Ten top Amsterdam tech start-ups

Digital capital

In the September 2011 issue, Wired (a magazine about developments in the digital world) published an article about how the socially progressive attitude in the Netherlands contributes to Amsterdam establishing itself as one of Europe’s hottest digital capitals.

Amsterdam start-ups to watch

The magazine also lists 10 start-ups in the technology sector from the Amsterdam Area that are worth watching:

• Layar, the world’s largest mobile augmented reality platform. The augmented reality technology pushes location based information to smart phones.

• eBuddy, a web messenger service that supports many services such as Yahoo, MSN, ICQ and many others.

• Cardcloud, a service that lets people share business cards online.

• Booking.com, a website where people can book hotels online.

• SoOcial, which can be regarded as an online address book allows users to manage their contacts across several platforms.

• MobyPicture, a platform where you can share pictures and videos on social media such as Twitter.

• WeTransfer, a data transferring service.

• Twirus, a service that enables you to identify trending topics on Twitter.

• Silk, a web based platform where web creators can gather and provide content from different sources.

• 22tracks, a service similar to an online jukebox, with daily playlists from local DJ’s.

These exciting Dutch tech start-ups illustrate the fact that Amsterdam is an inspiring city and is bursting with talented professionals working in the creative and IT related industries.

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