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I am pleased to reveal the first ten mentors that have joined the SmartCamp Israel project, and would like to thank all the venture capital executives who volunteered to help the project and provide advice to those start-up founders that reach the finals.

The list of mentors can be found here, and is updated almost daily.

The mentor locating process is still not finished, and the finished list will include 25 experienced mentors, who can assist the start-ups in a wide range of topics from raising capital, technological development, business development, legal advice and international marketing.

We will also recruit 5 mentors who represent large companies who work in the same sect as the one the final five start-ups work in, and can explain to the start-up personnel customer requirements in those fields.

I’m sure each of the five Israeli finalists will present his or her future project before many of the key people in Israel that will help them reach their goal as a company.

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If you are working on a technological start-up that makes use of a sensor and can be incorporated into IBM’s SmartPlanet agenda and don’t want to miss out on the opurtunity to be a part of SmartCamp, we are still interviewing potential candidates.

The next set of interviews will be held next wednesday, May 5th, at People & Computers. If you wish to take part in it, please fill out the “Contact Us” form at the SmartCamp website.

Translated by Itai Rosenbaum