new companies on our radar

Our regular pick of exciting new European start-ups

August 2012

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VentureRadar's ‘New Companies on our Radar’ briefing

brings you our regular pick of exciting new European start-

ups (most are only one to two years old) that we think you

should know about...

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Chirp (Animal Systems)

“Chirp is an new application for iOS that lets you

share pictures with sound. A form of digital

birdsong is used to send information from one

iPhone to another. Data can also be sent from

anything that makes sound - including radios,

TV’s, PA systems... or even doorbells. Chirp was

designed and built by Animal Systems, a

spinout from University College London,

Department of Computer Science.”

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Founded: 2012 – Spin out of University

College London, Dept. of Computer Science

Headquarters: UK

Website: www.chirp.io

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Sellfy

“Sellfy is an e-commerce platform that

enables anyone to sell digital products

directly to their fans and followers using just

a link. Whether it's an e-book, music, video,

photos, software, or any other type of digital

content, just upload your product, enter the

price and start selling on Twitter, Facebook

or your own website. Sellfy takes care of file

storage, payment processing and product

delivery to the end customer.”

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Founded: 2011

Headquarters: Latvia

Website: www.sellfy.com

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Scrap Connection

“Scrap Connection is an online platform for the

scrap metal industry. Based in the Netherlands,

India and Pakistan we provide a customized

service for producers and consumers of scrap

metals. Our 25 years of experience in the

industry is the root cause for creating the

platform, which allows users to sell and buy

scrap metals in a safe and secure environment

and also acts as a tool to foster and create

business relationships.”

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Founded: 2011 (launched 2012)

Headquarters: Netherlands

Website: www.scrapconnection.com

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Clickandpay

“Clickandpay is a Russian cash-back e-

commerce platform. Launched in 2012, the

site has enrolled more than 50 e-shops,

including such market leaders as Ozon.ru,

Lamoda.ru and Sapato.ru within a few

months, with a total offer in excess of 100,000

items. Clickandpay has raised $60 million in

its first funding round from Russian

businessman Igor Grossman and undisclosed

US sources.”

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Founded: 2012

Headquarters: Russia

Website: www.clickandpay.ru

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NewsWhip

“NewsWhip can calculate the social speed at

which news stories travel. We live in a world

of too much information. With thousands of

stories published each day, how can you find

the best quality and the most compelling?

We’ve built a patent-pending technology that

tracks all the news shared on Facebook and

Twitter each day, to find the fastest spreading,

most shared, highest quality stuff, and reveal

it to the world.”

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Founded: 2011

Headquarters: Ireland

Website: www.newswhip.com

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