Quotes

Quotes from presenting CEO's

"The European Tech Tour represents the best opportunity to introduce your ideas to a select group of smart like-minded people, who always challenge your assumptions, help you get to the core, sharpen your edge, and surrender your ego. NEO has not been actively looking for fund-raising but came across some very focused investors who just got it and are aware of the long-term journey we are embarking on- to help users find and share more relevant information on the web in the simplest possible way", said Andrej Nabergoj, Co-Founder and CEO of NEO.

“The Web and Communities Summit offered a fantastic platform for us to engage with more than 100 influential investors and industry leaders from around the globe. As Europe’s largest online ticket exchange we were delighted to be selected as one of the 25 most innovative Web 2.0 companies to present at the forum”, said Joe Cohen, CEO of Seatwave.

“The number and quality of the startups which presented was impressive. The European Internet market is booming”, said Pierre Chappaz, CEO of Wikio.

"We are pleased that Xcerion and our “Cloud OS” (XIOS/3) have been recognized with top honors. The European Tech Tour is a great opportunity for us to reach and connect to people at the right level. The execution of the event and its location further emphasized the high profile of its attendees and selected companies", said Daniel Arthursson, CEO of Xcerion.

Quotes from Delegates

"The TechTour again managed to convincingly bring together some of the most exciting European startups with a select group of European and global VCs, adding in the process a good dose of excitement to the lovely town of Montreux" Fred Destin, Partner, Atlas Venture, France.

“The Web & Communities Summit 2008 is by far the best tech conference I have ever joined. I have created so much new international network and the tour also gave me insight to a bunch of new technologies and concepts within the web sphere.” Søren Jessen Nielsen, Director, NorthCap Partners, Denmark.

“Great selection of entrepreneurs, with a good variety of stage, geography and sector spread. I met the people I wanted to meet, and new companies, I could not ask for more.”Mauro Pretolani, Partner, TLcom, UK.

“Great content, great companies, great audience and outstanding venue and logistics as always with the Tech Tour events.”Nicolas Landrin, Partner, I-Source Gestion, France.

"The Web & Communities event, while only the second of its type, was a great success, since it brought together many of the top European companies in that space. Investors obtained a thorough overview of what is happening in that segment in just one day. It would have taken weeks of travel to meet with just a fifth of the companies that presented. Many thanks to the Tech Tour team for the flawless organization and the selection of the companies."Lucian Wagner, General Partner, EUROUS VENTURES, USA.