Mobile 2.0 start-ups selected

by: Bena Roberts Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

The Mobile 2.0 Organizing Committee announced the selection of the presenting start-ups at Mobile 2.0 Europe on July 4 in Barcelona. Some 70 mobile start-up companies applied to present at Mobile 2.0 Europe conference. The committee was delightfully surprised with the quality of the ideas and technology of the start-ups coming from many different corners of Europe and the world.

The Mobile 2.0 Organizing Committee announced the selection of the presenting start-ups at Mobile 2.0 Europe on July 4 in Barcelona. Some 70 mobile start-up companies applied to present at Mobile 2.0 Europe conference. The committee was delightfully surprised with the quality of the ideas and technology of the start-ups coming from many different corners of Europe and the world.
Here are the selected start-up companies.
PRE SERIES A companies
kooaba (Switzerland) - Mobile Image Search - http://www.kooaba.com/ 
Mobiluck (France) - Mobile Location-based IM, Chat and Social Networking - http://www.mobiluck.com/
Secufone (Netherlands) - Mobility and Safety - http://www.secufone.com
Unkasoft (Spain) - Mobile Advergaming - http://www.unkasoft.com/
ViiF (Germany) - Mobile Entertainment Community - http://viif.com
POST SERIES A companies
Futurlink (Spain) - Proximity Marketing - http://futurlink.com
Nimbuzz (Netherlands) - Mobile IM and Text Message Service - http://nimbuzz.com
Mippin (UK) - Mobilizing the Web - http://mippin.com
Palringo (UK) - Vocal Instant Messaging - http://palringo.com
Taptu (UK) - Mobile Social Search - http://taptu.com
Early-Stage companies
The presenters in this category will be announced the day of the event as to maintain the suspense.
All Startups have 7 minutes to present in total and need to include a 1 minutes video-demo of the product on a mobile phone. During the event, all panel participants and organizers will vote their best Start-up in each category; the winner in each category receives an invitation to present at the Mobile 2.0 Event in San Francisco on November 3, 2008.
There is a lot of interest from the industry to attend this event. Early-Bird tickets at €99 and Standard tickets at €149 are already sold out. Currently, there are some 20 tickets left at €199 (breakfast, lunch, coffee and networking cocktail included), after which  tickets will be on sale at €299 (prices all excl. VAT). Attendants can purchase their ticket online at Amiando Mobile 2.0 Europe
dotopen is also organising a meetup with its media partner TechCrunch, the evening after the event; please contact Mike Butcher or info@dotopen.eu for more information on this event.

Our Partners
Our thanks to our partners Nokia, Palringo, Taptu, Telefónica Movistar, Vodafone, Yahoo!, Bango, eBuddy and Mippin for their invaluable support.
About Mobile 2.0 Europe
This one-day event focusing on the Mobile Web and Disruptive Mobile Innovation, brings together experts and thought leaders from all areas of the mobile ecosystem, including startups, investors, mobile carriers, device manufacturers, and mobile application developers and web technologists.
Pekka Pohjakallio, Vice President, Suites Management and Marketing, Services and Software at Nokia will introduce the conference with a keynote.
Participants will enjoy C-Level speaker and panelist participations from other mobile industry players, such as AdMob, AMF Ventures, Atlas Venture, Bango, Blyk, Debaeque Capital, Fjord, Getjar, Google, itsmy.com (Gofresh), Nokia, M:Metrics, Orange, Stradbroke Advisors, T-Mobile, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, Trutap, Vodafone, Yahoo!, and ZYB. The sessions will be moderated by some of Europe’s finest bloggers including Mike Butcher (TechCrunch UK), Peggy Anne Saltz (MSearchGroove) and Raimo van der Klein (SPRX Mobile).
Check the full speaker list and program agenda here.
Here are the selected start-up companies.
PRE SERIES A companies
kooaba (Switzerland) - Mobile Image Search - http://www.kooaba.com/ 
Mobiluck (France) - Mobile Location-based IM, Chat and Social Networking - http://www.mobiluck.com/
Secufone (Netherlands) - Mobility and Safety - http://www.secufone.com
Unkasoft (Spain) - Mobile Advergaming - http://www.unkasoft.com/
ViiF (Germany) - Mobile Entertainment Community - http://viif.com
POST SERIES A companies
Futurlink (Spain) - Proximity Marketing - http://futurlink.com
Nimbuzz (Netherlands) - Mobile IM and Text Message Service - http://nimbuzz.com
Mippin (UK) - Mobilizing the Web - http://mippin.com
Palringo (UK) - Vocal Instant Messaging - http://palringo.com
Taptu (UK) - Mobile Social Search - http://taptu.com
Early-Stage companies
The presenters in this category will be announced the day of the event as to maintain the suspense.
All Startups have 7 minutes to present in total and need to include a 1 minutes video-demo of the product on a mobile phone. During the event, all panel participants and organizers will vote their best Start-up in each category; the winner in each category receives an invitation to present at the Mobile 2.0 Event in San Francisco on November 3, 2008.
There is a lot of interest from the industry to attend this event. Early-Bird tickets at €99 and Standard tickets at €149 are already sold out. Currently, there are some 20 tickets left at €199 (breakfast, lunch, coffee and networking cocktail included), after which  tickets will be on sale at €299 (prices all excl. VAT). Attendants can purchase their ticket online at Amiando Mobile 2.0 Europe
dotopen is also organising a meetup with its media partner TechCrunch, the evening after the event; please contact Mike Butcher or info@dotopen.eu for more information on this event.

Our Partners
Our thanks to our partners Nokia, Palringo, Taptu, Telefónica Movistar, Vodafone, Yahoo!, Bango, eBuddy and Mippin for their invaluable support.
About Mobile 2.0 Europe
This one-day event focusing on the Mobile Web and Disruptive Mobile Innovation, brings together experts and thought leaders from all areas of the mobile ecosystem, including startups, investors, mobile carriers, device manufacturers, and mobile application developers and web technologists.
Pekka Pohjakallio, Vice President, Suites Management and Marketing, Services and Software at Nokia will introduce the conference with a keynote.
Participants will enjoy C-Level speaker and panelist participations from other mobile industry players, such as AdMob, AMF Ventures, Atlas Venture, Bango, Blyk, Debaeque Capital, Fjord, Getjar, Google, itsmy.com (Gofresh), Nokia, M:Metrics, Orange, Stradbroke Advisors, T-Mobile, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, Trutap, Vodafone, Yahoo!, and ZYB. The sessions will be moderated by some of Europe’s finest bloggers including Mike Butcher (TechCrunch UK), Peggy Anne Saltz (MSearchGroove) and Raimo van der Klein (SPRX Mobile).
Check the full speaker list and program agenda here.

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