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Pontiflex Named to Inc. 500 List of Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America

E-Mail and Social Acquisition Pioneer Ranks No. 273 on Annual Ranking of Top 500 Private Companies
BROOKLYN, NY—(Marketwire – September 1, 2010) – Inc. magazine has named Pontiflex Inc., a startup company that connects brand marketers with the right people to make advertising relevant, to the 29th annual Inc. 500, an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. With three-year sales growth of 1,119 percent, Pontiflex debuts at No. 273 — an enviable achievement for the company’s first-time ranking.
Each year, Inc. magazine celebrates the remarkable achievements of the country’s entrepreneurial superstars with its comprehensive look at the independent-minded entrepreneurs and privately held small businesses that comprise the Inc. 500. Companies are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2006 to 2009. Despite difficult economic times, the Inc. 500 includes a cross section of high-growth industries and is responsible for employing more than 45,000 people.
“Fast growth at any time is a big achievement; fast growth during the past few years is just short of miraculous,” said Jane Berenston, editor of Inc. “The Inc. 500 consists of these just-short-of miraculous companies, the ones that through ingenuity and ambition have increased revenue, hired employees and grown fast in difficult economic times.”
Pontiflex works with major brands and national non-profits like Tommy Hilfiger, Kimberly-Clark and the ASPCA to deliver online advertising campaigns that let consumers sign up for ads on websites, social media applications and blogs to get deals and information from brands and organizations that they like. This approach ensures that 100 percent clean, relevant data is collected by marketers, helping to maintain the integrity of the brand while protecting consumers’ interests and privacy online.
“Our inclusion and debut on the Inc. 500 represents a significant milestone in our corporate history and validates the tremendous growth we’re seeing for full transparency in online advertising,” said Zephrin Lasker, CEO and Co-Founder of Pontiflex. “Marketers are looking for new ways to effectively engage with the people most likely to purchase their products or services, while bypassing the privacy concerns surrounding behavioral targeting. The Pontiflex e-mail and social acquisition platform is well positioned to answer this calling by delivering strategic solutions that allow marketers to connect with actual users in a highly scalable way in order to build responsive e-mail and social communities.”
The Inc. 500 honor comes on the heels of Pontiflex being named to the 2010 AlwaysOn Global 250 list of the world’s top private companies. Pontiflex continues to outpace the industry with first half 2010 revenues up 150 percent since the second half of 2009 and more than 100 new brands running 155 new campaigns on the Pontiflex platform.
The new class of Inc. 500|5000 honorees and the list’s alumni will convene for three days of networking, inspired learning and celebration at the 2010 Inc. 500|5000 Conference & Awards Ceremony taking place Sept. 30-Oct. 2 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.
About Pontiflex
Pontiflex is the industry’s leading email and social acquisition platform. Pontiflex’s technology makes advertising relevant by connecting people to the brands that matter to them. Pontiflex lets people sign up for ads on websites, social media applications and blogs and get deals and information from brands and organizations that they like. Advertisers only pay for sign ups — the actual data from people who have chosen to hear from them. Be it moms who sign up for the Kimberly-Clark HUGGIES “Enjoy the Ride” Loyalty Program, pet lovers who sign up to help save animals with the ASPCA, or shoppers who sign up to get fashion insider information from Tommy Hilfiger, millions of people use Pontiflex every day to receive the right ads from their favorite brands and organizations.