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January 23, 2013 02:30 am GMT

The Europas Europes Tech Startup Oscars Showcases A Booming European Scene

europaslogo-486a508cc01996e1b806549b3a2c23d9The Europas - Europe's tech startup awards - hit Berlin on Tuesday evening with over 1,000 guests gathering to celebrate the best of the continent's tech entrepreneurship. ZeptoLab, the Moscow-based makers of the smash hit Cut The Rope game took the 'winner of winner's' Grand Prix award after hitting 300 million downloads, marking it out as potentially the next Rovio/AngryBirds killer combination. Another gaming firm, Wooga, snatched the People's Choice Award. The Berlin-based social gaming company won after 300,000 votes were cast by Europe's tech industry. London's Wonga was named Best "Heavyweight" Startup after a year which saw the online short-term loans pioneer's profits surge. The best Startup Founders were named as the team behind science platform Mendeley. And Atomico was named Best VC of the year in Europe by the judges.

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