An intelligent music application company, a cloud computing company, a “green” company, and a company that automates the interviewing process have been selected as finalists for the 2010 GRA/TAG Business Launch Competition.
The Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) has today announced that an intelligent music application company, a cloud computing company, a “green” company, and a company that automates the interviewing process have been selected as finalists for the 2010 GRA/TAG Business Launch Competition.
“We are very pleased with semi final judges’ selection of Khu.sh, SolidFire, Toomah and Transaction Tree as the finalists,” stated Tino Mantella, president of the Technology Association of Georgia. “We are proud of the talent that has been displayed so far in the competition, and feel the selection further demonstrates the caliber and diversity of highly capable young companies in Atlanta.”
The winner will be announced during the June 2, 2010 awards ceremony held at IBM's Hillside Building at 8:00 a.m. Registration for the awards ceremony is open to the public and can be registered for at http://tinyurl.com/BizLaunchFinal
The TAG/GRA Business Launch Competition is designed to help a local startup technology company launch its business and has become one of largest competitions of its kind in the U.S. The competition is GRA/TAG's way of rewarding high-tech entrepreneurship and assuring a deserving Georgia startup company is primed for success. The winner will receive $50,000 in cash and over $200,000 in business and professional services will be split among the finalists.
The initial applications are screened by experts at the Atlanta Technology Development Center (ATDC), with the most promising applicants being assigned a mentor from the entrepreneurial community. The semi finalist companies presented over a three day period last week to leaders in the community including Don Addington, ORTEC; Mark Braunstein, Georgia Tech; Ed Croft, Croft & Bender; Aaron DeSouza, Grant Thornton LLP; David Eckoff, Revolutionary Ventures; Dave Gould, TechOperators; Sami Jajeh, Arketi Group; Paul Judge, Barracuda; Sig Mosley, Imlay Investments, Inc.; Gordon Rogers, Atlanta Technology Angels; Martin Tilson, Martin R. Tilson and Associates; and Judi Vitale, AcuityCFO to determine their eligibility to present to the distinguished panel of final judges which includes venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and seasoned executives.
The 2010 final judges panel includes: Tom Crotty, Managing Director, Battery Ventures Boston; Stephen Fleming, Vice Provost, Enterprise Innovation Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology; John Glushik, General Partner, Intersouth Partners; Boris Jerkunica, Chairman, Atlanta Silverbacks; Hooks K. Johnston,General Partner, Valhalla Partners; Mark Koulogeorge, Managing General Partner, MK Capital; Mark Morel, Chairman & CEO, Whoop, Inc.; Alan Taetle, General Partner, Noro Moseley Partners.
For more information about TAG/GRA Business Launch Competition, visit http://www.tagonline.org/businesslaunch.php.
