SVASE Announces Launch: Silicon Valley 2009 Award Winners
Mountain View, CA - June 10, 2009 - The Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs (SVASE) today announced the selection of the "Launch: Silicon Valley 2009, companies awarded "Most Likely to Succeed" honors in categories, including: Next Generation Internet, Technology (2), Mobile/Next Generation Internet, Mobile and Clean Tech.
The awardees from Silicon Valley and around the world were selected from 30 new companies that presented to the audience and a panel of VCs and Angels, which voted on the finalists. The event received a record 400 global applicants to present, up over 35 percent from 2008
"Launch: Silicon Valley has grown to become a global event showcasing products and services from the most exciting of the newest startups from around the world," said Chris Gill, President and CEO of SVASE. "The success of this year's event, clearly demonstrates that the next generation of emerging technology companies continue to view Silicon Valley as the place to pitch their products to, and network with the top VCs, Angels, corporate executives, prospective customers and partners. Equally as important, this network which SVASE represents is looking to early stage entrepreneurs like these to find the next great company."
Note: To view and download winning companies' event videos, PowerPoint presentations, and summaries, please visit the following: http://launch2009.fordela.com (courtesy of Fordela Corporation http://www.fordela.com/)
Launch: Silicon Valley 2009 award recipients by presenting category are:
Next Generation Internet category: ECitySky
Gamexiu is a browser based, real time 3D massively multiplayer social entertainment platform that sells avatars and virtual items to the online youth community in China. For more information please visit: www.gamexiu.com
Technology category:InDxLogic
We provide software and services to automate, data mine and standardize the indexing of documents and data to electronic health records providing health care organizations with significant short term ROI. For more information please visit: http://www.indxlogic.com/
Mobile/Next Generation Internet category: CellWand
CellWand develops and manages mobile applications accessed through abbreviated dialing codes such as #TAXI and #PIZZA. These Mobile Search applications help mobile phone users get connected to the right businesses and information while on the move and target specific high call volume industries where poor or limited service exists. These applications are offered through wireless carriers in the U.S. and Canada and CellWand is compensated directly by the wireless carrier as part of a revenue sharing partnership. For more information please visit:http://www.cellwand.com/
Technology category: Replay Solutions
Replay Solutions provides QA and development engineers with a solution that records and easily reproduces any software bug, with no code modifications and without the need to recreate the environment the bug originally occurred in. For more information please visit: http://www.replaysolutions.com/
Mobile category: HearPlanet
HearPlanet is the geo-aware audio-guide to the world. We give a voice to all the places on earth and provide access to services, all via your mobile phone. For more information please visit: www.hearplanet.com
Clean Tech category: Lumiette
Lumiette manufactures and distributes Flat Panel Lamps that are energy efficient, long lasting, easily dimmable, and which offer uniform general illumination. The lamps' unique form factor effectively serves commercial and residential buildings and both indoor and outdoor applications. For more information please visit:http://www.lumiette.com/page.php?id=1
Launch: Silicon Valley 2009 was designed as Silicon Valley's demonstration platform to uncover and showcase products and services from the most exciting of the newest startups in next generation internet, technology, mobile and cleantech.
Launch: Silicon Valley provides companies with the opportunity to present themselves to investors and other influencers who can help shape their success. In addition to the presentations, participants also have the opportunity to network with the audience.
For more information about the event, and an overview of all the companies that presented at "Launch: Silicon Valley 2009," please visit the following URL: http://launchsiliconvalley.org/index.htm
Launch: Silicon Valley is Presented by SVASE and co-sponsored by the early stage venture capital firm Garage Technology Ventures and Microsoft, which hosted the event at the Microsoft Silicon Valley campus in Mountain View. Additional sponsors include Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Townsend Townsend and Crew, Nair & Co., the Band of Angels, Sand Hill Angels, the Angels Forum, Cooley Godward Kronish, The Kauffman Fellows Program, PR Newswire, Halosys Technologies, Keiretsu Forum, Krause-Taylor Associates, Life Science Angels, Link Silicon Valley, and VentureDeal.
About SVASE
Founded in 1995 by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs, The Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs (SVASE) is the largest and fastest growing nonprofit in Northern California dedicated exclusively to helping technology and life science entrepreneurs start and grow successful businesses.
SVASE provides support and resources for entrepreneurs, from the idea through initial rounds of funding to product launch, delivered at 12 monthly events and a continually evolving web site.For more information about SVASE, please visit www.svase.org.
About Garage Technology Ventures
Garage Technology Ventures is a seed-stage and early-stage venture capital fund headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with investors that include Thomas Weisel Partners and CalPERS, the California Public Employees Retirement System. Garage is focused on investing in emerging technology startups in the Western U.S. Garage is also the creator of the "Art of the Start," a renowned conference series for entrepreneur education. For more information about Garage, please visit www.garage.com.
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