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The press release from the Plugg Conference
Mar 3 2008, 9:59 AM EST | Post edited: Mar 3 2008, 9:59 AM EST
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Robin Wauters, Conference Organizer
Mobile: +32 485 61 43 07
E-mail: robin@plugg.eu

Plugg Conference Announces European Start-Up Rally Semi-Finalists
Winner to Be Selected March 19th in Brussels
Brussels, 27 February 2008 - The organizers of the Plugg 2008 Conference, a one- day conference to raise global awareness for European start-ups in the Web / Mobile 2.0 field, recently announced the semi-finalists for its “Plugg Start-Up of the Year Award.”
Plugg’s Start-Ups Rally, a competition for European companies to showcase the most promising young technology ventures, drew 65 exceptional start-ups from 18 countries. The jury, made up of members of Europe’s leading venture capital firms, incubators and renowned internet experts, selected 20 semi-finalists who will pitch the Plugg audience on stage at the event. The semi-finalists, in alphabetical order, are:

1. 123people (Austria)
2. Alenty (France)
3. Assetbar (US / Belgium / Germany)
4. Business IT Online (UK)
5. Caleido / Wuala (Switzerland)
6. Cellity (Germany)
7. FaceContact (UK)
8. Floobs (Finland)
9. HumanGrid (Germany)
10. Mobiya (Belgium)
11. MyOwnDB (Belgium)
12. Radionomy (Belgium)
13. Refresh Mobile – Mippin (UK)
14. Sportme (Germany)
15. Trampoline Systems (UK)
16. Trutap (UK)
17. TVtrip (Belgium)
18. Viewdle (US / Ukraine / Luxembourg)
19. Workhound.co.uk (UK)
20. Zilok (Belgium)

The finalist will be selected at the Plugg 2008 Conference on Wednesday March 19th at the Hotel Le Plaza in Brussels.
Speakers this year include:
- Mike Butcher, editor of TechCrunch UK / Ireland
- Max Niederhofer, Atlas Ventures

For more information, please visit the Plugg 2008 Conference web site at http://plugg.eu.


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