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Page 1: European Startups to Watch  - May 2012

new companies on our radar

Our monthly pick of exciting new European start-ups

Spin-Outs

May 2012

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www.VentureRadar.com

About VentureRadar

Our goal is to make it easy for you to find

innovation and growth companies that can

help drive your own company’s success.

Companies that you can partner with, buy

from, sell to, work for, invest in, or acquire.

VentureRadar's ‘New Companies on our Radar’ briefing

brings you our monthly pick of exciting new European start-

ups (most are only one to two years old) that we think you

should know about...

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EyeTrackShop

“EyeTrackShop's eye tracking technology

allows advertisers to measure exactly where

their customers are looking. EyeTrackShop

offers a number of standardized surveys for

webcam eye tracking research for media

owners, brand owners, agencies and others

that want to measure the effectiveness of

Online- and Print Advertising and improve

their communication.”

Keywords from company website. Image by Tagxedo.

Founded: 2010 - Spin-out from Tobii

Technologies

Headquarters: Sweden

Website: www.eyetrackshop.com

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C-Capture

“C-Capture has developed a solvent systems for

the removal of CO2 from gas streams which can

be used in Carbon Capture and Storage, which

aims to prevent CO2 that is generated in the

production of electricity (mainly from coal-fired

power stations), from entering the atmosphere.

This technology significantly reduces the

amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere –

by up to 95% – and makes electricity generation

a much more environmentally friendly process.”

Keywords from company website. Image by Tagxedo.

Founded: 2011 – Spin out from the University of

Leeds

Headquarters: UK

Website: www.c-capture.co.uk

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FAZTech Research

“FAZTech Research was spun out of Intune

Networks to focus on the development of next

generation optical interrogation and sensor

products, using technology licensed from Intune.

Over the next 10 years optical technology is

expected to replace the millions of electronic

and mechanical measurement and sensing

systems that are deployed around the world

across many markets. FAZTech Research will

address this demand.”

Keywords from company website. Image by Tagxedo.

Founded: 2012 - Spin out from Intune Networks

Headquarters: Ireland

Website: See News Release

FAZTech Research

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MediaMetrics

“MediaMetrics automatically analyzes and filters

the social web as well as TV, radio and print in

real time, bringing the latest in computer

linguistics to corporate communication

departments. Customers such as Microsoft and

BMW are able to recognise trends early,

continuously monitor competitors’ and their

social media activities and study the successes

of their communications. The technology

currently evaluates more than 100m sources in

48 languages in real time”

Keywords from various sources. Image by Tagxedo.

Founded: 2011 – Spin out from Humboldt

University in Berlin

Headquarters: Germany

Website: www.media-metrics.de

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Arelion

“Arelion develops software that solves

quantitative optimization problems in the areas

of production, logistics, transportation and

warehousing. At the heart of the technology is

an evolutionary optimization method that is

capable of swiftly solving complex problems to

an extremely high standard. It is particularly

suited for applications with continually changing

boundary conditions such as those encountered

in dynamic environments.”

Keywords from company website. Image by Tagxedo.

Founded: 2012 - Spin out from Siemens and

The Johannes Kepler University of Linz

Headquarters: Austria

Website: www.arelion.at

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