50 of Europe's Most-Promising High-Tech Companies to Present at Euro Tech Showcase...

50 of Europe's Most-Promising High-Tech Companies to Present at Euro Tech Showcase Nov. 18-19 in Silicon Valley

Euro Tech and Dow Jones Venture Wire Technology Showcase Provide
Investors, Tech Leaders Opportunity to Meet Innovative Emerging
Companies from Europe, U.S.
SAN FRANCISCO--(Business Wire)--
Avise Partners today released the names of the 50 companies
(www.EuroTechShowcase.com/presenters) that will present at the Euro
Tech Showcase, Nov. 18-19, 2008, at the Sofitel San Francisco Bay in
Redwood City, California. These companies were chosen during a
stringent selection process that started with a pool of 800 companies
and retained 50 of the most promising European high-tech companies.

The selected companies from 15 countries are spread across six
technology sectors:

-- Telecom and wireless

-- Security

-- Internet and services

-- Enterprise applications

-- Computing/networking/hardware, and

-- Entertainment and media.

The Euro Tech Showcase is a corporate matchmaking conference
focused on forging profitable links between up-and-coming European
technology firms and American technology leaders. Most companies
participating in the Euro Tech Showcase have received venture capital
backing, have good market traction in Europe and are in the process of
starting or accelerating their expansion in the U.S. market.

"We have seen a steady appetite from American technology titans
for European ventures," said Jean-Bernard Guerree, managing director
at Avise Partners. "Europe has a strong history of generating unique
innovations by exciting, forward-looking companies, and 50 of the best
of these will present at the Euro Tech Showcase."

Organized by Avise Partners, the Euro Tech Showcase will take
place in association with the Dow Jones Venture Wire Technology
Showcase that will feature 75 U.S. start-ups selected as industry
standouts by the readers and editors of VentureWire. Both programs are
fully integrated, allowing American technology leaders and investors
to discover innovative tech companies from around the block and across
the Atlantic at one convenient location.

Strategic partners of the Euro Tech Showcase include the State of
California, Microsoft, Invest in Western France, Avenir Finance,
GrowthPoint Technology Partners, Orrick, Business Wire and the Loomis
Group.

Numerous investors and corporate leaders from Microsoft, Cisco
Systems, Intel, Qualcomm, AT&T, Google, Adobe Systems, Hewlett-Packard
as well as top-tier venture capitalists from Silicon Valley have
already confirmed their participation in Euro Tech Showcase. To
receive an invitation for the event and schedule meetings with the
European CEOs please contact Avise Partners.

Visit www.EuroTechShowcase.com for more information.

Loomis Group for Euro Tech Showcase
Alison Allrich, +1-415-489-7398 (Press)
allricha@loomisgroup.com
or
Avise Partners
Jordy Brazier, Program Director, +1-415-568-2161
jbrazier@avisepartners.com
www.avisepartners.com

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