Very few startups have the potential to become big businesses. There are also very few with innovative ideas.

We compiled a list of our favorite tech startups and asked investors and entrepreneurs to do the same.

Some of the companies we selected are more established than others. We sided with younger, more obscure startups with big-time potential.

All of them have fresh concepts with the potential to become industry leaders.

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