From Reuters Venture capitalists seek next big thing in tech
Luxemburg-based Internet telephony firm Skype has shown that Europeans can build a $4 billion company in just over two years, but venture capitalists are wondering if it was a fluke or the start of a trend.
Talent scouts gathered at the high-profile ETRE technology conference in Athens expressed optimism that European technology firms could be on the up again.
At ETRE many young companies touted innovations ranging from SMS advertising methods to identity-theft protection software to investors.
This caught my eye.
Scanbuy from Spain offers software that allows camera phones to function as bar-code scanners
Hey Microsoft, here's how you own the next big thing in tech and one-up Google.
6 comments:
Shouldn't that be NEOM and Paperclick, not SCAMBUY??
Scott, Scanbuy's done. They've lost their lawsuits against Neomedia, and Neomedia's lawsiuts against them are still pending and looking very strong. Here's a link:
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/051019/195075.html?.v=1
The main point I was trying to relay in the blog post, is that some of the top VC guys in the world, at a high profile VC conference, are forecasting that SMS advertising and scanning a barcode could be the next big things in tech.
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Sorry, Scott. I get a little worked up when I see Scanbuy in print. I do see your point.
Scott, u could have mentioned Neomedia too.. why Scanbuy. any special reason
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