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CEVC 2011 Winners
ICT winner: IDES Technologies (BE)
IDES Technologies introduces eyeDES - an innovative technology to replace 20 year old legacy systems in the financial sector, that will help banks, credit card schemes and merchants to reduce their daily card fraud losses
Runner-ups:
Phasor Solutions
Wazzup
Optilab
Internauto Gestion
Life Sciences winner: Radius Diagnostics (GB)
Radius is developing 'MAX', an 'X-ray source on a chip' that will transform the economics, deployment and applications of X-ray in clinical, security and industrial markets that exceed $5bn annual revenues.
Runner-ups:
Promethera Biosciences
Okapi Sciences
ImunNovative Developments
Medical Device Work
CleanTech winner: Orthocone (SE)
We are developing a new liquid crystal technology that will bring a revolution to future products in imaging and photonics
Runner-ups:
Borit
Greasoline
Skeleton Technologies
Aquiloz
CEVC 2011 Jury Members
- President of the Jury
Ms. Diana Saraceni, General Partner, 360° Capital Partners, Italy
- Members of the Jury
ICT
Nicolas Goulet, Adara Venture Partners [ES]
Francisco Velázquez de Cuellar, Axon Capital [ES]
Laura Urquizu, Banca Civica / Capital Semilla / Negocios Emergentes [ES]
Anne Lange, Cisco Systems Europe [FR]
Paulo Andrez, DNA Cascais [PT]
Christian Nagel, Earlybird Venture Capital [DE]
Søren Jessen Nielsen, NorthCap Partners [DK]
Jorge Brás, Pathena [PT]
Péter Barta, Post-Privatization Foundation (FPP) [RO]
Andrés Padilla, Telefónica Digital [ES]
Life Sciences
Ida Beerhalter, BellwaldPartner GmbH [CH]
Mark Wilson, GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals [GB]
James Wong, NBGI Ventures [GB]
Frederic Sottilini, Philips Healthcare Incubator [NL]
Marius Ghenea, Venture Connect [RO]
CleanTech
Diana Saraceni, 360° Capital Partners [IT]
Claus Hackmann, BASF Venture Capital GmbH [DE]
Catherine Dumonceaux, Dexia Private Equity [BE]
Wim Dubois, OCAS Ventures [BE]
Véronique Hervouet, Total Energy Ventures [FR]
EEVC 2010 Winners
ICT winner: Kinamik Data Integrity (ES)
Data integrity solutions for audit, compliance, risk-management, legal evidence & forensic purposes.
Runner-ups:
Taxipal
System Performance Group
Digital Samba
Defendec
Life Sciences winner: Immunservice (DE)
Immune hormones as drugs for biomimetic use, lead product (EU Orphan) interleukin-2 for inhalation
Runner-ups:
Closed Loop Therapies
Neurotune
Hepa Wash
Bergen Bio
CleanTech winner: MetGen (SF/FI)
Enzymes for pulp and paper, waste water treatment and biofuel industries
Runner-ups:
Lithium Balance
Elaphe
OwecTower
Fluxxion
EEVC 2010 Jury Members
- President of the Jury
Ms. Diana Saraceni, General Partner, 360° Capital Partners, Italy
- Members of the Jury
Dr. Claus A. Andersson, Director & Associated Professor, Sunstone Capital, Denmark
Mr. Paulo Andrez, Vice-President, European Business Angel and Early Stage Funds Association, Portugal
Mr. Fèlix Arias, Senior Manager, Highgrowth Partners, Spain
Dr. Ivica Cerina, Partner, NGN Capital, Germany
Mr. Jean-Francois Champigny, Director in Corporate Finance, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Luxembourg
Dr. Laia Crespo, Investment Manager, Ysios Capital Partners, Spain
Mr. Julien Creuze, Senior Associate, Aster Capital Partners, France
Mr. Jean-Michel Deligny, Managing Director, Go4Venture, United Kingdom
Mr. Vitor Dinis, Partner and CFO, Pathena, Portugal
Dr. Janke J. Dittmer, Senior Director New Business Development, Philips Healthcare Incubator, Netherlands
Ms. Catherine Dumonceaux, Investment Manager, Dexia Private Equity, Belgium
Mr. Carles Ferrer Roqueta, Managing Partner, Nauta Capital, Spain
Mr. Nicolas Goulet, Managing Partner, Adara Venture Partners, Spain
Mr. Sylwester Janik, Venture Partner, MCI Management, Poland
Mr. Petri Laine, Head of Operations, Veraventure Oy, Finland
Mr. Ari-Pekka Laitsaari, Portfolio Manager, Veraventure Oy, Finland
Mr. Allan Majotra, Director, Axon Capital, Spain
Mr. Seppo Mäkinen, Managing Partner, Taikon Advisor Oy, Finland
Dr. Christian Nagel, Managing Partner, Earlybird Venture Capital, Germany
Ms. Maisy Ng, Managing Partner, Add Partners, United Kingdom
Mr. Suresh Patel, Managing Partner, Verdexus, Germany
Mr. Andrew Romans, General Partner, The Founders Club, United Kingdom
Ms. Laura Urquizu, Director, Corporacción CAN Capital Semilla / Negocios Emergentes, Spain
Mr. Philippe Vercruyssen, Partner, OCAS Ventures, Belgium
Dr. Mark Wilson, Collaboration Management, Europe Pharmaceutical Development, GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals, United Kingdom
Dr. Werner Wolf, CEO and Founder, Bio Innovations, Switzerland
EEVC 2009 Winners
- Overall winner: Biomodics (DK) - Dr. Peter Thomsen - Life Sciences
Nanoporous catheters for prevention of infection
- Runner-ups:
2nd - Liquavista (NL) - Dr. John Feenstra - ICT
Development and commercialization of electrowetting displays - an alternative to LCD's
3rd - ASH DEC Umwelt (AT) - Mr. Ludwig Hermann - Cleantech
Simultaneous energy generation and phosphate fertilizer production from biomass waste
- Best Elevator Pitch: Agnitio (ES) - Ms. Sapna Capoor
You can find all Elevator Pitches from 2009
here.
EEVC 2009 Jury Members
- President of the Jury
Rick Salmon, Founding Partner, Xelerator, Norway
- Members of the Jury
Fèlix Arias, Associate Director, Highgrowth Partners, Spain
Trine Bartholdy, Investment Director,Sunstone Capital, Denmark
Mathieu Carenzo,Head of the Entrepreneurship Center, IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Spain
Mario Caria, International Director and Partner, SOFIMAC PARTNERS Investment Capital, France
Rodolfo Carpintier, Chief Executive Officer, Dad, Spain
Ivica Cerina, Partner, NGN Capital, Germany
Steven Coppens, Executive Investment Manager, GIMV, Belgium
Viktor Drvota, Business Development Manager Life Sciences, SEB Venture Capital, Sweden
Jeff Fenyo, Partner, Lansdowne Consulting, Germany
Carles Ferrer Roqueta, General Partner, NautaCapital, Spain
Sylwester Janik, Venture Partner, MCI Management, Poland
Ari-Pekka Laitsaari, Portofolio Manager, Veranventure, Finland
Steven Levecke, Investment Associate, Capricorn Venture Partners, Belgium
Pablo Márquez de Prado Nieto, Head of Strategic Initiatives; Gamesa, Spain
Raúl Martín-Ruiz, Investment Manager, Ysios Capital Partners, Spain
Maisy Ng, Managing Partner ICT, Add Partners, United Kingdom
Kim Nielsen, Local Software Economy Lead, Microsoft, Denmark
Ciarán O'Leary, Senior Associate, Earlybird, Germany
EEVC 2008 Winners
- Overall winner: InMold Biosystems (DK)
- Runner-ups: RPR Technologies (NO) & Trovit (ES)
- Public Award for the Best Elevator Pitch: NUUBO (ES)
EEVC 2008 Jury Members
President of the jury
Dave Darsch, Founder, CEO Collaborative Forum Vice President of the Jury
José González Díaz, Member of the Board, CEO Collaborative Forum
Members of the Jury
Johan Ahlund,Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Artificial Solutions (ES)
Fèlix Arias, Associate Director, Highgrowth Partners SGECR SA (ES)
Roop Chandwani, Executive Search - Management Due Diligence - Interims in Life Sciences, Aggio Partners (UK)
Steven Coppens, Executive Investment Manager, GIMV (BE)
Albert Domingo, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, NeXTreT (ES)
Carles Ferrer Roqueta, General Partner, Nauta Capital S.L. (ES)
Torsten Freltoft, Chief Executive Officer, Sophion Bioscience A/S (DK)
Inge Geerdens, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, CVWarehouse NV (BE)
José González Díaz, Member of the Board, CEO Collaborative Forum (ES)
Sylwester Janik, Venture Partner, MCI Management SA (PL)
Dr Eric Leire, President, BioFund Management Lt (DK)
Alec Mian, Chief Executive Officer, Genmedica Therapeutics SL (ES)
Lance Mysyrowicz, Partner, ETV Capital Limited (UK)
Søren Jessen Nielsen, Investment Director, NorthCap Partners (DK)
Andrew Romans, Managing Partner, The Founders’ Club;
Diana Saraceni, General Partner 360° Capital Partners (IT)
Rene Savelsberg, Managing Director, SET Venture Partners (NL)
Dr Thomas Tscherning, Partner & Director, BankInvest Group (DK)
Charles Van Costenobel, Director Eurecan (CAN), Caja Navarra (ES)
Francisco Velázquez de Cuellar, Chief Executive Officer, Axon Capital (ES)
Dr Werner Wolf, Venture Partner and Senior Science & Technology Advisor, TVM Capital (DE)
EEVC 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)
EEVC 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)
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)
EVC 2005 Winners
- Overall winner: Alfama (PT)
- Runner-ups: AsicAhead (BE) and Clear2Pay (BE)
- Public Award for the Best Elevator Pitch: Alfama (PT)
EVC 2005 Jury Members
President of the Jury
Candace Johnson, Europe Online Investments (LU)
Members of the Jury
Mark Breitfeld, AdAdstra Venture GmbH (DE)
Jean-Claude Lévêque, LC Capital (FR)
Seppo Mäkinen, Founder & Senior Partner, Bio Fund Management (FL)
Christian Nagel, Partner, Earlybird Venture Capital (DE)
Tom Paffen, Residex Ventures BV (NL)
Alain Rodermann, Sofinova (FR)
Diana Saraceni, Partner, 360° Capital Partners (IT)
Jamie Urquhart, Venture Partner, Pond Venture Partners (UK)
Barend Van den Brande,Big Bang Ventures (BE)
