Startups have flourished in 2010. The last 12 months have yielded some fantastic success stories. Groupon is a standout and is currently receiving a lot of attention, buzz and press. Some believe the latest wave of start-ups are driving a dot-com recovery. Either way, as designers, it is interesting to reflect and see what design trends and styles are used by some of the world's newest and most innovative companies.

Below are 50 logos for tech start-ups that were launched in 2010 or that came to prominence in 2010. We've categorized them into 3 groups: "The Good", "The Average" and "The Ugly".

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Group 1 - 'The Good'

Groupon Logo

ZenDesk Logo

Rockmelt Logo

Shopify

Boxee TV Logo

Aardvark Logo

Heyo Logo

GIST Logo

Plancast Logo

6Wunderkinder Logo

Tapulous Logo

SoundCloud

99dresses

SimpleGeo Logo

Spotify Logo

Ligit Logo

Outbrain Logo

Soluto Logo

MySnyc Pad Logo

DailyBooth Logo

The Cadmus Logo

Group 2 - 'The Average'

Stocktwits Logo

Yinzcam Logo

Graphic.ly Logo

Crowdrise

MeeSocial Logo

Cinchcast Logo

Kissmetrics Logo

MyLikes Logo

ALOQA Logo

Waze Logo

Heroku Logo

Apture Logo

Group 3 - 'The Ugly'

Trada

Wishpond Logo

31 Projects Logo

Echo Logo

Evri Logo

Four Square Logo

KIK Logo

Find the Best Logo

Disgby Logo

Brizzley Logo

Collecta Logo

Wolfram Alpha Logo

Github Logo

my6sense Logo

Tungle Me Logo

Article by Emma Egan

Emma Egan is a freelance logo designer from Australia. You can contact and hire Emma through her Portfolio. Graphic Designer



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