Guest Post - Hermione Way - Think it all happens in Silicon Valley? You’re totally wrong! My list of Europe’s hottest startups in 2009!
I love Internet startups. Why? Because they solve problems, often creating innovative products and services enabling us to live our lives in an easier and far more enriched way. All this, whilst trying to find a revenue model that actually makes money- a hard thing to do a) on the Internet and b) in the current economic climate.
There are loads of great startups coming out of the USA, but loads more coming out of Europe. The tech world doesn’t revolve around Silicon Vally you know?!
I’ve been lucky enough to hang out with some of these great companies over the past few months and just been having a read of some of the amazing startups pitching on stage at The Next Web conference in Amsterdam next week …So i thought i would share and compile a little list of some of the hottest startups in Europe right now…
I have put them in a few catagories- Seedcamp winners, Digital Mission companies, Web Mission companies and friends’ companies- As you can see the list is very long and that shows just how many great start-ups there are coming out of Europe right now- Move over America we are catching up and coming to get you!
Seedcamp 09 winners. (sponsored by Sun Startup Essentials)
About: “At Seedcamp, we believe Europe has the talent, the role models, and the capital founders need to succeed. We want to provide a catalyst for the next generation of great entrepreneurs and help you take risks, think big, and succeed. Participating in Seedcamp will give you enormous validation and access to a world-class network of advisors to help you with every aspect of your business, plus a direct route to seed and venture capital.”
uberVU: Tracking comments on your social media content
Kyko: Casual gaming inside MSN / Live Messenger
Basekit - Make building complex webapplications easy.
Soup.io - Personal publishing on the web made easy
Toksta - Provide instant messaging systems for social networks
Mobclix - iPhone analytics
StupeFlix - Smart video slideshows from photographs
Pitching at The Next Web 09 (sponsored by Sun Startup Essentials)
About: The Next Web 2009 is the fourth edition of the conference that began in 2006. 900+ Internet professionals gather for 3 days to enjoy Amsterdam, the conference and to do business.
yellowBird
Yellow Birds don’t have wings but they fly to make you experience a 3D reality. Launching at The Next Web Conference
Contextured
Contextured is the pain free SEO and SEM solution search marketers have been waiting for.
Prezi
Create stunning presentations that helps you to move beyond the slide
E
E connects people to people and people to services, all in real life. It’s like having all your online identities in your pocket. Launching at The Next Web Conference
Aroxo
Name your own price on thousands of items then negotiate! Launching at The Next Web Conference
Silentale
With Silentale, store all your personal conversations in one place and access them from anywhere. Time travel through your message history.
Klomptek
Remote Device Management solution for mobile business phones. Monitor,
access, synchronise and control employees mobile phones via RCM Web
(administrator) panel.
Launching at The Next Web Conference
ShoutEm
Roll your own Microblogging or Mobile Social Network!
Quick TV
We provide revolutionary online tools & accountable video play-out
to media publishers looking to give their videos the interactive edge.
Launching at The Next Web Conference
Mimic Media
MimicMe enables online shoppers to fit clothes online with a personalized 3d model and shop real time together with their friends. Launching at The Next Web Conference
Yourtour
YourTour is a unique online solution for tailor-made holidays.
Plista
Personalize your internet experience. Launching at The Next Web Conference
Yunoo
Yunoo is a personal finance application where users can get insight
into their personal finance, discuss financial topics and save money.
Mendeley
Mendeley: Free academic software to manage & share research papers and a network to discover research trends and like-minded researchers
Huddle.net
Huddle is the world’s greatest collaboration app - beautiful, so usable, open API and fully integrated with Linkedin, Facebook and more
Connect
IRL is the first visual social network on the web to map where your friends are & what they are saying. See your social network on a map. Launching at The Next Web Conference
Visibuild
Bring your architectural 3d to life in an online, interactive 3d project environment. Create a true architectural experience with Visibuild. Launching at The Next Web Conference
Tarpipe
Tarpipe makes it easy to share content across different social media applications.
CoTweet
CoTweet powers your brand on Twitter. Engage people across your organization to tweet through your brand’s Twitter account as a team.
Yubby.com
Find, collect and publish from 30+ video sites
Kimengi.com
Advanced Recommendation Technology
Citisins.com
Personalized city guides with customized information.
Companies on Digital Mission 09. (sponsored by Sun Startup Essentials)
About: Specifically this is the “Digital Mission” - a kind of trade mission, but with more sex appeal - to Austin, Texas for the South by South West Interactive (SXSWi) conference from 12-18 March this year.
* AMEE
* Best Before
* BookingBug
* Ceros
* cxpartners
* dpivision
* ensembli
* Facultas
* Harvest Digital
* Hubdub
* Infurious
* Mixcloud
* Mobile Pie
* Mydex
* Myrl
* NixonMcInnes
* Plebble
* ProofHQ
* Rummble
* School of Everything
* Six to Start
* skive
* Short Fuze (Moviestorm)
* Snagsta
* Splendid
* Tactile CRM
* The Filter
* The iPlatform
* Traffic Digital
* Vizimo
* We7
* we are social
* Workhound
* Worldeka
* Yiibu
Companies on Web Mission 09. (Sun Startup Essentials Partner)
About: The Web Mission represents an amazing opportunity for the best of entrepreneurial UK talent to visit Silicon Valley and learn for themselves the differences that make the US a breeding ground for innovation and, more importantly, successful execution of ideas.
* www.artesiansolutions.com
* www.businessitonline.com
* www.cereproc.com
* www.coclarity.com
* www.complianceandrisks.com
* www.concrete-media.com
* www.corebridge.com
* www.freshnetworks.com
* www.mtivity.com
* www.proofhq.com
* www.replify.com
* www.sift.com
* www.sosius.com
* www.tactilecrm.com
* www.viapost.com
* www.yuuguu.com
* www.zemanta.com
Two alumni from Web Mission 2008
* www.huddle.net
* www.trampolinesystems.com
Friend’s companies:
Some friend’s companies are already in the above lists!
Alex Tew- PopJam
Paul Walsh- Wubud
Robert Loch- Pureescapes
Michael Smith- MindCandy
David Langer- GroupSpaces
Joshua March- iPlatform
Sophie and Charlie Cox- Worldeka
kieran O’Neill- Playfire
Lucian Tarnowski- Brave New Talent
Michell Dewberry- Chiconomise
Geoff Hughes- Funditfrog
David Hathiramani - Asuitthatfits
Caroline Whitmey- MsBond
Anthony Eskinazi - Parkatmyhouse.com
Louise Campbell- http://www.myehive.com
Michele Obi- MyFashionLife
Michelle Gibs- Pout
Steve Kennedy- Talklets
Sam Mathews- UGame
Nick Halstead tweetmeme.com
Fabio De Bernardi -Ilikeucoz
Renate Nyborg- Madhousecollective
Simon Campbell- Viapost
Sun Startup Essentials is a sponsor of Techfluff TV one of Hermione Ways companies, broadcasting interviews about European Startups across the globe, this is taken from Techfluffs Blog
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