Innovate!100 Semi-finalists to Pitch in London on March 25

SAN FRANCISCO and LONDON, March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovate!2010 is a global competition produced by Guidewire Group, the world's leading analyst firm focused exclusively on startups and emerging markets, to identify and promote 100 top technology startups from around the world. London will play host to the sixth regional 'Pitch Slam' event in the Innovate!2010 series on March 25 at 49 Carnaby Street.

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At the London Pitch Slam, a select group of Innovate!100 semi-finalists will present rapid-fire pitches about their startup and receive invaluable feedback from a panel of expert judges including Alliott Cole (Director, Octopus Ventures), Chihmao Hsieh (Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship, Amsterdam School of Economics at the University of Amsterdam), Bindi Karia (VC/Emerging Business Lead, Microsoft Ltd.), James Parton (Head of O2 Litmus, O2) and Stewart Townsend (Manager of Startups and Emerging Markets EMEA, Oracle).

Startups will be evaluated using Guidewire Group's proprietary G/Score™ assessment methodology, and the G/Scores from the London Pitch Slam will be aggregated with the results from over 20 other Innovate!2010 Pitch Slam events being held this year to determine the Innovate!100 – an elite list of the top 100 technology, media and communications startups.

Confirmed Innovate!100 semi-finalists presenting at the London Pitch Slam as of March 23 include:

Brainient: Provides solutions and platforms to help video publishers monetize their videos through affiliate marketing and interactive elements.

Catwalk Genius: An online fashion store and a crowd-funding site where you can learn about, buy, and support fashion.

Datpresenter: Next-generation WebTV and Intranet TV presentation platform for delivery of rich media programs and Webinars.

Decibel – System for collecting, organizing and delivering rich information about music.

DBVu Ltd.: A centralized analytics service for diagnosing issues and monitoring the performance of MySQL database servers.

Little World Gifts: Combines user-facing virtual gift stores with a digital gift platform that enables brands and content owners to deliver interactive, 3D and location-sensitive virtual merchandise on mobile devices and the Internet.

MyWorkSearch: Affordable, scalable solution for offering in-depth job search and training assistance to very large numbers of job-seekers.

Pie Finance: Platform for entrepreneurs, innovators and their advisors to obtain the resources required to turn an idea into a financeable or revenue-generating business on a fixed premium price.  

Pneumacare: Platform technology for non-invasive assessment and monitoring of lung function.

Shutl: Service that enables shoppers to purchase items at their favorite stores and have purchases delivered to their door in as little as 90 minutes.

Skimlinks: Provides simplified affiliate marketing solutions to Web publishers.

TouchType: Text prediction software, based on advanced contextual and dynamic language modelling techniques, to transform text entry for touch-screen devices.

Further information on the Innovate!2010 program and the schedule of upcoming Pitch Slam events can be found at www.innovate100.com. To attend the London Pitch Slam, sign up online at: http://2010pitchslamlondon.eventbrite.com/.

About Innovate!2010

Innovate!2010 is a global competition to identify and promote the top 100 global technology start-ups. The program enables the most promising startups to gain access to resources and opportunities to accelerate the growth of their companies. Innovate!2010 also enables its partners, including technology and telecommunications vendors, government agencies, professional services providers, technology scouts and investors, to identify and engage hundreds of highly vetted, fast-growing startups and raise their brand profile in the global startup community. Innovate!2010 sponsors and partners include leading organizations like Alacatel-Lucent, BestBuy, Cisco, Comcast, DifferenceEngine, EMC, HP, HSBC, Hearst, IBM, LaPoste, LG Electronics, Microsoft, O2 Litmus, PWC, Quickstart Global, PayPal, RIM, SAP, Silicon Valley Bank, Sun Microsystems, Sony, SWIFT, Turner Broadcasting, Verizon, and the City of Zaragoza; as well as European and US economic development agencies, and dozens of leading angel and venture capital investors.

About Guidewire Group, Inc.  

Guidewire Group is a global market intelligence and advisory firm passionate about technology entrepreneurship. Our exclusive focus on early-stage companies and emerging technology markets drives insight and opportunity to our clients and community. At the heart of our offerings is the G/Score™, a proprietary assessment tool that brings clarity and focus to the art of transforming ideas into successful enterprises. Developed over the course of more than 20,000 startup interviews, the G/Score has proven a reliable predictor of startup viability and promise. Our G/Score data helps technology investors, customers and platform vendors rapidly qualify and respond to startup deal flow from even thousands of startups. Our G/Score assessment tools help startups, investors, service providers and government agencies to identify and benchmark competitive strengths and weaknesses, and our Studio G business acceleration programs helps startups achieve their growth objectives with clarity of purpose, speed and efficiency.

For more information, contact Vanessa McDonald, [email protected], +44 (0)754 032 5319.

SOURCE Guidewire Group, Inc.

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