The ten companies below is the next ten startup companies in Businessweek’s radar.
Fusion-io, Inc
Fusion-io, Inc. provides enterprise storage architecture and I/O solutions. It offers ioDrive, a non-volatile solid state storage device based on NAND technology. The ioDrive protects data integrity, as well as improves server performance. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.
FON
FON Technology, S.L. is the WiFi community. It operates a network of WiFi hotspots worldwide. The company enables its members to share the wireless Internet access at home for free WiFi wherever they find another Fonero’s access point. FON Technology, S.L. is based in Madrid, Spain.
Huddle
Ninian Solutions Ltd., doing business as Huddle, owns and operates an online collaboration platform. The company offers Huddle.net, a network of online workspaces that include file sharing, project management, virtual meeting organization, and online collaboration and real-time communication tools. Ninian Solutions Ltd. was founded in 2006 and is based in London, United Kingdom.
Inrix
Inrix, Inc. offers real-time, historical, and predictive traffic information solutions. It offers services, such as INRIX Connected Services, a suite of content services providing navigation OEMs and location-based service application developers with private label and go-to-market solutions for in-vehicle, PND, wireless phone, and other connected devices; INRIX Total Fusion, a traffic data service that combines real-time, predictive, and historical traffic information; INRIX Real-Time Flow that helps to develop real-time traffic data and traffic speed maps; and INRIX Nationwide Traffic Alerts that provides real-time congestion alerts for freeways, highways, and arterials. Mr. Bryan Mistele and Mr. Craig Chapman are the Co-Founders.
Jajah
JAJAH, Inc., a communications company, provides telephony solutions for consumers and businesses internationally. It serves include conference calls, scheduled calls, and text messages. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California with an additional office in Luxembourg. It has a research and development center in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Mr. Roman Scharf and Mr. Daniel Mattes are Co-Founders of jajah.
Ibibo
ibibo.com is India’s first entertainment and talent based social network. It gives the youth of India a unique platform to showcase their talent, express themselves, create their own social network, audience and fan club and hence get recognition. The ibibo community uses a plethora of powerful communication tools to connect and share their expression, ranging from instant messaging, e-mail, blogging, photos, videos, asking and answering questions, exchanging free SMSs and chatting.
Justin.TV
Justin.tv, Inc., a video site, is an online community. It enables people to broadcast, watch, share, and interact through live videos. The company offers various channels to browse that include producers, social, entertainment, gaming, sports news and events, animals science and technology, and educational. Justin.tv, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is based in San Francisco, California. Mr. Justin Kan is the Founder and President of justin.tv.
Komli Media
Komli is a digital advertising and technology company enabling marketers to reach and acquire their audiences and publishers to maximize their revenues. Komli Media powers India’s ad network platform with solutions across lead acquisition, audience targeting, rich media, online audience measurement and brand impact measurement. Komli Media also represents premium content channels in Autos, Lifestyles, News, Sports, Technology, Entertainment, Youth and Business and Finance segments over the Internet. Headquartered in Mumbai, Komli Media is also located in Delhi (India) and New York (US).
Livescribe, Inc
Livescribe, Inc. provides a mobile computing platform. Its platform includes Pulse Smartpen, a computer in a pen that records everything the clients hear and write, as well as synchronizes audio to the written notes; Livescribe Dot Paper, a paper printed with a pattern of tiny micro-dots, which enables the infrared camera at the tip of the Pulse smartpen to track the written notes; and Livescribe Desktop that allows the digital transfer of notes and recordings from the Pulse smartpen to the personal computer. The company sells its products through distributors. Livescribe, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in Oakland, California.
Kosmix
Kosmix Corporation operates as a content categorization engine for topics on the Web. It searches the Web to automatically generate home pages for topics, including health, autos, and trips. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Mountain View, California.
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