The Fabless Semiconductor Association (FSA) Venture Capital
Advisory Board selected the top ten start-ups of the year, recognizing
companies who best performed in the areas of innovation, management
team, growth, strategic partners, intellectual property and
capitalization. Criteria for this award included: company founding
dates between January 2000 and August 2001, and recorded venture
capital funding.
Localbusiness.com
"50 to Watch" award
Every quarter, LocalBusiness.com evaluates local private and
small- to mid-cap public companies to find those it feels are
newsmakers. Many are hot, vibrant and ready to set their industry
on fire. This award highlights 50 companies to watch.
Investors'
choice award
The Investors' Choice Award was presented at Technologic Partners'
Network Outlook 2001 Conference. Ten out of 89 presenting
companies were judged by over 600 leading investment and industry
professionals as "most likely to succeed."