The late-summer drought in tech news has already started to lift, but the real flood is coming Monday, as a bunch of startups launch new products at the DEMOfall conference and at TechCrunch 50. Impressive companies have made their starts at both conferences, and VentureBeat will have writers at both events, banging out stories on the coolest companies as they demo.
All of the announcements are under wraps for now, but DEMO (which is a VentureBeat sponsor) has released a list of the presenters. Most of the company websites I checked out are pretty cryptic, but think of this as a sneak peek at everything you’re going to read about next week. Also, if you’re a venture capitalist and a company seems particularly exciting to you, it may be worth reaching out before the post-conference rush — after all, once they launch at DEMO, VCs have already missed the best window for early investors.
Okay, I’m just kidding. You’re probably too late already.
Here’s the list of companies, after the jump:
Old products reinvented with new technology
- Adapx, Inc.; Seattle, WA
- Alerts.com, Inc.; Bellvue, WA
- Fusion-io; Salt Lake City, UT
- Plastic Logic, Ltd.; Mountain View, CA
- tikitag, an Alcatel-Lucent Venture; Antwerp, Belgium
- Telnic, Ltd.; London, England
Internet video/television
- Awind Inc.; Junghe, Taiwan
- beeTV; Milan, Italy
- ffwd.com, Inc.; San Francisco, CA
- Invision TV, LLC; Bethesda, MD
- RealNetworks, Inc.; Seattle, WA
- RemoTV, Inc.; New Haven, CT
Digital content creation/sharing
- Blue Lava Technologies, Inc.; Honolulu, HI
- Kadoo Inc.; Washington, DC
- MeDeploy; Hamden, CT
- MixMatchMusic, Ltd.; Burlingame, CA
- Photrade, LLC; Cincinnati, OH
- The Echo Nest Corp.; Somerville, MA
- Trinity Convergence, Inc.; Durham, NC
- UGA Digital, Inc.; Taipei, Taiwan
Security
- CoreTrace Corp.; Austin, TX
- Enterprise Informatics, Inc.; San Diego, CA
- Fortressware, Inc.; Mountain View, CA
- Paragent, LLC; Muncie, IN
- UbiEst S.p.A.; Treviso, Italy
- Unity Solutions, LLC; Clearwater, FL
- Usable Security Systems, Inc.; San Francisco, CA
Social networking
- Accordia Group, LLC; New Rochelle, NY
- Arsenal Interactive, Inc.; Mountain View, CA
- Best Buy; Minneapolis, MN
- Familybuilder; New York, NY
- Koollage, Inc.; San Jose, CA
- Paidinterviews, LLC; McLean, VA
- TravelMuse, Inc.; Los Altos, CA
- TurnTo Networks, Inc.; New York, NY
Enterprise
- BizEquity Corp.; Spring House, PA
- Momindum; Paris, France
- PlanDone, Inc.; Petaluma, CA
- Qtask, Inc.; Burbank, CA
- Quantivo Corp.; San Mateo, CA
“Next web” applications
- Cerego; Tokyo, Japan
- Infovell, Inc.; Menlo Park, CA
- Intelius, Inc.; Bellevue, WA
- iWidgets, Inc.; San Francisco, CA
- SitScape, Inc.; Vienna, VA
- SpinSpotter; Seattle, WA
- Radiant Logic, Inc.; Novato, CA
- Rebus Technology, Inc.; Cupertino, CA
- Semanti Corp.; Alberta, Canada
- TetraBase, LLC; Boothwyn, PA
Mobile
- Asyncast Corp; Campbell, CA
- Clintworld; Boenningstedt, Germany
- Dial Directions, Inc.; Alameda, CA
- Maverick Mobile Solutions, Pvt. Ltd.; Maharashtra, India
- SkyData Systems, Inc.; San Mateo, CA
- G.ho.st; Ramallah and Modin, Palestine and Israel
- Message Sling; Worcester, MA
- WebDiet,Inc. of Henderson, NV
- Xumii, Inc.; San Mateo, CA
Collaboration
- Cinergix, Pty Ltd.; Melbourne, Australia
- crowdSPRING, LLC; Chicago, IL
- DesignIn, Inc.; Marblehead, MA
- DOCCENTER; Omaha, NE
- MeWorks, Inc.; Taipei, Taiwan
- OpenACircle.com; Dallas, TX
- Sim Ops Studios, Inc.; San Francisco, CA
- Toolgether; San Mateo, CA
Other categories
- Mapflow, Ltd.; Cork, Ireland (eco-IT)
- Microstaq, Inc.; Austin, TX (eco-IT)
- Zazengo, Inc.; Santa Cruz, CA (social activism)
- Green Sherpa; Santa Barbara, CA (financial management)
- Rudder, Inc.; Houston, TX (financial management)
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