Zauber

Location: Argentina

Services offered: Enterprise IT development; web applications

Website: Zaubersoftware.com

Positioning: Increasing quickly in size and revenue since its 2007 launch, Zauber racked up clients in the US and Latin America including Coca Cola, JWT and Grupo Clarin. It provides boutique software services and apps to help firms track digital marketing and new media initiatives. Its TweetDiscover app is getting solid traction.

Why we chose them:

Smartly positioned social media apps, organic growth with no outside funding

Zauber

Key Products:

• TweetDiscover – A real time precision marketing and analytics platform for Twitter

• Crono – A time tracking and projects staffing tool, designed for SMEs

• Kraken – Linked data and web crawling engine

• Social Stream – Real time data streaming and content delivery program

• Flof – Collaborative geography mapping system

Quote from management: "Investing in technology research and fostering creativity among our team enable us to deliver innovative software that satisfies the most demanding clients." - Martin Marquez, President

Sunsource America

Company name: SunSource America

Locations: Argentina, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador

Services offered: BPO solutions

Website: Sunsourceamerica.com

Positioning:

Established only in January, SunSource has ramped to an impressive 1500 employees providing bilingual voice and back-office services. Funded by private investment firm JG Ventures Argentina, it delivers high language proficiency, flexible staffing arrangements, and voice-technology blended agent interaction.

Why we chose them: Rapid LatAm expansion; strong corporate governance; tailor-made BPO

Sunsource America

Leadership:

Humberto Sahade, CEO-Partner, Marcelo Cid, CEO-Partner, Ken Carosella, Executive VP and Partner, Denise Henry, COO

Special Sauce: "Great product, better price. As a private provider we have the experience, infrastructure and Central Time Zone location you expect from a larger publicly owned supplier – without the added cost. We only employ advanced bilingual staffers so our clients can protect their budgets while delivering the highest quality standards to their customers. "- Ken Carosella, EVP and Partner

Junar

Location: Chile

Services offered: Data publishing, DaaS

Website: junar.com

Positioning:

Bidding to revolutionize the search engine market, Junar is all about smart data aggregation. It provides ‘live data’ from a search – content that is easily organized, enhanced and used in clients’ dashboards and office applications, as well as marketed using its social networking integration ability. Founded in 2006, Junar promises viral growth once it hits the wider US market.

Why we chose them: Truly innovative product offering and risk-taking leadership team

Junar

Present development stage: Raised seed funds from investors; currently in talks for first institutional round of funding. Nearing implementation phase for Chile, and developing US marketing and strategy details.

Quote from management: "We'll change the way people search and consume data forever. Junar allows users to extract data from the web, track it, and use it in office suites. Our approach gives data a fun and social edge and leverages the user community to scale up." - Diego May, CEO

Unosquare

Location: Mexico, US

Services offered: Software development, testing and support

Website: Unosquare.com

Positioning: Started in 2009, Unosquare combines US-based IT consulting with Nearshore support services. Each project is assigned a single Business Consultant who works onsite with client teams in the US to identify technical requirements, and arrange development and testing in Mexico. Partnerships with other IT services firms allows quick ramping up of staff numbers.

Why we chose them: Unique client engagement model, strong initial growth

Unosquare

Key customers: Microsoft, Nike, SnapFlow

Quote from management: "In our opinion this is the only way to Nearshore. Our senior team has worked for TCS, IBM, HP, and the largest LatAm companies, and we know that outsourcing anything is a risk. Our model removes as much of that risk as possible. In coming years we’ll increase language and technical training programs, expand recruiting of top engineers, and open new offices in the US." - Mike Barrett, CEO

eTask

Location: Colombia

Services offered: Professional services automation, SaaS

Website: etask.it

Positioning: Established in 2007, eTask aims to redefine professional services automation through cloud based software eSOM. Low cost and requiring minimum customization, the product uses global IT trends and repeatable transparent processes to make firms efficient in providing services. With favourable revenue projections, and networks of implementation partners, eTask will target markets in Europe and US.

Why we chose them: Unique value proposition, wide potential client scope

eTask

Current development stage: Six month beta testing completed in March with three global services players; seed capital raised during last three years; first software version development completed with initial commercial stage just begun.

Quote from management: “Our key competitive advantage is that we are among the first to harness the opportunity to blend Project Management solutions with BPM (business process management) solutions. In that sense, we’re truly redefining business collaboration” - Juan Manuel Mogollón, VP Latin America

MarCom Logix

Location: Mexico

Services offered: Technology product management, web applications development

Website:marcomlogix.com

Positioning: A ‘go-to-market’ consulting firm for technology product launches. Its cloud web apps optimize business intelligence, while its network of online magazines and events helps clients market new technologies in the B2B environment. Founded in 2005, it targets high-end software and product management companies in the US, Canada and Mexico.

Why we chose them: Strong growth rate over five years; experienced executive team

MarCom Logix

Key customers: Intel, Texas Instruments, Freescale Semiconductor, National Instruments

Quote from management: "With a community of 20,000 innovators and engineers developing and launching tech products globally, we have technology adoption in our DNA. We're now designing web applications in the cloud to automatically seek, store and visually present the collective business intelligence of a product’s adoption curve. It will offer product managers, marketers and entrepreneurs an invaluable reality check to optimize their overall strategy." - Francisco Ruiz, President and CEO