LeWeb is the largest Web event where “Web People” meet in Europe and one of the largest in the world. This year’s LeWeb is on December 9-10th. LeWeb started in 2005 and this fifth edition is in Paris, too. LeWeb helps attendees to meet the speakers, entrepreneurs to meet investors; LeWeb enables web people to enlarge their networks. The sponsor list including Google, Nokia, Facebook, Swisscom, TechCrunch… shows the importance of this event.
The Startup Competition
The Startup Competition event is an important part of the LeWeb event. The Startup Competition enables the startups to present themselves in front of investors and advisors. Seedcamp, the competition sponsor of LeWeb reviewed each applicant project, scored and have selected 30 top companies for the competition. Each companies will have 7 minutes to present their applications in the first day of LeWeb. Three winners will have a chance to present on the main stage in the second day.
The selected companies are (in alphabetical order):
1. 2Win-Solutions – FRANCE
2. 3scale networks S. L. – SPAIN
3. Apture – USA
4. Box.net, Inc. – USA
5. Brozengo SA – FRANCE
6. Charge Ventures – Malta
7. Cmune – CHINA
8. ConTrust – ISRAEL
9. DoctorSIM – SPAIN
10. Edicy – ESTONIA
11. Haploid – FRANCE
12. IZI-collecte – FRANCE
13. Kaltura – USA
14. MyID.is Certified – FRANCE
15. Nimbuzz – NETHERLANDS
16. Popego Inc. – USA
17. Producteev Inc. – USA
18. Publing – FRANCE
19. Radionomy – BELGIUM
20. Samedi GmbH – GERMANY
21. ShoutEm Ltd. – CROATIA
22. Silentale SAS – FRANCE
23. SquareClock – FRANCE
24. Tellmewhere – FRANCE
25. Trendiction – LUXEMBURG
26. Viewdle, Inc – UKRAIN
27. Webnode.com – CZECH REPUBLIC
28. Zavedenia.com – BULGARIA
29. Zipipop Ltd (Zipiko) – FINLAND
30. Zoover Holiday Reviews – NETHERLANDS
Winning this competition is worthwhile; on the other hand, having an opportunity to participate in this competition is very important.