Celebrating a lifetime of achievement in European Venture, this award is for those who have shaped the industry through their investments, contributions, and thought leadership over 10+ years.

Honoring the long-standing tried and true champions and stewards of our industry, this accolade recognizes a firm from a fully holistic view, including pure financial performance and portfolio performance as well as innovation, impact on the ecosystem, diversity, transparency, and fairness as well as team and culture.

This accolade recognizes our industry’s emerging managers by the same criteria as firm of the year, but focusing on firms on fund I - III.  Evaluation is thus with a holistic view, including pure financial and portfolio performance as well as innovation, impact on the ecosystem, diversity, transparency and fairness as well as team and culture.

Honouring the true newcomers, this award goes to a fund that has had its first close in the past year, recognising their remarkable success in bringing something new and innovative to the European Venture market while building traction around their fund and vision.

Honoring a firm that has demonstrated exceptional positive impact through their investments and practices alongside outstanding financial performance. Evaluation is based on a mix of impact performance, impact practice, influence on industry practices, diversity, governance, and fairness.

This category recognizes outstanding achievements and contributions made in the European VC ecosystem that has impacted our practices positively and helped usher in positive changes in our industry. Submissions are thus evaluated as specific projects or contributions to the ecosystem, rather than as individuals or organizations.

Honouring the firm that has had a company that has exited and created the most value back to the VC and therefore back to the European Venture ecosystem. This is about venture capital returns as opposed to “the biggest exit” and will also encompass strategic aspects of the exit such as timing in relation to market conditions and exit strategy employed.

The summit is invite only. Tech founders and investors actively committed to moving the continent forward will be prioritized.

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