DEMO startups launch Monday — here’s a list of companies

Venture Beat — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:09:15 -0400

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
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)