WebMission11 is a competition to identify and support the best fast-growing "Web Economy" technology companies in the UK. The "Web Economy" refers to the individuals, enterprises, investors, clusters, sectors and value webs contributing to innovation in: mobile, social, semantic and real-time web technologies; Cloud2; social gaming; and 3-D/RealVR environments. The top 20 judged UK Web technology companies will travel to San Francisco March 5th – 11th 2011, following on from the Game Developers Conference and leading on to SXSW, to explore opportunities for growth with key investors, potential partners and customers, media and other stakeholders in Silicon Valley.

The Long Run Venture

The Long Run Venture equips businesses to drive faster commercial returns from sustainability – now and for the long run. Working with entrepreneurs, corporations and enabling technologies, it drives high-growth, low-carbon opportunities through a combination of campaigns, venture partnerships and consultancy. Since its launch in October 2010, early successes include bringing the world's biggest clean-technology competition to the UK, developing a sustainable business strategy for City&Guilds, and its partnership with the Carbon War Room. For more information please visit The Long Run Venture

Polecat

Polecat is a market intelligence software company. Polecat's product, MeaningMine, enables strategic decision-makers such as the Technology Strategy Board and other partners on WebMission11, to better understand the environment in which they are engaged, surfacing emerging and dominant trends, influencers and perception statistics. In spite of the anticipated growth in global markets for "Web Economy" solutions, timely, reliable and affordable market research is still generally lacking, leaving many investors, businesses and entrepreneurs ill-served when it comes to building investment strategies and business cases. MeaningMine enables investors and entrepreneurs to judge the impact of Web solutions currently in the market and track the relevant trends for building new tech funds and businesses in the future. For WebMission11, the MeaningMine solution is deployed to identify and monitor the online discussions, topics, trends, key people and organisations active within the UK and US Web sector. MeaningMine is also being used to provide media monitoring services for WebMission11. For more information please visit www.meaningmine.com.

The Co-Sponsorship Agency

Oli Barrett is a founder of The Co-Sponsorship Agency, helping companies and causes around the world to create social action projects. He started Make Your Mark with a Tenner, the scheme which has challenged over 50,000 school pupils to see what they achieve in a just a month, starting with £10. Described by Wired Magazine as "the most connected man in Britain", he brought Speednetworking to the UK and has hosted events in 12 countries. In partnership with Polecat, he leads regular trade missions to San Francisco, helping British companies to pitch for funding and explore business opportunities. Oli's earlier entrepreneurial career included a student headhunting business, an international language practice website (sold in 2008) and a sock subscription website, which now ships to more than 15 countries. He spent two years on the Prime Minister's Council on Social Action, has written for various publications and blogs on his own site at http://www.olibarrett.co.uk/.

Technology Strategy Board

The Technology Strategy Board is a business-led executive non-departmental public body, established by the Government. Its role is to promote and support research into, and development and exploitation of, technology and innovation for the benefit of UK business, in order to increase economic growth and improve quality of life. It is sponsored by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). For more information please visit www.innovateuk.org.

UK Trade & Investment

UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) is the British government organisation that helps overseas companies bring high quality investment to the UK and also helps UK-based companies succeed in an increasingly global economy. UKTI provides a range of expert services, individually tailored to maximise a company's international success. These services are offered through a network of international specialists in British Embassies and other diplomatic offices around the world, as well as key experts in government departments across the UK. For more information please visit www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk.

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP is a global law firm with more than 1,100 lawyers in 21 offices. Orrick's Emerging Companies Group is a multidisciplinary group of lawyers that merges deep experience and commitment to high-growth businesses with a global platform that scales with its clients as they grow. Representing more than 600 venture-backed emerging companies worldwide, the Group runs a strong network with more than 100 venture capital firms, banking and accounting firms, national laboratories, universities and public companies in Europe, the United States and Asia. For more information, please visit www.orrick.com/emerging.

Silicon Valley Bank

Silicon Valley Bank is the premier commercial bank for companies in the technology, life science, venture capital, private equity and premium wine industries. SVB provides a comprehensive suite of financing solutions, treasury management, corporate investment and international banking services to its clients worldwide. Through its focus on specialized markets and extensive knowledge of the people and business issues driving them, Silicon Valley Bank provides a level of service and partnership that measurably impacts its clients' success. Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., the company serves clients around the world through 26 U.S. offices and international operations in China, India, Israel and the United Kingdom. Silicon Valley Bank is a member of global financial services firm SVB Financial Group (NASDAQ: SIVB), with SVB Analytics, SVB Capital, SVB Global and SVB Private Client Services. More information on the company can be found at www.svb.com.