11 nouvelles équipes viennent de rejoindre l'accélérateur SeedCamp.

11 nouvelles équipes viennent de rejoindre l'accélérateur SeedCamp. Il s'agit d'un nombre record précise le Wall Street Journal. Parmi les projets qui se sont distingués : le britannique GoPixel, la start-up italienne Stamplay ou encore la jeune pousse croate Teddy the Guardian. Fondé en 2007 et basé au Royaume-Uni, Seedcamp apparaît comme l'un des accélérateurs européens les plus performants. 83% des 93 jeunes pousses sélectionnées depuis le lancement du dispositif ont levé des fonds. Le montant moyen s'élève à 1,5 million d'euros. 76 startups sont toujours en activité et 6 ont déjà fait l'objet d'une acquisition. Par ailleurs, de plus en plus de projets sélectionnés proviennent d'Europe de l'Est. The winning 11 teams are: Ctrlio: The U.K.-based company let’s users control their own personal data. GoPixel: A tool to allow companies to use Pinterest as a marketing and social media tool. U.K. Hype: The London-based startup describes itself as a “hyper-local real-time news channel presenting the best things happening in your area.” LegalTender: A service to allow companies to manage all aspects of their legal services, from briefs to billing. U.K. Revision App: Does what it says on the tin. A mobile app that lets students revise on the go. U.K. Saberr: Using some standardized personality tests, the startup measures the compatibility of teams and predicts how likely they are to succeed. U.K. ShareLaTex: LaTex is a typesetting language used heavily in academia. The company lets academics work collaboratively on shared documents using the language. U.K. Spreddit: A financial tool that lets consumers spread the cost of purchases over three months, but pays retailers up front. U.K. Stamplay: The Italian startup is developing a tool to help marketeers bring together different marketing tools on a single platform. Teddy the Guardian: A Croatian team that has built a child’s teddy bear that can have a number of sensors to monitor and report on a baby’s health. Winnow Solutions: The company provides hardware and tools to measure and so manage food waste in the entertainment and catering industry. U.K. According to Carlos Eduardo Espinal, a partner at Seedcamp, the record number of teams selected reflected the high quality of startups. “We had a shift last year from about 10 visits to roughly 20 this year, and to different geographies. What we are getting is access to all the top companies. These companies were being created, but they weren’t getting the visibility.” Seedcamp, founded in 2007, is one of Europe’s most successful accelerator programs. In return for cash, startups are put through an int