2011 GRA/TAG Business Launch Competition Announces Finalist
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Atlanta, GA, May 05, 2011 --( The finalists for this year’s competition are: · AuditMyBooks, specializing in accounting software for small and medium size businesses to detect errors and possible fraud.TAG serves as an umbrella organization for30 special interest groups, or societies, including Women in Technology (WIT).We applaud our four finalist companies and look forward to their presentations at the final competition.”The finalists for this year’s competition are:· AuditMyBooks, specializing in accounting software for small and medium size businesses to detect errors and possible fraud.· Soket, a company that is focuses on online promotions that offer local organizations a place to manage, monitor and make sense of promotional efforts on the web.· Pindrop Security (formerly Telineage), providing a reliable and robust Caller-ID alternative to secure phone transactions.· ViscidTech, which markets a revolutionary pressure sensitive touch technology that solves key pains for manufacturers in the $4 billion market for touch technology.GRA/TAG Business Launch supports Georgia’s burgeoning start-up community by helping local entrepreneurs launch their businesses.These companies will help grow Georgia jobs and further our local economy,” said Sid Elliott, Business Development Director for the Georgia Research Alliance.The Finalists will be judged by an all-star panel of venture capitalists and investors from across the nation, including Bob Bozeman, General Partner, Angel Investors, LP - San Francisco, CA; John Glushik, Investment Team, Intersouth Partners - Durham, NC; Wayne Hunter, Managing Partner, Harbert Management Corporation - Birmingham, AL; Allen Moseley, Partner, Noro-Moseley Partners - Atlanta, GA; Tripp Rackley, Senior Vice President, Qualcomm - Atlanta, GA; Ron Verni, former CEO of Sage Software.The Business Launch Competition culminates on May 24, 2011, with a finals competition at the IBM Hillside Facility on Northside Parkway, from 7:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.TAG serves as an umbrella organization for30 special interest groups, or societies, including Women in Technology (WIT).