RAMP 116th Fastest Growing Private Company on Inc. 500

2,351% 3-Year Sales Growth 17^th Fastest in Industry and 6^th Fastest in Boston

WOBURN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RAMP, the industry’s leading Content Optimization platform for major online media publishers, today announced that it is the 116^th fastest growing private company in America, according to Inc. Magazine’s 2011 Inc. 500. With 2,351% sales growth over the last three years, RAMP is the 17^th fastest growing company in its industry, as well as the 6^th fastest growing company in the Boston market.

“We are proud of the fact that we have continued to grow and thrive and be part of such an important part of our economy. We look forward to continuing to deliver innovative and valuable solutions to our customers and partners into the future.”

The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy--America's independent entrepreneurs. Companies such as Microsoft, Zappos, Intuit, Jamba Juice, Zipcar, Clif Bar, Vizio, Oracle, and many others achieved gained early exposure as members of the Inc. 500.

RAMP has developed the Web’s first Content Optimization platform, and is the only universal solution for all types of web content – video, audio, text and images. RAMP’s patented MediaCloud^TM technology enables customers to fully leverage the value of all of their content assets by driving increased discovery across search and social sites, enhance user engagement through dynamic search and publishing solutions, and maximize revenue through sophisticated advertising capabilities. RAMP offers publishers a flexible and modular capability to optimize large amounts of content in dynamic publishing environments across web, mobile, and connected devices.

The 2011 Inc. 500, featured in the September issue of Inc. is a group of companies that are smaller but much faster growing than last year's crop. Aggregate revenue is $10.5 billion, with a median three-year growth of 1,275 percent. The companies on this year's list employ more than 46,000 people and generated over 35,000 jobs in the past three years.

“The past three years have presented some extraordinary challenges to early stage companies,” said Tom Wilde, RAMP CEO. “We are proud of the fact that we have continued to grow and thrive and be part of such an important part of our economy. We look forward to continuing to deliver innovative and valuable solutions to our customers and partners into the future.”

Leading publishers using RAMP include –Thomson Reuters, FOXNews, NBCUniversal, Hearst, Meredith, and others. For more information visit: www.RAMP.com, or contact us at [e-mail].

Inc. 500 Methodology

The 2011 Inc. 500 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth when comparing 2007 to 2010. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2007. Additionally, they had to be U.S.-based, privately held, for profit, and independent--not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies--as of December 31, 2010. (Since then, a number of companies on the list have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2007 is $100,000; the minimum for 2010 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Companies on the Inc. 500 are featured in Inc.'s September issue. They represent the top tier of the Inc. 5000, which can be found at www.inc.com/500.

About Inc. Magazine

Founded in 1979 and acquired in 2005 by Mansueto Ventures LLC, Inc. (www.inc.com) is the only major business magazine dedicated exclusively to owners and managers of growing private companies that delivers real solutions for today's innovative company builders. With a total paid circulation of 710,106, Inc. provides hands-on tools and market-tested strategies for managing people, finances, sales, marketing, and technology. Visit us online at www.inc.com.