Acht Nederlandse startups in finale van The Next Web Startup Rally

Tijdens de 6e editie van The Next Web conference, die van 27 tot en met 29 april weer plaatsvindt in Amsterdam staan acht startups van Nederlandse bodem in de finale van de TNW Startup Rally. Uit meer dan 200 inschrijvingen zijn er na drie jury ronden 18 startups gekozen om op de internationale conferentie (1200 bezoekers verwacht) nieuwe diensten te presenteren.

“Startups hebben vaak twee grote uitdagingen. De eerste is financiering ophalen en de tweede is media aandacht” zegt 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 edities, waaronder Netvibes, Zyb, Plazes, Wakoopa, Mendeley, Huddle, CoTweet, Yunoo en My Name is E. De 18 finalisten van The Next Web Startup Rally zijn:

Bossa Studios (UK)

Pitch: Making the ‘social networking games are not really games’ debate totally irrelevant.

Tag: Social Gaming

Remark: Launching at TNW Conference

Moqee (FR)

Pitch: Taking social video curation to the next level.

Tag: Video

Remark: Launching new stuff at TNW Conference

Createplaceads (NL)

Pitch: The easiest way to create and place ads in tomorrow’s newspaper or magazine.

Tag: Print

Remark: Launching at TNW Conference

Openmargin (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

Squeeqly (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

Flockler (FI)

Pitch: Topic based curation platform for publishers.

Tag: Media

Remark: Launching at TNW Conference

Zmazz (NL)

Pitch: Mobile payments free of charge, fun and social

Tag: Mobile payments

Remark: Launching at TNW Conference

Wosju (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

Cleeng (NL)

Pitch: Publisher generate incremental revenues on top of advertising and subscriptions with Cleeng

Tag: Media

Remark: Launching new stuff at TNW Conference

Silk (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

Hitchie (NL)

Pitch: Online Speed Networking platform.

Tag: Social Networking

Remark: Launching at TNW Conference

Foodzy (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

Qubulus (SE)

Pitch: Crowd Sourced Indoor Positioning

Tag: LBS

Remark: Launching new stuff at TNW Conference

oneDrum (UK)

Pitch: All apps will be collaborative.

Tag: Collaboration

Remark: Launching new stuff at TNW Conference

The Charity Engine (UK)

Pitch: World computing

Tag: Collabartive computing power

Remark: Launching at TNW Conference

Soup.me (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

Onavo (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

Kuvva (NL)

Pitch: Connecting fans to brands

Tag: Online advertising

Remark: Launching at TNW Conference