European Startups to Watch - January 2012

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new companies on our radar Our monthly pick of exciting new European start-ups January 2012

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new companies on our radar

Our monthly pick of exciting new European start-ups

January 2012

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About VentureRadar

Our goal is to make it easy for you to find

innovation and growth companies that can

help drive your own company’s success.

Companies that you can partner with, buy

from, sell to, work for, invest in, or acquire.

VentureRadar's ‘New Companies on our Radar’ briefing

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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Rangespan

“Founded by a team of ex-Amazon.com senior

execs and engineers, Rangespan is developing

an automated supply chain service that enables

retailers to massively expand range without risk.

The company operates non-core range (new

categories and the long tails of existing

categories) on behalf of retailers and combines

a number of technologies, including an order

management system, supplier marketplace,

customer protection system and product data

catalogue, in one end-to-end service.”

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Founded: 2011

Headquarters: London, UK

Website: www.rangespan.com

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Plizy

“Plizy is a video recommendation platform

that changes the way users discover and

share online video. Our unique, patent

pending recommendation engine creates a

cloud based “entertainment graph”, which

recommends videos based on your

behaviour, interests, and social relationships.

Plizy makes watching online video a more

enjoyable and entertaining experience. Plizy

is backed by Atlas Venture.”

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Founded: 2010

Headquarters: France/USA

Website: www.plizy.com

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ReallyLateBooking

“ReallyLateBooking is an application

for smartphones that provides „super

last minute‟ booking of hotels with

large discounts for that night.

Launched in late July 2011, the

application currently operates in five

countries (Spain, France, UK, Italy and

Germany).”

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Founded: 2011

Headquarters: Madrid, Spain

Website: www.reallylatebooking.com

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Sonex Metrology

“Sonex will bring to market a breakthrough

defect inspection technology for early detection

of defects in semiconductor and solar cell

devices. The Sonex product will provide a rapid,

low cost and non-destructive means of detecting

mechanical defects which could save

manufacturers many millions of Euro. The

technology behind Sonex emanates from

research conducted by Prof. Paddy McNally and

Dr. Stephen Daniels at DCU (Dublin City

University) “

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Founded: 2010

Headquarters: Dublin, Ireland

Website: n/a

Sonex Metrology

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Galecto Biotech

“Galecto Biotech develops galectin

modulators for the treatment of severe

diseases, including fibrosis and cancer.

Founded in 2011 by leading galectin

scientists and biotech executives from

Sweden, UK, and Denmark, the company

builds on more than 10 years of research

into galectins and galectin modulators,

which combined with a strong patent estate

gives Galecto Biotech a unique platform.”

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Founded: 2011

Headquarters: Copenhagen, Denmark

Website: www.galecto.com

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