Innovate!100 Semi-Finalists to Pitch in Tel Aviv on April 12

SAN FRANCISCO and TEL AVIV, Israel, April 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovate!2010 is a global competition produced by Guidewire Group, the world's leading analyst firm focused exclusively on startups and emerging markets, to identify and promote 100 top technology startups from around the world. On April 12, Tel Aviv will play host to the ninth regional 'Pitch Slam' event in the Innovate!2010 series.

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Taking place at the Leonardo Basel hotel, the Tel Aviv Pitch Slam will feature a select group of Innovate!100 semi-finalists who will present rapid-fire pitches about their startup and receive invaluable feedback from a panel of expert judges. Startups will be evaluated using Guidewire Group's proprietary G/Score™ assessment methodology, and the G/Scores from the Tel Aviv Pitch Slam will be aggregated with the results from over 20 other Innovate!2010 Pitch Slam events being held this year to determine the Innovate!100 – an elite list of the top 100 technology, media and communications startups.  

Confirmed Innovate!100 semi-finalists presenting at the Tel Aviv Pitch Slam as of April 12 include:

CloudShare: Combines key aspects of virtualization, cloud computing and Web conferencing to provide an integrated technology and communications platform for delivering IT to, and collaborating with, clients and colleagues.

Conceptic: An interactive menu, known as eMenu, that offers restaurant customers a full range of ordering and interactive entertainment services from an LCD touch screen located on each table or bar. 

Favit: Service that enables you to define, filter and organize information streams on the Web.

Genieo: Application that allows users to create a dynamic, personalized home page that automatically reflects their interests while maintaining their privacy.

Gizmox: Visual WebGui platform that can be used to develop new Web applications, enhance existing applications and modernize legacy applications all using standard, proven technologies such as ASP.net, DHTML and Silverlight.

ID-U Biometrics: Biometric signature based on a user's unique eye movements, which cannot be stolen and can easily be implemented in laptops and mobile phones.

Secure Erasure: Inexpensive, environmentally-sound and secure solution for disposing of electronic information on hard drives.

Sparkeo: Video platform that allows subject matter experts to easily create and monetize interactive courses.

The Gifts Project: Social gifting, micropayment application for friends to chip in for each other's gifts.

Tucoola: Interactive platform aimed at enhancing basic skills of children aged 2-8 years by using video games and providing parents with feedback about their children's developmental progress.

VisualBee: Tool that takes a plain PowerPoint™ presentation and automatically enhances it, creating an exciting and powerful showcase.

Waze: Free mobile navigation application that allows drivers to build and use live maps, real-time traffic updates and turn-by-turn navigation to improve their daily commute.

Further information on the Innovate!2010 program and the schedule of upcoming Pitch Slam events can be found at www.innovate100.com. To attend the Tel Aviv Pitch Slam, sign up online at: http://2010pitchslamtelaviv.eventbrite.com/.

About Innovate!2010

Innovate!2010 is a global competition to identify and promote the top 100 global technology start-ups. The program enables the most promising startups to gain access to resources and opportunities to accelerate the growth of their companies. Innovate!2010 also enables its partners, including technology and telecommunications vendors, government agencies, professional services providers, technology scouts and investors, to identify and engage hundreds of highly vetted, fast-growing startups and raise their brand profile in the global startup community. Innovate!2010 sponsors and partners include leading organizations like Alacatel-Lucent, BestBuy, Cisco Systems, Comcast, DifferenceEngine, eBay, EMC, HP, HSBC, Hearst, IBM, LaPoste, LG Electronics, Microsoft, O2 Litmus, Oracle, PayPal, PWC, Quickstart Global, RIM, SAP, Silicon Valley Bank, Sony, SWIFT, Turner Broadcasting, Verizon, and the City of Zaragoza; as well as European and US economic development agencies, and dozens of leading angel and venture capital investors.

About Guidewire Group, Inc.  

Guidewire Group is a global market intelligence and advisory firm passionate about technology entrepreneurship. Our exclusive focus on early-stage companies and emerging technology markets drives insight and opportunity to our clients and community. At the heart of our offerings is the G/Score™, a proprietary assessment tool that brings clarity and focus to the art of transforming ideas into successful enterprises. Developed over the course of more than 20,000 startup interviews, the G/Score has proven to be a reliable predictor of startup viability and promise. Our G/Score data helps technology investors, customers and platform vendors rapidly qualify and respond to startup deal flow from even thousands of startups. Our G/Score assessment tools help startups, investors, service providers and government agencies to identify and benchmark competitive strengths and weaknesses, and our Studio G business acceleration programs helps startups achieve their growth objectives with clarity of purpose, speed and efficiency.

For more information, contact Vanessa McDonald, [email protected], +44 (0)754 032 5319.

SOURCE Guidewire Group, Inc.