Technologist Robert Cringley and the Kauffman Foundation have a new website where you can nominate a promising start-up company.

http://collaborize.democrasoft.com/portal/portal/default/cringelyslist

More information about the origins of the project can be found here:

http://www.cringely.com/2010/02/the-cringely-2010-not-in-silicon-valley-startup-tour/