NVTC 2010 Hot Tickets Finalists and Award Winners

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The awards program was emceed by NVTC Hot Ticket Awards Committee Co-Chairs Jennifer Trax of "Smoking Hot Sponsor" Argy Wiltse & Robinson and Mark Spoto of "Smoking Hot Sponsor" Cooley. 

The judges for the 2010 Hot Ticket Awards included: Frank Bonsall III, New Markets Venture Partners; Mary Dridi; Jeremy King, Benchmark Executive Search; Edwin Miller, (i)SAGE; myself; and Greg Van Beuren, BB&T Capital Markets/Windsor Group.

Nominations were gathered for seven categories: Hottest Social Buzz, Hottest Management Team, Hottest Bootstrap, Hottest Exit, Hottest Venture Capital Deal, Hottest Emerging Government Contractor, and Hottest International Company.

The finalists and winners in each category are as follows:

Hottest Bootstrap (sponsored by PNC Bank)

• CFN Services, Inc.
• CustomInk.com **Winner**
• PointAbout
• ODIN Technologies

Hottest Emerging Government Contractor (sponsored by Verizon Wireless)

• Agilex Technologies, Inc. **Winner**
• Attain, LLC
• Berico Technologies
• Invertix Corporation

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• Platinum Solutions

Hottest Exit (sponsored by Clifton Gunderson LLP)

• Agent Logic, Inc.
• Cyveillance, Inc.
• NISC **Winner**

Hottest International Company (sponsored by GlobalLogic)

• Blackboard Inc.
• BroadSoft **Winner**
• High Street Partners
• NII Holdings, Inc.

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Hottest Management Team (AH&T Insurance)

• Appian
• Clarabridge
• Eloqua
• Liquidity Services, Inc.
• Zenoss **Winner**

Hottest Social Buzz (sponsored by Deltek)

• LivingSocial
• NetWitness Corporation
• PointAbout
• ZoomSafer **Winner**

Hottest Venture Capital Deal (sponsored by Axiom)

• LivingSocial **Winner**
• Millennial Media
• ScienceLogic, Inc.
• Virtustream

So while Grotech Companies including Broadsoft, Clarabridge, LivingSocial and Zenoss were well represented in the finalists and winners -- as a judge I was conflicted out of the voting for them.  In any case, it was a great night and congrats to all the finalists.  Glad to see everyone.

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