New York startup PercentMobile won GOLD in the category of Early Stage Innovation at the Mobile Premier Awards in Barcelona.

The Mobile Premier Awards event took place on February 15 in an unusual cold and rainy Barcelona. With over 500 attendees, 11 awards and 26 startup presentations it is was once again the great showcase of mobile innovation.

The Mobile Premier Awards are the point of reference in startup premiers during the Mobile World Congress and are organized by dotopen in collaboration with some of the main networks in the industry including MobileMonday, Mobile Marketing Association (MMA), Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF), MEX, MobileActive.org, Women 2.0 and the Women in Mobile Data Association.

It should be noted that PercentMobile’s co-founders Stan Wiechers, Alexis Rondeau, and David Harper (former MobileMonday NY organizer/chapter co-founder) met for the first time in person at a MobileMonday NY event.

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The Mobile Premier Awards announces the 20 finalists to the Mobile Premier Awards in Innovation: The best grassroots startup innovation chosen by their peers in partnership with MobileMonday, the global community of mobile professionals.

The finalists were chosen by an international jury of the most recognized mobile industry experts who will pitch their idea, application or project at the Mobile Premier Awards event that takes place in Barcelona, at the Petit Palau of Palau de la Musica on February 15, 2010 in front of investors, operators, media companies, peer entrepreneurs, and press and influential bloggers.

The year’s MPA best in Mobile Startup Innovation Finalists are:

• MobileMonday Austria – Mobilizy
• MobileMonday Barcelona – fonYou
• MobileMonday Berlin – spendino
• MobileMonday Bogota – RedSalvavidas
• MobileMonday Chennai – mobiSiteGalore
• MobileMonday Copenhagen – Cepa Mobility
• MobileMonday Edinburgh – Mobile Acuity
• MobileMonday Estonia – TaxiPal
• MobileMonday Lithuania – SendFlow
• MobileMonday London – Audioboo
• MobileMonday Milan – Soundtrckr
• MobileMonday Munich – Aloqa
• MobileMonday New Delhi – Voicetap Technologies
• MobileMonday New York – PercentMobile
• MobileMonday Oslo – Bipper Communication
• MobileMonday Rest of EMEA – Layar
• MobileMonday Silicon Valley – CloudMade
• MobileMonday Slovenia – Visionect
• MobileMonday Stockholm – MoSync
• MobileMonday Tel Aviv – waze

The finalists chosen to the Innovation Awards will present along with the winners in the other categories chosen by our partner networks (see below). You can follow their activities here on this MPA Finalist Twitter List.

Mobile Premier Awards Registration
To attend the Mobile Premier Awards in Barcelona on February 15, you can buy full price tickets here on Amiando. If you are a member of dotopen, you (and up to four of your colleagues) can buy a special ticket price of 39€ instead of 99€ for non-members, and you get  additional benefits. Check here for all details on registration.

About the Mobile Premier Awards
The Mobile Premier Awards are the point of reference in startup premiers during the Mobile World Congress on February 15, 2010 in Barcelona and are organized in collaboration with some of the main networks in the industry including MobileMonday, Mobile Marketing Association (MMA), Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF), MEX, MobileActive.org, Women 2.0 and the Women in Mobile Data Association.

This year we have received over 600 startup submissions from all continents to the different awards.

MPA in Innovation
The classic peer-reviewed, global grassroots competition where MobileMonday chapters nominate a local startup to eventually pitch in Barcelona.

MPA in Marketing
The best startup in Mobile Marketing – in partnership in partnership with the Mobile Marketing Association.

MPA in Entertainment
The best startup in Mobile Entertainment in partnership with the Mobile Entertainment Forum.

MPA in User Experience
The best startup in Mobile User Experience in partnership with MEX.

MPA in Social Change
The best startup using mobile for social change in partnership with MobileActive.org.

MPA in Female Entrepreneurship
The best woman-lead mobile startup in partnership with Women 2.0 and the Women in Mobile Data Association.

The Mobile Premier Awards are a once a year opportunity to reach the most influential professionals and companies in innovation in the mobile industry and so it offers unique opportunities for visibility and communication. If you are interested, ask us for some more information at info(AT)mobilepremierawards(DOT)com.

In light of the heart wrenching devastation that has struck Haiti, we are rescheduling the originally planned event to initiate and host a special Haiti disaster relief event.

We have reached out to others and are now working with fellow NY technology groups including Girls in Tech, Entrepreneurs’ Roundtable, SoS, and many others.

We will be updating the site with details and will keep you posted with further details in the comings hours and day.

Please contact Lubna here if you wish to volunteer.