Israel is known to be a hotbed for Internet startups. Though I have never visited Israel thanks to the California Israel Chamber of Commerce 15 Israel companies will be visiting Silicon Valley starting February 4, 2008 as part of a week long road show called the IsraelWeb Tour.
The companies that were selected this year include the following (in no particular order):
5min.com - how to video platform
PLYmedia.com - interactive web video platform
AllofMe - social circles timeline product
NuConomy - metrics package for measuring engagement/attention
ClickTale - analytics package that show website owners movies of browsing sessions
blogTV.com - personalized web cam video platform (previous coverage)
Sportingo - sports fan community site
PicScout - visual asset and content monitoring
Qoof - video commerce platform
8hands - web profile aggregator (previous coverage)
Velingo - search mining
Innovid - inline video platform
Semingo - delver leverages your social contacts for media
PageOnce - personal Internet assistant for making the Internet experience better
Journeys - where to this time (travel site?)
The IsraelWeb Tour is an initiative spearheaded by the CICC (The California Israel Chamber of Commerce).