The MobileMonday Mobile Peer Awards Barcelona are among the most influential events in the mobile industry and, with over 1000 attendants, the point of reference in startup innovation during the Mobile World Congress.
163 startups participated and 42 nominees were selected by their respective chapters. An international Jury will now select the 20 finalists to present at the Peer Awards event in Barcelona. The finalists chosen to present in Barcelona will be announced on January 26. I will be one of the judges looking at the various entries.
The startups nominated by the MobileMonday chapters to compete for the Mobile Peer Awards in Barcelona are:
* 7syntax – MobileMonday Portugal
* Addict Digital Media – Mobile Monday Buenos Aires
* aka-aki networks GmbH – MobileMonday Berlin
* Anaeko – MobileMonday Belfast
* Aradiom – MobileMonday Istanbul
* Babajob.com – MobileMonday Bangalore
* Beabloo – MobileMonday Barcelona
* Big in Japan Inc. – MobileMonday Dallas
* bioLocate – MobileMonday Jakarta
* CIDWAY – MobileMonday Geneva
* Cirius Technologies, Inc. – MobileMonday Los Angeles
* Crave Mobile – MobileMonday Philadelphia
* Creador Estudio Interactivo C.A. – MobileMonday Caracas
* Dial2Do – MobileMonday Dublin
* Dialy – Mobile Monday Maroc
* DPGroup >> Product: SINDYK – MobileMonday Bogota
* Fortumo – MobileMonday Estonia
* fring – MobileMonday Tel Aviv
* Getjar Networks – MobileMonday Lithuania
* iKen Solutions – MobileMonday Mumbai
* Keynetik – MobileMonday Washington DC
* Liquid Air Lab GmbH / adplace.com – MobileMonday Frankfurt
* Mob4Hire – MobileMonday Vancouver
* Mobintech A/S – MobileMonday Copenhagen
* mobiSiteGalore – MobileMonday Chennai
* MocoSpace – Mobile Monday Boston
* Nimbuzz B.V. – Mobile Monday Amsterdam
* Orbster GmbH – MobileMonday Munich
* Oxynade – MobileMonday Brussels
* Palringo – MobileMonday London
* rmbrME – MobileMonday New York
* Secusmart GmbH – MobileMonday Dusseldorf
* Smaato Inc. – MobileMonday Hamburg
* Soonr – MobileMonday Silicon Valley
* Tellmewhere – MobileMonday Paris
* Unkasoft Advergaming – MobileMonday Madrid
* Wapalta – MobileMonday St. Petersburg
* Wapja.net – MobileMonday Sao Paulo
* WorldMate, Inc. – MobileMonday Atlanta
* Xumii – MobileMonday Sydney
* NOTE Helsinki and Stockholm nominations pending
The jury selecting the 20 finalists out of the 42 chapter nominees to present at the Peer Awards event in Barcelona are:
* Andrea Trasatti – Director of Device Intiatives mTLD
* Steve Kennedy – Mobile Industry Review
* Guillaume Lautour – Partner agfpe.com
* Chetan Sharma – President of Chetan Sharma Consulting
* Larry Berkin – Vice President, ecosystem & corporate business development for ACCESS
* Gary Cohen – Principal – Mobility Practice / Milestone Group
* Kim Lennox – experience design lead at Adaptive Path
* Jennifer Grenz – Vice President Products and Marketing at ShoZu
* Felix Petersen – co-founder of plazes.com
* Bastian Lehmann – VP Product Development at AditOn
* Jouko Ahvenainen – Chief Strategy Officer and Co-founder of Xtract Ltd.
* Roberto Bonanzinga – Partner Balderton Capital
* Pat Phelan – C.E.0 MAXroam
* Ajit Joakar – Open Gardens
* Alfredo Morresi – Code Sniper Funambol, Inc
* Raimo van der Klein – SPRXmobile
* Volker Hirsch – EVP Corporate Development for Connect 2 Media
* Jonathan Greene – Athmasphere
* Albert Cuesta – IT and mobility analyst