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)