Singapore Companies 2C2P and Mozat in Red Herring 100 Global 2009 Finalist List

From a pool of over 1200 companies, the Red Herring 100 Global Finalists have been chosen and amongst the finalists are two Singapore companies.

Only previous winners or finalists of the three regional Red Herring 100 Awards (North America, Europe and Asia) from 2007, 2008 or 2009 are eligible for the Red Herring 100 Global Award.

Nominees will be assessed on both quantitative and qualitative criteria such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their ecosystem. Specific to this Award, the judges will look closely at the company’s global strategy to evaluate how the company will be able to handle the challenges of internationalization and a global presence.

Here are the two Singapore companies:

2C2P (Credit Card Payment Processor), provides e-commerce payment processing service with a set of industry standards and leading features such as real-time fraud monitoring, VISA3D Secure security (Verified by Visa, MasterCard SecureCode, JCB J/Secure) and business intelligence reports. 2C2P utilizes latest web 2.0 technologies extensively to process payment faster and enhance user experiences.

2C2P recently won the grand prize for the Nokia Calling All lnnovators competition in the Emerging Countries and Mobile Necessities category. You can find out more about the founder of 2C2P with our interview.

Mozat is a social networking platform tailored for the most popular mobile phones in the market. For consumers, Mozat serves as a mobile social community that allows users to connect and interact with each other as well as providing access to their favorite email, instant messaging, photo sharing and social gaming. For operators, Mozat provides an extensible, market-ready Mobile SNS platform that drives data usage and builds customer loyalty. It is available for free at www.mozat.com or in a premium version through selected mobile operators in Asia, Middle East and Latin America including Saudi Telecom Company (STC) and Orange.

Mozat recently raised Series A funds from JAFCO Asia.