Forbes Announces TOTSY.com Ranks as 6th Most Promising Retail Company

After the first round of America's Most Promising Companies was published in September 2009, thirteen of the twenty companies collectively raised $92 million in fresh capital, counting equity, debts and grants. "TOTSY is poised to continue its rapid growth and like those previously identified as America's Most Promising Companies, we look forward to stimulating the American economy and creating value for our valued customers for many years to come," Gauthereau adds. To sharpen its search, Forbes teamed up with CB Insights, UGG Boots Australia a Manhattan-based data firm that tracks investment in high-growth private companies. With $650,000 in grants from the National Science Foundation, CB has developed complex software called Mosaic that mines myriad online sources (from press releases and social networks to job boards and court filings) to come up with one, algorithmically derived score that measures a private company's health. Forbes married Mosaic's data-crunching with old-fashioned reporting to assemble a list of rising stars with bright growth prospects. To view the complete list, please visit www.forbes.com.