Launch: Silicon Valley 2009, co-presented by SVASE, Garage Technology Ventures and Microsoft, provides an effective and cost efficient platform for the next generation of emerging technology companies to launch their products to the world, in front of an audience of Silicon Valley's top VCs, Angels, corporate business development executives, prospective customers and partners, bloggers and media.

Launch: Silicon Valley 2009 is designed to showcase products and services from the most exciting of the newest startups in information technology, mobility, security, digital media, next generation internet, life sciences and clean energy.

Launch: Silicon Valley 2009 will feature new companies that are ready for launch, but are not yet well known. These are companies that have a product or service available (as of June 9, 2009), but have not been out in the marketplace for more than a few months

Companies that are interested in presenting their products at Launch: Silicon Valley 2009 should send an Executive Summary of no more than 2 pages to Launchsv@svase.org by latest May 8, 2009.

Up to 30 of the most interesting companies will be invited to leverage Launch: Silicon valley 2009 as the springboard to launch their product or service, and to network with the audience of Silicon Valley's top movers and shakers at the Pre-LSV Event Party on the evening of June 8, as well as at the event itself on June 9.

At Launch: Silicon Valley 2008, almost 300 companies submitted executive summaries for presentation spots. Based on evaluations by the event's prestigious board of venture advisors, 30 of those companies were invited to leverage Launch: Silicon Valley 2008 as their product launch platform. Each presenting company made a 10-minute onstage presentation to a voting audience of over 300 of Silicon Valley's top movers and shakers.

Companies that launched new products/ services at Launch: Silicon Valley 2008:
Capzles, Cognisign, Dayak ($1MM Venture Financing, Q3 '08) Dial2Do, Digital Ribbon, Droplet, Emphasis Search, FeedHenry, Glocal Reach, Grouply, HVVI, Ion Apps, Kleer, Loadstar Sensors, Media Melon, Modiface, Pipeline Micro ($undisclosed Venture Financing, Q3 '08), Previmed, Qtility, REmapper , Sensear, Step Labs , T-Rex Global, Triggit ($undisclosed Venture Financing, Q4 '08), Truviso, TubeTV, uTest,($5M Venture Financing, Q4 '08) Vault Street, WOWthem, Zuora, ($15M Venture Financing, Q4 '08).

Companies that launched new products/ services at Launch: Silicon Valley 2007:
BooRah, Catalog Data Solutions, ClearlyBest.com, Connectance, Datamash Corp., Data Robotics ($15MM Series D venture financing, Q3, '08. $10MM venture financing, Q3 '07), DivinR, d.light design ($6MM venture financing, Q4, '08. $Undisclosed venture financing, Q2 '08), Eyejot, fix8 ($2MM venture financing Q2 '08, $3MM venture financing Q3 '07), Fog Screen, GroupScope, H3.com, Industrial Origami ($17MM venture financing Q4 '08), Jaxtr ($10MM venture financing, Q3 '07), Kongregate ($3MM venture financing Q2'08, $5MM venture financing, Q3, '07), LogSavvy, MyShape ($Undisclosed venture financing, Q3, '07), Nuvora, Ready Solar, Redwood Renewables, Sensl, Shapewriter, Smaato ($3.5MM venture financing, Q1 '08), SnapJot, Spresent, TelId, Truemors (acquired in Q2 2008), Wrike, and Yodio ($0.85MM venture financing, Q1 '08)