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2010 Winners

VCT of the Year

Presented by:
Duncan Innes


Albion Ventures
Beringea
Core Capital
Foresight Group
Matrix
Octopus Ventures
YFM Group − British Smaller Companies

Winner: Foresight Group





Equity Gap Fund of the Year

Presented by:
Oscar Jazdowski


Create Partners
Dawn Capital
High-Tech Gründerfonds
IQ Capital
MTI − UMIP Premier Fund
NESTA
Northstar Ventures
Oxford Capital
PROfounders Capital
Sting Capital

Winner: MTI – UMIP Premier Fund





Buyout/Development Capital Fund of the Year

Presented by:
Federico Giannandrea


Advent Ventures
Index Ventures
Investcorp
TA Associates

Winner: TA Associates





Service Provider of the Year

Presented by:
Ian Barbour


Ansarada
Bird & Bird
Brown Rudnick
Kemp Little
Kreos Capital
Marriot Harrison
Osborne Clark
PER
Renovata Partners
Rosenblatt Solicitors
Speechly Bircham

Winner: PER





Jon Moulton’s Triumph Over Adversity Award

Presented by:
Jon Moulton


Endeavors Technologies
Innovision
Morse
Portrait Software
Rodstone
Spark Response
The Real Good Food Company

Winner: Morse





Private Investor Network of the Year

Presented by:
Richard Brass


Ariadne Capital
Beer & Partners
Envestors
Hotbed
Octopus Ventures
Seedcamp

Winner: Beer & Partners





Cleantech Investor of the Year

Presented by:
Shona Prendergast


Environmental Technologies Fund
Foresight Group
Good Energies
Imperial Innovations
Northzone Ventures
RWE Innogy − Venture Capital
Wellington Partners

Winner: Imperial Innovations





Deal Envy of the Year Award

Presented by:
John Wyatt


eCircle − TA Associates
Heliatek GmbH − RWE Innogy GmbH
Jolicloud SAS − Mangrove Capital Partners & Atomico Investment Holdings
Mimecast − Index Ventures
Spotify − Wellington Partners & Northzone Ventures

Winner: Spotify – Wellington Partners & Northzone Ventures





VC Personality of the Year

Presented by:
Gail McManus


Marion Bernard − Northstar Ventures
Frédéric Court − Advent Venture Partners
Davor Hebel − Fidelity Investments
Ben Holmes − Index Ventures
Mattias Ljungman − Atomico Ventures
Shahzad Malik − Advent Venture Partners
Pär-Jörgen Pärson − Northzone Ventures
Mike Reid − Frog Capital
Sean Seton-Rogers − PROfounders Capital
Philip Shapiro − Synova Capital

Winner: Ben Holmes – Index Ventures





Exit of the Year

Presented by:
Per Roman


Apatech − MTI
Concentrix − Good Energies
Core Optics − Gimv
Gomez − Doughty Hanson
LogMeln − 3TS Capital Partners
Nimsoft − Northzone Ventures
Playfish − Accel Partners & Index Ventures
Scansafe − Balderton Capital
Steek − Innovacom
Yoox − Balderton Capital & 360 Capital

Winner: Playfish – Accel Partners & Index Ventures





VC Fund of the Year

Presented by:
Ivan Farneti


Atomico Ventures
Crédit Agricole
DFJ Esprit
Gimv
Index Ventures
Northzone Ventures
Sofinnova
Wellington Partners

Winner: Sofinnova





Outstanding Contribution of the Year

Presented by:
Richard Henderson


Alain Caffi − Ventech Capital
Michael Elias − Kennet Partners
Anne Glover − Amadeus Capital Partners
Jon Moulton − Better Capital
Marc Samwer − European Founders Fund

Winner: Michael Elias – Kennet Partners

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