IAS 2008

Winners & Shortlisted Companies

Listed below are the winners and those short-listed from the 2008 Investor Allstars Awards

Venture Capital Fund

Baytech
DFJ esprit
Forbion Capital Partners
Index Ventures
Nordic Venture Partners
Northzone
Ventech
Wellington

Winner: Index Ventures

Exit

Alantos (Forbion, Early Bird)
Apertio (Add Partners, Xange, Eden Ventures, Motorola)
Bebo (Balderton Capital)
Buyat / Perfiliate (DFJ Esprit)
Cartesis (Apax, Advent Ventures)
Coding Technologies (CIMON, Verdane Capital)
Gyro International (Octopus International)
Healthcare at Home (Apax)
Meuillertaux.com (Ventech)
MYSQL (Balderton, Index Ventures, Scope)

Winner: MYSQL (Balderton, Index Ventures, Scope)

VCT/ FCPI

AGF
Beringea
Foresight
Isis Equity Partners
Matrix
Octopus Investments
OTC Asset Management
YFM Group - British smaller companies

Winner: AGF

Service Provider

Addleshaw Goddard
Brown Rudnick
Kreos
Noble
Olswang
Spectrum

Winner: Brown Rudnick

VC Personality

Andreas Ossmark - Scope
Bernard Dalle - Index Ventures
Ernie Richardson - MTI
Jean Schmitt - Sofinnova Partners
John Tidmarsh – E Synergy UK
Jude Ngu'Ewodo - Baytech Venture Capital
Simon Cook - DFJ Esprit
Torleif Ahlsand - Northzone

Winner: Simon Cook - DFJ Esprit

Equity Gap

Dotcorp
East Midlands Early Growth Fund
Eden Ventures
Hightech Gerunderfonds
MTI
NESTA
North West Business Investment Scheme
NorthStar Equity Investors (North East Co-investment Fund)
Oxford Capital Partners
Seraphim Capital (Seraphim Enterprise Capital Fund)
The Capital Fund

Winner: Hightech Gerunderfonds

Deal Envy

Adconion
Criteo
Dailymotion
Kiala
Metaversum
Nanoradio
Pangenetics
Seatwave
Steak Media

Winner: Adconion

Outstanding Contribution

Anne Glover - Amadeus
David Leathers- Abingworth
George Coelho - Good Energies
Johan Hernmark - Provider
Michael Elias - Kennet Partners
Nigel Grierson - Doughty Hanson Technology
Olivier Protard- Sofinnova Partners
Ronald Cohen - Bridges Ventures
Sven Lingjaerde - Vision Capital

Winner: George Coelho - Good Energies