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- Startup events in Europe in OctoberYesterday
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Seedcamp wrapped up over 2 weeks ago and we are now in the middle of helping the Seedcamp 7 ramp up their businesses over the next 3 months. A lot is being thrown at them. They’ll have to focus and work extremely hard. We’ll twitter about the key takeaways from the various events, dinners, etc.
On another note, the Sept-Dec time-frame is always busy and this year is no exception. The European tech community has organized several good events to help the start-up ecosystem grow and succeed in the coming times.
FOWA is next week on the 9th and 10th. There are a variety of topics, all of which talk about taking web applications to the next level, from enterprise to cloud computing, and talking about scaling apps. Another good event is Blogcamp CEE 2008 October 17-20th which focuses on new media and online start-ups. For those making the trip to Kyiv, it’s a great chance to explore CEE internet markets. Up to 80 sessions delivered in 5 parallel agenda tracks will provide an exhaustive description of Eastern European online scene. Towards the end of October, the 21st-23rd, we’ll be returning to the Web 2.0 Expo which is the definitive gathering in Europe for anyone interested in Web 2.0 technologies and their increasing prevalence in the lives and work of the broader consumer and enterprise - Our Seedcamp Week 2008 winnersSeptember 19
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We're happy to announce our seven Seedcamp winners for 2008.
- Basekit, Chepstow, Wales, UK – www.basekit.com – a service for making building complex websites easy
- Kyko, Oxford, England – a service for multi-player social gaming
- Mobclix, San Francisco, US – www.mobclix.com – rich analytics and targeted advertising platform for the iPhone
- Soup, Vienna, Austria – www.soup.io – simple way for anyone to share and publish experiences online
- Stupeflix, Paris, France – www.stupeflix.com – platform for turning photos into shareable videos in real time
- Toksta, Berlin, Germany – www.toksta.com – IM and video chat for social networks
- uberVU, Bucharest, Romania – www.ubervu.com – service for tracking and analyzing conversations across the web
You can also read our official press release (PDF).
As you can tell from the length of that list we've exceeded our original target of five teams - by 40%. Stretching our rules that far is a clear signal of just how strongly we feel about this group.
It's been a productive week f - Seedcamp: left behindSeptember 19
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A quick list of items lost during our rather intense week:
- One mobile phone (now claimed)
- One jumper (or "sweater" in American)
- One blazer
- One polo shirt
- One passport
- One avocado
- Sleep
The avocado has been appropriated and the passport remains missing. - Seedcamp Week: Day 3 HighlightsSeptember 17
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The theme for our third day of Seedcamp Week was "scaling" - not only how do you plan for and react to expansion of your technology, but also your business as a whole. With that aim we assembled a group of technical experts and seasoned investors - often perceived as somewhat of an "oil and water" mixture (no clear answer for which group has the dubious honor of being oil) but in the right setting perfect compliments to each other.
The morning panel was moderated by Matt Biddulph of Dopplr, who was joined by Stefan Magdalinski of Moo, Toon Coppens of Netlog, James Aylett of Tartarus, and Simon Willison, co-creator of Django. The group discussed in-depth the criticality of a medium-term plan vs. the folly of a long-term one and the importance of using the right measurements to determine the necessity of scaling - something that would be reiterated later in the day.
Immediately following that our teams mostly broke into small groups to start their last day of mentoring, while the women in attendance stayed behind to discuss issues relevant to their existence in a male-dominated field - the start of a hopefully ongoing series of - Seedcamp Week: Day 2 HighlightsSeptember 16
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Tuesday - day two - focused on getting a product to market. That's an ambiguous concept, and an ambitious one, so we had to find a mentoring group diverse and motivated enough to fit the concept. Luckily we had just such the groups.
The morning consisted of our familiar panel format, with Matt Jones of Dopplr, Matthew Ogle of Last.fm, Taavet Hinrikus from Skype, and Adam Seifer of Fotolog all talking about developing and implementing a product at which users will throw themselves. Ryan Carson of Carsonified moderated and contributed his own valuable take when applicable.
The teams then broke out to separate rooms for small-group mentoring, which if memory serves me right I've mentioned is the crux of the entire Seedcamp Week experience. If I have, it bears repeating. By collecting a "dream team" of talent at Seedcamp, we're able to connect the right participants w