Awards
Five (5) startups, as chosen by our expert panel, will get a chance to pitch their companies to an audience of over 500 entrepreneurs, investors and business leaders.
One (1) startup, as chosen by our expert panel, will win over $15,000 in professional services and prizes from our partners and sponsors.
Here’s what they get.
| Prize | Item | Provided by |
| $5400 value | One year of fully managed hosting and free data migration courtesy of our hosting partner, SingleHop. Package includes 6 TB monthly bandwidth and Intel Xeon Quad-Core processors. |  |
| $3000 value | Software development consulting services courtesy of Pathfinder Development |  |
| $2000 value | Consulting services courtesy of midVentures Group, Inc., for technology partnerships, marketing strategy and Web 2.0 venture consulting. |  |
| $2000 value | A Gold Sponsorship at the TECH cocktail event this May 15, which includes a logo on TECH cocktail site, a small (2-3 foot) table at the event and a logo on all event materials. Also includes 3 event tickets. |  |
| $1000 value | Legal services courtesy of Pasky IP Law LLC, for general intellectual property, patent, trademark or business/corporate transactions. |  |
| $1000 cash | $1000 cash from our sponsor Inventables. |  |
| $1000 value | One month worth of advertising on TheNextWeb.com/US/, courtesy of TheNextWeb US. 125×125 ad space. |  |
| $600 value | HP Business Netbook courtesy of ChicagoMicro. |  |