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)