Name Awards

Time to dance the Xambala under the money tree

The Silicon Valley venture capital survey came out this weekend, but just for a change I am not going to poke fun at some of the company names that received funding – though it is always tempting. Rather I would like to point out some interesting name like Xambala. I am not sure what they do in the financials marketplace, but if they are half as good and efficient as Xoom.com they will be successful. I hear musical and African roots in this name…but that is irrelevant. Rather it scores well because it is unique, smooth and memorable. Soft in sound, but a nice sharp X for the graphics designers to explore.

Also interesting to see that deCarta continues to raise money. Isn’t this so much better a name for a mapping infrastructure company than their old Telcontar name!

Of course, our favorite name was the last company listed in the Energy sector: Solyndra (since my team made it up). If you visit them and understand their tagline The New Shape of Solar,  you will see how appropriate the name really is.

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