The European Venture Contest  2008

• 700 entrepreneurs registered
• 700 companies received assistance and feedback
• 259 companies were selected to present at Pitching Sessions
• representing 24 countries
• 174 experts assisted at Pitching Sessions
• 21 companies selected for the Final Jury
• 14 companies presented at the Final in Barcelona
• 23 final jury members

2008 Winners

And the Winners of the Eurecan European Venture Contest 2008 were:

• Overall winner: InMold Biosystems (DK)
• Runner-ups: RPR Technologies (NO) & Trovit (ES)
• Public Award for the Best Elevator Pitch: NUUBO (ES)

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)