The highlight of the cutting edge DCM-East Conference at the Doubletree at 51/Lex in Manhattan last week (Tues thru Thu) was the Start Up Judging Panel, which measured the angel appeal of four presentations, Blippar, CourseHorse, Unfold, and Nanoogo, all of which were already underway.

The exhibit hall tables included Oracle, ScribbleMe, BrightCove Videocloud, HP, and Kaltura, opensource solution for mounting video on the Web, whose editing software handles audio files as well as video. Kaltura has cornered the market in higher education, with a list of customers that starts with Harvard, Yale and Columbia.