FC: Some flourishing European startups --Esther Dyson

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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> To: declan () well com
> From: edyson () edventure com (Esther Dyson)
> Subject: Re: FC: Europe can't match US technology boom --Washington Post
> Cc: politech () vorlon mit edu, 102556.3265 () compuserve com
> Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 17:17:07 -0500
>
> Yes, there's not the same appreciation......  But let me list you a few
> flourishing start-ups:
>
> Boxman, Sweden/Europe
> Lastminute.com, UK
> Pricerunner.com, Sweden
> Epo.com, online IPOs, UK & Sweden
> Seznam (Czech portal, recently sold 30% to Spray in Sweden)
> NetBeans (Czech, recently sold 100% to Sun Micro; I was an investor)
> QXL, auction site, UK
> Living-Systems, Germany, developer of auction software, including for
> Alando.de (sold to eBay)
> Orchestream, QOS software, UK (I'm an investor)
> six IT companies on the Warsaw Stock Exchange: Optimus, Computerland Poland
> (I'm an investor), JTT, Softbank, Prokom, ComArch
> Depo.ru, pcs & peripherals online in Russia (I'm an investor in the parent,
> IBS, which also owns Newspaper Direct)
> pgLife.com, Swedish retail start-up (I'm an investor)
> Paymentor, Hungary (online debt collection, I'm an investor)
> Lanetro, Spain, city site
> MyAlert.com, Spain, wireless alerts/e-commerce
>
> And FWIW, wireless use is much higher than in US, and that will provide a
> key means of access to the Net.
>
>
> Just couldn't let this pass......  - Esther Dyson


> Esther Dyson                    Always make new mistakes!
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> chairman, Internet Corp. for Assigned Names & Numbers
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