The Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs (SVASE) - co-presenting with Garage Technology Ventures and Microsoft - hosted the fourth annual Launch: Silicon Valley at Microsoft's Mountain View facility. Thirty new companies, including a last minute substitute, byjobi, presented to a capacity crowd at Launch: Silicon Valley 2009. Chosen from more than 400 entries, they presented their new product or service in groups of five, organized by sector. The audience voted for the venture "most likely to succeed" at each group.  http://launchsiliconvalley.org/index.htm

As in previous years, Launch: Silicon Valley 2009 featured new companies that are ready for launch, but are not yet well known. These are companies that have a product or service available (as of June 9, 2009), but have not been out in the marketplace for more than a few months.  http://launchsiliconvalley.org/presentingc.html , as are previous Launch firms and their current status; e. g. Data Robotics showed its Drobo Network Attached Storage box at Launch: Silicon Valley 2007. Other information on SVASE may be found at: http://www.svase.org

Winners of the 6 sessions were: 

Session 1 - Next Generation Internet            eCitySky  

Session 2 - Technology 1                             InDxLogic 

 Session 3 - Next Gen. Internet/ Mobile         CellWand   

 Session 4 - Technology 2                            Replay 

 Session 5 - Mobile                                      HearPlanet 

 Session 6 - CleanTech                                Lumiette

If you are interested in a one-page description of a particular startup, e-mail me (kevin AT svcs DOT net) the name of the firm and your fax number.