startups, Web Services, Prizes

Yieldex Wins $100K Amazon Startup Challenge

Gregory T. Huang 11/21/08

Last night, Amazon Web Services announced the winner of its second annual AWS Startup Challenge: Yieldex, based in Colorado, California, and New York, helps advertisers and publishers manage their inventory by predicting how ads will perform on different websites. The company receives $100,000 in cash and Web services credits, plus a potential investment offer. Yieldex was one of seven finalists invited to pitch their startups at Amazon’s Seattle headquarters.

Gregory T. Huang is the Editor of Xconomy Seattle. You can e-mail him at gthuang@xconomy.com or call 206-624-2249.