Riconoscere una startup di successo non è facile. Servono metodo, competenze, visione. Tutte cose che non mancano sia ai cervelloni di The Next Web, sia agli specialisti di Microsoft Bizpark, dalla cui collaborazione è nata l’iniziativa TNW Startup Rally. Quest’ultima è una competizione nata per selezionare 16 startup di valore e dare loro la possibilità di presentare il proprio prodotto di fronte al preparato ed esigente pubblico della The Next Web Conference.

Sedici nomi che vale la pena tenere d’occhio e tra i quali ho scoperto con piacere figurare anche kompany, azienda specializzata nel fornire accesso facile ed istantaneo alle informazioni aziendali per le piccole e medie imprese e professionisti in tutto il mondo, nonché ultima creatura dell’ottimo Russel Perry, mi vecchia conoscenza.

Ma bando alle ciance: ecco i nomi delle 16 finaliste corredati di città di provenienza, link al sito e breve pitch. enjoy

 

TNW Startup Rally finalists:

Drippler
From: Tel Aviv, Israel
Quick pitch: “Helping mobile users make the most of their smartphones and tablets.”
Remark: announcing news at TNW Conference

 

Guide
From: Miami, United States
Quick pitch: “Guide turns your favourite online news and blogs into videos”
Remark: announcing news at TNW Conference

 

Hubskip
From: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Quick pitch: ‘”Hubskip, always the best price for your flight. Even after the price drops.”
Remark: Launch at TNW Conference

 

Infogr.am
From: Riga, Latvia
Quick pitch: Infogr.am is a web-based infographic creator for making, publishing and discovering illustrated data.
Remark: announcing news at TNW Conference

 

Itembase
From: Berlin, Germany
Quick pitch: ” Your personal digital inventory. itembase enables you to build the digital collection of your belongings”
Remark: announcing news at TNW Conference

 

kompany
From: Vienna, Austria
Quick pitch: “kompany empowers professionals with easy access to international business background information”
Remark: announcing news at TNW Conference

 

Monolith 
From: Tallinn, Estonia
Quick pitch: “Monolith turns consumers into shoppers and shoppers into customers”
Remark: Launch at TNW Conference

 

Marfeel
From: Barcelona, Spain
Quick pitch: ” Marfeel automatically converts any web page into the best reading experience ever.”
Remark: announcing news at TNW Conference

 

Nine Connections
From: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Quick pitch: “Nine Connections helps you discover shareable content that increases audience engagement, by predicting what people will see and share next.”
Remark: announcing news at TNW Conference

 

Nutrino
From: Tel Aviv, Israel
Quick pitch: ” Nutrino is the world’s first personal virtual nutritionist. Nutrino creates a personalized dietary plan that is tailored to your personal needs and preferences – your goals, medical profile, and culture.”
Remark: Launch at TNW Conference

 

Peerreach
From: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Quick pitch: ” PeerReach tries to make sense out of the world we call social media by analysing, ranking and labelling people and their public messages.”
Remark: announcing news at TNW Conference

 

PoweredNow
From: London, UK
Quick pitch: ” Powered Now is a business admin platform for field service companies (electricians, builders, plumbers, although anyone could use it), making it easy to quote, bill and manage your clients and most importantly get paid – fast!”
Remark: Launch at TNW Conference

 

Sush.io
From: Paris, France
Quick pitch: ” Raw Data Made Fresh. The tailored SAP+BO experience for you, today’s entrepreneurs.”
Remark: Launch at TNW Conference

Swipe
From: Olso, Norway
Quick pitch: “Swipe is the world’s simplest, most beautiful presentation tool. The focus lies on the experience of presenting, bringing real-time interactive slideshows to any screen, anywhere in the world.”
Remark: Launch at TNW Conference

 

Tyba
From: Madrid, Spain
Quick pitch: ” Re-imagining the way young talent and companies interact.”
Remark: Launch at TNW Conference

 

Zeppelin
From: San Francisco, United States
Quick pitch: ” Zeppelin helps executives understand how their company is performing and see what is going on across their team from a single place.”
Remark: Launch at TNW Conference