Show what you’ve got
Only Speedpitching submissions
In cooperation with Venturepreneur Sponsor Big Bang Ventures The Next Web Conference presents The Startup Arena and introduce three great opportunities for innovative tech start ups to boost their PR, meet up with VC’s and/or show off their service or product to the tech savvy crowd.
Startup Arena
There will be 15 20 tables in the main Coffee plaza available for startups (at no additional costs) to show off their services. Sign up to get a free startup booth. The 20 selected companies are announced.
Showcase
Two companies will be selected by a jury to give a 10 minute Showcase / presentation on the main stage! If you think you’re up to it, take a chance! No more submissions.
Speedpitching
During the lunch break the Big bang Ventures will host a Speed pitching session, which is open for all startups, VC’s and press. Startups are matched to VC’s and press for a 4 minute speed pitch. So, meet, pitch, impress, make sure you meet up at the party, shake hands, and get a card and the next Speed pitch is coming up! Join the Speed pitching No more submissions. (VC’s click here and Press click here) Last call.
Startup Sweepstake!
Submitted startups automatically can win a “MySQL enterprise platinum service and support account” or one of the two Nokia N800 Internet tablets!
Submitted Startups:
Wakoopa
Submitted by: Wouter Broekhof (Co-founder)
Tagline: Use it, track it, share it
Weblog: blog.wakoopa.com
Submitted by: Atze Zwirs (Managing Director)
Tagline: Visitopia. Where the world becomes local
Weblog: myspace.com/visitopia
Fleck
Submitted by: Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten (CEO)
Tagline: Web Democracy
Weblog: blog.fleck.com
People Aggregator
Submitted by: Marc Canter (CEO)
Tagline: MySpace-in-a-box
Weblog: marc.blogs.it
Submitted by: David Blanco (CEO)
Tagline: We mean real business
Weblog: blog.negonation.com
49Lights 
Submitted by: Jenny Aspelund-Johansson (CEO)
Tagline: Web everything
Stage: Stealth mode
monsterdeals
Submitted by: Paul Grennell (Co-Founder)
Tagline: Shared Revenue User powered shopping
Stage: Stealth mode
Hellup
Submitted by: Herman van Dompseler (Founder)
Tagline: share your knowledge
Stage: Beta
Boomr
Submitted by: Maurice Brand (Director / Community Manager)
Tagline: music, podcasting, social, listeners
Weblog: blognewmedia.nl
Infovester
Submitted by: Jeroen Bakker (Co-Founder)
Stage: Stealth mode
LouderVoice
Submitted by: Conor O’Neill (Managing Director)
Tagline: Reviews: Find them, blog them, rate them
Weblog: blog.loudervoice.com
bliin
Submitted by: Selene Kolman (CEO)
Tagline: YourLIVE!
Stage: Beta
Floorplanner
Submitted by: Jeroen Bekkers (CEO)
Tagline: Create and share interactive Floorplans
Weblog: floorplanner.nl/weblog
Prismastar
Submitted by: Paul Baldovin (VP of Strategy)
Tagline: eCommerce Innovation
Stage: Beta
Wixi 
Submitted by: Sebastien Borget (Project Leader)
Tagline: All your media in one place… Share it anywhere!
Stage: Stealth mode
YOUP
Submitted by: Ward van Riel (founder)
Tagline: Structured, semantic, search and communication, Scope, target, easy, logical, web 2.0
Stage: Stealth mode
ZOOOF.COM
Submitted by: Jean-Paul Busker (CEO)
Tagline: The Family Network
Stage: Beta
TodekaProject
Submitted by: Charles Nouÿrit (CEO)
Tagline: Digital Identity
Stage: Stealth mode
Submitted by: Ernstjan Alberts (CEO)
Tagline: Where do you go?!
Stage: Beta
Feedback2.0
Submitted by: Stephane Lee (CEO)
Tagline: Listen and Improve
Mailemotion
Submitted by: Ghandour Nassim (CEO)
Tagline: video mail communication web2.0
Weblog: http://www.zezel.net/blog
Quintura
Submitted by: Yakov Sadchikov (CEO)
Tagline: See & Find
Weblog: kids.quintura.com
Tipit.to
Submitted by: Reinier Zwitserloot (founder)
Tagline: Like It? Tip It!
Weblog: fourstarters.com
The World is a Mix
Submitted by: Vincent Verdin (founder)
Seeking funding
Stage: Stealth mode
Heeii
Submitted by: Edwin Kuipers (co-founder)
Tagline: Smart Surfing
Stage: Beta
Submitted by: Joe Drumgoole (CEO)
Tagline: Find, Organise, Secure and Share your Digital Life
Weblog: putplace.com/blog/
Hipoqih
Submitted by: Andres Ribera (co-founder)
Tagline: maps mobile gps web2.0 community mososo
Weblog: hipoqih.blogspot.com
Submitted by: Tommy Ahlers (CEO)
Tagline: Bring mobile data to life!
Stage: Beta
Swoot
Submitted by: Rogier Visser (CMO)
Tagline: Giving internet a new face!
Weblog: thewebforward.com
U-lik
Submitted by: Raphael Labbe (founder)
Tagline: Share everything you like
Weblog: virtualidentity.eu
MobiLuck
Submitted by: Olivier Chouraki (CEO)
Tagline: People and places close to you
Stage: Beta
Twones
Submitted by: Diederik Martens (founder)
Tagline: What you play is who you are
Stage: Beta
InternetAddressBook.com
Submitted by: Daniel McPherson (Project Lead)
Tagline: Find people and be found
Stage: Beta
Second Brain
Submitted by: Lars Teigen (CEO)
Tagline: Your Personal Internet Library
Weblog: blog.secondbrain.com
Podhandle
Submitted by: Karin Hogh (partner, creator, journalist)
Tagline: podcasting, usability
Weblog: thepodjournal.com/
Click2Map
Submitted by: Antony Zanetti (CEO)
Tagline: A new way to build your Google Maps!
Weblog: blog.click2map.com
Submitted by: Richard Derks (founder)
Tagline: share your memories
Weblog: blog.respectance.com
Empressr by Fusebox Inc
Submitted by: Bryan Thatcher (President)
Tagline: Presentation Goodness
Stage: Beta
CVwarehouse
Submitted by: Inge Geerdens (founder)
Tagline: Where candidates meet companies
Stage: Beta
Mobiya
Submitted by: Sacha Vekeman (founder)
Tagline: Next Generation Classifieds advertising
Wave-Storm
Submitted by: Alexander Cassanovici (CEO)
Tagline: Connecting things
Stage: alpha
Widsets
Submitted by: Kaj Haggman (founder)
Tagline: Mobilize your web
Stage: Beta
Vinivi
Submitted by: Gilles Granger (founder)
Tagline: travel
Weblog: vinivi.blogspot.com
Submitted by: Joanne Celens (CEO)
Tagline: conclusive large scale shat
Stage: Alpha
Widgami
Submitted by: Peter Horvath (CEO)
Tagline: startpage, widgets
Stage: stealth mode
Wamba
Submitted by: Enrique Dubois (CEO)
Tagline: European Entertainment Social Network
Stage: Beta
Submitted VCs:
Wellington Partners 
Submitted by: Frank Boehnke (Partner)
Big Bang Ventures
Submitted by: Barend van den Brande (Partner)
Sequoia Capital
Submitted by: Jason Calacanis (Entrepreneur in Action)
Index Ventures
Submitted by: Saul Klein (Partner)
3i
Submitted by: Daniel Waterhouse (Sector Partner)
Atlas Venture
Submitted by: Fred Destin (Partner)
Van den Ende & Deitmers
Submitted by: Martijn Hamann (Partner)
Solid Ventures
Submitted by: Robert Wilhelm (Partner)
Earlybird Venture Capital
Submitted by: Gayathri Radhakrishnan (Associate)
TVM capital
Submitted by: Robert Schrimpff (Partner)
Submitted Press:
TechCrunch
Represented by: Michael Arrington
Reach: 377.000 RSS readers
Represented by: Barnaby Skinner
Reach: 800.000 readers every Sunday. Most quoted Swiss publication
Bright magazine
Represented by: Oscar Kneppers
Leading Dutch Technology Magazine
YLE Finnish Broadcasting Company
Represented by: Vivikka Richt
Reach: approximately 1.000.000 listeners per show
Represented by: Marco Derksen
Leading Dutch marketing blog
Zeit
Represented by: Flak Lueke
Reach: 40 million pageviews per month
Business News Radio
de Pers (national free paper)
Represented by: Herbert Blankesteijn
Reach: Radio; 100.000 listeners per show. Paper; 250.000 per day
Podblog
Represented by: Karin Høgh
Reach: if you don’t know Karin in Denmark….
FEM Business
Represented by: Jasper Houtman
Reach: Weekly magazine - 55.000
Elektrischer-Reporter.de
Represented by: Mario Sixtus
Reach: 2000 video views per day. Plus distribution on several video
platforms, e.g. sevenload.de
RTE
Represented by: Joe Zefran
Reach: Monthly Pageviews: 36 million
Index.hu
Represented by: Gergely Szabo
Reach: 400.000 unique visitors a day
Represented by: Jonathan Richards
Reach: 800.000 unique visitors a day
Elsevier
Represented by: Emily Gordts
Reach: no idea, but big
NRC
Represented by: Ellen de Bruin
Reach: one of the most respected papers in the Netherlands
Netzpolitik.org
Represented by: Markus Beckedahl
Reach: 1.3 million pageviews a month
Webwereld
Represented by: Brenno de Winter
Reach: Computable: 90.000+, Webwereld: 250.000+
TV4B
Represented by: Edo van Santen
The Times
Represented by: Jonathan Richards
Reach: 800.000 copies
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