2011 Award Winners

VCT of the Year

Sponsored by

Presented by Todd Cardy

Shortlist

British Smaller Companies VCT (YFM)
Crown Place VCT (Albion Ventures)
Foresight Group
Maven Capital Partners UK
Octopus Investments
ProVen Growth and Income VCT

Winner: British Smaller Companies VCT (YFM)

Equity Gap Fund of the Year

Sponsored by

Presented by Farley Duvall

Shortlist

Dawn Capital
Fast Lane Ventures
Finance South East
High-Tech Gründerfonds
IQ Capital
NESTA
Northstar
Oxford Capital Partners
PROfounders Capital
Seedcamp

Winner: High-Tech Gründerfonds

Buyout/Development
Capital Fund of the Year

Sponsored by

Presented by Jonathan Sumner

Shortlist

Advent Venture Partners
Baring Vostok Capital Partners
EQT Funds
Frog Capital
Gimv Buyout
Index Growth
Investcorp Technology Partners
ISIS Equity Partners

Winner: Frog Capital

Service Provider of the Year

Sponsored by

Presented by Ian Barbour

Shortlist

Ariadne Capital
Bird & Bird
Brown Rudnick
Kreos Capital
Marriott Harrison
Microsoft BizSpark
Orrick
Osborne Clarke
SVB Financial Group UK

Winner: Kreos Capital

Private Investor Network of the Year

Sponsored by

Presented by Isabel Fox

Shortlist

Ariadne Capital
Braveheart Envestors
Halo
London Business Angels
Seedcamp
Spintop Ventures

Winner: Braveheart Envestors

Cleantech Investor of the Year

Sponsored by

Presented by Kavita Patel

Shortlist

Albion Ventures
Climate Change Capital
Demeter Partners
Environmental Technologies Fund
Foresight Group
Innogy Venture Capital
Octopus Investments

Winner: Demeter Partners

Entrepreneur of the Year

Sponsored by

Presented by Richard Brass

Shortlist

Sophie Cornish & Holly Tucker – Notonthehighstreet.com
Gianluca D’Agostino – Neomobile
Gustavo García – BuyVIP
Heiko Hubertz – Bigpoint
Dr Georges Karam – Sequans Communications

Winner: Heiko Hubertz – Bigpoint

VC Personality of the Year

Sponsored by

Presented by Gail McManus

Shortlist

Josh Bell – Dawn Capital
Mike Chalfen – Advent Venture Partners
Steven Coppens – Gimv
Russ Cummings – Imperial Innovations
Klaas de Boer – Entrepreneurs Fund
Nenad Marovac – DN Capital
Marina Treshchova – Fast Lane Ventures
Niklas Zennström – Atomico Ventures

Winner: Niklas Zennström – Atomico Ventures

Exit of the Year

Sponsored by

Presented by Per Roman

Shortlist

agri.capital – Frog Capital
Bigpoint – GMT Communication Partners
Biovex – SEP
BuyVIP – Active Venture Partners
Landis+Gyr – Bayard
Saffron Media Group – ProVen Growth & Income VCT & ProVen VCT
SiC Processing – Frog Capital
Yandex – Baring Vostok Capital Partners

Winner: Yandex – Baring Vostok Capital Partners