In three years the crew has combed through 800 applications looking for promising companies that don't need millions in startup capital and that stand a chance of making measurable progress in just three months.
Consider, for example, an American startup-up company that has developed sophisticated new data-mining technologies for social networking applications.
Investors on Wednesday also reacted to news that Google is setting up a distribution network for social networking applications, adding a new twist in the Internet search leader's brewing rivalry with rapidly maturing startup Facebook.