AlwaysOn and KPMG have officially kicked off the first annual Northeast 100 competition. We're looking for the top emerging companies from the Northeastern United States that are creating new business opportunities in high-growth markets. This includes private companies that are demonstrating significant market traction and pursuing game-changing technology in the following sectors: 

·         Consumer & media
·         Devices & components
·         Tech enablers
·         Enterprise
·         Green
·         Infrastructure
·         Mobile
·         Life Sciences

The winners will be announced in early April and will be honored at Venture Summit East, April 7th-9th, 2008, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston. If you'd like to join us in Boston (and take advantage of the AO Insider discounted ticket rate), click here. We'll also feature the winners in AO's quarterly print blogozine and on the AlwaysOn website.

To assist us in this competition, please click here to complete a company qualification form, or leave a comment below.

The Northeast 100 will represent the best of the booming startup community on the East Coast. Check out the current list of nominees below. We look forward to receiving your nominations, and sifting through them all to pick this year’s winners.

Consumer & Media
Access 360 Media
Acquia
Amie Street
AVTV Networks, Inc.
BlogTalkRadio
Boonty
CafeMom
Carbonite, inc.
Cellufun
Chitika
Click Tactics, Inc.
Clickable
cMarket
Community Connect
Compete, Inc.
Crimson Hexagon
Critical Media
Digitalsmiths
DirectoryM
Epic Advertising (Azoogle.com, Inc)
Flock Inc.
Guidester
GuildCafe
iAmplify
LinkExperts
Live Gamer
Major League Gaming
mBLAST
MediaTrust
Motionbox
Multiply, Inc
NameMedia, Inc.
Next New Networks
Operative
OrganizedWisdom Health
PalTalk
Pando Networks
Radian6 Technologies Inc.
Raizlabs Corporation
ScanScout
Simple Tuition
Smarter Living, Inc.
Soflow, Inc.
Tabula Digital
Takkle
TalkShoe
TargetSpot
Treedia Labs
Tremor Media
VistaPrint USA, Incorporated
Voodoovox
YouChoose.net
Zvents
HiWired
Simple Tuition
Smart Destinations
Waterfront Media

Devices & Components
Agiltron, Inc.
Hittite Microwave Corporation
MyVu
Network Engines, Inc
Newton Peripherals
Nistica
SiGe Semiconductor, Inc.
Zeemote Inc.

Enterprise
Active Endpoints
Attivio
Aveksa
Bit9
Blogging Systems Group
Bluesocket
ByAllAccounts
Copanion
Covergence
Demandware, Inc.
eCopy
Enterprise DB
Invention Machine Corp.
Lumeta
Neolane, Inc.
NetClarity
Spongecell
Tizor Systems, Inc.
Veracode
Bullhorn, Inc.
Capital Fulfillment Group, Inc.
Constant Contact, Inc.
Data Intensity, Inc.
Endeca Technologies, Inc.
Infoscitex Corporation
iTech US, Inc.
Litle & Co.
OpenPages, Inc.
Radian6 Technologies Inc.
Sepaton, Inc.
SoundBite Communications, Inc.
TheNextRound, Inc.
Verdasys
Vertical Communications, Inc.
Vestmark, Inc
Virtusa Corporation
Wandrian, Inc.

Green
Bodega Algae
Boston-Power
Eluma
Evergreen Solar, Inc.
General Compression
GEO2 Technologies
Great Point Energy
Greenfuel Technologies
GridPoint
Hallowell International
Hycrete
Konarka Technologies
Lilliputian Systems
Make Me Sustainable
Mascoma
PlanetTran
Poseidon Resources
Powerspan
Sun Drum Solar, LLC
Verdant Power
Vette Corp
Ze-Gen

Infrastructure
Airvana, Inc.
Brightcove
Camiant, Inc.
Carbonite
Entertainment Media Works
IPG Photonics Corporation
Joost
PeerApp Ltd.
Sandbridge Technologies
Veroxity Technology Partners, Inc
Vidavee
VideoIQ

Life Sciences
Waterfront Media
Sermo

Mobile
AirSprite Technologies
Ambient Devices
cellity AG
Digit Wireless
DMD Mobile Holdings, Inc.
Groove Mobile
JumpTap
Kajeet
Millennial Media
MOBIVOX
MyFrame Inc.
Quattro Wireless
Thumbplay
Veveo
vlingo
VoiceSignal Technologies, Inc.
Zink Imaging

Tech Enablers
BlueTie
ChoiceStream
Conduit Labs
Critical Mention
Dealer.com Incorporated
Double-Take Software, Inc.
drop.io
eCredit
Ektron Inc.
Extend Media
Gotuit Media
GotVMail Communications
iBiquity Digital
IGA Worldwide
IneoQuest Technologies, Inc.
intuVision, Inc.
Lexalytics
LogMeIn, Inc.
Magnify.net
Mochila
Navic Networks
OpenAir, Inc.
QD Vision
Vela Systems
VideoEgg
Visible World
ViVox