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Britain's biggest three are ASOS (online clothing retailer), JustEat (online takeaway ordering) and Wonga (online short term loans at ludicrous interest rates). A sad state of affairs for a technologically advanced country.

Finland's top three are all Free To Play gaming companies. That's interesting. Is there some sort of tax incentive for gaming companies there?

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The British list would appear to have some omissions. E.g. online real-estate site Rightmove (LON:RMV - has market cap $3.76Bn) is bigger than JustEat and Wonga.

Adam, thanks so much for the information. Indeed, our World Startup Report was not aware of this company. We will update our data (can't promise that the Economist will change their infographic though). Thanks again!

How can you allow your data to be cited when you have so little clue about the markets you're talking about?

Also, where's the Wonga valuation of $2.5bn sourced from?

I wouldn't say it's a sad state of affairs.

- ASOS is the Amazon of clothing, shipping internationally. I think it's the number on online clothing retailer in Australia.

- As much as we all hate Wonga, in terms of technology they we're the first fully automated loans company.

- Just Eat (exactly the same as Seemless for the UK) is also an amazing accomplishment for a company/website, uniting thousands of takeaways. (That's what we can to-go restaurants in the UK).

I'm fairly proud we have some huge ($15 billion dollar) home-grown companies in these areas (even if Wonga is evil).

> Is there some sort of tax incentive for gaming companies there?

Afaik, just a community effect.

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