Company Awards Categories & Criteria

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Israeli Company of the Year

• Headquartered or major regional office located in the Southeastern US
• Established revenue stream
• Innovative, creative & entrepreneurial
• New jobs created
• Well-executed strategic plan
• Two customer references
• Strong Leadership demonstrated by CEO & executive team

Deal of the Year

• Southeastern company having a connection with Israel or an Israeli company
• Economic impact of the deal
• Israeli company having a connection to the Southeastern US
• Israeli company with IPO or acquisition
• Have one of the following relationships:
       R&D
       Channel alliance
       Product sales
       Merger & acquisition
       Investment
• Benefit to each side
• Two customer references
• Submit marketing materials with your completed nomination forms

Company Finalists

Israeli Company of the Year:

Scitex Vision - Leading developer, manufacturer & service provider of cutting-edge digital printing presses and consumables with its North American headquarters in Atlanta.

Tescom Software Systems Testing - Leading international Quality Assurance consulting company with more than 600 professionals in eight offices around the globe dedicated to the value enhancement of IT. With its North American headquarters based in Atlanta, Tescom's business is mitigating the inherent technological risks of software and IT application development, integration and implementation.

TTI Telecom - Developer of award-winning network management software for telecommunications companies worldwide with a major development operation and customers in Atlanta.

Veritas Venture Partners - Israel’s oldest venture capital firm which maintains its US headquarters in Atlanta and has invested in both Israeli companies that have operations in Atlanta as well as Atlanta companies.

Deal of the Year:

ClickFox / Veritas-Cedar-Delta - funding for Atlanta-based company that develops customer interaction analysis & optimization software solutions for contact centers by three Israeli venture capital firms.

Drykor / Mingledorff's Inc. - distribution agreement for Israel-manufactured thermal air conditioners to penetrate Southeast market.

FlexLight Networks - Israeli developer of gigabit optical access products with North American headquarters in Atlanta raised $17M in funding for expansion.

Proneuron / Shepherd Center / Marcus Foundation / Cell Dynamics - Israel-based Proneuron and Shepherd Center were awarded $3.2 million grant by Marcus Foundation for Phase II clinical trials of treatment for spinal cord injury & establishment of cell processing facility in Atlanta as joint venture with Cell Dynamics.