Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Startup Watch: Five you should follow

By Mass High Tech Staff

As part of each week’s Startup Report, Mass High Tech highlights five startup companies, and their business goals, that are profiled in the New England Tech Directory. With each week’s Startup Watch, Mass High Tech will choose the weekly featured companies by soliciting nominations through a poll of 10 companies, with links to their profiles in the New England Tech Directory. Please choose five startups that you would like to know more about for the Oct. 12 edition of Mass High Tech’s weekly Startup Report e-mail by visiting www.masshightech.com/startup-watch.

For guest access to today’s directory listings, visit the following companies:

ImageRights International Inc.: Founded in 2008, Cambridge-based ImageRights International scans the internet to detect copyright infringement and then recover proper compensation for image use.

JoyTunes Ltd.: Founded in 2008, Boston-based JoyTunes is developing instrument-activated computer games designed to encourage children in learning a musical instruments.

SmashFly Technologies LLC: Stow-based SmashFly Technologies, founded in 2007, has developed a job recruitment marketing and analytics platform for businesses.

Sonian Inc.: Needham-based Sonian, founded in 2007, is a developer of email archiving software for businesses.

Viridity Software Inc.: Burlington-based Viridity Software, founded in 2007, develops energy resource management software for data center smart grids.