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TechAviv, the worldwide organization dedicated to nurturing and developing an Israeli start-up community, held its Boston event last week in which Waltham-based startup Aprigo took home the audience award. Aprigo was selected as the winner at the monthly event for Israeli high tech startups by a landslide, taking a majority of the audience votes.

Late last month, Aprigo, which specializes in file management for mid-size companies, announced the private beta of the free version of their software as a service IT management application, Aprigo NINJA. CEO Gil Zimmermann gave a demonstration of the app, highlighting Aprigo NINJA’s capabilities and indicating the feature enhancements and additional functionality that will be rolled out in the PRO version coming soon.

After the event, Zimmermann noted “We’ve been working with beta customers for months now building and honing Aprigo NINJA. As part of expanding our Private Beta to a broader audience it was great to vet what we’re doing with some of the sharpest minds in Boston all in one room. We got some fantastic, honest feedback that we’re already incorporating into what we do.”

Aprigo is currently accepting new users in their Aprigo NINJA private beta program.

For those unaware, TechAviv is a global organization of Israeli hi-tech startup founders and investors, with over 1,500 members worldwide by invitation only. They meet monthly in Israel, New York, Silicon Valley and Boston to showcase, discuss and help fellow Israeli startups. Gil Shneorson Sr. Director of Emerging Technologies Center at EMC says of the organization, “TechAviv adds real value to entrepreneurs and a way for big company execs to stay involved in the innovation cycle.” Addressing Agripo, he adds, “I was very impressed by the simplicity, yet sophistication of Aprigo’s solution and the SaaS delivery model which removes barriers for managing data in mid-market companies.”