With all the interest in the new MSG series of podcasts with VCs and industry-watchers, the timing is perfect to promote the Mobile Peer Awards, a must-attend event on February 16 in Barcelona (during Mobile World Congress) that brings together 20 early-stage and emerging startups. The finalists, chosen from 100+ companies nominated by each chapter of MobileMonday (a staggering 67 chapters entered their favorite local startups this time around), have the opportunity to present their elevator pitch to a panel of judges from companies including AdMob, Amdocs Venture Investments, Balderton Capital, France Telecom/Orange Group, Telefónica R&D, and Yahoo.

I’m also proud to announce that I have been asked to judge the awards, and greatly look forward to connecting with the candidate companies. Previous Mobile Peer Awards winners have included Realeyes 3D, DeviceAnywhere and Plazes ( in 2007) and buzzd, Funambol, Taptu and Kimia (in 2008).

The 20 finalists to compete for the Mobile Peer Awards in Barcelona on February 16 have been selected by an international jury of industry experts. The complete list of finalists, divided into two categories, is as follows:

EARLY-STAGE STARTUPS

Addict Digital Media – Mobile Monday Buenos Aires
aka-aki networks GmbH – MobileMonday Berlin
Babajob.com – MobileMonday Bangalore
Big in Japan Inc. – MobileMonday Dallas
bioLocate – MobileMonday Jakarta
Dial2Do – MobileMonday Dublin
Fortumo – MobileMonday Estonia
Mob4Hire – MobileMonday Vancouver
Orbster GmbH – MobileMonday Munich
Oxynade – MobileMonday Brussels
Tellmewhere – MobileMonday Paris
Xumii – MobileMonday Sydney

EMERGING STARTUPS

Aradiom – MobileMonday Istanbul
fring – MobileMonday Tel Aviv
Getjar Networks – MobileMonday Lithuania
Keynetik – MobileMonday Washington DC
Mobintech A/S – MobileMonday Copenhagen
PopCatcher AB – MobileMonday Sweden
Soonr – MobileMonday Silicon Valley
Unkasoft Advergaming – MobileMonday Madrid

The registration to attend is now also open. (When I registered today, a whopping 300+ had already signed up. It promises to be an excellent event – and I hope to see you there!)

BTW: If you want to reach out to me for a briefing during the Mobile Peer Awards, please contact Andrea Henninge – andrea@msearchgroove.com.

Tags: early-stage startups, Mobile Advertising, Mobile Monday, Mobile Peer Awards, startups

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