Twenty indigenous start-up or early stage companies were chosen in a summit “fast pitch” initiative to travel to Silicon Valley in May to pitch for investment.

Among the companies involved were: Metabolomic Diagnostics; Ripple Technologies; Full Health Medical; Zeto; iMob Media; Whitepark Engineering; Fortress Payments; Trustev; AnaBio Technologies; Teqnoco Net; Analytics Engines; Cypro Software; VoucherLink; 3Pro EnergyWatch; iGeotec; Future Ad Labs; MOF Technologies; Fantom; Bizimply; and OptiWi-fi Ltd.