Call for Nominations for BIC Entrepreneurs

"EBN Smart Entrepreneurship Competition 2010”

Overall Winner (highest score received by the audience) - Neuron, supported by BIC Granada – Spain
Neuron was awarded the EUPIC prize to help them internationalize and enter the Chinese market with the support of the Chengdu BIC in China.
Neuron BPh is a pioneering Spanish biotech company devoted to the search for neuroprotective drugs and solutions for industrial problems via the use of microorganisms.
The day before being awarded in Burgos Neuron had just been admitted in the Spanish Stock Market (Mercado Alternativo Bursatil) of Madrid in the growth companies sector. Neuron BPh, is the 7th company integrating the MAB and the first Biotech company in the alternative market.

Collaborative models - Jamendo supported by Technoport - CRP Henri Tudor, Luxembourg
Jamendo PRO is an online platform of music licensing under Creative Commons. It enables professional and individual people to purchase the rights to use music for commercial purposes.

Digital models - Feedzai  supported by Instituto Pedro Nunes, Portugal
FeedZai specializes in processing large volumes of data with low-latency producing actionable information in real-time.  Feedzai -Pulse enables real time processing of data from diverse business sources. This provides decision makers with "always on, up to date" visibility over their business, hence enabling them to make informed decisions as soon as relevant events occur. Pulse brings you actionable data.

Total services models – ENControl supported by BIC Plzen, Czech Republic
The company’s idea was to develop and to introduce to the market a new cost-effective energy control system for buildings that combines several functions (e.g. comfort, safety and energy consumption savings) in one, allows domestic and commercial users to gain understanding of their energy consumption, is easy to install in existing and new structures and is user friendly. The system contributes to new trends of smart houses, low-energy houses and smart grids.

Socially Responsible Models - Prebia - supported by CEEI Talavera de la Reina-Toledo, Spain
Biotechnological company dedicated to the development of better and healthier nutritional tools for animal feeding. They are characterized by their commitment to innovation and research of phytomolecules of higher added value, generating nutritional strategies which will be adjusted to the production needs of their clients.

Business Models - Yoomi - Feed me Bottles - supported by Knowledge Dock, United Kingdom
A bottle and warmer in one, yoomi warms baby's feed to the natural temperature of breast milk at the touch of a button – in just 60 seconds. Their main concern is baby's safety and comfort. To that end, their team of highly skilled engineers and designers have developed a high performance baby bottle that gently warms baby's feed to the right temperature, quickly and safely.

20 short listed finalists
who competed at the 19th  EBN Annual Congress.
Please click on the company name to view an executive summary of their profile

1. Business models

	NEURON BPh(Start up),www.neuronbp.com, supported by BIC Granada, Spain
	Feed Me Bottles Ltd/Yoomi (Start up), www.yoomi.com, supported by Knowledge Dock, United-Kingdom
	BIT4ID srl (Gazelle), www.bit4id.com, supported by Città della Scienza S.p.A., Italy
	FARSENS (Start up), www.farsens.com, suppored by BIC Berrilan, Spain

2. Collaborative models

	POLYMEDIS S.A. (Gazelle),www.polymedis.com, supported by La Maison de l'entreprise, Belgium
	Wixta Industries Srl (Start-up), www.wixta.com, supported by BIC Lazio SpA, Italy
	Jamendo (Gazelle),www.jamendo.com, supported by Technoport - CRP Henri Tudor, Luxembourg
	Astrofos Ltd(Start up), www.astrofos.com, supported by BIC of Attika, Greece

3. Digital models

	Ikasplay(Start-up), www.ikasplay.com, supported by BIC Berrilan, Spain
	Fishing Cactus Sprl (Start up), www.fishingcactus.com, supported by La Maison de l'entreprise, Belgium
	FeedZai(Start up), www.feedzai.com, supported by Instituto Pedro Nunes, Portugal
	Novasoft Corporación Empresarial SL (Gazelle),www.novasoft.eu, supported by BIC EURONOVA, Spain
	BROKER INC, supported by Infodev, Macedonia.

4. Socially responsible models

	Slider Studio Ltd (Gazelle), www.sliderstudio.co.uk, supported by Knowledge Dock, United-Kingdom
	Covivo (Start up), www.covivo.eu, supported by Promotech, France
	Prebia Feed Extracts (Gazelle), www.prebia.es, supported by CEEI Talavera de la Reina-Toledo, Spain
	ENERCOME (Start-up), www.enercome.com, supported by BIC EURONOVA, Spain
	RECYCLA CHILE, www.recycla.cl, supported by Infodev, Chile

5. Total services models

	Imajing SAS (Start up), www.imajing.eu, supported by CEEI Théogone, France
	Neo Metrics Analytics (Gazelle), www.neo-metrics.com, supported by BIC Asturias, Spain
	Nabla Quadro S.rl. (Start-up), www.nablaquadro.it, supported by BIC Lazio SpA, Italy
	ENcontrol s.r.o(Start-up), www.encontrol.eu, supported by BIC Plzen, Czech Republic