GP BULLHOUND SUMMIT

10 May, Berlin Nhow Hotel

GP Bullhound invited the pioneers and thought leaders of Europe's digital landscape to spend a day and evening in the European Internet hotbed of Berlin. Judging by the extraordinary list of people and companies at the Summit this year, Europe's best entrepreneurs and visionaries have never been busier building great companies.

During the day this unique mix of attendees debated the critical developments in the digital economy, saw Jacob De Geer present the new credit card payment solution iZettle and marvelled at Michael Breidenbrücker’s musical interaction through rjdj in the ground-breaking technology session. Sean Carasso, founder of charity Falling Whistles gave us a new perspective on Entrepreneurship, and we heard key German entrepreneurs discuss and uncover the secrets behind the German and in particular Berlin’s start-up phenomena.

In the evening, everyone gathered to celebrate the successes in the industry at the 9th annual Media Momentum awards.

Clip from GP Bullhound Summit: Berlin 2012.

2012 PROGRAMME
GP BULLHOUND SUMMIT BERLIN DAY AGENDA 2012

MEDIA MOMENTUM AWARDS

10 May, Berlin Nhow Hotel

For the ninth year running GP Bullhound presented the fastest growing and most promising companies in the European digital economy.

The Media Momentum league table is a list of the 50 fastest growing digital companies in Europe. During the morning of the Summit, 10 nominated companies presented to the Judges. The award winners were announced in the evening.

Swedish payment company Klarna swept everyone off their feet, by scooping up five of the eight awards at the ceremony. German Flip4new was recognised as the fastest growing smaller company, London-based Wonga won the award for the fastest growing larger company, and Annelies Van Den Belt, CEO of the Moscow-based Sup Media, the company behind blogging platform Livejournal and other media properties, won Woman of the Year.

ATTENDEES 2012

GP BULLHOUND SUMMIT BERLIN 2012
Trond Aas Funcom; CEO, Niklas Adalberth Klarna; Co-founder, Alper Akcan MikroOdeme; CEO , Ola Alvarsson Result; Founder, Cyril Andrino Private Outlet; Co-founder, Benny Arbel Mythings; Founder & CEO, Ayse Arkis Vipdükkan; Co-founder, Luca Ascani Populis; Co-founder & Chairman, Simon Baldeyrou Deezer; CFO, Mark Beilby Lumi Mobile; Co-Founder, Andreas Bernstrom Rebtel; CEO, Max Bleyleben zeebox; CEO, Andreas Bodczek Sponsorpay; CEO , Dr. Nils Bortloff Universal Music; VP Business & Legal Affairs, Richard Brass Berenberg Bank; Director, Christoph Braun Acton Capital Partners; Managing Partner, Michael Breidenbruecker RjDj; Founder, Nicolas Brusson Comuto; Founding Investor, Scott Button Unruly Media; CEO , Sean Carasso Falling Whistles; Founder, Viviane Chaine-Ribeiro Lefebvre Software; CEO, Lopo Champalimaud Wahanda; Co-founder, Andy Chen Preview Networks; CEO , Andy Cocker InfectiousMedia; Co-Founder, Will Cooper Achica; Co-founder & CEO, Yves Cornaz Google; Head of Corp Dev / M&A, Alastair Crawford 192.com; CEO, Nancy Cruickshank Telegraph Media Group; Executive Consulting Director, M&A and Investments, Mark Curtis Fjord; CCO, Alec Dafferner GP Bullhound; Partner, Gianluca D’Agostino Neomobile; CEO, Errol Damelin Wonga; Founder & CEO, Lourens de Beer Muzicall; CMO, Jacob de Geer Izettle; Co-founder & CEO, Djasur Djumaev Kupikupon; CEO, Hugo Drayton InSkin Media; CEO , Johan Edfeldt World of Horsecraft; Director, Sean Eilers Tiburon Media; CEO, Glenn Elliott Asperity; Founder & CEO, John Elvesjo Tobii; Founder  and many more...

For full list of attendees, please click here.

Breakfast Roundtable

In conjunction with a research report release, GP Bullhound invites investors and entrepreneurs to a breakfast roundtable were we discuss the latest findings and trends.

Next Research Roundtable: TBC

Latest Research Roundtable: Key take-aways from Mobile World Conference Barcelona 2012 - Trends & Opportunities

6 March 2012, from 08.00 to 09.15 at GP Bullhound's offices, Stockholm
7 March 2012, from 08.00 to 09.15 at GP Bullhound's offices, London

Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the world's largest event for the mobile telecom industry and the go-to event for the smartest emerging mobile applications and solutions providers, is happening next week. GP Bullhound will have a big team at the event and we would like to share our findings of the top trends and opportunities with you over a breakfast roundtable immediately afterwards.
 
The presentation will be hosted by Per Lindtorp who has been working with GP Bullhound since October 2011.  Prior to GP Bullhound, Per spent more than ten years as an equity research analyst covering primarily the telecom equipment sector and was Head of Telecom Equipment research for ABN AMRO/RBS in London. He has also worked for Ericsson.

Contact Lina.Einarsson@gpbullhound.com if you would like to participate in a roundtable. Please note that attendance is by invitation only and places are limited.

Recent roundtables and research reports have covered following topics:

Social Travel - The Human Touch
eBooks - A Social Revolution
Innovation in the Water Sector
Mobile Games
Mobile Payments
Russian Internet
Social Commerce - Deal or No Deal?
Technology Predictions 2011
No Holds Barred in the Digital Music Battleground
Augmented Reality – A Glimpse Beyond Reality
The Social Media Explosion – Monetising the New Word of Mouth

Media Momentum - Barcelona W Hotel 19 May 2011

W Hotel, 20 May 2011 – Last night GP Bullhound announced the winners of the Media Momentum 2011 Awards, demonstrating that the European digital media economy is growing faster than ever despite the current market conditions.

The event, now in its seventh year, is organised by GP Bullhound, together with premium sponsors Schroders Private Banking, Kemp Little and Acton Capital Partners.

The invitation-only 2011 event was a great success with 150 of the most influential decision makers from the European digital media industry attending. The compere for the evening was Spanish TV presenter Barbara Campos, and the keynote speaker was Mark Sebba, CEO of NET-A-PORTER.

Winners in the eight categories were revealed at the awards ceremony and dinner which took place at the W Hotel, Barcelona. The complete list of award winners for 2011 is:

• Fastest Growing Company Award: InSkin
• Fastest Growing Larger Company Award: Essence
• Unique Leadership Award: Skrill (Moneybookers)
• Best Global Potential Award: Skrill (Moneybookers)
• Most Innovative Company Award: Softkinetic
• Judges Award: Wonga.com  
• Media Momentum Woman of the Year: Holly Tucker and Sophie Cornish(Notonthehighstreet)
• Media Momentum Man of the Year: Gianluca D’Agostino (Neomobile) 

CONFIRMED ATTENDEES & SPEAKERS INCLUDE

Luca Ascani Co-founder/Chairman Populis; Hans Becker Co-founder/CEO Starlounge; Lucas Carne Co-founder Privalia; Xavier Court Co-founder vente-privee; Mark Curtis Co-founder/CEO Flirtomatic, Co-founder Fjord;  Gianluca D'Agostino CEO Neomobile;  Axel Dauchez CEO Deezer; Nicolas d'Hueppe CEO Cellfish Media; Stanislas Di Vittorio Founder eSearchVision, CEO/Founder Assurland; Sergio Dias CEO Brands4friends, Chairman Secret Sales; John Elvesjo Founder Tobii Technology; Pascal Gauthier Co-founder Criteo; Simon Guild Founder Bass Rock Media, Chairman Bigpoint, WAYNE, Diffusion Media Group, ex CEO MTV Europe; Anil Hansjee Head of M&A Emea Google; Mikael Hed Founder/CEO Rovio/Angry Birds; Robert Henrysson Founder/CEO Jadestone; Laurent Horwitz Co-founder/CEO Companeo;  Mans Hultman Founder VQlickTech; Pontus Kristiansson Co-founder/CEO Avail Intelligence; Andrew McGregor Co-founder eCommera; Jose Marin Founding Partner IG Expansion; David McDonald CEO Saffron Digital; Jonas Nordlander Co-founder Avito.ru, Tradera; Martin Ott CEO Skrill (Moneybookers); Michael Stephanblome Founder/Co-founder AdJug; Mark Read CEO WPP Digital; Finbarr Ronayne CFO Telegraph Group; Steve Rosenblum Founder Pixmania; Toby Rowland Founder/CEO Mangahigh, Co-founder King.com; Mika Salmi Founder Atom Entertainment, Chairman Sulake/HabboHotel; Mark Sebba CEO Net-a-porter; Kristian Segerstrale Founder/CEO Playfish; Menelaos Scouldouis Founder Velti; Sebastian Siemiatkowsi CEO Klarna; Rob Small Co-founder/CEO Miniclip; Johan Stael von Holstein Co-founder Icon Medialab, LetsBuyIt, founder/CEO MyCube; Colin Tenwick CEO Livebookings; Annelies van der Belt CEO at SUP Fabrik; Marco Veremis Co-founder/Chairman Upstream and Werner Vogels CTO Amazon; Nina Zimmerman Co-founder Experteer and many more...

 For more information please contact: lina.einarsson@gpbullhound.com
or visit www.mediamomentum.co.uk

CEO Summit - 19 May 2011, W Hotel Barcelona

GP Bullhound invited the pioneers and thought leaders of Europes Digital landscape to the exclusive W Hotel in Barcelona to spend a day and evening together brainstorming, networking and celebrating the successes in the Industry.

Some quotes from the CEO Summit:
“Cash is real – profit is an opinion” – Mans Hultman, Founder of Qlik Technologies
“Pace of growth is accelerating each year - take capital, take advantage” – Nils-Holger Henning, COO of Bigpoint
"In emerging markets it takes a while to run, but then you don’t stop” – Annelies van den Belt, CEO of SUP Fabrik
“You can run a global Internet business from anywhere in the world. For a mobile business, you absolutely need to establish a local presence” Gianluca D’Agostino CEO of Neomobile

CONFIRMED ATTENDEES & SPEAKERS INCLUDE

Luca Ascani Co-founder/Chairman Populis; Hans Becker Co-founder/CEO Starlounge; Lucas Carne Co-founder Privalia; Xavier Court Co-founder vente-privee; Mark Curtis Co-founder/CEO Flirtomatic, Co-founder Fjord;  Gianluca D'Agostino CEO Neomobile;  Axel Dauchez CEO Deezer; Nicolas d'Hueppe CEO Cellfish Media; Stanislas Di Vittorio Founder eSearchVision, CEO/Founder Assurland; Sergio Dias CEO Brands4friends, Chairman Secret Sales; John Elvesjo Founder Tobii Technology; Pascal Gauthier Co-founder Criteo; Anil Hansjee Head of M&A Emea Google; Mikael Hed Founder/CEO Rovio/Angry Birds; Robert Henrysson Founder/CEO Jadestone; Laurent Horwitz Co-founder/CEO Companeo;  Mans Hultman Founder QlikTechnologies; Andrew McGregor Co-founder eCommera; Jose Marin Founding Partner IG Expansion; David McDonald CEO Saffron Digital; Jonas Nordlander Co-founder Avito.ru, Tradera; Martin Ott CEO Skrill (Moneybookers); Michael Stephanblome Founder/Co-founder AdJug; Mark Read CEO WPP Digital; Finbarr Ronayne CFO Telegraph Group; Steve Rosenblum Founder Pixmania; Toby Rowland Founder/CEO Mangahigh, Co-founder King.com; Mika Salmi Chairman Sulake/HabboHotel; Mark Sebba CEO Net-a-porter; Kristian Segerstrale Founder/CEO Playfish; Menelaos Scouldouis Founder Velti; Sebastian Siemiatkowsi CEO Klarna; Rob Small Co-founder/CEO Miniclip; Johan Stael von Holstein Co-founder Icon Medialab, LetsBuyIt, founder/CEO MyCube; Colin Tenwick CEO Livebookings; Annelies van der Belt CEO at SUP Fabrik; Marco Veremis Co-founder/Chairman Upstream and Werner Vogels CTO Amazon; Nina Zimmerman Co-founder Experteer and many more...

Investor AllStars Venture Capital 2011

22 September 2011 - The Natural History Museum

Investor AllStars brings together the cream of Europe's venture capital community to celebrate great investments, lucrative exits and all-round professional excellence. The awards recognise the leading risk-takers and backers of high-growth businesses in what has become one of the most important events in the venture capital industry's calendar.

The Natural History Museum provides a stunning backdrop to this unique ceremony, giving guests the opportunity to enjoy a candle-lit meal in the presence of a 20-metre-long dinosaur!

Previous winners include Index Ventures, Sofinnova Partners, NorthStar Equity Investors, Albion Ventures, Investcorp Technology Partners, Good Energies' George Coelho and DFJ Esprit's Simon Cook.

NOMINATE TODAY

Award Categories:
VC Fund of the Year
Exit of the Year
VC Personality of the Year
Entrepreneur of the Year
Cleantech Investor of the Year
Private Investor Network of the Year
Jon Moulton's Triumph Over Adversity Award
Service Provider of the Year
Buyout/Development Capital Fund of the Year
Equity Gap Fund of the Year
VCT of the Year
Outstanding Contribution of the Year

For further information on the nomination process, please contact Lina Einarsson at GP Bullhound on 020 7101 7579 or email lina.einarsson@gpbullhound.com

To reserve your table or to find out more, contact Jenna Parker on 020 7250 7043 or email jenna.parker@vitessemedia.co.uk

www.investorallstars.com

Cleantech Connect

10 NOVEMBER 2011, LONDON

WINNERS 2011

One to Watch: Nexeon

Fastest Growing Company: Solarlite

Fastest Growing Lager Company: PowerWind

Unique Leadership: AMEE

Best Global Potential: PowerSense

Most Innovative Company: Nujira

Judges Award: Nualight

For the third year running GP Bullhound is presenting the hottest and the fastest growing Cleantech companies in Europe. We are inviting the CEOs and founders of the shortlisted companies, the judges and industry leaders to Sketch Restaurant in London for the Cleantech Connect Awards Dinner celebrations.

Cleantech Connect features the hottest and fastest growing Cleantech companies in Europe and has become one of the key events for CEOs and industry leaders to network and share their experiences.  Companies featured come from a wide variety of sectors including energy efficiency, solar, smart grid, water and transportation signalling a growing momentum across the Cleantech Sectors.

Andre Shortell, Partner, GP Bullhound, and a member of the Judging Panel, said, “Cleantech is such a fast moving space, and there are many innovative players entering each year. We have found the quantity and the quality of this year’s entries to be extremely high and this is really challenging our judges.  It speaks volumes about the coming of age of a number of Cleantech sectors.”

Keynote speaker for this year is Anton Daubner. Anton is CEO of agri.capital, one of Europe’s leading companies in biogas and biomethane. Agri.capital owns and operates nearly 100 sites in Germany, Italy and Austria with over 60 megawatts installed capacity.

JUDGING PANEL 2011

Alex Betts, Partner, Climate Change Capital 
Fabrice Bienfait, Environmental Technologies Fund
Richard Brass, Director, Berenberg Bank
Jonathan Bryers, Founding Partner, CT Investment Partners LLP
Benoit Charpentier, Senior Vice President, Total Energy Ventures 
Anton Daubner, CEO, agri.capital
Arun Jayadev, Wellington Partners
Ian Jenkins, Managing Director, RUSTON wheb
Cedric Latessa, Aster Capital
Colin le Duc, Partner, Genertion Investment Management
Jana W Mansour, Morrison Foerster
Stephen Marcus, Cleantech Group
Bernhard J Mohr, BASF Ventures
Fergus Munro, BD Leader, GE Infra Energy
Ferdinand Panik
Andrew Perry, Department of Energy and Climate Change 
Lorraine Ruckstuhl, Barclays Corporate
Andre Shortell, Partner, GP Bullhound
Mossadiq Umedaly, Executive Chairman, Enecsys 
Marcus Ziegler, Executive Director, RWE Innogy Venture Capital

Award Categories 2011

Fastest Growing Company Award
Fastest Growing Larger Company Award
Unique Leadership Award
Best Global Potential Award
Most Innovative Company Award
Judges Award
One to Watch

Top 10 Fastest Growing Larger Companies 2011
(Revenues <€10m in 2010)

01. PowerWind
02. SolairDirect
03. Nualight
04. Climate Energy
05. Elstat
06. PE International
07. ECO Plastics
08. Solarcentury
09. Juwi
10. Micro-Vett

Top 20 Fastest Growing Companies 2011
(Revenues >€10m in 2010)

01. Solarlite
02. Smarter Grid Solutions
03. Epuramat
04. GreenRoad
05. Gaia-Wind
06. CPM Compact Power Motors
07. AMEE
08. E-Leather
09. PowerOasis
10. Nujira
11. PowerSense
12. Ashwoods Automotive
13. Eniram
14. PvXchange
15. Breathing Buildings
16. Intelligent Energy
17. Enertime
18. EnOcean
19. Applied Nano Surfaces
20. Power Plus Communications

Ones To Watch 2011

Alpheon
Bluewater Bio
Clean Mobile
CrystAl-N
Eight19
Electroengine
Enecsys
Femtogrid Energy Solutions
G24 Innovations
Heliatek
Heliex Power
Highview Power Storage
InnoSave
Innoveox
Isentropic
KiWi Power
myFC
Newlisi
Nexeon
Onzo
Oree
Oxford Photovoltaics
PassivSystems
SCFI Group
SenseLogix
Softcar
Topell Energy
Valoya
Vert Labs
XEMC Darwind

For more information visit www.cleantech-connect.com or contact: lina.einarsson@gpbullhound.com