With the rise of mobile gaming on smartphones and tablets leading many to predict the death of the console, the race is on for new entrants to find a business model that can turn candy-crazed monsters, angry birds and banana-seeking monkeys into revenue and big profits.

The pie to be split among the winners is huge. The mobile games market will be worth $16.8 billion in 2015, almost double 2011’s figure, according to a report published last year by technology consultancy Gartner.Read more

To identify the most promising Russian Internet companies Informilo asked investors in Moscow, London, New York, Boston and Silicon Valley to nominate and vote on companies outside of their own portfolios. Many of the companies have moved their headquarters to the U.S. but all on the list have Russian roots. Some are well known, others are below the radar but unlikely to stay there for long. At least two are expected to go public soon, one will soon announce that it has raised a Serie A round and several could be seen roaming the halls at DLD Moscow May 27-May 29.Read more

To identify the most promising global mobile companies Informilo asked some of the most active investors around the globe to nominate and evaluate companies outside their own portfolios. Some are well-known, others are below the radar but unlikely to stay that way for long. Read on to discover Informilo's 2012 picks for the mobile top 25. The companies are also featured in the 32-page print magazine Informilo produced for the Mobile World Congress, which is taking place in Barcelona February 27-March 1.

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