Themes

• BIOTECH IS A GROWING DISRUPTOR DUE TO DRAMATIC DROP IN PRODUCTION COSTS

  7% of the Disrupt 100 is from the field of Biotech. Biotech is being used to address global population, health and food issues, helping the world become more sustainable and less reliable on the earth and its natural resources. Instead, alternatives in the lab are being found.
  Examples: Hyasynth & Impossible Foods

• HELP IS OUT THERE TO MANAGE OUR FINANCES BETTER

  It seems we are really bad at managing our money. Or maybe we just need to get a little better. 7% of the Disrupt 100 is focused on helping us to better manage our finances. Interesting most are borne out of poor economic climates and the need for local populace to tighten purse strings.
  Examples: GuiaBolso, Digit & Cashcare

• CROWDFUNDING BECOMING A GROWING CHOICE OF SOURCING FUNDS

  10% of the Disrupt 100 successfully raised funds through a range of crowdfunding platforms; often a successful barometer of populous want for a new product or service. The Disrupt 100 expects to see a move crowdfunding backed disruptive ventures in the listing over time.
  Examples: Shoot, Mondo & Bragi

• DISRUPTION IS CREATING SMART CITIES

  Almost 10% of the Disrupt 100 is supporting the ever-increasing issues surrounding a growing world population – currently sitting at 7.4 billion but expected to rise to 9.6 billion by 2050. This increase means, amongst other things, further strain our already saturated and congested cities. With the threat of significant economic loss, disruption is desperately needed. We’re seeing an emergent trend of new ventures creating smarter cities.
  Examples: Appyparking, Rakna & Booster

• UNIVERSAL APPLICATION OF WEARABLES TO BETTER THE WORLD’S HEALTH

  7% of the Disrupt 100 is creating wearables to support better health outcomes, from protecting an ageing population to better diagnostics for chronic diseases. Wearables work alongside other tech. Often using smart devices and applications to interact with the user, as well as, benefiting from the growing Internet of Things movement.
  Examples: GyroGear, Hip Hope, doppel, Bioserenity & Sensoria Fitness

• THE POWER OF DATA TO DISRUPT: BIG AND SMALL

  Over 40% of the Disrupt 100 is using data to power their product or service, with 7% moving data via the ever growing Internet of Things. With the Global Health market predicting that Internet of Things will be the leading health tech disrupter worth $800 billion by 2020.
  General examples: IBM Watson, Tadaweb, Narrative Science & Dash
  IOT specific examples: Windward, Neura, eFishery, Particle & SAM Labs

• SMART DEVICES ARE ENABLING MOST DISRUPTION

  Over 2 billion of the world’s population owns at least one smartphone. It’s therefore no surprise that 55% of the Disrupt 100 are using smart devices to bring disruption into the hands of the consumer. Whether it’s checking the health of your livestock or keeping up to date with your digital currency investment, smart devices are a significant market enabler for the most disruption.
  Examples: UMotif, Touch Surgery, iGrow & Bitmex

• DISRUPTORS CONTINUE TO BE DRAWN TO THE CHALLENGE OF CREATING A MORE SUSTAINABLE PLANET

  Over 10% of the Disrupt 100 is socially driven towards a more sustainable planet. With a growing population comes more and more strain upon a planet already raped of much of its natural resources. Further developments in renewable energies continue to lead much of the disruption but with the introduction of newer technology such as the Internet of Things, this disruption is now ‘smarter’.
  Examples: Pavegen, CropX, Biscuit & Gogoro

• HEALTHCARE IS THE LEADING SECTOR FOR DISRUPTION

  The largest sector for disruption is health tech with 27% of disruptors supporting better health outcomes. With an ageing world population and for the first time in history preventative illnesses being the most prevalent, an explosion of disruption is occurring to address these global health issues.
  Examples: AdhereTech, Science 37, Crowdmed, Daily Rounds, JustMilk & OpenBiome

• EUROPE IS LEADING THE DISRUPTION RACE

  44% of the Disrupt 100 is from Europe. Much of this new founded disruption is due to increased investment to support talent across this network of 50 countries – often from US investors. The UK leads the European’s in causing this shift. Europe as a single market is significant and on par with the US. However, with the UK’s EU referendum coming up this is one space to keep a close eye on.
  Examples: Tradiio, BaseStone, Bioserenity, ConceptoMed & Probe Scientific

• ISRAEL IS A POWER-HOUSE FOR INNOVATION

  Almost 10% of the Disrupt 100 is from Israel, a country with ¼ the population of California, the home of Silicon Valley. With strong relationships with the US, Israel is a popular place for US investors to support this immense talent pool.
  Examples: Fairfly, Fringefy, Humavox & Sniffphone

• MOST DISRUPTION OCCURS BEYOND NORTH AMERICA

  76% of the Disrupt 100 is founded outside of North America. Much of the media is weighted to North America, in particular the West Coast (Silicon Valley). And in part, that’s to be expected. They’ve produced some amazing ventures, disrupting sectors and populations at scale. However, disruption is global. In particular, emerging markets such as Asia are ripe for mass change.
  Examples: Swipii, Go1, Snapcart, Belong & Delivery Science

• DISRUPTION IMPACTS US ALL

  At least 1 of the ventures on the Disrupt 100 list could benefit EACH of the 7.4 billion that inhabit our planet. Which is always a good thing. We’re hoping that with more awareness of these incredible companies, and the visionary founding teams behind them, the more we’ll all benefit from the impact they’re making.
  Examples: what3words, SCiO & MOM Incubators

• DISRUPTION IS HAPPENING EVERYWHERE

  The Disrupt 100 cover 6 continents. Sadly no Antartican company made the grade. With greater investment into emerging markets and the global development of infrastructure to incubate and accelerate tech business creation, local companies are now often best positioned to deliver regional disruption. Disrupt 100 predicts future listings will illustrate this shift and a greater proportion of the Disrupt 100 to be coming out of the Asian markets.
  Examples: Spiber, Eora3D, Vula Mobile, Bovcontrol, Staff Finder & Skycatch