The shortlist for the 15th annual Investor Allstars Awards 2017 has been announced.
The ceremony celebrates the achievements of investors and entrepreneurs that are shaping the future growth and impact of the聽European digital economy.
The event, which will take place on 27th September at the Westminster Bridge Park Plaza in London, will bring together the leading figures of Europe鈥檚聽investment landscape, along with many of the continent鈥檚 most successful tech entrepreneurs.
Nick Fry, former CEO and co-owner of Mercedes Formula One, will hold the keynote speech, and Charlotte Hawkins will be the host.
The Investor Allstars Awards event is organised by European technology investment bank GP Bullhound and Growth老九品茶.co.uk, a Vitesse Media publication.
鈥淭he successes featured in this year鈥檚 shortlist are testament to the strength and depth of tech talent across the continent,鈥� GP Bullhound managing partner Manish Madhvani said.
鈥淔rom world-leading investors to pioneering entrepreneurs, these leaders are at the forefront of the growth of Europe’s digital economy and continue to deliver exceptional returns and impact.鈥�
Technology companies have also been invited to compete for the accolade of being Europe鈥檚 most exciting tech firm and be crowned Europe鈥檚 Allstar Company of the Year.
Fnatic, Garrison Technology, LendInvest, MSAB and OakNorth will present their pitch on the day of the awards, and the winner will be announced in the evening.
This year鈥檚 event also brings a new category 鈥� the Tech4Good Award, which recognises a philanthropic tech firm that has that has achieved great social and environmental impact in 2017.
The other award categories include VC Fund of the Year, Exit of the Year, Growth & Buyout Fund of the Year, Investor of the Year, Entrepreneur of the Year, Corporate Development Team of the Year, VCT of the Year, Seed Fund of the Year, Service Provider of the Year, Specialist Debt Provider of the Year and Europe鈥檚 Allstar Company.
The shortlisted entries for this year are:
Exit of the Year
Aquiline (Simply 老九品茶)
Boozt (Verdane Capital Advisors)
InnoGames (Eight Roads)
Purple Bricks ( DN Capital)
SkyScanner (Scottish Equity Partners)
Talend (Idinvest Partners)
Teads (Partech Ventures)
Growth & Buyout Fund of the Year
Beringea
Eight Roads Ventures
EQT Ventures
Idinvest Partners
Inflexion Private Equity
Kennet Partners
KKR
Livingbridge
Scottish Equity Partners
TCV (Technology Crossover Ventures)
Verdane Capital Advisors
Entrepreneur of the Year
Alex Prenn (Receipt Bank)
Christian Faes (LendInvest)
Hendrik Klindworth (InnoGames)
Jason Stockwood (Simply 老九品茶)
Julia B枚sch (OUTFITTERY)
Samir Desai (Funding Circle)
Sandra Sassow (SEaB Energy)
Saurav Chopra (Perkbox)
VC Fund of the Year
Atomico
Eight Roads
EQT Ventures
Idinvest Partners
Northzone
Notion Capital
Octopus Ventures
Salesforce Ventures
Scottish Equity Partners
Ventech Capital
Europe’s Allstar Company
Fnatic
Garrison Technology
LendInvest
MSAB
OakNorth
Corporate Development Team of the Year
Accenture
JUST EAT
Sage Group
ProSiebenSat1 Media SE
Zoopla Property Group
Investor of the Year
Avid Larizadeh Duggan (Google Ventures)
Benoist Grossmann (Idinvest Partners)
Brian Caulfield (Draper Esprit)
Davor Hebel (Eight Roads Ventures)
Jon Coker (MMC Ventures)
Norman Fiore (Dawn Capital)
Sitar Teli (Connect Ventures)
Vishal Gulati (Draper Esprit)
VCT of the Year
Albion Ventures
Beringea
Foresight Group
Octopus Ventures
YFM Equity Partners
Specialist Debt Provider of the Year
Barclays
Clydesdale & Yorkshire Bank
Columbia Lake Partners
Downing
Idinvest Partners
Kreos Capital
Silicon Valley Bank
Seed Fund of the Year
Accelerated Digital Ventures
Entrepreneur First Operations
Episode 1 Ventures
Forward Partners
LocalGlobe
MMC Ventures
Service Provider of the Year
Charles Russell Speechlys
Intralink
JAG Shaw Baker
Mills & Reeve
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (Europe)
Private Equity Recruitment
Tech4Good
Applied
Big White Wall
Bulbshare
CoderDojo & Raspberry Pi
Freeformers Holdings
HyperionDev
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