Monday, May 5, 2008

Surchur.com ---Search multiple sites from a single place

What Company Is Offering:
Surchur.com does their very best to filter content that may not be appropriate for the public at large (i.e. adult, gambling, cursing etc.). Though they allow surches for any topic they filter out caching those that some might find offensive - they know your list of topics is probably very different, but at least they have a start!

How It Works:
Surchur is a great source for the latest and the greatest on topics that are in the now. For example, want to learn the latest about your favorite pop star. Type their name into Surchur and you'll be amazed at all of the nitty gritty you'll find. Surchur.com isn't so good for that narrow, topical Surch that you might make on one of those big leviathan search engines. For example, type in "toby's cinnamon spice peach cobbler" into Surchur.com and they're pretty sure you'll be disappointed.


They put the most common recent surches up on their home page so that you can see what others are surching for. Click on them and they will take you to the surch for that specific topic. Plus they will be cached so they should load lickety split!


You can click on the link at the top of the page that says "news" and it will take you to your surch with just news and up to 30 results per source. That way you'll have as much news as we've got available for you to browse through. This works for other content types as well such as pages, videos, pictures or products.

More at:http://surchur.com/

Adverstore is the definitive creative advertising store for the micro and small businesses online campaigns

What Company Is Offering:
Adverstore is the definitive creative advertising store for the micro and small businesses online campaigns.

Simply put, it is the path for individual, micro and small companies to access the same high quality professional advertising designs big companies do, at an inexpensive cost and through an extremely easy process.

They have upsided-down the process of creating online advertising creative campaigns, in order to make it more efficient, fast and inexpensive for the micro and small companies.


How It Works:

They select hundreds of different businesses from all industry sectors and then research and design different possible communication approaches for each specific business.

Then, through their inhouse and worldwide network of Professional Ad Designers

They design different creative campaigns for each communication approach.
They develop different creative pieces in different formats (static, animated, flash, etc.) and sizes for each campaign and they create templates ready to be easily customized by you.

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

Silkfair is an online marketplace where you can buy and sell anything from anywhere

What Company Is Offering:

Silkfair is an online marketplace where you can buy and sell anything from anywhere. Silkfair makes the experience of buying and selling fun and easy! Silkfair is designed to be faster, easier and very cost effective in selling. There are no startup costs to start selling. Are you going to let this opportunity pass by?

At Silkfair, they aim to be the premier e-commerce site for users to buy and sell their goods online. They are always looking to innovate and provide more great features and tools to their users.

Silkfair makes virtual stores more fun than ever with its new features, which allow you to promote your store and items with your creative ads, commercials or demos, using the video player application. It allows you to customize your store, so that you, with your creativity, can have a direct impact on customers. Don’t wait any longer, join Silkfair today!


How Is It Different:

Silkfair is the only marketplace where sellers can effectively showcase products without feeling like being at a crowded and cluttered flea market. Silkfair provides a space for you to customize and showcase your products. They bring the latest in technology to help you sell, and to enable you to engage and interact directly with customers. It is the only marketplace that gives you all the advanced tools you need to sell online that you can set up quickly. You can set up your own store, with your own name and it will even give you your own URL, under the Silkfair domain. If you wish, you can also bring your own domain name.

Silkfair has a unique user-friendly interface - Tired of going through page after page just to list or edit an item? - We don’t like that either, hence we have designed our user interface so that sellers can edit listings directly. Just log in with your ID, get to the item you want to edit and click on any field. Hovering your mouse/cursor over the editable fields will give you gentle highlighted signals to let you know that it’s an editable field and go on, make your change.

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

Sunday, May 4, 2008

LiveProcess Corp is provider of an online application to manage a hospital's disaster preparedness plans and response, has raised $3.62 million

What Company Is Offering:

LiveProcess provides software and professional services to help you more easily address ongoing compliance issues, and manage a best practices emergency preparedness and response program for your hospital.

The strength of our software lies in its simplicity and security. LiveProcess is an easy-to-use, web-based software platform with an integrated set of powerful tools.

How Much They Got From VCs:

LiveProcess Corp., a Verona, N.J.-based provider of an online application to manage a hospital's disaster preparedness plans and response, has raised $3.62 million in Series A funding, according to a regulatory filing. No institutional investors were disclosed.

More at:www.liveprocess.com

Leostream Corp is hosted desktop connection broker has raised $3 million in Series A funding

About Company:

The Leostream Connection Broker dynamically assigns users to Terminal Services or Hosted Desktops - running on virtual or physical machines (including Blades).


Users have single sign-on access their assigned desktops using Leostream Connect for Windows 2000, XP, and Vista; thin clients from Compumaster, Devon IT, HP, IBM, IGEL, Sun, and Wyse; or simply using a web browser.


Support for a wide range of remote viewer technologies - from IBM's PC over IP to VNC, and from HP's RGS to RDP. Hence enabling Leostream to work across a wide variety of Windows and Linux Hosted Desktops.

How Much They Got From VCs:

Leostream Corp., a Waltham, Mass.-based hosted desktop connection broker, has raised $3 million in Series A funding led by Meakem Becker Venture Capital, according to a regulatory filing. www.leostream.com

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

Panedia is a content creation and licensing company, specialising in exceedingly high quality georeferenced photography

What Company Is Offering:

Panedia is a content creation and licensing company, specialising in exceedingly high quality georeferenced photography using immersive panoramic technologies.

All Panedia work is shot individually by hand picked professional photographers. While crowd sourcing & shooting from cars has it’s place, it can’t provide the quality we require. Combining Professional Pano Photographers with our streamlined workflow, Panedia produces the best of quality & quantity destination content.

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

Qcron will allow for project management in several different aspects (time, costs, resource allocation, etc.) becoming a great tool for managers

About Company:

Qcron will allow for project management in several different aspects (time, costs, resource allocation, etc.) becoming a great tool for managers to make the right decisions based on hard facts.

QCron is a web based application that can be used from any workstation with internet access. It was developed using Ruby on Rails, a very flexible and exciting technology, which allowed us to use multiple Web 2.0 features resulting in a very user friendly solution.

Simply go to our Sign up page and follow the wizard. You'll be using Qcron in under 5 minutes.

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

Sightix is a social search platform offered as a service for social networks that returns personalized relevant results to their users

What Company Is Offering:
Sightix is a social search platform offered as a service for social networks that returns personalized relevant results to their users.Sightix is providing a unique search service specifically to Social Networking Sites (SNS) which filter search results through the user’s social graph. As such, each user’s who search will receive different, individually personalized and relevant results relating to the social entity that they are looking for.

How It Works:

With Sightix Social Search, you would be able to empower your search capabilities with a unique ranking based on social relevancy and an interactive social map to better understand interpersonal relationships and best avenues of approach.



Current search engines do not take into account the identity of the user, therefore everyone gets the same search results. Users cannot prioritize search results in a way that information from people they know (and their friends) and rely on - will come first.

As a result, users have to rely on general popularity of information. There are no effective means to further explore the fact that someone in your social circle can help you explore the subject of your search.

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

The combination of an efficient search and a unique visual map will leverage the collaboration across your site and will increase page views.

Burst SMS is a great way for marketing agencies and web developers to make money from broadcast SMS

What Company Is Offering:
BurstSMS is a bulk, broadcast SMS platform delivering text messages to a list of contacts. A White Label Platform for Agencies to Sell to their Clients
You get your own subdomain which you can brand to make it look like your own product. They also provide the ability to use your own custom domain name.
Add Margins - Make Money

How It Works:

Burst SMS is a great way for marketing agencies and web developers to make money from broadcast SMS. You pay us 10c per message + $1 sending fee and you can margin these as you see fit. Eg. If you set your clients SMS cost to 20c per message and a $50 delivery fee, when they send a 1000 message campaign, you will make $148.
A Fast and Easy way to Add SMS Broadcast to your Clients Campaigns .Best of all it takes minutes and is so easy to use that anybody with basic internet skills can use it. Your clients will love it, as will you.

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

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Addictomatic searches the best live sites on the web for the latest news, blog posts, videos and images

What Company Is Offering:
Addictomatic searches the best live sites on the web for the latest news, blog posts, videos and images. It's the perfect tool to keep up with the hottest topics, perform ego searches and feed your addiction for what's up and what's now.


How It Works:

After you search, you can personalize your results dashboard by moving around the source boxes. When you're done, bookmark the page and keep coming back to your personaized results dashboard for that search.

Their newsfix pages provide the latest headlines on topics such as entertainment, politics, shopping, sports and more. You get all the feeds from the best sources in each category. And like your search results dashboard, you can personalize the layout of the headline boxes, delete ones you don't like and bookmark your personalized page.

More at:http://addictomatic.com/

OntoWiki is a tool providing support for agile, distributed knowledge engineering scenarios

What Company Is Offering:
OntoWiki is a tool providing support for agile, distributed knowledge engineering scenarios.

OntoWiki facilitates the visual presentation of a knowledge base as an information map, with different views on instance data. It enables intuitive authoring of semantic content, with an inline editing mode for editing RDF content, similar to WYSIWIG for text documents.

How It Works:

It fosters social collaboration aspects by keeping track of changes, allowing to comment and discuss every single part of a knowledge base, enabling to rate and measure the popularity of content and honoring the activity of users.
OntoWiki enhances the browsing and retrieval by offering semantic enhanced search strategies. All these techniques are applied with the ultimate goal of decreasing the entrance barrier for projects and domain experts to collaborate using semantic technologies. In the spirit of the Web 2.0 OntoWiki implements an “architecture of participation” that allows users to add value to the application as they use it.


More at:http://ontowiki.net/

IdeaCrossing---Connecting Entrepreneurs,Investors,VCs

What Company Is Offering:
IdeaCrossing’s mission is to create the connections that build businesses. They do this by helping Entrepreneurs find the assistance and investment capital they need to launch promising new business ventures, while simultaneously serving the Angel and Venture Capital Community by identifying and screening new investment opportunities. IdeaCrossing also provides greater visibility to the numerous assets located throughout a given region, including universities, economic development organizations, chambers of commerce, foundations, and professional service providers.

How It Works:

Upon registration, you will be required to provided the following personal information: first and last name, username and password, screen name, title, email address, business address, phone number; and the following company information: company name, website, description, number of employees in your company, years in business, industry, and logo if desired. You will also be asked to read and agree to the Term of Use and asked your preferences regarding receipt of IdeaCrossing and JumpStart emails.

For Entrepreneurs, Investors, Service Providers and Business Mentors, connections are key. IdeaCrossing offers the intersection where ideas meet capital, where deal flow flourishes, and where resources, services and support facilitate growth and opportunities. As a Registered User, you will have access to a customizable Resource Center complete with current news, articles, event listings, and a service directory. You can also participate in ongoing dialogue with other registered Users through the Resource Center Discussion Forums. By registering and creating a profile as an Entrepreneur, Investor or Business Mentor your profile will be subject to matching through Elise, the IdeaCrossing matching engine.


The funding resources available through IdeaCrossing are dependent on the Investors who post Investment Profiles. Sources we expect to become available through IdeaCrossing are equity, grants and loans.

More at:https://www.ideacrossing.org/

Sharetrip.com

What Company Is Offering:
Sharetrip.com offers you the opportunity of writing your own blog related to travel.
A blog is a web page made up of usually short, frequently updated posts that are arranged chronologically.

Sharetrip.com's members are sharing stories, insider tips, news from the most popular destinations, and unique advice to prepare, and be ready for your future trips.

How It Works:

Sharetrip.com's free membership connects travelers with each other and with relevant travel information.

The content and purposes of blogs varies greatly — from links and commentary about other web sites, to news about a company/person/idea, to diaries, photos, poetry, mini-essays, project updates, even fiction.
But in Sharetrip.com all post are related to travel experiences, resort reviews, restaurant comments, destination advice...
Blog posts are like instant messages to the web. They help small groups communicate in a way that is simpler and easier to follow than email or discussion forums.

With Sharetrip.com service you can also publish and share your travel photos and videos.

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

Sanriotown develops and distributes a unique line of over 12,000 children’s gifts, stationery and accessory items

What Company Is Offering:
Sanriotown develops and distributes a unique line of over 12,000 children’s gifts, stationery and accessory items. Hello Kitty is the company’s flagship character. Sanrio’s principal business activities include the design and sale of social communication gifts and greeting cards, publication and distribution of books and magazines, character licensing and adaptation services, and others. Consumers are primarily women of all ages. Sanrio was established in 1960, and has built a strong offline brand with a large consumer base and growing online following.


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

FreeAgent is an online money management and accounting tool intended for small, service businesses

What Company Is Offering:
FreeAgent is an online money management and accounting tool intended for small, service businesses of 1-3 employees. This will include most kinds of freelancers, contractors and consultants. Whether you are just getting started, or are already in business as a sole trader or limited company, VAT registered or not, FreeAgent can save you time.

How It Works:

FreeAgent will probably not be for you if you tend to sell lots of products rather than services, hold materials and stock, or handle cash as part of your business.

All accounts start with a free 30-day trial. We have 2 basic types of price plans: our Universal Account which can be used by anyone, but is general used by businesses outside the UK, and our UK business plans for Sole Traders, Partnerships and Limited Companies

You can find full details of the cost structure on our pricing page. The short answer is £15 per month for UK Sole Traders, £20 per month for UK Partnerships/LLPs and £25 per month for UK Limited Companies while the Universal Account costs US $20 per month.

The main difference between our UK business accounts and the international Universal Account, is the calculation of certain UK tax liabilities, which has been built specifically for UK companies.

Universal accounts can still take advantage of all of the other money management features of FreeAgent and in time we'll be releasing localised versions of FreeAgent for other countries around the world, with tax functionality designed specifically for them.

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

Friday, May 2, 2008

FTRANS enables business-to-business (B2B) sellers to receive a loan against accounts receivables to shorten cash collections got Vcs funding

What Company Is offering:
FTRANS enables business-to-business (B2B) sellers to receive a loan against accounts receivables (A/R) to shorten cash collections for less than the cost of accepting a credit card payment or operating an internal credit system. Typically, sellers receive their cash in 24-48 hours after submitting an invoice. FTRANS acts as an interchange and delivers a web-based service that integrates and processes transactions between B2B sellers, buyers, and banks.


How Much They Got From VCs:

Greenhill SAVP announced today that it has invested in FTRANS, Corp. ("FTRANS"). Greenhill SAVP led the financing round of $7.5 million, with an investment of $2.5 million, and was joined by existing institutional investors Total Technology Ventures and New Atlantic Ventures (formerly Draper Atlantic). As a result of this financing, Brian Hirsch, Managing Director of Greenhill SAVP, will join the FTRANS Board of Directors.

About VCs;

With over $100 million under management, Greenhill SAVP makes early stage venture investments in technology-enabled services and business information services companies. Prior fund manager investments include LivePerson (NASDAQ: LPSN), OpenWave (NASDAQ: OPWV), YellowJacket (acquired by the Intercontinental Exchange, NYSE:ICE), UGO Networks (acquired by Hearst Corporation), and KnowledgeStorm (acquired by TechTarget, NASDAQ: TTGT).
Greenhill SAVP leverages its deep domain expertise, a proven investment track-record, and a global corporate network to create significant portfolio value. For more information about Greenhill SAVP, please visit www.gsavp.com.

More at:www.ftrans.ne

Rupiz Ads provides digital marketing solutions to global web businesses

What Company Is Offering:
Rupiz Ads provides digital marketing solutions to global web businesses, helping them seek perfect alliances through a comprehensive advertising network.The network is one of the ventures of Rupiz Infotech, a leading organization that has sheltered several businesses.

How It Works:

Whether you are an advertiser or an agency, their banner ad campaigns will help you maximize returns by collaborating with the best of publishers belonging to varied industry verticals. Their network functions on a Pay-on-Performance basis, delivering multi-channel solutions that encompass all digital media platforms.

The Rupiz Ads team comprises marketing professionals with extensive knowledge and experience in this domain. On the technical front, our expertise with latest web software applications and technology platforms assures that you have the very best in user interface and back-end operations. They provide their clients with dedicated Account Managers, and a scalable tracking and reporting system that facilitates reliability and ease of operations. Join Rupiz Ads to monetize your web traffic and earn increased revenues by building long-term, global partnerships that are mutually beneficial.

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

cvSpot is a all-in-one resume maker

What Company Is Offering:

cvSpot is a all-in-one resume maker that makes life easier and will help you land the job you want. By allowing you to create your own beautiful resume within minutes to show to your new employer online.

More at:http://www.cvspot.net/

Fax Documents Over the Internet for Free to any phone

About Company:
drop.io (pronounced as "drop-ee-o") lets you fax Word documents, PDF files and even Excel a spreadsheet via Internet to any phone number in the United States for free.

You can send unlimited number of faxes without registration, there are no ads attached to the fax sheets and each fax document can have up to 20 pages.

To send a fax, just upload the document (or PDF) to drop.io and click the "Drop It" button. On the next screen, click the ’send as fax’ near your document and enter the 10 digit fax number of the recipient.

More at:http://drop.io/

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showdango is a new web site that provides a community-driven index of webinars/webcasts

What Company Is Offering:
showdango is a new web site that provides a community-driven index of webinars/webcasts. Simply stated, a webinar, or webcast, is a seminar or workshop that is conducted online via the web.

The power of webinars/webcasts is that they enable just about anyone to share/learn information from others without any geographic boundaries. As a webinar attendee you can educate yourself on a variety of topics without having to travel anywhere. As a webinar presenter, you can reach a broader and more diverse audience in different parts of the world.

Who Is Behind showdango:

showdango itself is sponsorsed and managed by CartoSoft, an emerging technologies company based out of Portland, Oregon. CartoSoft specializes in Internet Mapping Solutions (based on Geographic Information Systems), and showdango is a side project of one its founders.

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

Localeze---Helps merchants, marketers and distributors cash in on the >1 billion local searches made monthly by bringing buyers and sellers together

What Company Is Offering:
The Localeze data repository brings together local merchant information from several places, including Yellow Pages directories, authorized brand-dealer lists, Web sites and many other sources. What makes this data special is we also collect detailed business information provided by the merchants themselves — the most accurate business data you can find. Helps merchants, marketers and distributors cash in on the >1 billion local searches made monthly by bringing buyers and sellers together.

How It Works:

Using their Web tools, merchants can create and update comprehensive business listings quickly and easily. That way, not only do search engines get the freshest, richest content, but merchants also get the chance to present an accurate, detailed snapshot of their businesses.

Whether you're a local merchant who wants to attract new customers or a national retailer hoping to raise the profile of your stores, Localeze offers the tools you need. We let merchants of all sizes create powerful, rich business listings that don't get buried in search results. While other directories allow you to list only the basic details about your business, our Merchant Profile Manager allows you to add much richer content to your listings - including business category, specific products, brands, services, hours of operation, payment options and much more — making your stores much more "findable" for consumers. That's why more than 250,000 local merchants and a growing list of top retail brands have chosen Localeze to boost their visibility in local searches.


Localeze is the leading provider of local merchant data for the search and online Yellow Pages industries. They distribute their content to over 45 search sites that represent over 85% of all local searches, as well as a number of the largest directory sites on the Web. Their data repository contains 16 million records that have been verified and validated. And with the incorporation of their taxonomy engine, which delivers additional links related to important search terms, distributors can provide richer and more relevant results. Searchers get the right local business information at just the right time — and that's the kind of results that turn casual visitors into loyal users.

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

EnterTo is a privately-held, new patent-pending technology for defeating spam and junk e-mail

What Company Is Offering:
EnterTo is a privately-held, new patent-pending technology for defeating spam and junk e-mail. Its Version 2.0 e-mail system incorporates the most advanced and automated capabilities for spam and junk e-mail defense, and can be deployed to protect any existing e-mail system without replacing or disrupting the existing system. EnterTo is head-quartered in San Rafael, California, with satellite facilities around the world.The company invites all e-mail users everywhere in the world to sign up for a no-cost "spam-free" e-mail account at EnterTo.com and immediately begin leaving behind the distractions, wasted time and worries associated with spam and junk e-mails.


How It Works:

EnterTo's "spam-free" E-mail System Version 2.0 includes an improved version of the company's proven patent-pending "Channels" method – an innovative approach that makes even the most sophisticated and comprehensive filtering technologies obsolete – for defeating spam and junk e-mail of any type, from any source.
With EnterTo's "spam-free" E-mail System Version 2.0, there’s no danger of mistakenly blocking an e-mail you want to receive, and no risk in posting your e-mail address on the Internet or providing it when you fill in a form or sign up for an information service.

The Version 2.0 offers seamless, effortless management of both the "Public Channels" and the "Private Channels" that give the system so much power to block unwanted messages, as well as to sort and organize the heaviest loads of inbound e-mail that can otherwise soak up more time than they're worth.

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

SensorLogic, the pioneer of intelligent asset management got $9 million Series C round of funding

What Company Is Offering:
SensorLogic is a market leader in providing hosted M2M applications and web-based development platforms. SensorLogic’s XpressIQ service suite combines a fully integrated wireless data network, finished application products and a hosted service infrastructure that makes deploying M2M applications happen in days, not months. SensorLogic customers using XpressIQ will increase their time to market with applications that improve asset visibility, extend the life of assets, create new revenue streams, distinguish them from competition and retain strong customer relationships for future sales.

How Much They Got From VCs:

SensorLogic, the pioneer of intelligent asset management, announced the closing of a $9 million Series C round of funding, which brings the current total to $25 million in support of SensorLogic’s 2008 market launch of XpressIQ Service Suite – the first software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for M2M solutions. SensorLogic’s blue-chip investors include Boston Millennia Partners, Sevin Rosen Funds, Hunt Ventures, STARTech Early Ventures, UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund and Star Ventures.

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

On Deck Capital is a leading financing network for small businesses has raised $10 million

What Company Is Offering:
On Deck Capital is a leading financing network for small businesses that are unable to obtain traditional loans or need fast access to capital. By focusing on the success of the business rather than the personal credit score of the business owner, we can offer strong businesses quick access to affordable loans so they can meet their daily operating needs and achieve long-term goals.


How Much They Got From VCs:

On Deck Capital Inc., a New York-based provider of financing for small businesses that wouldn't normally qualify for bank loans, has raised $10 million in Series B funding. RRE Ventures led the round, and was joined by Village Ventures, First Round Capital, Khosla Ventures and Contour Venture Partners. The deal closed last December.

More at:www.ondeckcapital.com

Watercooler is developer of entertainment applications for social networks raised $4 million in first-round

What Company Is Offering:
The Watercooler platform enables television and sports fans to connect with other fans inside their favorite social networks.Watercooler aims to make connecting with your friends, family, and other fans of your favorite TV shows or Sports teams more compelling than ever before. By bringing fan communities into the context of your social network, Watercooler enables more engaging TV and Sports fan experiences. Fans are able to access Watercooler's services no matter where they are on the web: Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Friendster, and more.


How Much They Got From VCs:

Watercooler, a Mountain View, Calif.-based developer of entertainment applications for social networks, last October raised $4 million in first-round funding from Canaan Partners.

More at:www.watercooler-inc.com

TickerHound is a place where investors can come, share their knowledge and experiences with other investors

What Company Is Offering:
TickerHound is a place where investors can come, share their knowledge and experiences with other investors in order to help each other perform better in the market.

How Is It Different:

TickerHound is better than something like a message board, forum or chat room for a number of reasons, but here’s the main reason why TickerHound should be the first place you come to for financial advice:

You get answers here – not endless discussions. That means you can take those answers and use them to either make or save money, right away!

The TickerHound Points are there to help you quickly know how experienced other community members are.

Somebody with 10,000 points has answered a lot more questions and given a lot more to the community than someone with 100 points. This can save you a lot of time by giving you a quick read on the quality, reliability and the accuracy of somebody’s answers.

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

digsby ---IM+Email Notification+ Social Networking

What Company Is Offering:

digsby is a multiprotocol IM client that lets you chat with all your friends on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk, and Jabber with one simple to manage buddy list.

digsby is an email notification tool that alerts you of new email and lets you perform actions such as 'Delete' or 'Report Spam' with just one click.

digsby is a social networking tool that alerts you of events like new messages and gives you a live Newsfeed of what your friends are up to.


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

Current TV has been the world's leading peer-to-peer news and information network

What Company Is Offering:
Current TV has been the world's leading peer-to-peer news and information network. Current is the only 24/7 cable and satellite television network and Internet site produced and programmed in collaboration with its audience.


How It Works:

Current connects young adults with what is going on in their world, from their perspective, in their own voices.

Current pioneered the television industry's leading model of interactive viewer created content (VC2). Comprising roughly one-third of Current's on-air broadcast, this content is submitted via short-form, non-fiction video "pods". Viewer Created Ad Messages (VCAMs) are also open to viewers participation.

Current's programming ranges from daily pop culture coverage to political satire in "SuperNews," unprecedented music journalism in "The Current Fix," and unique insights into global stories through Vanguard and Citizen Journalism.

Current TV pods are nonfiction videos that are anywhere from one minute to seven or eight minutes; it's a self-contained story, a profile of an interesting character or a dose of information. It's like the atom of the Current TV universe.

You can submit a pod, or even just part of a pod for consideration by Current's Collective Journalism team. There are assignments on the CJ page, or you can upload something you think needs to be covered. Just make sure to tag your upload "Collective Journalism".

More at:http://current.com/

WidgetEasy is a simple tool to increase linkages and readership on your site

What Company Is Offering:
Widgeteasy is the best way to get more traffic, promote your users to add your widget in their blog so that they get to show a snippet of your content and inreturn you get some Traffic.

How It Works:

WidgetEasy is a simple tool to increase linkages and readership on your site. By simply pasting your feed URL into the text box on the home page, and clicking “easy” you will be given a line of code, which has, in effect, turned your feed URL into a widget that can be used on any platform. You can also browse through already created RSS widgets and insert them on your site, which will increase browser traffic. Your site’s widget will also be included on this list, so others can display your RSS information as well.

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

Thursday, May 1, 2008

WiseStepp.com--Professional Networking site which have a unique way of rewarding its members

What Company Is Offering:
Founded by entrepreneurs with significant experience in Internet and Mobile industry, WiseStepp.com is built around a core networking platform that allows members to invite and connect with their friends, alumni, colleagues and professional acquaintances. WiseStepp.com has started incentivizing its members for referring people to jobs and professional opportunities.Job seekers will also have incentives in the form of sign on bonuses that are available to successful candidates after they engage with and join the recruiting organization.


How It Works:

Members can refer other members or non members to jobs listed on the website to earn rewards.

While browsing through the job section members can send a job referral by entering the email address of their friends or contacts. If the referred person accepts the referral and applies for the position, the process of interaction with the recruiter begins. The referral reward is paid out once a candidate is successful and joins the recruiting organization.

WiseStepp.com is putting member’s privacy ahead of everything else, the recruitment process kicks in only if the referred candidate accepts the referral.

Membership is free and rewards are paid out in case of a successful placement. The total referral rewards currently on the website aggregate in excess of US $150,000 in less than 2 months since launch.

More at:www.wisestepp.com

The fifth Sun Startup Camp

The fifth Sun Startup Camp(SM) will be hosted by Sun Startup Essentials on May 4-5 2008 at Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA.

What is it? Startup Camp is an interactive “unconference”, i.e., no large conference panels all day. Instead, Startup Camp involves leader-moderated discussions that everyone is free to contribute to.

Interested participants may also publish topic ideas for discussion sessions and view those that others are proposing by visiting the Discussion Ideas page.

Register for FREE here.

Confirmed Speakers/panelists include:
Pete Cashmore
Jonathan Schwartz
David Berlind
Om Malik
Matt Marshall
Brian Solis
S. Neil Vineberg
Jason Hoffman

The event also includes SpeedGeeking, where startup founders can compete in the Best Startup Contest by presenting a 5-minute pitch of their business to VC led groups of peers.

Via--Mashable

Boolify makes it easier for students to understand their web search by illustrating the logic of their search

What Company Is Offering:
Boolify makes it easier to for students to understand their web search by illustrating the logic of their search, and by showing them how each change to their search instantly changes their results.

It's simple, immediate and is easy and flexible to use with your class, no matter the subject matter.

Search results are presented through Google's "Safe Search STRICT" technology.

How It Works:

Refine your search by dragging AND, OR or NOT pieces to the puzzle. You can completely clear the search by clicking on the "X" on the right side of the board, or delete specific pieces by dragging them to the bucket icon.

More at:http://www.boolify.org/

Search for web results, news results or image results by selecting the appropraite icon from the puzzle menu.

Sezmi has developed the first complete TV 2.0 offering

What Company Is Offering:
Sezmi is to offer consumers a new choice in television entertainment that integrates the next generation of television features and content with the traditional television programming that people expect and want to watch. By re-thinking the home entertainment experience from the ground up, Sezmi has developed the first complete TV 2.0 offering that is designed to address the fundamental shifts in consumer television viewing behavior.

How It Works:

Sezmi’s next-generation television offering provides content providers, advertisers, broadcasters, and broadband providers, new opportunities to add value to existing services and transition through the current disruptions facing the industry.

To deliver the full range of content that consumers expect at an affordable price they created a network that cost effectively enables targeted, flexible delivery of content while overcoming the limitations of broadband. Their content distribution solution (known as FlexCast™) seamlessly combines the efficiency and scale of broadcast delivery with the interactivity and access of broadband.

The system utilizes available capacity in existing digital television broadcast networks and creates a private, secure content distribution platform. The private broadcast transmission is combined with existing broadband infrastructure to cost effectively route and deliver video content.

Sezmi has also developed a cutting edge, smart antenna indoor reception system that makes both its private broadcast and existing terrestrial TV broadcasts accessible in an unprecedented manner. This network-attached reception system can be placed in any location in the home and requires no user adjustments.

More at:http://www.building-b.com/sezmi/

WorkLight Inc., an Enterprise 2.0 company has closed a series B round of funding totaling $12 million

What Company Is Offering:

WorkLight Inc. develops and markets a line of server products that consumerize the corporate computing experience by making popular consumer services like iGoogle, MS Live, Netvibes, and Facebook "enterprise-ready." Through WorkLight, employees and consumers connect to protected enterprise data (and to each other) using Web 2.0 services.

How Much They Got From VCs:


WorkLight Inc., an Enterprise 2.0 company, today announced that it has closed a series B round of funding totaling $12 million led by Pitango Venture Capital, Israel's largest VC. The company's second round of financing also represents a renewed commitment from Genesis Partners, Index Ventures and Shlomo Kramer, a world renowned security expert and Imperva CEO.



Proceeds from WorkLight's series B round funding will be used to further expand its presence in North America, Europe and Asia, substantiating the company's vision for the consumerized workplace. As the world of the consumer blurs with that of workplace, corporations worldwide increasingly rely on popular internet tools, such as personalized homepages (iGoogle, Netvibes, etc.), social networks (like Facebook), desktop widgets and gadgets, social bookmarking, RSS and other Web 2.0 platforms and services, to get things done at work. Since its inception in 2006, WorkLight has pioneered the secure use of consumer technologies as business tools, enhancing employee productivity and fostering collaboration inside and outside the organization.

More at:www.myWorkLight.com.

Xactly Corporation, the leader in on-demand sales performance management has raised $30 million

What Company Is Offering:

Xactly Corporation is the market leader in on-demand sales performance management. The company's flagship product, Xactly Incent, enables sales and finance executives to design, implement, manage, audit and optimize sales compensation management programs easily and affordably. Xactly solutions automate the process of aggregating data from disparate systems into a secure, hosted repository, and enable companies to leverage this business data, which is the lifeblood of sales performance management. Xactly helps companies improve operational performance, optimize sales effectiveness, proactively manage risk and compliance, and maximize profits.

How Much They Got From VCs:

Xactly Corporation, the leader in on-demand sales performance management, today announced it has raised $30 million in additional capital to fund continued business growth and capitalize on its leadership role in the emerging Sales Performance Management (SPM) space, which Ventana Research forecasts to grow beyond $8.2 billion by 2010*. The new $30 million in capital includes a round of equity and a revolving credit facility.


"This financing represents a significant tipping point for Xactly, giving us the war chest we need to further capture market share and continue to dominate the SPM space," said Christopher Cabrera, president and CEO of Xactly Corporation. "We are pleased with the steadfast support from our existing investors and the participation from new investors Glynn Capital Management and Cheyenne Ventures. In addition to fueling our growth in North America and expansion into EMEA, the new funding will enable us to deliver key new products as outlined in our 18-month product roadmap, culminating in the market's most comprehensive suite of on-demand sales performance management solutions available from a single vendor."

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

Pontiflex Inc., creator of the online advertising industry’s first open and transparent lead generation marketplace got $2.5 million in Series A fund

What Company Is Offering:
Pontiflex is the industry's only open and transparent lead generation marketplace. Hundreds of publishers, advertisers and technology providers connect through Pontiflex to make lead generation marketing simple, effective and profitable.

How Much They Got From VCs:

Pontiflex Inc., creator of the online advertising industry’s first open and transparent lead generation marketplace, today announced the completion of $2.5 million in Series A funding led by New Atlantic Ventures and Greenhill SAVP. The new capital will be used to strengthen the company’s sales and marketing efforts to support its suite of offerings that will make online lead generation simple, effective and transparent.

With 71% growth annually, the online lead generation segment is the fastest growing segment of online advertising, as marketers find themselves under pressure to deliver measurable returns in tough economic times. Advertisers are attracted to CPL advertising because it allows them to pay only for customer lead data, instead of just clicks (CPC) or page views (CPM).

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

Oak Pacific Interactive ,the leading provider of Web 2.0 communities in China has got VCs funding

What Company Is Offering:
Oak Pacific Interactive is a leading next generation internet platform that provides web 2.0 communities, content creation and distribution, and integrated communication. The company has built an array of leading online platforms including xiaonei.com (the dominant social networking site focused on college students and white-collar workers), mop.com (the largest entertainment portal) and donews.com (the leading IT blogging site) through organic growth and acquisition, and a fast growing online game business line including the biggest browser based MMORPG in China. Total registered user base is about 50 million and the daily page views of all the internet assets are as high as 350 million as of early 2008.

How Much They Got From VCs:

Oak Pacific Interactive (OPI), the leading provider of Web 2.0 communities in China, announced today that SOFTBANK Corp. has agreed to lead an investment totaling $430 million for approximately 35% of the company. The investment will be used to augment the market leadership of Oak Pacific's Xiaonei.com, China's largest social-networking site. SBI and JOHO Capital also participated in the funding.

About VCs:

SOFTBANK GROUP offers its customers a range of services including mobile communications, broadband infrastructure, fixed-line telecommunications, internet culture, e-Commerce, and others.

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

Ardour is a digital audio workstation

What Company Is Offering:
Ardour is a digital audio workstation. You can use it to record, edit and mix multi-track audio. You can produce your own CDs, mix video soundtracks, or just experiment with new ideas about music and sound.

Ardour capabilities include: multichannel recording, non-destructive editing with unlimited undo/redo, full automation support, a powerful mixer, unlimited tracks/busses/plugins, timecode synchronization, and hardware control from surfaces like the Mackie Control Universal.

Ardour strives to meet the needs of professional users. This means implementing all the "hard stuff" that other DAWs ( even some leading commercial apps ) handle incorrectly or not at all. Ardour has a completely flexible "anything to anywhere" routing system, and will allow as many physical I/O ports as your system allows. Ardour supports a wide range of audio-for-video features such as video-synced playback and pullup/pulldown sample rates. You will also find powerful features such as "persistent undo", multi-language support, and destructive track punching modes that aren't available on other platforms.

More at:http://www.ardour.org/

WebAsyst is a suite of online services

What Company Is Offering:

WebAsyst is a suite of online services for group or personal use. All services are tightly integrated and can be accessed from one account that requires single login.



How It Works:

WebAsyst enables you to implement customer, project and file management in your web browser without downloading additional software.

WebAsyst consists of several web services which you can use in suite or separately.
WebAsyst supports multiple databases. You can create unlimited number of databases on the same server. A user must type his or her account name in a browser address line and then specify Username and Password to login to WebAsyst account. Every database has its own profile which specifies WebAsyst services installed in that particular database, available data storage space, maximum number of users, and many other parameters.

WebAsyst requires user authorization. Depending on assigned access rights, which are defined by administrator, any user can work with some or all services (e.g. WebAsyst Files, WebAsyst Contacts etc.) and have access to designated folders and functions.

More at:http://www.webasyst.net/

NextBio's mission is to make the world's life sciences information universally accessible

What Company Is Offering:
NextBio's mission is to make the world's life sciences information universally accessible. Their goal is to empower researchers and clinicians to make new discoveries in science, find new and better cures to diseases, and work more collaboratively.

How It Works:

NextBio is designed to be used by anyone interested in basic and clinical research, drug discovery or biology. Through NextBio you can understand the function of your genes of interest and their roles in disease, identify novel biomarkers, discover associations between diseases, treatments and tissues, or place your own data within the context of the world's experimental results. The literature search enables you to quickly place any interesting findings within the context of published articles. You can also collaborate with other researchers using NextBio.

NextBio currently supports any type of gene-centric data (gene expression, proteomics, siRNA screens, etc.) for human, mouse, rat, fly, worm and yeast. They are actively working on adding support for monkey, plants and many other organisms.

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

BeamMe.Info that allows companies to deliver free-to-user, requested information from their websites directly to customers mobile phones

What Company Is Offering:
BeamMe.Info is a new SMS information service that allows companies to deliver free-to-user, requested information from their websites directly to customers mobile phones.A Beam is essentially a piece of website information that has our code installed so it can be sent to a mobile phone. Our service takes care of all the backend work of making sure it gets to the right phone in the right format. All that you see on a website is a small blue button next to the relevant piece of content. When clicked, a box appears allowing the user to enter their mobile number.

How It Works:

The primary focus of BeamMe.Info is to give Internet users the convenience of being able to send useful information from the web directly to their mobile phones. They want the process for users to be free and so simple that it will become part of their everyday workflows on the Internet.


By putting Beams on a website publishers are adding value to their content or service. Allowing visitors to mobilize their website content, saves them the hassle of printing things out or writing them down. This extends the interaction lifecycle long after the visitor has left the website. There are obvious environmental benefits as well.

You can use BeamMe.Info in 180 countries, they have deals with all the major carriers that allows us to send information to just about any SMS enabled phone in the world.

Their technology allows anybody to add this functionality to their website without the use of expensive applications or working out agreements with aggregators. You just take our code and plug it into your site. All of the billing and reporting takes place on the BeamMe.Info website.

More at:http://www.beamme.info/

VideoClix content are clickable, providing a next generation interactive video platform with a robust monetization solution

What Company Is Offering:
All objects in VideoClix content are clickable, providing a next generation interactive video platform with a robust monetization solution for content providers, and an effective non-intrusive media vehicle for advertisers.

How It Works:

VideoClix helps monetize content through the VideoClix Ad Delivery Network while enabling content providers to bring their own advertisers, sponsors and brand integration deals to the table.

VideoClix ensures a positive viewing experience, creating a far greater impact than traditional online advertising.

With VideoClix there is nothing standing between viewers and their video. The VideoClix player provides an intuitive, user-friendly interface with seamless interactivity and complete user control.

The company caters to top producers and advertisers with its end-to-end hypervideo solution that includes: authoring, content delivery network, HD quality player, metrics, syndication, social media and standard IAB display ads.


More at:http://www.videoclix.tv/

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

RovAir ---Internet Made Easy For Travellers

What Company Is Offering:
RovAir Wireless is the leading day pass provider of wireless mobile broadband (WMB) aircards, datacards and evdo cards.RovAir's mission is to provide their users with superior high-speed internet connectivity combined with unparalleled mobility in an internet day pass format.

How It Works:

RovAir provides wireless mobile broadband aircards, data cards and evdo cards for internet access without an extended contract. To do that, the company itself maintains the necessary long-term subscriptions for data services with Verizon, Sprint and AT&T. It then offers those services in a day-pass format for those who need short-term but continuous access on the road. Coverage extends anywhere the provider's cellular range goes, which can be searched on RovAir's site. RovAir will ship the data card to the consumer express or by courier, and also provide return packaging. Costs depend on the number of days of use, beginning at USD 5.95 per day. There is a three-day minimum.

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

Globoforce transforms the way companies engage, motivate and empower their workforces across the globe

What Company Is Offering:
Globoforce transforms the way companies engage, motivate and empower their workforces across the globe. They make recognition meaningful to every employee everywhere in the world by enabling daily thank you moments that are culturally relevant and personally desirable. And their strategic approach to recognition proves the value the program delivers to your bottom line through more engaged, more productive employees who drive company performance.

And they’ve done so for the world’s largest and most complex organizations, delivering innovative strategic global recognition services that harness human potential.


Globoforce is the world leader in providing strategic employee recognition solutions for Global 2000 companies.

They understand your needs for strategic recognition, increased employee engagement and improved performance. Their unique recognition methodology helps companies define a new Global Strategic Recognition ambition and turn their tactical recognition programs into a company-wide culture that energizes and inspires, drives maximum employee engagement, and ensures the achievement of strategic goals.

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

Docstoc.com, the premier online community to find and share professional documents has secured a series B round of financing for $3.25 million

What Company Is Offering:
Docstoc is premier online community to find and share professional documents. Docstoc provides the platform to upload and share documents, and serves as a vast repository of legal, business, financial, technical, and educational documents that can be easily searched, previewed and downloaded for free.

How Much They Got From VCs:

Docstoc.com, the premier online community to find and share professional documents, announced today that it has secured a series B round of financing for $3.25 million. The deal was led by Rustic Canyon Partners based in Santa Monica, California.

About VCs:

With over $800 million under management, Rustic Canyon Partners invests in early stage companies positioned for strong growth. The firm focuses on growth opportunities catalyzed by technological shifts, market evolution, or regulatory changes. To date, Rustic Canyon has invested in a broad array of sectors including digital media, business and information services, communications, software, and renewable energy. Rustic Canyon Partners has offices in Santa Monica, Silicon Valley and Seattle. For more information, visit http://www.rusticcanyon.com

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

The myMovo Server is a video search engine which constantly searches the top internet video sites for new videos

What Company Is Offering:
The myMovo Server is a video search engine which constantly searches the top internet video sites for new videos. myMovo software runs on your computer to stream video search results directly from the content provider, through your computer, to your media player.

You setup your preferences and perform searches through the myMovo website. Once you have filtered the search results you tell myMovo to start. myMovo then starts downloading the videos you selected to your computer, and then converts them to your media player format.

myMovo provides the ability to transfer non-copyrighted DVDs and video files from your computer to your media player. It does this by converting the file to a format supported by your device. To use the DVD feature, you choose the 'dvd import' option from the main menu. On the DVD screen, select the drive letter of your DVD player, then choose the language and the track. The defaults will work for most cases. You can also change the filename if you want to. Once you have selected the DVD, you can select 'Next' to get the the 'Stream to your device' screen and then select 'Start streams'. myMovo does not know anything about the tracks or channels on a DVD. You will have to use a separate DVD application to determine which tracks and channels you want on you device.


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

The FreePatentsOnline search engine is one of the most powerful, fastest and easiest patent search engines on the web

What Company Is Offering:

The FreePatentsOnline search engine is one of the most powerful, fastest and easiest patent search engines on the web. Their search allows advanced search techniques such as word stemming, proximity searching relevancy ranking and search term weighing to help you find exactly what you are looking for. Latent semantic searching is also available, and our account features let you organize, annotate and share documents, along with other helpful work-flow features.

How It Works:

FreePatentsOnline, the best online site for free patent searching, has had a makeover. In addition to the graphical differences, the site has been completely rewritten to allow more users, more powerful functions, and more data. If you have comments or questions about the new site,
Free Patent search is the process by which prior inventions or ideas are examined, with the goal being to find information that bears close similarity to a given patent or proposed invention.


There are three main types of patents: utility patents, design patents, and plant patents. Utility patents are patents on inventions which function in a new way or to provide a new result. A design patent, as its name implies, is a patent on the aesthetic design or ornamentation of something that already exists. A design patent is granted when the design in question does not change the functionality of the object, only gives it a novel appearance. Design patents primarily contain drawings. Plant patents are patents on types of plants that may be reproduced by grafts and cuttings. Note that patents related to genetic engineering of plants are normally considered utility patents. Utility patents are by far the most common type of patents, and are what people normally mean when they just say "patent".

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

Adooga is a powerful search engine that connects creative, internet-savvy fans with brands by aggregating contests

What Company Is Offering:

Adooga is a powerful search engine that connects creative, internet-savvy fans with brands by aggregating contests that call for consumer-created content in one user-friendly site.


How It Works:

Adooga's mission is to simplify the discovery and submission process for anyone who wants to participate in online contests. Adooga defines a contest as any branded-initiative that provides reward opportunities for consumers willing to create and provide useful content and information to brands. Contests types can include video, music, photography and animation, among others.

Adooga is for anyone who loves creativity, healthy competition and a chance to win a little dough or a lot of exposure through a unique community.


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

QuotaPrice.com is a service that will change the way consumers buy things

What Company Is Offering:
QuotaPrice.com is a service that will change not only the way individuals and companies alike get work but it will revolutionize the way consumers buy things. At http://quotaprice.com/ anyone can get quotes on absolutely anything & everything! Unlike the other procurement services that are expensive and focused only on big business, it's FREE to use for both the buyers and providers.

How It Works:

As a Buyer you no longer need to search around to get quotes looking for the right price and quality of service. You just simply state what is is that you are looking for and individuals and companies compete for your business assuring that you get the best service and best price possible!

As a provider you get free leads and an opportunity to direct market to your potential customers right when they are in need of your services or products. Feel confident, if your services and products are good and priced fairly you will find this a valuable resource for creating and growing your business. You will automatically be notified when a buyer is looking for one of your services!

More at:http://quotaprice.com/

Wishpot, the popular online social shopping community got Series A investment round

What Company Is Offering:
Wishpot, is a personal and social shopping utility that makes it easy to save, share and discover interesting products. Wishpot has developed a hosted solution for tracking personal wish list entries across any website on the internet. The free product, which is currently in beta, has already become a popular web site for social shopping.

How Much They Got From VCs:

Wishpot, the popular online social shopping community, announced the closing of a Series A investment round. The round, which added $1 million in funding, was led by Monster Venture Partners. Other investors in the round include H-Farm, an Italian Internet development group, as well as existing investors including Adrian Hanauer.

Rob Monster, Managing Director of Monster Venture Partners, has joined Wishpot's board of directors. "On the surface Wishpot is a consumer site that democratizes the online wish list across any site that sells products or services on the Internet. However, look a level deeper and you will see the power of being able to predict future demand in real-time segmented by user attributes."


Wishpot is planning to use the funds to further enhance its vertical offerings, improve the Wishpot platform, increase the business development activities, and introduce business analytics for enterprise customers of the platform.

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