Nordic And Baltic Companies In The Europas
On Friday night, The Europas, a startup award ceremony put together by TechCrunch was held in London. While there were many European companies in the nominations, Nordic and Baltic companies in general did well. Quite many made it to the finalists and in some cases they were able to win their categories. Below are the companies from the Nordics and Baltics and their performance in the competition.
Best new startup in 2010
Winner
Flattr, Sweden
Finalists
Bambuser, Sweden
Tradeshift, Denmark
Best Business or Enterprise Startup 2010
Winner
Tradeshift, Denmark
Finalists
Erply.com, Estonia
VideoPlaza, Sweden
Zendesk, Denmark (originally from)
Best Advertising or Marketing Tech Startup 2010
Highly recommended
Videoplaza, Sweden
Best Hardware or Gadget Startup 2010
Finalists
Powerkiss, Finland
Best Startup Founder / Co-Founders 2010
Finalists
Daniel Ek / Martin Lorentzon, Spotify
Best VC or Seed Fund of the Year 2010
Finalists
Northzone Ventures, Sweden, Denmark and Norway
Best Angel Investor of the Year 2010
Finalists
Morten Lund, Denmark
Best Ongoing Startup Programme 2010
Highly Recommended
Startup Bootcamp, Denmark
Finalists
Garage48, Estonia
Best Exit 2010
Highly Recommended
Mail.ru IPO, Russia
Best European Startup Tool For Startups 2010
Highly Recommended
ZenDesk, Denmark (originally from)
Best European Web Application Or Service 2010
Winner
Spotify, Sweden
Best Mobile Startup 2010
Finalists
Rebtel, Sweden
Best Music Startup 2010
Highly Recommended
Spotify, Sweden
Best Video Startup 2010
Highly Recommended
Bambuser, Sweden
Finalists
23Video, Denmark
Jaycut.com, Sweden
Voddler, Sweden
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Congrats to Powerkiss!
Also to Sweden and Denmark for kicking our ass ;)
Seems like Denmark and Sweden overall attracted better results in the competition :)