Digital Signage Company IAdea Shortlisted for Prestigious Venture Capital Award

(I-Newswire) September 23, 2010 - Global renowned venture capital publication Red Herring has just informed that IAdea is named a Red Herring Asia 100 Finalist as one of top private tech companies in Asia.

IAdea is the leading maker of open standard media player platform for the fast growing digital signage industry. The open platform approach enables software developers to quickly tap into the opportunity offered by the growing digital signage market by linking software innovation with the latest media player hardware advancements. IAdea’s products have been deployed in multiple large scale, high profile digital signage installations throughout the world, including the China Post Media Network.

Based on the W3C SMIL open standard, IAdea’s media player is the only product in the market that interoperates with leading digital signage management software including Scala, SignChannel, signagelive, 42media Group, digitalsignage.NET, etc. IAdea’s media player technology powers products sold by Mitsubishi, ViewSonic, Advantech, and other leading hardware makers around the globe.

“We are pleased to [announce that IAdea] has made it to the Finalist level for the Red Herring 100 Asia,” says Joseph G. Baxter, Red Herring Managing Director, Asia. “The Red Herring 100 Award is one of the most prestigious awards in the startup industry. Many of the famous technology companies and public ones have been selected as a Red Herring winner over the past 15 years.”

Red Herring Asia 100 is part of the annual Red Herring Global 100 program. Each year a panel of judges selects a small group of privately-held technology companies from around the globe to “discover and advocate the promising startups that will lead the next wave of disruption and innovation,” according to the award’s website. Past winners include Google, Yahoo!, Skype, Netscape, Salesforce.com and YouTube.

In addition to this award, IAdea is also winner of the 2009 Dow Jones VentureWire Technology Showcase, where just over 100 companies were selected internationally to represent the most promising technology ventures.

For more information on IAdea and IAdea’s open standard digital signage media player platform, visit http://www.IAdea.com.

About IAdea:
Founded in 2000, IAdea is dedicated to the development of cutting-edge commercial-grade digital signage players and integrated displays. IAdea’s products feature the XML-based W3C SMIL standard, allowing system integrators to quickly customize and tailor to individual project requirements. IAdea’s device technologies power many large-scale digital signage projects, offering proven robustness and lowered total cost of ownership (TCO). Market leaders including Scala, Mitsubishi, ViewSonic, etc. partner closely with IAdea to deliver end-to-end total solutions. With offices in Irvine, Montreal, and Taipei, IAdea offers uninterrupted product service throughout the globe. For more information visit http://www.IAdea.com.

Company Contact Information
IAdea
Rex Chen
24 Monte Carlo
Irvine, CA
92614
Phone : 1-949-798-9124