German Silicon Valley Accelerator sends nine startups to California

Nine startups will soon be headed to California thanks to the German Silicon Valley Accelerator (GSVA).

The startups will spend 3 months in Silicon Valley where they’ll be paired with industry mentors to seek out new fundraising opportunities, partners and customers. A few select startups will be asked to stay an additional 3 months.

The goal of the program is to accelerate the growth of German startups by giving them the best chance to succeed in the U.S. market.

The startups heading to Silicon Valley are:

• Adtelligence: Next-generation social marketing & CRM solutions
• Azeti Networks: Platform to interconnect IoT (Internet of Things) devices (e.g. sensors), products and applications
• Celonis: Leading vendor for the analysis of operative process data created by IT systems
• HoneyTracks: Web-based game analytics platforms
• Itembase: Social web service to help online shoppers organize, manage and resell their consumer products
• Mobile Event Guide: Mobile trade fairs platform
• Roombeats: Ad network for image
• TradeMob: Mobile app marketing platform
• Ubertweek: Social TV discovery platform

TradeMob also received the “Best of the Best” award. Ravi Kamran, TradeMob's CEO said: “Winning the GSVA award allows us to fast-track our U.S. market entry and will give us the high level contacts to gain traction and major market share in the U.S.”

GSVA is accepting applications for its next cohort. The deadline to apply is March 15, 2013.

For more on German Silicon Valley Accelerator, go to: germanaccelerator.com