This list was posted by Bryan Menell on AustinStartup.com. Click here to view the original post.

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As we go into 2012 there’s definitely a good sized group of companies that are primed for rapid growth and market acceptance. I’ll give you my list of the few that I’m watching, and if you leave a comment with your pick, and why you think they’re poised for growth I will update the blog post to include the info you posted.

FYI: I’m talking about the emerging companies, not the HomeAway and Bazaarvoices of Austin. We all know they are growing and doing great.

When we’re done, this post will contain a really solid list of the hot companies for 2012.

• AdLucent – They just moved into new headquarters on South Congress, and they are poised for major growth.
• Appconomy – Taking a bunch of mobile apps to market in 2012.
• BlackLocus – Worth watching.
• BreakingPoint Systems – They’ve already been growing like crazy, but I think we’ll see some great things.
• CopperEgg – Great tools and big name customers.
• Famigo – On the move.
• FeedMagnet – Content curation tool landing many F500 customers.
• Gazzang – Growing worldwide, and on the move.
• FitSweep – Connects fitness trainers to fitness consumers.
• Hurricane Party (Forecast) – Kicking some ass right now
• InfoChimps – Those crazy data monkeys always have something up their sleeve.
• Invodo – Some amazing things with a side of awesome sauce coming.
• MassRelevance – Curation is hot right now.
• Socialware – I believe they’ll continue to grow rapidly.
• Sparefoot – Another continued upward trajectory.
• Spredfast – With their new funding, they will push R&D and grow the customer base.

Comment with other Austin startups you think should be on this list.