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Seedcamp Expands; Adds €2 Million To Its Coffers, Partners With 500 Startups, AngelList | TechCrunch

I’ve spent the past couple of days in London getting caught up in the Seedcamp Week craziness , meeting some of Europe’s finest entrepreneurs and investors. http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/08/seedcamp-expands-adds-e2-million-to-its-coffers-partners-with-500-startups-angellist/
Mike Butcher is the European Editor for TechCrunch. http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/22/songkick-hits-100000-downloads-of-its-iphone-app-inside-two-weeks/

Songkick hits 100,000 downloads of its iPhone app inside two weeks

http://allthingsd.com/20110622/shazam-raises-32m-to-push-into-television/

Shazam Raises Funds to Pursue Interactive Television Deals - Liz Gannes - News - AllThingsD

Shazam , the popular mobile music look-up service, has raised $32 million from investors including Kleiner Perkins and Institutional Venture Partners.

The London List – London startups exceeding $10m in annual revenues

http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/10/the-london-list-london-startups-exceeding-10m-in-annual-revenues/ Saul Klein is a partner at European VC firm Index Ventures, previously worked for Skype, co-founded Video Island and is founder of Seedcamp.
http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/mt/archives/2010/12/uk_startup_gigs.php While in the UK I met with Neil Reed, one of the founders of Gigseen.tv (above), and San Francisco based music industry consultant John Coon, who specializes in music licensing.

UK: Startup Gigseen.tv Aims At Archives Of Live Performances - SVW

This is a guest post by Simon Jenner, Head of Incubation for Birmingham Science Park Aston . Simon runs a Tech startup incubator based in Birmingham called Entrepreneurs for the Future . http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/01/guest-post-how-does-birminghams-tech-scene-stack-up/

Guest post: How does Birmingham’s tech scene stack up?

This is a guest-post from Ben Colclough, founder of travel start-up Tourdust.com . Tourdust is an online travel agent specialising in adventure travel and local tours for independent travellers. http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/23/the-london-startup-scene-too-much-funding-boozing-and-not-enough-collaboration-and-execution/

The London startup scene: Too much funding, boozing and not enough collaboration and execution

De bons points. Mais la maturité de l'écosystème londonien n'a rien à voir avec celle de l'écosystème fr - ils ont 1 an d'avance IMHO by PED Sep 23

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, and prominent researcher Nigel Shadbolt will lead a new British Institute for Web Science with $45 million in government backing. The announcement was not without its critics, but the Institute could have a world-wide impact. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/inventor_of_the_web_gets_backing_to_build_web_of_d.php

Inventor of the Web Gets Backing to Build Web of Data