
Last weekend, representatives of 15 start-ups gathered in the semi-finals of the local
Startup 2.0 competition. Each of them received five minutes for the presentation, after which the jury selected the top five. Interestingly, the terms of the competition were strictly stipulated that only Web 2.0 startups are accepted to participate. This means that at least 50% of traffic should be generated in two or more ways from the following: blogs, wiki, tagged services, mashups, Ajax pages, feeds, social networks.
Five startups reached the final of the competition.
TrivopThe world's first hotel video guide made using layers of Google Maps. Users can add their videos to the database. The site opened in March 2007 with a base of Parisian hotels, and now it is gradually expanding its base to other cities and countries of Europe.
ProperazziCatalan search engine on European sites containing ads for the sale or purchase of real estate. In its own index, there are already more than 1.8 million commercial offers from 45 European countries, including
half a thousand Russian houses and a
hundred Ukrainian huts . Startup launched in March. Google Maps and RSS are used.
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11870.comThe startup is listed as “del.icio.us for real life”, where users can share with each other the places they have visited with comments, photos and videos. The site is currently available only in Spanish.
5min“Life Video Therapy” with self-help videos for all occasions: how to make broth, how to make an airplane out of paper, how to make a girlfriend, etc.
SclipoAnother site with user tutorials. Direct competitor of the above 5min.
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TechCrunch