sevenload

European online social media network named one of world’s top technology companies

Cologne, January 20, 2009 - sevenload.com, a leading global social media network for photos, videos and interactive show formats was honored last Friday as one of the official “Red Herring Global 100” winners. Each year, Red Herring selects a Top List of 100 companies from Asia, Europe and North America. In 2008, over 1,200 companies were chosen to compete for this award and the winners were announced on January 16, 2009 in San Diego, California. sevenload was able to win the jury over as one of only two media companies to make it on the Red Herring 100 Global Top List. Furthermore, sevenload is the only social media network worldwide to be recognized as an innovative, world-class technology company.

“We’re extremely honored to receive this award. As one of only a small handful of companies from Germany to be put onto the Red Herring 100 Global List, we’re able to prove that our business model is not only successful, but also thrives on an international level. No other social media platform was among the winners, which we are very proud of.” said Axel Schmiegelow, CEO, sevenload.

Winners of the “Red Herring 100 Global Award” are selected based on the company’s financial and managerial performance, its strategy as well as the business’ success. Past Global 100 winners have included: Google, Yahoo!, Skype, Netscape, Salesforce.com and YouTube. Further information about the awards can be found at www.herringevents.com/global08.