Web 2.0 Enterprise Startups to watch – 2007

In un articolo di Business 2.0 sono indicate le 25 più promettenti web 2.0 startup da tener d’occhio per il 2007.

Le società sono raggruppate in cinque meta-attività: Social Media, Mobile, Video, Advertisibg e Enterprise. Riporto alcune informazione su quelle raggruppate in attività Enterprise.

Successfactor: Funding: $45 million (Canaan Partners, Cardinal Venture Capital, Emergence Capital, others)

SuccessFactors, a profitable five-year-old startup in San Mateo, Calif., takes in an estimated $100 million in annual revenue by selling a suite of simple Web-based tools that automate important but previously paper-driven management chores – performance reviews, succession planning, and compensation.

JanRain: Funding: $1 million (founders)

JanRain has developed a single sign-on service for multiple passwords that lets people hop freely from site to site. Business demand for JanRain’s services is expected to grow as Web 2.0 entertainment and social-networking sites proliferate.

Logoworks: Funding: $16.8 million (Benchmark Capital, Highway 12, Shasta Ventures)

Logoworks automates the design of logos, business cards, and stationery. Proprietary software helps Logoworks streamline the process and charge less than old-line competitors.

Rearden Commerc: Funding: $100 million (American Express, Foundation Capital, Vinod Khosla, Burt McMurtry, Oak Investment Partners)

Rearden Commerce sells a Web-based “virtual personal assistant” application that smoothly integrates hotel and flight reservations, meetings, and other events into your daily agenda. Some 150 companies and 500,000 employees use Rearden’s software.

SimulScribe: Funding: $5 million (Tom Iovino, Claude and Jan Nahum)

SimulScribe transcribes voice-mail messages and shoots them to your mobile device as text or e-mail messages. Targeting corporate customers, SimulScribe will integrate the service into company voicemail systems.