The 11th edition of the Tech Tour European Venture Contest (EVC) Final took place on the 11-12 of December 2017 at the Düsseldorf Congress Centre, uniting 125 up and coming entrepreneurs and 100 investors and industry representatives for a 2-day pitching, networking and idea-sharing spree. These companies were filtered from over 1250 applications and 600 pitches held throughout Tech Tour’s 2017 calendar of events.
EVC Final selection process
The 125 presenting companies were invited as the top-rated companies of the Tech Tour European Venture Contest, selected over a series of 18 regional or sector–focused qualifying events which compose the Final Contest. These 125 companies were reviewed online and onsite by investors and the investor jury on 6 criteria. The Top 20 winners got the highest review ratings following online screening and onsite pitches.
The presenting companies cover 20 tech sessions over 3 tracks including Cleantech (Photonics, Energy Transition, Materials and Manufacturing, Circular Economy, Foodtech, Smart Cities and Mobility, and Industry 4.0), Digital Tech (Internet and Media, B2B Enterprise Solutions, Speech Tech and Context Awareness, Fintech, Legal Tech, and SaaS B2C), and Healthtech (Online Hospitals and Digital Health, Connected Health, Biotech, Medical Devices, Therapeutics, Digital Imaging and Digital Health, and Diagnostics).
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Company
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Stage
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Location
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Presenter
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Track
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Aito
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Expansion/Growth
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Netherlands
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Peter Kurstjens
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Cleantech
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Aurelia Turbines
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Early stage
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Finland
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Matti Malkamaki
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Cleantech
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Black Bear
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Expansion/Growth
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Netherlands
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Martijn Lopes Cardozo
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Cleantech
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Heliac
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Expansion/Growth
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Denmark
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Jakob Jensen
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Cleantech
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OneWatt
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Early stage
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Netherlands
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Paolo Samontanez
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Cleantech
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Wmoove
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Expansion/Growth
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Germany
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Juergen Resch
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Cleantech
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Accelleran
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Early stage
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Belgium
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Frederic Van Durme
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Digital
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Lightpoint Medical
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Early stage
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United Kingdom
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Claire Woodthorpe
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Digital
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Replex
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Early stage
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Germany
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Patrick Gruhn
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Digital
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Strive Media
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Early stage
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Denmark
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Alexander Schaefer
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Digital
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Voiceable
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Early stage
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Norway
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Rick Salmon
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Digital
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c-Lecta
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Expansion/Growth
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Germany
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Marc Struhalla
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Healthtech
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Comphya
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Early stage
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Germany
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Rodrigo Fraga-Silva
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Healthtech
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Fineheart
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Early stage
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France
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Stephane Garrigue
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Healthtech
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Galgo Medical
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Early stage
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Spain
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Antoni Riu
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Healthtech
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Noscendo
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Early stage
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Germany
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Philip Stevens
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Healthtech
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Ontoforce
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Early stage
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Belgium
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Hans Constandt
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Healthtech
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Oncolize
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Expansion/Growth
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Netherlands
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Mike de Leeuw
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Healthtech
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Q app
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Expansion/Growth
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Netherlands
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Bart Stevens
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Healthtech
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Syndivia
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Early stage
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France
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Sasha Koniev
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Healthtech
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More information about the company winners can be found online here and through the company brief here.
The EVC Final 2017 is supported by Global Partner Orrick and Host Partners the City of Dusseldorf, the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, the Ministry of Economy, Innovation, Digitization and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Gold Partner NRW Bank, Bronze Partners Logitech, BioCampus Cologne, Euronext, Horizon 2020 SME Instrument, Cologne Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Business in Antwerp, Statkraft, and Sonae IM, Industry Support Partners European Young Innovators Forum, High-Tech Gruderfonds, the International Cleantech Network, Private Equity Forum, Upnetix, and ACTPHAST, and Media Partners Health 2.0 and StartupCon.
For more information about the event, please visit the event website and read the previous press releases below:
Press Release 1
Press Release 2
Award Winners brief
Award Winners online
Presenting Companies
Programme
Participants
Investor Jury
