[Denmark] The Danish startup YouCalc launched their realtime analytics for SaaS in December last year. Today they say they get a new user every hour. It's that success that means they are now considering more funding and that - often inevitable for successful European startups - move to Silicon Valley and the big US market. Sunstone Capital has invested $5 milion in YouCalc since 2007, and with 5,000 company sign-ups and a further 170 new users per week - YouCalc is focusing on partnership with SaaS providers - the company reckons it's best bet now is to seek expansion in the US with a US VC. Full story...
There remains an ongoing desktop Twitter application war. Traditionally Tweetdeck and Seesmic have been at loggerheads for the lion share, although Tweetdeck has remained in the lead so far.
So for a bit of fun we've decided to open a TechCrunch Europe T-Shirt store on that European startup Spreadshirt.
It looks like some major consolidation is about to go down in the Central European Internet market, and in particular Poland.
[UK] The London-based online identity startup Garlik have partnered with the UK online stockbroker Selftrade to offer its customers identity fraud protection.
Nokia this morning published two press releases on its website, one talking about the 'development' of one of its manufacturing plants and one commenting on a class action lawsuit filed in the United States.
AMEE, the US/UK-based startup that aims to build the largest engine for computing greenhouse gas emissions, has secured a $5.
There's a certain irony that TechCrunch's in-house satirist Paul Carr is currently slaving over the sequel to his book about his failure to launch a startup.
Nsyght is a startup we broke just before the Christmas vacation which focuses on making realtime streams manageable and is similar in scope to Friendfeed and Cliqset.
[France] As entrepreneurs and entrepreneur hopefuls flooded the Salon des Entrepreneurs in Paris during this last week, the Founder Institute released the details of its Paris program for Spring 2010.
Registration for the Plugg Start-Ups Rally 2010 are now open. You can register here.
Since 2008 Plugg in Brussels has become a must-attend fixture on the European startups scene.