Today, Tues June 9, 30 companies, including a last minute substitute, byjobi, presented to a capacity crowd at Launch: Silicon Valley 2009. Great presentations, lots of energy, and some tight voting in each session for "the company most likely to succeed." Videos of their pitches & copies of their presentation slides are available at http://launch2009.fordela.com (courtesy of Fordela, www.fordela.com)
Winners of the 6 sessions as follows:
Session 1 - Next Generation Internet eCitySky
Session 2 - Technology 1 InDxLogic
Session 3 - N. G. Internet/Mobile CellWand
Session 4 - Technology 2 Replay
Session 5 - Mobile HearPlanet
Session 6 - CleanTech Lumiette
Media Coverage of Launch: Silicon Valley 2009 can be found at:
http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2009/06/10/the-daily-start-up-does-the-vc-industry-need-to-lose-weight/
http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_12556228
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/The-Startup-Olympics.html
http://www.foxbusiness.com/search-results/m/22471390/ultimate-technology-pitching-process.htm
http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m6d9-Hot-entrepreneurs-from-around-the-world-pitched-for-funds-at-Silicon-Valley-event-today
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20090610005821&newsLang=en
Each year, the event draws several hundred VCs, Angels, corporate business development executives, prospective customers and partners, media and bloggers, and this year Fox News will be covering the event, and Justin.TV will be streaming it live over the internet. So if you want to get yor 15 minutes of fame in front of the cameras, in addition to learning about innovative products from exciting new startups, make sure to get your tickets before they all go!
"Launch: Silicon Valley was a great experience for us. It brought us great press, new investors, and connections with a lot of great people," said Zach Coelius, co-founder of Triggit.
The following companies have been invited to present at Launch: Silicon Valley 2009:
| Company |
Application |
| Andolis |
Video over IP |
| BLADE |
Network switches |
| Cellwand |
Short dial codes - #TAXI |
| CSR Ware |
Carbon accounting management |
| Displ'aire |
Large portable video |
| eCitySky |
3D Shared Game |
| Electronic Sports |
Sports gaming machines |
| Fonolo |
Phone system mapping |
| GazoPa |
Image search engine |
| Gliider |
Travel research tool |
| HearPlanet |
Mobile Audio Guides |
| InDxLogic |
Document Indexing medical records |
| Live Glass |
Configurable glass |
| Lumiette |
light source |
| MentorNex |
Mentoring |
| Moblyng |
Mobile games |
| Netmite |
Smart phone platform |
| byjobi |
Advanced Search |
| ReMobile |
Cell phone recycling |
| Replay Solutions |
S/W error tracking |
| Socialibrium |
Mobile CRM |
| Sunpods |
Solar |
| Surf Canyon |
Real Time Search |
| Trooval |
Timeshare lead generation |
| TuneBug |
Turns helmets into speakers |
| Weogeo |
Engineering SaaS Content Mgmt |
| Windation |
Wind power |
| Worldslaw |
Legal Services |
| Wowd |
People Powered search |
| Yoics |
Internet connectivity |
