Each year, we ask Europe's investors, entrepreneurs and technologists which local startups are "hot" - that is, being talked about as going places. For our first review in 2011, we found a payments company in Stockholm called Klarna. In Paris an advertising outfit, Criteo. Tel Aviv had face.com, Moscow KupiVp, Berlin SoundCloud, the Netherlands WeTransfer, Helsinki Rovio...You get the idea. These businesses were on their way to making a huge impact in the European ecosystem.
This year, our methodology remains the same - we speak to dozens of people within our network to research each city - but the startups do not. We're also excited to feature Lisbon for the first time. With an outward-looking culture, great talent, cheap cost of living and great coffee, the Portuguese capital has arrived.
We start with Helsinki (below) and will be revealing the top 10 startups from 10 cities including London, Stockholm, Tel Aviv, Berlin, Barcelona, Istanbul, Lisbon, Amsterdam and Paris over the coming week.
If you can't wait to see which startups made the list in each region, pick up a copy of the latest issue of WIRED magazine, on sale now.
This article was originally published by WIRED UK
