TiE announces the winners of the TiE50 Awards

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TiE announces the winners of the TiE50 Awards
Santa Clara: The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), the organizer of TiEcon 2010, has announced the winners of the TiE50 Awards. The winners, selected from among nearly 4,000 nominees, and after almost 100 thousand votes, represent the most enterprising companies in five sectors that are driving today's economy - BioSciences, Cleantech, Internet, Software and Wireless. The winners of the TiE50 are to be showcased at TiEcon 2010 at the Santa Clara Convention Center on May 14 and 15. Though diverse in terms of size, stage of company, type of funding and location, the TiE50 winners share a common thread of innovation, ingenuity, strong management teams and quality of ideas. The winners under the BioSciences sector are AccessClosure, Counsyl, MicroMed Cardiovascular, Pacific Biosciences, Pearl Therapeutics, Rib-X Pharmaceuticals, Spinal Modulation, Trevena, VaxInnate and Virdante Pharmaceuticals. Cleantech sector has winners like Calera, Envia Systems, Kior, KLD Energy Technologies, Regenatch, Segetis, Soane Energy LLC, SOMS Technologies LLC, Suniva and Suntrica. The winners under Internet sector includes Dyyno, Efficient Frontier, Ellerdale, Factua, Jivox, LeadForce1, Perfectmarket, Vdopia, ViVu and Yume. Under the Software sector, there are winners like Aria Systems, Centrify, Clearwell Systems, CloudSwitch, HubSpot, LogLogic, MaxiScale, MuleSoft, SecuriMobile and Vidyo Inc. The winners under the Wireless sector are Avatron Software, BuzzCity Pte Ltd., deCarta, Metismo Ltd., mFoundry, Movirtu Limited, Rayspan Corporation, SiBEAM, SpiderCloud Wireless and Ubiquisys. With the theme, "It's in your DNA", which emphasizes the qualities inherent in all successful entrepreneurs, TiEcon 2010 brings together world-class entrepreneurs and leaders from business, technology, venture capital, and media for two days of education, networking and business building. In addition to TiE50, the event also includes 'PowerConnect', featuring five premium networking programs with a new discussion-reception format connecting attendees, industry experts and entrepreneurs. Apart from this, TiEcon 2010 will include a hands on training program, 'Business Bootcamp', on how to combine technical ingenuity and groundbreaking discoveries with practical aspects of managing a company.