The European Venture Contest  2006

• 485 entrepreneurs registered
• 178 companies received assistance and feedback
• 125 companies were selected to present at Pitching Sessions
• 87 companies actually presented, representing 19 countries
• 41 experts assisted at Pitching Sessions
• 38 partners promoting the European Venture Contest
• 13 companies selected for the Final Jury
• 10 final jury members

EVC 2006 Winners

• Overall winner: EpiCrystals (FL)
• Runner-ups: Multiwave Photonics (PT) and SensL (IE)
• Public Award for the Best Elevator Pitch: CVWarehouse (BE)

EVC 2006 Jury Members

President of the Jury

Prof. Alan Barrellt, Entrepreneur in Residence, University of Cambridge (UK)

Members of the Jury

John Chapman, General Partner, TVM Capital (DE)
Viktor Drvota, Business Development, Life Sciences, SEB Företagsinvest (SE)
Jean-Claude Lévêque, General Partner, LC Capital (FR)
Seppo Mäkinen, Founder & Senior Partner, Bio Fund Management (FL)
Falk Müller-Veerse, Managing Partner, Cartagena Capital (DE)
Christian Nagel, Partner, Earlybird Venture Capital (DE)
Maurizio PetitBon, Director, European Venture Partners, (UK)
Diana Saraceni, Partner, 360° Capital Partners (IT)
Jamie Urquhart, Venture Partner, Pond Venture Partners (UK)