11 great resources for European start-up news
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1. The Next Web
First up isThe Next Web— of course! The Next Web covers anything and everything related to the future of the web, no matter where it comes from. That said, theteamis largely European (largely Dutch) so their coverage gives generous play to European startups. Posts run the gamut from startup reviews, reactions, and general industry news including a recentreaction to Jason Calacanis, aRomanian music sitereview, thePope on Twitter, and somegreat advice for entrepreneursin this economy.
2. Arctic Startups
Arctic Startupreviews internet and mobile startups from Nordic and Baltic countries, and they’re one of my favorites on this list. The site has a great, cool blue design that is unique but still evocative ofTechCrunch. I appreciate the honest way they present new startups, with a description of both the strengths AND the weaknesses of the company / application.
3. alarm:clock euro
alarm:clock euro, like it’s American counterpartalarm:clock, reports on the comings and goings of VC money in Europe with a focus on funding rounds and buy outs. Each post comes with a description of the startup, the amount they’ve been funded for, and (the interesting part) a few thoughts about why they think the investment is a good or bad one.
4. TechCrunch UK
TechCrunch UKis TechCrunch for startups in the UK . (I’m assuming people know whatTechCrunchis.) Amazingly, it appears as if its entirely written by one guy, Mike Butcher. Here’s hoping he gets thatstar internhe’s looking for.
5. TechCrunch France
TechCrunch Francecovers the French startups scene as well as translates and re-posts a portion of TechCrunch’s original posts.
6. Startup 2.0
Startup 2.0is a pan-European startup contest that took place last May (and presumably, will be held again). Voting takes place online for a chance to win ad space in TechCrunch, a Microsoft software pack, and Sun hardware. Personally, I would have expected a better prize than with something closer to whatVenCorpsoffers.
7. Altaide Valley
Altaide Valleyis another blog focusing on the connections between France and Silicon Valley. The blog is owned and operated by Altaide, a French strategic technology firm.
And yeah, like their tagline “Birding France and Silicon Valley” suggests, all the articles are written in English.
8. Tigerprises
Toivo Tanavsuu’sTigerPrisescovers Estonian startups and general technology trends in the Baltics, particularly mobile. Toivo also writes forArctic Startupand the blog you’re looking at right now.
9. Startupbin
Startupbincovers web startups in Finland. Timo Paloheimo is another blogger from Arctic Startup, and he’s also createdGoogle minus Google— a Google search site without Google sites in the results.
And here are two more
Other European startup sites worth noting areSwissStartups.comandSomBiz(a Finnish, invitation-only Web 2.0 entrepreneur network). If you know of any other startup sites that I’m missing (especially non-English sites), please let me know in the comments!
