The Eurecan European Venture
Contest  2007

• 576 entrepreneurs registered
• 269 companies received assistance and feedback
• 125 companies were selected to present at Pitching Sessions
• 99 companies actually presented, representing 19 countries
• 68 experts assisted at Pitching Sessions
• 42 partners promoting the European Venture Contest
• 17 companies selected for the Final Jury
• 17 final jury members 

2007 Winners

• Overall winner: Scytl Secure Electronic Voting (ES)
• Runner-ups: CytoTrack (Denmark) and d30 (UK)
• Public Award for the Best Elevator Pitch: Unibioscreen (BE)

2007 Jury Members

President of the Jury

• Rudy Aernoudt, Professor, EHSAL & Hogeschool Gent (BE)

Members of the Jury

• Iñigo Alli, Managing Director, Eurecan Caja Navarr (ES)
• Johan Bennarsten, Partner & Deputy Head, CapMan (SE)
• Steven Coppens, Executive Investment Manager, GIMV (BE)
• Giuseppe Curatolo, Partner, TLCom (UK)
• Carles Ferrer, General Partner, Nauta Capital (ES)
• Wouter Jonk, Managing Director, SET Venture Partners (NL)
• Cedric Latessa, Investment Manager, DFJ Esprit (UK)
• Seppo Mäkinen, Founder & Senior Partner, Bio Fund Management (FL)
• Karl Naegler, Principal Life Science, Atlas Venture (DE)
• Christian Nagel, Partner, Earlybird Venture Capital (DE)
• Søren J Nielsen, Director, Northcap Partners (DK)
• Diana Araceni, Partner, 360° Capital Partners (IT)
• Graziano Seghezzi, Partner, Sofinnova Partners (FR)
• Jamie Urquhart, Venture Partner, Pond Venture Partners (UK)
• Midori Yokoyama, Partner, Société Générale Asset Management (FR)