IAS 2009

VC Fund of the Year

Northzone
Index
Prime Technology Ventures
Wellington
DFJ esprit
Intel Capital
Credit Agricole

Winner: Northzone

Exit of the Year

Grosvenor Health - Albion Ventures
Message Labs Group - Catalyst Investors
Trolltech - Index Ventures
Purple Labs – Sofinnova Partners
Core Valve – Sofinnova Partners
Direvo – TVM Capital
Photonis - AXA Private Equity

Winner: Core Valve – Sofinnova Partners

VC Personality of the Year

Advent Ventures – Frederic Court
ePlanet – Dennis Atkinson
Fidelity – Davor Hebel
Foresight Group – James Livingston
Frog Capital – Mike Reid
Kennet – Max Bleyleben
Northzone – Pär Jörgen Pärsson
Sean Seton-Rogers

Winner: Sean Seton-Rogers

Cleantech Investor of the Year

Environmental Technologies Fund
Foresight Group
Frog Capital
Good Energies
Northzone
RWE
Scatec
Siemens
Virgin Green Fund

Winner: Environmental Technologies Fund

Buyout/Development Capital Fund of the Year

Barclays Ventures
Index Growth Fund
Investcorp Technology Partners
Kennet

Winner: Investcorp Technology Partners

Equity Gap Fund of the Year

Create Partners
Finance Wales
High Tech Gründerfonds
Nesta
NorthStar Equity Investors
Oxford Capital
STING Capital
UMIP Premier Fund

Winner: NorthStar Equity Investors

VCT of the Year (UK)

Albion Ventures
Beringea
Core Capital
Foresight
IBIS Capital
Maven Capital Partners
Octopus

Winner: Albion Ventures

Private Investor Network of the Year

Ariadne Capital
Envestors
Hotbed
Octopus Ventures
OION
Seedcamp

Winner: Envestors

Service Provider of the Year

Bird & Bird
Brown Rudnick
Kreos Capital
Marriott Harrison
Osborne Clark
Pinsent Masons
Rosenblatt
Speechly Bircham

Winner: Bird & Bird

Outstanding Contribution of the Year

Amadeus – Hermann Hauser
Bridges Ventures – Ronald Cohen
GLE – Anthony Clark
Kennet Partners – Michael Elias
Kreos Capital – Ross Ahlgreen
Northzone – Arve Andresen
Sofinnova – Oliver Protard
Wellington – Frank Boenke

Winner: Amadeus – Hermann Hauser

Alchemy’s Triumph Over Adversity

Clarity Commerce Solutions
Little Chef
Smart Trust
Sonim Technologies
STV

Winner: Sonim Technologies

Deal Envy of the Year

De la Maison – Nextstage Ventures
Ethical Superstore – NorthStar Equity Investors
Greetz – ePlanet
Spreadshirt – Kennet
Mimecast – Dawn Capital
Playfish – Accel, Index Ventures
Spotify – Northzone/Wellington Partners
The Foundry – Advent Venture Partners
Wonga – Greylock/Accel/ Dawn Capital

Winner: Playfish – Accel, Index Ventures