Acht Nederlandse startups in finale van The Next Web Startup Rally

Tijdens de 6e editie van The Next Web conference staan er 8 startups van Nederlandse bodem in de finale van de TNW Startup Rally. Uit meer dan 200 inschrijvingen zijn er na 3 jury ronden 18 startups gekozen om hier hun nieuwe dienst te presenteren op de conferentie.

"Startups hebben vaak twee grote uitdagingen. De eerste is financiering ophalen en de tweede is media aandacht", aldus mede oprichter van The Next Web, Patrick de Laive. "Het platform van The Next Web Startup Rally biedt de jonge bedrijven een mogelijkheid om voor een wereldwijd publiek, pers en investeerders te presenteren en kan grote invloed hebben op het succes van de startups."

Dit jaar wordt de startup rally gesteund door Microsoft BizSpark. Wat de exposure voor de startups nog groter maakt. Vele nationale en internationale startups lanceerden hun diensten op The Next Web in eerdere jaren, waaronder Netvibes, Zyb, Plazes, Wakoopa, Mendeley, Huddle, CoTweet, Yunoo en My Name is E.

De 18 finalisten van The Next Web Startup Rally voor dit jaar zijn:

(UK)Pitch: Making the 'social networking games are not really games' debate totally irrelevant. Tag: Social Gaming Remark: Launching at TNW Conference (FR)Pitch: Taking social video curation to the next level. Tag: Video Remark: Launching new stuff at TNW Conference (NL)Pitch: The easiest way to create and place ads in tomorrow's newspaper or magazine. Tag: Print Remark: Launching at TNW Conference (NL)Pitch: The margin of a book made public domain for readers to exchange annotations and engage in a meaningful dialogue. Tag: eReading Remark: Launching at TNW Conference (RO)Pitch: Identify top influencers and reward them with discounts for generating word of mouth about you! Tag: Social commerce Remark: International launch at TNW Conference (FI)Pitch: Topic based curation platform for publishers. Tag: Media Remark: Launching at TNW Conference (NL)Pitch: Mobile payments free of charge, fun and social Tag: Mobile payments Remark: Launching at TNW Conference (DK)Pitch: It's not about who you know - but how well you know them #socialgraph #trust #curatedsearch Tag: Social Networking Remark: Launching at TNW Conference (NL)Pitch: Publisher generate incremental revenues on top of advertising and subscriptions with Cleeng Tag: Media Remark: Launching new stuff at TNW Conference (NL)Pitch: Silk lets you easily add meaning to content while creating it, allowing people to search, aggregate and visualize it in powerful new ways. Tag: Semantic web Remark: Launching at TNW Conference (NL)Pitch: Online Speed Networking platform. Tag: Social Networking Remark: Launching at TNW Conference (NL)Pitch: Foursquare for Food: Keep track of what you eat and earn badges for fun and healthy eating habits. Tag: Social Networking Remark: Launching at TNW Conference (SE)Pitch: Crowd Sourced Indoor Positioning Tag: LBS Remark: Launching new stuff at TNW Conference (UK)Pitch: All apps will be collaborative. Tag: Collaboration Remark: Launching new stuff at TNW Conference (UK)Pitch: World computing Tag: Collabartive computing power Remark: Launching at TNW Conference (AT)Pitch: All your digital life visualized just the way you want it, nicer and easier than ever before. Tag: Social Networking Remark: Launching new stuff at TNW Conference (IL)Pitch: Helps smartphone users regain control of mobile data usage. Save money on data charges. Tag: Mobile Remark: Launching new stuff at TNW Conference (NL)Pitch: Connecting fans to brands Tag: Online advertisingRemark: Launching at TNW Conference