The Zend Developer Zone has a quick note about its parent company, Zend, becoming a finalist in the inaugural Israeli Start-up Contest.

The even is sponsored by the Israel Venture Association and includes other finalists like: Amimon, Discretix, Deep Breeze, Mazor Surgical Technologies, and Itemfield.

For more information, you can check out this month's edition (on stands June 19th) of Red Herring.