ventureradar new companies june 2011
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New Companies on Our Radar for June 2011 - We make it our mission to discover exciting new European start-ups to add to the thousands of innovation and growth companies we track. Each month we pick out ten new companies (all are less than two years old) that we think are particularly worth highlighting.TRANSCRIPT
new companies on our radar
Our pick of ten exciting new European start-ups
June 2011
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VentureRadar's ‘New Companies on our Radar’ briefing
brings you our monthly pick of ten exciting new European
start-ups (most are only one to two years old) that we think
you should know about...
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skySQL
“SkySQL is the alternative source for
software, services and support for the
MySQL database and related technologies.
Founded by former executives, personnel,
and investors of MySQL, we are committed
to furthering the future development of
MySQL database technologies, while
delivering cost-effective database solutions
and exceptional customer service.”
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Founded: 2010
Headquarters: Esbo, Finland
Website: www.skysql.com
New Company 1/10
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ZIM Plant Technology
“ZIM Plant Technology develops the
magnetic ZIM-probe for the real-time
remote monitoring of plant water status
via the internet. The system is based on
an innovative magnetic patch clamp
pressure probe that can be used in the
agriculture, horticulture and forestry
industries to aid water management,
crop yield and quality.”
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Founded: 2009/2010 (estimated)
Headquarters: Hennigsdorf, Germany
Website: www.zim-plant-technology.com
Other info: Spin-out of the University of
Würzburg.
New Company 2/10
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Varnish Software
“Varnish Software develops the open
source Varnish Web accelerator also
known as Varnish Cache. Varnish Cache
can speed up any web site and is used by
companies such as Facebook, Twitter,
eBay and The New York Times.”
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Founded: 2010 (corporate spin-out)
Headquarters: Oslo, Norway
Website: www.varnish-software.com
Other info: Spin-out from Redpill Linpro
(www.redpill-linpro.com)
New Company 3/10
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AeroSurgical
“AeroSurgical is a medical device
company that incorporates state of the
art aerosol technology to form the basis
of its proprietary AeroSurge Platform
which efficiently delivers therapeutics
into the abdominal cavity of patients
during surgery to combat post-surgical
complications. Jane Shaw, Chair of Intel,
joined the board in late 2010”
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Founded: Late 2009 (corporate spin-out)
Headquarters: Galway, Ireland
Website: www.aerosurgical.com
Other info: Spin-out of Aerogen
(www.aerogen.com)
New Company 4/10
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Engagor
“Engagor Insights is a powerful social
media monitoring platform that allows
you to detect, analyze and understand
what your customers are sharing about
you online. Clients include Microsoft,
Carlsberg, Volvo, Johnson&Johnson, and
AXA.”
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Founded: 2011
Headquarters: Gent, Belgium
Website: www.engagor.com
New Company 5/10
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Molplex
“Molplex was created to help anyone
anywhere in the world invent new
medicines. We combine a decade of
research into chemistry prediction software
with the very latest in cloud computing,
integrated with assay-ready chemical supply
from the world‟s biggest screening
collections and high-content biological
screening services.”
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Founded: 2010
Headquarters: Tyne and Wear, UK
Website: www.molplex.com
New Company 6/10
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PolyPort
“PolyPort is market for P2P shipping. It
adds extra value to existing routes and
reduces congestion and pollution.
Customers with parcels to ship post a
request while transporters provide
information about their regular or
spontaneous routes. A privacy-preserving
algorithm will match sending needs with
available transport capacities.”
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Founded: 2011
Headquarters: Zurich, Switzerland
Website: www.polyport.org
New Company 7/10
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VenomeTech
“VenomeTech is a biotech company
dedicated to the discovery and development
of innovative therapeutic peptides derived
from animal venoms. Our proprietary
discovery platform is used in a target-
oriented approach towards the discovery
and early development of peptides
targeting central nervous diseases and
other prevalent pathologies.”
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Founded: 2009
Headquarters: France
Website: www.venometech.com
Other Info: Spin-out of University of Nice
Sophia Antipolis and CNRS
New Company 8/10
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Evrythng
“Evrythng is building the infrastructure
for the „internet of things‟. Evrythng
envisions an internet where every
object in the world has a real-time
presence on the Web. Evrythng serves
application developers, manufacturers
and corporations by creating new ways
to interact and transact with physical
objects.”
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Founded: Late 2009
Headquarters: UK
Website: www.evrythng.net
New Company 9/10
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IKO System
“IKO System is a professional subscription
service that allows sales team to leverage
their use of digital social networks with
real sales opportunities. The core value of
IKO System relies on the billions of
relationships we map on your market, plus
the artificial intelligence layer to
understand your market and raise the best
sales opportunities.”
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Founded: 2010
Headquarters: Paris, France
Website: www.iko-system.com
New Company 10/10
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