And the winners are...

It is with a great pleasure that we would like to announce the winners of the Greater Region of the 11th edition of the European Entrepeneurship competition EUROWARDS, which has been organised for the second time in the Greater Region.

Courtesy of:,SNCI & Ministry of the Economy
In partnership with:,ADUAN & BAS & FIT Exist Trier
The official invitation-only ceremony in presence of the Minister of the Economy, Mr Henri Grethen, took place on Monday, October 12th 2003 at the new building of the Centre de Recherche Public Henri Tudor including a keynote followed by a networking cocktail.
The winners are:
- Category ENCOURAGEMENT: Odyssey (Luxembourg).,- Category SEED: A2IM (Lorraine),- Category START-UP: 3G Media Consulting (Luxembourg),- Category EXPANSION: Tarantula (Luxembourg).
These companies will represent the Greater Region at the European Selection and participate free of charge to the Clever-Networking event supported by Commissioner Erkki Liikanen on November 28th 2003 in Brussels.
This years finalists in the different categories in the Greater Region are:
Category ENCOURAGEMENT:,o Bonus-Regional (Rheinland),o Odyssey (Luxembourg).,o Varistart (Lorraine)
Category SEED:,o A2IM (France),o Free-Beep (Luxembourg),o Lescargot dans la prairie (Lorraine),o LMZ Entertainment (Luxembourg),o MagMell (Saarland),o OneWeb (Luxembourg),o Projet ERCO (Lorraine),o Tecmocom (Rheinland)
Category START-UP:,o 3G Media Consulting (Luxembourg),o Alysea (Luxembourg),o Buyunity (Saarland),o Intellibio (Lorraine),o Moneecard (Luxembourg),o Publishing Innovation (Lorraine),o Sapiens Tech (Luxembourg)
Category EXPANSION:,o Safe AG (Rheinland),o Tarantula (Luxembourg).
For further information on the finalists please contact e-mail: [e-mail].
More than 120 entrepreneurs out of the Greater Region participated in this years edition. Congratulations to all the finalists and participants.
,Further more, we would be honoured to count you among the members of the FirstTuesday Luxembourg delegation for the launch of CLEVER NETWORKING supported by Commissioner Erkki Liikanen on November 28th 2003 in Brussels.
Special rates for participants and FirstTuesday Luxembourg members available. Please do not hesitate to contact us at [e-mail] for special rates
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,First Tuesday, a meeting forum active at world level, has the object of promoting the creation of companies with high growth potential. Its aim is to put young entrepreneurs in touch with potential strategic partners, likely to provide the necessary infrastructure (capital, technology, savoir-faire, services, etc.), in other words to be a Meeting Forum for High Tech Enterprise.
With a presence in 85 cities around the world, where 25,000 people attend monthly meetings, First Tuesday has more than 85,000 members and companies that have come into being as a result of these forums.
In order to increase the services offered and to consolidate its role of promoting entrepreneurship and supporting projects among companies with high growth potential, First Tuesday Luxembourg is associating this year with the Ministry of Economy, SNCI Luxembourg, Fit exist Trier, ADUAN, and Business Angels Saarland, to co-ordinate EUROWARDS 2003 in the Greater Region.
EUROWARDS is a European competition for entrepreneurs in all sectors of activity. This annual high-level encounter enables participants to pit themselves against their peers within a context favouring shared experience. Participation in EUROWARDS offers the opportunity to build up contacts and to strengthen links with strategic partners in preferential circumstances. Over the 11 years it has been in existence, EUROWARDS has established itself as the indisputable benchmark for enterprise promotion in Europe.
The competition is divided into four categories (Encouragement, Seed, Start-up, Expansion). It is aimed at different corporate profiles and selection takes place in 3 stages: regional/ national1, and finally European.
Encouragement,This category is aimed at all those who have a relatively well-developed idea (the product/service, its competitive positioning, its potential profitability), and enables them to test their idea and make it known among bodies involved in assisting the creation of companies, and finally to benefit from the media spin-offs from the competition.
Seed,This is for all those who have a formalised project, already tested on the market (from 1 to 5 clients or a minimum of financing already assured and a business plan over 3 years). The project must have been in existence for less than two years and be addressed to several partners. These companies will have the opportunity to establish contacts with business angels and investment partners, and to take advantage of Gate2Growth services as well as media spin-offs.
Start-up,This category is for any company which offers a product/service that has already been sold to at least 5 customers or which has at least 5 employees or an annual turnover of more than 250,000 . The company selected, which will thus be able to make itself known to business angels and to take advantage of Gate2Growth services. It will have the benefit of media spin-offs and can foster contacts with investment partners.
Expansion ,This category is intended for any company the activity of which has been profitable or balanced over a period of more than one year and the annual turnover of which is more than 500,000 . It can benefit from EUROWARDS networking, to create links with Venture Capitalists, to gain renown at a regional, national and European level and take advantage of media spin-offs.
Applications have been assessed on the basis of selection criteria such as viability and the companys growth potential, originality, presentation and European potential.

Countries

Belgium, Germany, France, Luxembourg