The finalists presenting at this week's MobiTechFest East venture conference in Cambridge, Mass., have been announced. The winner will receive a $50,000 prize package.
The 13 companies selected to present at MobiTechFest seek a range of funding seed - first institutional round, additional funding, Series-A and B rounds - from $2 million to $20 million for development, manufacturing, launch, acceleration or expansion.
The finalists are:
- AFK Interactive's M4 mobile development platform allows online
games publishers to easily extend their games' features, communities,
and virtual marketplaces to all mobile platforms. - aKos Technology Corporation, based in Schaumburg, IL, is an award-winning mobile money transfer company.
- CaptureCode, a Massachusetts based company, provides mobile marketing, integrated m-commerce and CRM solutions.
- Cyandia, based in Syracuse, NY, delivers rich, synchronized content on any HTML5 capable device, in any location.
- Human
Engines, based in San Diego, CA, is a software development company
focused on delivering cutting-edge user experience software for mobile
& consumer electronics devices. - iBuildApp, is a Do It
Yourself automated engine for building mobile applications, magazines,
eBooks without any programming skills. - iGenApps based in
Guaynabo, PR, is the developer of a patent-pending, application
generator platform for mobile devices.
iM@ (pron. "I'm at"), a Westport, CT based mobile content &
messaging provider with a partner leveraged, hyper-local advertising and
transaction revenue model. - Moofwd, based in Princeton, NJ, is a mobile app development foundry
that provides a platform for enterprises to mobilize their business
processes and systems . - neXva based in San Diego, CA, is the creator of a unique end-to-end mobile
app distribution platform . - Telcare, based in Bethesda, MD, has developed the world's first
cellular-enabled glucose meter. -
Touchnote, based in London, England, is a developer of an application
that turns your photos into real picture postcards. - Vyycore with operations in Israel and Santa Clara is a fabless design
startup for Predistorter and Power Amplifier Solutions for the handset
market.