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Elevator Pitch – Spectives from Amsterdam

TechCrunch UK  Nov 20 09

[Holland] This week we've got Rutger van Waveren, Founder of Spectives.com, doing an elevator pitch. Spectives.com allows people to use images to keep track of the latest news from their favorite sites. Think of Spectives as a visual RSS, Alltop, or as a kind of Netvibes for visual news. Unlike RSS where you have to scan text headlines for information, you can scan images. Great for a lot of visual news like cars, fashion, design, photography, sports, funny pictures and gossip. Thanks to Techfluff.tv's Amsterdam correspondent Isabelle O'Kane for filming this. Full story...

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Believe Digital’s digital music distribution service Zimbalam opens in the US

TechCrunch UK  less than a day ago

[France] Zimbalam, the digital music distributor from Believe Digital, launches in the US today. The service lets artists submit and distribute their music through 25 of the most popular music platforms, including Apple's iTunes and Spotify, in addition to "several hundred additional stores worldwide".

Fits.me wins startup prize at Plugg

TechCrunch UK  less than a day ago

Fits.me, a virtual fitting room for internet clothing retailers based on robots (yes really) has won the European startup competition in Brussels, Plugg.

FlyScreen for Android adds Foursquare integration

TechCrunch UK  less than a day ago

[Israel] FlyScreen, the mobile phone lock-screen replacement from Israeli startup Cellogic, has added Foursquare integration to its Android app ahead of this year's South by Southwest (SXSW) festival.

An iPhone app to put the fear of God into London Underground

TechCrunch UK  2 days ago

[UK] Anything that makes the form-filling associated with claiming a refund less tedious is a win for consumers.

Got €100? Local products marketplace Regioneo leverages participative investment

TechCrunch UK  3 days ago

[France] French start-up Regioneo launched a participative investment program yesterday to help the company raise the €200,000 it needs for development.

MyERP joins the Google Apps Marketplace

TechCrunch UK  3 days ago

[France] France’s MyERP has just announced a partnership deal with Google, in which the company’s platform will be one of the first available in Google’s new Apps Marketplace.

EXo raises €4 million for US expansion

TechCrunch UK  3 days ago

[France] France-based eXo has just raised a €4 million series A round with Auriga Partners and XAnge Capital to expand their business in the US.

SXSW Interactive: Because hell doesn’t have enough promotional stickers

TechCrunch UK  3 days ago

Later this week, thousands of ironic t-shirts will be arriving in Austin for the 16th annual South By Southwest Interactive festival.

Spotify signs exclusive deal with Finnish telco TeliaSonera for its Premium offering

TechCrunch UK  3 days ago

[Finland] This is exactly the type of deal that Spotify needs to achieve the kind of distribution that might lead to economies of scale and therefore reduce the cost to end-users with regards to its Premium offering.

Team Europe Ventures starts €6m fund for early stage Internet and mobile startups

TechCrunch UK  4 days ago

[Germany] Team Europe Ventures, the Berlin-based VC firm, has launched a new €6 million fund for early stage startups in the Internet and mobile Internet space.



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