Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Virtudex is a powerful Social Application meant to simulate real life personal and business interaction

What Company Is Offering:

Virtudex is a powerful Social Application meant to simulate real life personal and business interaction. Their dynamic multi-level social graph of active users and smart industry algorithms tailors every users experience to their industry.

Unique Features:

Powerful Contact management.

Stay in tune with exclusive industry parties, Industry news and Updates.

Connect with Co-Workers, Friends and Business contacts.

Research top companies and network your way to the top.

Keep informed with business and personal news in your Daily News Center.

They've implemented the most sophisticated & simple to use privacy settings ever created (Patent Pending).

All features 100% free to use.

More at:http://www.virtudex.com/

Questler is an informal learning network

What Company Is Offering:

Questler is an informal learning network which allows you to learn from others on any topic you have in mind through posting Quests and commenting on them. Quests in Questler are mini-blogs of information categorized into 6 types, Query, Observation, Discovery, Research, Media and Story. Each of those types represents an informal aspect to everyday learning.

Questler is a place for mini-blogging, conversation, discussion, opinions and recommendations from peers rather than experts.

How It Works:

By joining Questler, you can create your learning network and post your quests to your learning buddies. You can also follow your learning buddies and comment on their contributions.

More at:http://questler.com/

Plista is a social recommender network based on collaborative filtering

What Company Is Offering:

Plista is a social recommender network based on collaborative filtering (CF). It allows to enhance end-user experience by recommending more relevant content, products, services and advertising in real-time - based on individual preferences.

plista is item- and device-independent. It works with any item and via various channels on the internet: as a widget, per API integration or browser plug-in.

plista delivers on-site as well as cross-site recommendations throughout the plista network. It allows you to monetize your website, promote your items and target your customers individually.

plista connects content, products, people and preferences to the benefit of publishers, users and ad partners.

More at:http://www.plista.com/

fixx simplifies your bug tracking and issue tracking process and helps you deliver better software

What Company Is Offering:

fixx simplifies your bug tracking and issue tracking process and helps you deliver better software.

By focusing on the needs of software developers and their managers, fixx enables you to collaborate, painlessly resolve bugs, and deliver quality software in time.

More at:http://hedgehoglab.com/

CoNotes is your online destination to discover and learn about job opportunities in startup companies

What Company Is Offering:

CoNotes is your online destination to discover and learn about job opportunities in startup companies. They provide you with information about these exciting startups, and also tools to find the best startup company and job for you.


How It Works:

CoNotes centralizes job openings in startups in one location, and at the same time provides startups exposure by distributing those job openings to appropriate partner organizations. Some of CoNotes’ other unique features include a company recommendation engine and integration with users’ LinkedIn networks.

More at:http://www.conotes.com/

Sensys Networks, Inc., the leader in wireless sensors for the transportation industry got $5 million in funding

What Company Is Offering:

Sensys Networks, Inc. is a global technology leader and innovator in wireless sensor networking and its applications to advanced traffic management and intelligent transportation systems. With city, county, department of transportation, and private customer deployments worldwide, Sensys equipment has a proven track record of providing accurate, reliable, and real-time vehicle detection and traffic data information.

How Much They Got From VCs:

Sensys Networks, Inc., the leader in wireless sensors for the transportation industry today announced it closed a $5 million expansion round of funding that was led by venture capital firm Voyager Capital and including current investors Velocity Interactive, Horizon Ventures and Garrett Gruener.

Sensys has had a record year of growth and has emerged as the new standard for vehicle detection and traffic data collection for some of the world’s largest transportation agencies. With deployments in more than 30 states in the US and 10 countries internationally, the Sensys wireless vehicle detection and traffic data systems are quickly becoming the technology of choice for advanced traffic management and traveler information systems.

More at:www.sensysnetworks.com

deCarta, the leading supplier of software and services for the Location-Based Services has raised $20-million

What Company Is Offering:
deCarta is the leading geospatial software platform that has enabled some of the industry's most successful Location-Based Services (LBS) applications such as those deployed by Verizon, Sprint Nextel, AT&T, T-Mobile, Multimap and Hotels.com. The company's technology is ideal for high-volume LBS applications in the mobile, personal navigation, connected navigation, enterprise and Internet markets where scalability, speed and reliability are vital. deCarta's solutions are preferred by application developers and service providers who seek to leverage deCarta's unique core strengths of server-side and wireless LBS expertise, and also want the flexibility to customize map styles and self-brand.

How Much They Got From VCs:

deCarta, the leading supplier of software and services for the Location-Based Services (LBS) industry, announced today that it has raised $20-million in a Series C-1 round of financing. The majority of the financing was obtained from large strategic investors in recognition of deCarta's opportunity in the fast-growing market for mobile location-based services and navigation.

In addition to a previously announced investment from T-Mobile Venture Fund (announced June 10, 2008), deCarta received investments from two other strategic investors who have not been named. The Company anticipates announcing the strategic investors at a later date. International venture capital firms Hotung Group and TransLink Capital, as well as existing investor Norwest Venture Partners, also participated in the round. deCarta's relationship with Hotung and TransLink provides a unique window to mobile LBS business development opportunities in Asia.

More at:http://www.decarta.com

MedeFinance, Inc is the leading healthcare performance analytics company has secured $50 million

What Company Is Offering:
Mede is transforming healthcare by achieving advanced outcomes for its clients through a unique combination of performance intelligence solutions and deep healthcare expertise. Mede provides a full suite of customizable solutions for advanced financial, operational and clinical performance. These analytics solutions are delivered through Mede’s Web-hosted analytics platform and are enhanced by healthcare-specific client teams to ensure speed to sustainable value.

How Much They Got From VCs:

MedeFinance, Inc. (Mede), the leading healthcare performance analytics company, today announced that it has secured $50 million in funding led by Bain Capital Ventures with additional reinvestment from certain of the company’s existing investors. The purchasers acquired a minority position in the company. This venture funding round was based on the company’s strong track record of revenue growth, expansion of its solutions portfolio and significant set of future opportunities.

Mede plans to use the financing proceeds to fund new growth initiatives and acquisition opportunities. The company also used a portion of the proceeds to complete a stock repurchase from certain existing investors.

More at:www.medefinance.com

Blow Up presents that data at any size - allowing for fullscreen views of photos as well as embedding on personal sites

What Company Is Offering:

Blow Up presents that data at any size - allowing for fullscreen views of photos as well as embedding on personal sites. Of course, if you just want to view your flickr account without downloading a thing, you can always do that too.

more at:http://blowup.bondartsciencefair.com/

Moondo, a vivid world of games and excitement

What Company Is Offering:

Moondo, a vivid world of games and excitement. Create your character and join the colorful action on the lunar surface. From fast-paced shooting parties, to intense buggy racing and thrilling jetpack sport matches. Take your character, items and friends between games and never have to start from scratch again.


More at:http://www.moondo.com/