Companies attending Digital Mission to NYC '08
Congratulations to the companies selected by the advisory board to attend the Digital Mission to New York and listed amongst the 21 hottest digital SMBs in the UK.
For events where you can meet these companies, please see the list of events for the Digital Mission to New York (15th-19th Sept 2008), or contact the companies using the links below.
Companies attending Digital Mission to New York
B View - http://www.bview.co.uk
Contact: Brad Liebmann 
BView plans to become the standard reference tool for information about businesses by building a global, transparent and open business community online.
BView currently promotes the best and exposes the worst of 2.3 million UK companies -- as rated by their customers. The company is currently finalizing partnerships for the US .
Harvest Digital - http://www.harvestdigital.com
Contact: Emma Wilson
Harvest is one of the largest independent digital marketing agencies in the UK – clients include Tesco, 3M, Autotrader and NatWest Bank. Through a joined up approach to media planning, search marketing, web design and user experience we create involving experiences for consumers and great results for our clients.
Head London - http://www.headlondon.com
Contact: Ramsey Khoury
Head London specializes in digital solutions. From design and build of destination websites to the creation of branded online consumer ‘experiences’.
Head Labs, the experimental division tests ideas and powers the innovation behind the agency’s strategic thinking. Head harnesses the insights learnt translating these into compelling and valuable online solutions.
Headshift - http://www.headshift.com
Contact: Christoph Schmaltz
Headshift is Europe's leading enterprise social computing consultancy. We have over 5 years' experience in designing and implementing next-generation social software solutions both inside and outside of the firewall to engage with staff and customers in new and innovative ways.
We believe passionately that social computing can transform the way we do business.
Huddle - http://www.huddle.net
Contact:Alastair Mitchell
Huddle.net provides the online social collaboration platform for connecting inside and outside the enterprise, combining unified collaboration with social networking. Established in November, 2006 Huddle is one of top 15 UK start-ups (Startups.co.uk). Its customers include MasterCard, John Lewis, Boots, UNICEF and Department of Culture, Media and Sport.
idiomag - http://www.idiomag.com
Contact: Andrew Davies
idiomag is a personalized content channel, providing an automated platform for aggregating, distributing, and monetizing quality content online.
Currently, idiomag.com creates a music magazine based on the reader's unique tastes, with content from hundreds of titles including Billboard and Rolling Stone. idiomag is applicable to most publishing verticals, and enables highly-targeted brand engagement.
KMP Interactive Marketing and Technology - http://www.kmp.co.uk
Contact: Bill Daring
KMP build transactional websites and social media marketing applications.
We are dedicated to exploring new business models and cutting edge technology to enhance our business propositions. At the conference we will be promoting Ackura PressRoom - a Social Media Release Template and solutions for email marketing, content management, content broadcasting, buzz monitoring and blog management.
Littleloud - http://www.littleloud.com
Contact: David Jacklin
Littleloud Studios specialize in producing Digital Entertainment for the film & broadcast industries.Productions are delivered to work over multiple formats including TV, Web, Mobile and emerging platforms.
Littleloud provide a full service solution including Concept Development & Art Direction, 2D/3D Animation, Live Action Filming, Web based Drama and Gaming content.
Clients include BBC, Channel 4, Paramount, Sony Entertainment and Universal Pictures.
Market Sentinel - http://www.marketsentinel.com
Contact: Mark Rogers
Market Sentinel analyses online chat to create a picture of a brand: what people feel about it, positively and negatively; who is important.
The output reduces thousands of conversations to one or two key action points: can this campaign; partner with this business; start using this expression in advertising.
We use simple graphical reports to make it easy to digest. Customers include Abbott Laboratories, Intuit, Yahoo!, Cadbury, Avis, GSK, British Gas, Jaguar
Mippin - http://www.mippin.com
Contact: Scott Beaumount
Mippin is the fast, free and easy way to get web content on your cellphone.
No download, no fuss: just go to m.mippin.com to begin discovering the power of the web on your cell.
No fees, no issues: just go to www.mippinmaker.com to reach a growing mobile audience in seconds.
UPDATE: Mippin has since changed it's name to AppsMe and was acquired by AppsInstitute in 2017.
Contact: Nick Bell
QuickTV is an internet-based service to release the full potential of online video.
Designed as a tool to be used by SMEs and agencies, users re-mix existing media assets then inject the edit with interactive and dynamic features.
Play-out is through a scalable hosting service with detailed viewer statistics.
Slicethepie - http://www.slicethepie.com
Contact: David Courtier-Dutton
Slicethepie is a leading web financing engine and unique market insight business for the music industry. Launched in June 2007, and recently named by Wired Magazine as one of the “Top 10 Hottest Music Sites” in the world, it now has over 10,000 registered artists and 60,000 users.
Smarkets - http://smarkets.com
Contact: Jason Trost
Smarkets is creating the most advanced and popular prediction market/betting exchange on the internet. Smarkets is E*TRADE for betting.
Sweemo - http://www.sweemo.com
Contact: Jay Nguyen
Sweemo is the only experience trading community, which inspires users to buy, sell and swap life experiences using an enterprising auction model to allow flexible market pricing.
Sweemo aims to not only create unique and money can’t buy experiences, but also be the only place where every type of experience can be found.
Tactile CRM - http://www.tactilecrm.com
Contact: Jake Stride
Tactile CRM is an easy, simple to use affordable web based CRM, sales & contact management system, designed for small businesses, by small businesses.
Companies can sign up for free at http://www.tactilecrm.com
Tempero - http://www.tempero.co.uk
Contact: Dominic Sparkes
Tempero is Europe's leading Social Media Management and Moderation company providing consultancy and 24/7 multi-lingual moderation and for message boards, blogs, comments, social networking sites and user generated content (UGC) projects.
For over ten years, Tempero's team have created, managed and moderated communities for Europe’s largest broadcasters, blue chip companies, public sector organisations and UK Government.
- We moderate and manage communities across every genre including entertainment, children's, news, retail, sport, health, lifestyle, gaming, music, drama and more
- We moderate millions of messages every month
- We work 24/7 to protect users and brands across all media platforms
Tempero is a member of the Home office Task Force for Child Protection on the Internet and every member of our team is police checked.
We help our clients provide world class communities - staying up at night, so you don't have to.
UGAME -
Contact: Sam Matthews
UGAME is a social network designed exclusively for gamers. It provides them with a place to interact with friends, find new opponents, share, play, and use focused web services; all of which have been designed from the ground up by passionate gamers.
It addresses the problem of fragmentation facing gamers, especially those who play more than one game or on more than one platform, by bringing them together in one location. Our goal is to aggregate the content around gaming such as blogs, photos, files, videos or news and organize them according to games, platforms, events as well as linking to the user. The site is designed to enhance the enjoyment of a user’s online gaming experience; whether they are in their 50’s and have a love of Wii Tennis, or they are a 16 year old Warcraft warrior!
UnLtdWorld - http://www.unltdworld.com
Contact: Alberto Nardelli
UnLtdWorld is an online platform that connects social entrepreneurs and empowers the way social insight and targeted information are shared between social entrepreneurs, policy makers, research and relevant organisations and companies.
UnLtdWorld also houses the world's first mapping of social entrepreneurship to integrate into a social network. Through an open platform, anyone can access and dynamically use the site's data within applications that can then be deployed anywhere.
Unruly Media - http://www.unrulymedia.com
Contact: Scott Button
Unruly Media provides a video advertising marketplace that enables global brands and agencies to plan, buy and serve video campaigns on niche blogs, cult websites and social media outlets.
We specialize in distributing branded entertainment within non-interruptive formats, typically as standalone content, on a cost-per-engagement model.
Veedow - http://www.veedow.com
Contact: Fabio De Bernardi
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