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"Each year we give startups a platform to launch new services during The Next Web Conference (8 days left, some tickets left). Eighteen companies will get the chance to show their company on the main stage to a worldwide audience consisting of the Jury of Experts, industry journalists, VC\u2019s, bloggers, potential users, potential exit partners and the thousands of people who watch the on-demand videos afterwards.\r\nYou can imagine that this is an important moment for the selected startups.\r\n\r\nMicrosoft BizSpark teamed up with The Next Web to make this happen (Thank you!)\r\nThe editorial team of TNW has been reviewing startups for weeks, watched secret video presentations of the startups and did interviews with the semi finalists to go from 203 submissions to the final 18 that will launch new stuff next week. The quality of the competing startups goes up each year, it was never so difficult to make a selection.\r\n\r\nWe're very excited to present the 18 finalists of The Next Web Startup Rally powered by BizSpark (in no particular order):\r\n\r\nBossa Studios\r\nPitch: Making the 'social networking games are not really games' debate totally irrelevant.\r\nTag: Social Gaming\r\nRemark: Launching at TNW Conference\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMoqee\r\nPitch: Taking social video curation to the next level.\r\nTag: Video\r\nRemark: Launching new stuff at TNW Conference\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCreateplaceads\r\nPitch: The easiest way to create and place ads in tomorrow's newspaper or magazine.\r\nTag: Print\r\nRemark: Launching at TNW Conference\r\n\r\nOpenmargin\r\nPitch: The margin of a book made public domain for readers to exchange annotations and engage in a meaningful dialogue.\r\nTag: eReading\r\nRemark: Launching at TNW Conference\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSqueeqly\r\nPitch: Identify top influencers and reward them with discounts for generating word of mouth about you!\r\nTag: Social commerce\r\nRemark: International launch at TNW Conference\r\n\r\nFlockler\r\nPitch: Topic based curation platform for publishers.\r\nTag: Media\r\nRemark: Launching at TNW Conference\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nZmazz\r\n\r\nPitch: Mobile payments free of charge, fun and social\r\nTag: Mobile payments\r\nRemark: Launching at TNW Conference\r\n\r\nWosju\r\nPitch: It's not about who you know - but how well you know them #socialgraph #trust #curatedsearch\r\nTag: Social Networking\r\nRemark: Launching at TNW Conference\r\n\r\nCleeng\r\nPitch: Publisher generate incremental revenues on top of advertising and subscriptions with Cleeng\r\nTag: Media\r\nRemark: Launching new stuff at TNW Conference\r\n\r\nSilk\r\nPitch: Silk lets you easily add meaning to content while creating it, allowing people to search, aggregate and visualize it in powerful new ways.\r\nTag: Semantic web\r\nRemark: Launching at TNW Conference\r\n\r\nHitchie\r\nPitch: Online Speed Networking platform.\r\nTag: Social Networking\r\nRemark: Launching at TNW Conference\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFoodzy\r\nPitch: Foursquare for Food: Keep track of what you eat and earn badges for fun and healthy eating habits.\r\nTag: Social Networking\r\nRemark: Launching at TNW Conference\r\n\r\nQubulus\r\nPitch: Crowd Sourced Indoor Positioning\r\nTag: LBS\r\nRemark: Launching new stuff at TNW Conference\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOneDrum\r\n\r\nPitch: All apps will be collaborative.\r\nTag: Collaboration\r\nRemark: Launching new stuff at TNW Conference\r\n\r\nThe Charity Engine\r\nPitch: World computing\r\nTag: Collaborative computing power\r\nRemark: Launching at TNW Conference\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSoup.me\r\n\r\nPitch: All your digital life visualized just the way you want it, nicer and easier than ever before.\r\nTag: Social Networking\r\nRemark: Launching new stuff at TNW Conference\r\n\r\nOnavo\r\nPitch: Helps smartphone users regain control of mobile data usage. Save money on data charges.\r\nTag: Mobile\r\nRemark: Launching at TNW Conference\r\n\r\nKuvva\r\nPitch: Connecting fans to brands\r\nTag: Online advertising\r\nRemark: Launching at TNW Conference\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nWe're looking forward to all presentations!\r\n\r\nWell over a thousand people from all over the world that share a passion for the mobile and Internet scene will attend The Next Web Conference next week. For 3 days, and right before the famous Dutch national holiday Queensday, Amsterdam is the place to be for people and businesses that shape the future of the web. Grab a ticket, while they last.\r\nReserve your ticket today so you can meet all these startups."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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