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)