The Europas, the TechCrunch Europe Awards 2009 for European and EMEA tech companies, will be held on July 9 in London. Over 400 entrants were voted on by the industry and these results merged with those from 19 expert advisors.
Here are the shortlisted nominees in each category in alphabetical order:
The Europas Shortlist: Best Web Application Or Service (EMEA)
Amiando
Babbel
Dopplr
Jimdo
Spotify
The Europas Shortlist: Best Design
Babbel
IRL Connect
Songkick
Spotify
Wonga
The Europas Shortlist: Best Bootstrapped Startup (less than 3 years old)
BookingBug
Doodle
Mixcloud
Soup.io
Struq
The Europas Shortlist: Best Social Innovation (which benefits society, EMEA)
Aleveo
Amazee
Decisions For Heroes
Mendeley
School of Everything
The Europas Shortlist: Best Enterprise / B2B Startup (EMEA)
BlueKiwi
FreeAgent Central
Huddle
VideoPlaza
Zendesk
The Europas Shortlist: Best Cleantech / Environmental Startup (EMEA)
Alertme
Amee
Dopplr
RouteRank
SpeedSell
The Europas Shortlist: Best European / Real World Gadget (EMEA)
Fon
INQ Mobile
Modu
My Name Is E
Poken
The Europas Shortlist: Best Entertainment Application or Service (EMEA)
eRepublik
Moshi Monsters
Playfish
SoundCloud
WeeWorld
The Europas Shortlist: Best Mobile Startup (EMEA)
Aka-aki
Bambuser
Goojet
Nimbuzz
GetJar
The Europas Shortlist: Best Mobile Application (EMEA)
eBuddy
Fring
MobyPicture
Shozu
Spinvox
Tweetdeck Mobile
The Europas Shortlist: Best Startup Founder(s)
Alastair Mitchell, Andy McLoughlin, jointly, Huddle.net
Alexander Ljung, Eric Wahlforss, jointly, Soundcloud
Daniel Ek, Martin Lorentzon, Spotify
Felix Haas, Armin Bauer, Markus Eichinger, Dennis von Ferenczy, Sebastian Baerhold, Marc Bernegger, for Amiando
Richard Jones, Felix Miller, Martin Stiksel, for Last.FM
Richard Moross, Moo
The Europas Shortlist: Best Investor (VC or Angel fund, EMEA)
Atlas Venture
Eden Ventures
European Founders Fund
Index Ventures
TAG – The Accelerator Group
The Europas Shortlist: Best Investor Personality (EMEA)
Fred Destin, Atlas Venture
Morten Lund
Robin Klein, TAG
Saul Klein, Seedcamp/Index Ventures
Yossi Vardi, Angel
The Europas Shortlist: Best New Startup, Summer 2008-2009
SoundCloud
Spotify
Stupeflix
TweetDeck
Tweetmeme
The Europas Grand Prix
Decided by Judges vote only
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Can’t wait to see the US based start ups that elaborate off of a creative UK/Europe based start up/idea. It seems to always happen, and vice versa.
Guys! WTF!? Where’s PREZI!?
http://www.prezi.com
One of my favs for design and just software innovation is prezi. It may be more software than web, but with the web-based free version I would still put it in that category.
It’s basically the love-child of powerpoint and photosynth. The best 3D presentation stuff I’ve ever messed around with.
Waayyy too pricey for me though, and they leave a huge logo on the presentation if you use the free version.
Prezi lost to My Name is E (don’t see how) in another competition and TechCrunch it and the competition in April.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/20/prezi-is-the-coolest-online-presentation-tool-ive-ever-seen/
I think prezi should be bundled with MSOffice and put on every PC. Kind of what Bumptop wants to do, another amazing-but not European- application.
(Note: I’m just a fan, not an employee or investor)
Where is SEOshop? Maybe next year?
see it on July 9 in London what’s news for .
The nominees in the category of cleantech are in my eyes not very interesting.
Alertme is fascinating but SpeedCell and Dopplr?
I hope, next year there will be real new things…