European tech scene

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http://babblingvc.typepad.com/pjozefak/2011/02/screw-the-jockey-bet-on-the-mafia.html

Screw the Jockey, Bet on the Mafia - Babbling VC

There's a saying in venture capital that goes "Bet on the jockey and not on the horse!"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/technology-startup100/8281616/Start-Up-100-The-European-ecosystem-has-arrived-or-werent-you-paying-attention.html

Start-Up 100: The European ecosystem has arrived - or weren't you paying attention? - Telegraph

Jump ahead two years, to November 2008: the overall economy may have been in turmoil, but significant leaps were being made in entrepreneurship, most notably by Saul Klein, founder of Video Island (now LOVEFiLM) and Partner at Index Ventures, who had just observed that Europe had all the necessary ingredients to build the next generation of world-beating businesses. All that was required now was that they be brought together.

But there are also plenty of European startups that are downright huge, and that lead the world in innovation from a product, technology or business model perspective as well as anyone out of Silicon Valley. And there are startups that grow extremely big extremely fast.

The 10 Biggest European Startups

http://www.businessinsider.com/biggest-european-startups-2011-1#

Start-Up 100: What's wrong with European venture capital? - Telegraph

Contrast Slavet's approach to that of the unnamed venture capitalist in a pin-striped suit, braces and tie, sitting across a massive wooden desk from Lastminute.com co-founder Marta Lane Fox, who asked her: “So what happens when you get pregnant?”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/technology-startup100/8325627/Start-Up-100-Whats-wrong-with-European-venture-capital.html

Europe does have a thriving startup scene, improving every day.

Everything That's Wrong With European VCs

http://www.businessinsider.com/european-vcs-suck-2011-2

France Tech scene

UK Tech scene

German tech scene

Russian tech scene

Spanish Tech scene

Technology - Skype founders raise $165m for new fund

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f04786d2-3512-11df-9cfb-00144feabdc0.html

Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, the founders of Skype, have raised a new venture capital fund for investing in so-called “disruptive” early-stage European technology.

Recent VC deals in Continental Europe

Stefano Bernardi works on Platform at Betable. He previously worked at dPixel, a seed stage venture capital firm, giving the opportunity to entrepreneurs to build kick ass web businesses. He does some occasional angel investing and advises startups on product and strategy.