garret 3D Hub , Karl Lier AutoStore , Ali Parsa Babylon Health and many more…

A Small Recap never killed nobody!

“Feral Horses aims to make owning art less elitist. The start-up runs an online trading platform on which people can buy and trade shares in works of art. Investors can buy as little as 0.1 per cent of an artwork and then make a profit when the artwork is resold. Alternatively, shareholders can sell or exchange their shares with other users on the platform. A dashboard allows investors to track the value of their investments. Feral Horses loans the artworks to major museums to increase their visibility and allow the co-owners to visit their artworks. Artists are selected in collaboration with art advisers and art fairs, focusing on contemporary works, including paintings, photographs and sculptures. Feral Horses takes a commission of 10–20 per cent on sales — in an industry where dealers take an average of 50 per cent. The London-based company handles the logistics for the works, managing storage, insurance and transportation. The platform has more than 2,600 registered users, of whom 20% have invested in a piece. At the moment, “Habemous Hominem” by Jago is on sale.

Feral Horses is is a FT Top100

The full List of New technologies and Business Models

(Yes, yes, we’re together with Revolut and Booking.com!)

• The software company UiPath was founded in 2005 in Romania by Daniel Dines and Marius Tirca and has its headquarter in New York City. This leading Robotic Automation vendor provides a complete software platform to help organizations efficiently automate business processes.
• Starship Technologies, founded in 2014 in Estonia by Ahti Heinla and Janus Friis, develops six-wheeled self-driving robotic vehicles that can transport packages. “The six-wheeled bots are designed to move along pavements at a pedestrian speed and navigate around people and objects using GPS, ultrasonic sensors, radar and cameras. Those awaiting a package can monitor the robot’s journey on a smartphone. The cargo hold is locked and can only be opened by the recipient”.
• 3D Hubs, founded in 2013 in Netherlands, is the biggest manufacturing services in the world. It works by connecting people to 3D printers close to them, which allow people to save precious time. More than 3D printing, 3D Hugs also offers services such as CNC Machining and Injection Molding.
• ABB, founded: 1998, is a Swiss-Swedish multinational corporation that provides artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and data in order to digitalise risky tasks and expansive ones, such as offshore oil platform work.
• AutoStore,founded in 1995 in Norway, created robots able to maximise the storage space available in the warehouses.
• Babylon Health, founded in 2013 in the UK, allow patients to have virtual consultations with doctors and professionals via video call app and text.
• Booking.com, founded in 1996 in the Netherlands, is the online travel booking company with destinations in 229 countries worldwide. Each day, more than 1.5m rooms are booked through the website.
• Brainly, founded in 2009 in Poland, is an educational technology company that allows high and middle school students to share knowledge in a very collaborative way.
• Cambridge Cancer Genomics,founded in 2016 in the UK, transforms the way cancer patients are treated through next gen liquid biopsy, AI & smart genomics.
• Celonis was founded in 2011 in Germany. It designs a smart big data technology that look carefully at every different process in a company, such as logistics, invoices.
• Dacadoo, founded in 2010 in Switzerland, aims to help people increase their overall well-being and health by combining social networking, gamification, big data analytics and mobile technologies.
• Digi.me, founded in 2009 in the UK, is a platform that allows consumers to gather and control their personal data and choose which companies they want to share it with.
• Fonetic, founded: 2006 in Spain, is a leading interaction analytics company that develops software able to analyse phone calls, emails and chat interactions, which help financial services companies to catch market abuse.
• Imperial Logistics, founded in 1975 in Germany and with its headquarter in South Africa, is a company that provides logistics services using blockchain technology to help companies manage their supply chain.
• Klarna, founded in 2005 in Sweden, provides ecommerce payment solutions for customers letting them complete their online purchase in the way that works best for them.
• Kreditech, founded in 2012 in Germany, is an online lender offering loans to people using AI to calculate credit scores for “underbanked” individuals (without extensive financial history).
• Mendix was founded in 2005 in the Netherlands and offers an easy and fast low-code platform helping around 4,000 organisations to speed up software development such as mobile and web apps.
• MOTIONrehab, founded in 2017 in the UK, is a multi-disciplinary neurological rehabilitation company using robotics and virtual reality to help people recover from brain, spinal cord or head injuries, or illnesses such as cerebral palsy and strokes.
• OSA DC, founded in 2015 in Estonia, is a real-life blockchain and AI-driven platform that passes consumer shopping data on to retailers and suppliers to help them improve their businesses.
• Raisin, founded in 2012 in Germany, is one of Europe’s largest fintech investment companies, allowing savers to make deposits in any country in the EU and to manage their savings products, taking advantage of the best interest rates.
• Revolut, founded in 2015 in the UK, the fintech company offers a world beyond banking with free international money transfers, no-fee global spending and interbank exchange rates in 25 different currencies.
• Rimac Automobili, founded in 2009 in Croatia, is a car manufacturer that develops electric supercars that can reach a top speed of 415 kph and provides drivetrains and battery systems for large car manufacturers.
• SAP, founded in 1972 in Germany, is Europe’s largest multinational software developer selling software tools and AI technology to corporate clients.
• Skeleton Technologies, founded in 2009 in Germany, is the leader European market in ultracapacitor-based energy storage, offering high power and high voltage solutions to save energy.
• Synthace, founded in 2011 in the UK, has created a software platform that uses open source technology to make process in biotechnology move faster.
• Tradeshift, founded in 2010 in Denmark, is a web-based business network and a free invoicing platform. It has recently rolled out a blockchain-based payments tool that can increase the speed of payments to suppliers.
• Ultrahaptics, founded in 2013 in the UK, creates tactile sensations in mid-air. They ultrasound to create “virtual touch”, projecting tactile sensations into a user’s hands. The touchless technology has the potential to be used in car dashboard controls, medical treatments and industrial work.
• Wisebatt, founded in 2016 in France, is a simulation tool that allows hardware engineers to simulate the performance and operation of batteries, saving time and money in the development of prototype devices.

We would like to catch the opportunity to say a huge thank you again to the Financial Time for selecting us in this TOP 100 list, that’s pretty awesome!