European Venture Summit 2012



Last year over 350 persons attended the European  Venture Summit in Berlin at the Investitionsbank Berlin. It was the largest meeting point for the innovative enterpreneurs in the ICT, Life Sciences and Cleantech sectors.
  • 128 Companies from 28 countries presented their business
  • 108 Investors reviewed their presentation


The presenting contest finalists were selected from the various regional pitching events held throughout our 2012 calendar 



European Venture Contest 2012

EVC 2012 Winners:

The Contest Jury, composed of international investors with extensive experience in their respective fields, decided on the best 10 presenting companies (4 ICT, 3 life sciences and 3 cleantech) based on online reviews of the companies’ profile and their presentation pitched at the European Venture Summit. The EVC 2012 winners were:
ICT    
 

  Bitbar
(FI)                                                                                 


The easiest way to test your mobile apps

    Conferize (DK) A social customer acquisition platform for the global conference industry
    Falcon Social (DK) Complete Social Media Management for Teams and Enterprises
 

  iTraff Technolog  (OL) 



Traff Technology empowers your mobile apps with image recognition technology. It turns every smartphone camera into a powerful consumer tool by mobilizing the shopping experience.
     
Life Sciences  
 

Abacus Diagnostics   (FI)



Abacus Diagnostica - easy-to-use DNA-based diagnostics for critical pathogen testing in routine clinical settings
 
  Crisalix
(CH)



Crisalix is the worldwide leader in easy-to-use 3D aesthetic simulations based on standard digital photos which provides an answer to every patient's first and foremost question "how could I look after the procedure?"
 
  WISE s.r.l.
(IT)


The new generation of leads for neuromodulation (NM) for treatment of chronic pain and Parkinson: unbreakable, less invasive and cheaper
     
Cleantech  
 
  Benjamin
(DE)

A brand new technology in the logistics industry
 

 Camfridge
(BG)              


Next generation rare-earth free and gas free high-efficiency domestic and commercial cooling appliances
 
  ROMO
Wind (CH)

Technology and service company focused on getting more production from wind turbines


EVC 2012 Jury Members:

ICT
Christian Nagel Earlybird, Petri Laine – FinnVera, Erkan Kilicaslan – Iris Capital, Patrick Polak – Newion Investments Management, Roel de Hoop – Prime Ventures, Jörg Sievert – SAP Ventures, Michael Münnix – Target Partners, Wolfgang Krause – Seventure, Jens Schmidt-Ehmcke – Hasso-Platner Ventures, Marcus Polke – Acton Capital

Life Sciences
Davide Turco – Atlante Ventures , Emmanuelle Coutanceau – Omnes Capital , Jesper Roested – Vaekstfonden , Ida Beerhalter – Bellwald GmbH , Jasper Bos – Merck Serono Ventures , Wolfgang Renz – Boehringer Ingelheim , Micahel Pfister – High-Tech Gründerfonds , Ute Mercker – IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft , Viktor Drvota – SEB Venture Capital

Clean Technologies
Bernhard Mohr – Evonik Industries, Claus Hackmann – BASF, Klass de Boer – Entrepreneurs Fund, Fabienne Herlaut – Ecomobilité Ventures, Mark Felix – Dow Chemical, Walter Grassi – Munich Venture Partners, Robert Gallenberger – GIMV, Tore Sylvester Jeppersen – Seed Capital