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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).

 

Company

Stage

Location

Presenter

Track

Aito

Expansion/Growth

Netherlands

Peter Kurstjens

Cleantech

Aurelia Turbines

Early stage

Finland

Matti Malkamaki

Cleantech

Black Bear

Expansion/Growth

Netherlands

Martijn Lopes Cardozo

Cleantech

Heliac

Expansion/Growth

Denmark

Jakob Jensen

Cleantech

OneWatt

Early stage

Netherlands

Paolo Samontanez

Cleantech

Wmoove

Expansion/Growth

Germany

Juergen Resch

Cleantech

Accelleran

Early stage

Belgium

Frederic Van Durme

Digital

Lightpoint Medical

Early stage

United Kingdom

Claire Woodthorpe

Digital

Replex

Early stage

Germany

Patrick Gruhn

Digital

Strive Media

Early stage

Denmark

Alexander Schaefer

Digital

Voiceable

Early stage

Norway

Rick Salmon

Digital

c-Lecta

Expansion/Growth

Germany

Marc Struhalla

Healthtech

Comphya

Early stage

Germany

Rodrigo Fraga-Silva

Healthtech

Fineheart

Early stage

France

Stephane Garrigue

Healthtech

Galgo Medical

Early stage

Spain

Antoni Riu

Healthtech

Noscendo

Early stage

Germany

Philip Stevens

Healthtech

Ontoforce

Early stage

Belgium

Hans Constandt

Healthtech

Oncolize

Expansion/Growth

Netherlands

Mike de Leeuw

Healthtech

Q app

Expansion/Growth

Netherlands

Bart Stevens

Healthtech

Syndivia

Early stage

France

Sasha Koniev

Healthtech

 

 

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