“Are you crazy?” “Are you starting your blog with a post linking to competitors?” That’s the first question that someone may ask me after reading this post.
Well, the main goal is to help startups, entrepreneurs and enthusiasts providing news, interviews, articles and other resources. I can only be glad there are such sites around already doing this job.
In the past few years I have seen some great companies launch in Europe but no one ever had the kind of media exposure that valley’s startups get, and I think we have to (and we can) change that.
Here is a list of the best blogs and sites that currently cover european startups, I read them every day and I think everyone should.
- Techcrunch Europe
You all know Techcrunch, the most important startup blog in the world, founded and edited by Michael Arrington. This is the continent-specific blog dedicated to europe, it is edited by Mike Butcher. They cover startups and organize major entrepreneurship events around Europe.
- Techcrunch France (French)
Techcrunch France was founded in 2006 for the fracophone community according to technorati it soon grew to be one of the most influential blogs in France.
- Arctic Startup
ArcticStartup is one of my favorite blogs, it covers all the startups in the scandinavian countries. It was founded by Ville Vesterinen, Antti Vilpponen, Miikka Kukkosuo and Karri Saarinen. If you live in any of the nordic countries this blog should be a daily read.
- The Next Web
TheNextWeb was started in 2006 by the founders of The Next Web conference (which will be held again this year in Amsterdam starting April 15). They cover “everything that influences the future of the Web, in any way“.
- Dutch Cowboys (Dutch)
Too bad I can’t read dutch, because this blog looks interesting and the dutch startup scene is one of the most active around Europe. There are also German Cowboys and Belgian Cowboys.
- Loogic (Spanish, Italian, English)
Loogic is the most influential web2.0 blog in Spain, it is available in spanish, italian and english.
- theStartup
This one, of course. We are aiming high, and we’d like to make it to the top, providing great and useful content every day!
Please feel free to add some others I forgot in the comments, and I’ll update the post.
Last week I attended the Europas award ceremony in London. The event was hosted by Mike Butcher of TechCrunch Europe, and I must say was really interesting.
At the beginning of the month, TechCrunch Europe 
