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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)