European Startups to Watch - December 2011
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new companies on our radar
Our monthly pick of exciting new European start-ups
December 2011
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brings you our monthly 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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eReceipts
“Founded in 2011, eReceipts provides an
electronic solution to the problem of managing,
storing and retrieving receipts for proof of
purchase and business expense purposes. The
eReceipts Board is chaired by Lord Ian
MacLaurin, former Chief Executive of Tesco and
former Chairman of Tesco and Vodafone. The
company has recently partnered with IBM Retail,
a market leader in the UK EPOS hardware and
software space.”
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Founded: 2011
Headquarters: London, UK
Website: www.paperlessreceipts.co.uk
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Quipper
“Quipper is a technology venture specialising
in e-learning mobile apps. Founded in late
2010 by Masa Watanabe, who was previously
co-founder of DeNA (market cap: £3.5bn, 25m
users, and listed on the Tokyo Stock
Exchange), the company’s main focus is to
distribute diversified learning content
including languages, qualifications, and school
entrance exams over an ever-expanding range
of topics, in multiple-choice quiz format.”
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Founded: 2010
Headquarters: London, UK
Website: www.quipper.com
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Adenium Biotech
“Adenium Biotech is a biopharmaceutical
company spun out from Novozymes in 2011
focusing on the development and
commercialization of novel antibiotics for the
treatment of Gram-negative bacterial infections.
The company’s focus is the treatment of hospital
acquired infections in particular complicated
urinary tract infections and hospital acquired
pneumonia caused by multiresistant Gram-
negative bacteria.”
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Founded: 2011
Headquarters: Copenhagen , Denmark
Website: www.adeniumbiotech.com
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BAWAT
“According to the UN, the introduction of
invasive marine species by means of ships
ballast water is one of the greatest threat to the
world's oceans, and The International Maritime
Organization has passed legislation that
requires ship owners to clean ballast water from
living organism. BAWAT has developed
technology for de-oxidation of ballast water
which kills living organisms, offering ship
owners an effective, competitive and reliable
solution to accommodate this legislation. “
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Founded: 2011
Headquarters: Denmark.
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GreenQloud
“Located in Iceland close to geothermal
springs and hydropower sources, GreenQloud
says it is the world's first truly green public
cloud computing service. The company offers
hosting and storage for both the European and
North American markets, utilizing multiple
high speed fiber connections to Iceland.
GreenQloud therefore allows customers to
become more environmentally responsible,
without doing so at the cost of service quality
or peace of mind.”
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Founded: 2010
Headquarters: Reykjavik, Iceland
Website: www.greenqloud.com
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