Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Startup Watch: Five you should follow

As part of each week’s Startup Report, Mass High Tech highlights five startup companies and their business goals and provides guest access to their company profiles 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 startup companies, with links to their respective websites.

Please choose five startups that you would like to know more about for the January 31 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:

Abroad101:  Boston startup Abroad101 develops a software as a service tool for higher education institutions that automates the study abroad program evaluation process. The company was founded in 2007.

Ping4 Inc.:  Ping4 develops communications software that “pings” smartphone users with alerts based on location, preferences, or proximity to your favorite stores. The Hollis, N.H., startup was founded in 2011.

Revosys Inc.:  A mobile information and entertainment technology firm, Revosys makes in-taxi advertising displays and interactive headrests, industrial displays, in-dash “carputers” and LCD monitors. The Westwood startup was founded in 2010.

Warp Drive Bio LLC:  Warp Drive Bio, a Cambridge startup launched in 2011, is a genome sequencing firm developing cancer-focused treatments.

Xamarin:  Xamarin is a Cambridge-based mobile application and software development startup founded in 2011.