The European Venture Contest  2005

  • 295 entrepreneurs registered
  • 170 companies received assistance and feedback
  • 57 companies were selected to present at Pitching Sessions
  • 22 companies actually presented, representing 19 countries
  • 46 experts assisted at Pitching Sessions
  • 13 companies selected for the Final Jury
  • 11 final jury members

 2005 Winners

  • Overall winner: Alfama (PT)
  • Runner-ups: AsicAhead (BE) and Clear2Pay (BE)
  • Public Award for the Best Elevator Pitch: Alfama (PT)

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)