Accel Partners
Since 1983 Accel Partners has provided venture capital backing for innovative companies in the technology industry. The business always looks for outstanding management teams who wish to build world-class internet, software and networking companies regionally and globally. With over $3 billion under management, Accel’s legacy is in helping entrepreneurs build highly successful companies who have completed IPOs that created over $100 billion in market capitalisation. These companies include category-defining names like Actuate, Agile Software, AMCC, Arrowpoint, Foundry, Macromedia, Portal, Polycom/PictureTel, Uunet, Veritas and Real Networks.
For more information, visit the Accel Partners website at www.accel.com.
Ariadne Capital
Ariadne Capital is an Investment and Advisory Firm focused on Technology, Media, Communications and LifeServices. It is backed by more than thirty visionary entrepreneurs (the founders of Hotmail, WorldPay, SportingBet,First Tuesday, EuropeOnline, WILINK, Staffware, Giga – sold to Intel, NetPartners, Elderstreet, Alphamosaic, Element14, MediaGold, SES Astra and others) who founded the firm in 2000 in order to build the market leading companies of the new Millennium. Headquartered in London, UK, its network of Executives, Investors and Partners extends from Asia to North America to Europe. Ariadne has backed Skype, Zopa, Intamac, Mobile ATM, Otodio, Translution and others. For all information or enquiries, contact Julie Meyer at julie@ariadnecapital.com or +44 (0) 207 653 0236.
Atlas Venture
Atlas Venture is a leading early-stage international venture capital firm that invests in technology and life sciences businesses in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Since its inception in 1980, its Partners have helped build over 350 companies in more than 15 different countries. In the past decade, 25 portfolio companies have been acquired and 37 are now public companies with an aggregate market capitalization of over $12 billion. Atlas Venture is currently investing from its seventh fund and manages over $2 billion in capital through offices in Boston, London, Munich, and Paris.
For more information, visit www.atlasventure.com.
Ayuntamiento De Zaragoza
The city of Zaragoza, capital of the Aragon region in Northeast Spain, is in the midst of a transformation that includes demographic, urban and economic growth. This stimulating transformation will manifest itself at the World’s Fair Expo Zaragoza 2008, “Water and Sustainable Development. Connected to Madrid and Barcelona through a new high-speed train, Zaragoza is an important hub in Southern Europe—blending privileged location with international manufacturing and a prestigious University that specialises in computing, telecommunication and the sciences. More than two thousand years of history, a high quality of life, and innovative city projects blend to make Zaragoza a dynamic city for work, pleasure and investment.
Burson-Marsteller
At Burson-Marsteller, we are a global team of public relations and public affairs professionals. Technology companies have turned to us for more than 30 years to help them tell their stories to the world and become undisputed leaders in their field.
We help both traditional businesses and smart, fast-paced technology companies adapt to ever-evolving markets, whether they are focused primarily on the business-to-business or business-to-consumer sector.
Our team has deep knowledge and long experience in e-business, consumer technology, software applications, telecom services and infrastructure, as well as convergent media where previously disparate channels and technologies must be united. We have an unparalleled network of more than 300 technology professionals with offices in 34 countries on five continents to serve our clients around the world.
Together, we create compelling campaignable ideas that set out our clients’ case and bring their personalities to life.
For more information, email Jonathan Jordan, European Technology Practice Chair, Burson-Marsteller
Business Wire
Business Wire is a trusted partner to tens of thousands of companies and organizations throughout the world, delivering more news from more sources to more destinations than any other service.
Business Wire's news distribution circuits enable you to target your news to select audiences based on your geographic and industry market needs. In fact, Business Wire's delivery network is composed of some 60 news agencies, financial and information providers and web-based news services around the globe. From delivery to audiences in a single city to comprehensive worldwide coverage including translations, Business Wire offers you an easy, one-stop solution.
For companies with disclosure obligations in the US, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Luxembourg, Sweden and Switzerland, Business Wire's relationships with stock exchanges, regulatory authorities, financial markets, investment professionals and the media worldwide are second to none.
Business Wire’s multimedia services deliver your dynamic content and disclosure conference calls to vital audiences via state-of-the-art technology while our Information Services department provides research, media and competitive tracking tools to keep you a step ahead of the competition.
For additional information visit www.businesswire.com or email tradeshow@businesswire.com.
CNET Networks
Unlike traditional media, CNET Networks was born on the Internet and we have built strong brands around technology issues our audiences care deeply about. Today, we are a leader in interactive content with brands that span business and digital lifestyle categories. In the UK, we have established relationships with extremely valuable audiences and we have developed expertise in creating meaningful, relevant ways for marketers to connect with them.
CNET Networks UK Provides rich brand experiences by:
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Forsyth Group
Forsyth Group, established in 1981, specializes in senior management executive search within the emerging Information Technology sector. The company focuses on delivering search excellence to software, internet, mobile, telecoms, new media and fuel cell companies. The company's key strength is its ability to understand the complex technology and cultural dynamics of early stage high growth emerging technology organizations. With an established network gained through 25 years of industry experience, offices in London, California, and partners across Europe and Asia Pacific, the Forsyth Group offers its services on a global basis.
Gobierno de Aragon
Aragón became a Kingdom in the 11th Century, although its origins date back to pre-Roman times. The historical path of the Independent Community of Aragón, from its beginnings as a political organisation in the 8th century in valleys of Echo and Canfranc to the present day, is laid out in a series of crucial events which apply as much to Aragón as to the rest of Europe: the Commitment of Caspe, the expansion of the Aragonese Principality to the Mediterranean, the political leadership of Fernando II the Catholic and his grandson Carlos I, the Moorish culture, the ‘Ilustración española’, the War of Independence, and the Spanish Civil War.
Nowadays Aragón’s leadership is comparatively autonomous and has been one of the pioneers in statute reform. Aragón has also given the world politicians, philosophers, scientists, and artists, representatives of a rich and universal culture: Martial, Avempace, Miguel Servet, Gracián, Goya, Ramon and Cajal, or Buñuel, Carlos and Antonio Saura.
Aragon is made up of three provinces: Huesca, Zaragoza and Teruel. The capital of the region is Zaragoza.
Aragon's Statute states that the autonomous region has a Regional Assembly, a President, a Regional Council and a Department of Justice. Aragon's Assembly comprises 67 elected assembly members. They include 18 from the province of Huesca, 15 from the province of Teruel and 34 from the province of Zaragoza.
Infomatica El Corte Ingles
Informática El Corte Inglés, S.A., that belongs to El Corte Inglés Group, the leadingdistributor group in Spain, was founded in March 1988. Its main activities range from distributor, reseller, manufacturer to consulting and systems integration in Public Administration and large and medium-sized companies in the finance, insurance, manufacturing, and retail sectors. Its activities are based on both, its own productsand solutions as well as integrating third party products and solutions. It is the leading Spanish private capital company in IT and Communications in Spain. Informática El Corte Inglés owns a computer factory in Madrid which manufactures the INVES brand of products where it assembles more than 70,000 computers each year. Its presence in all of the country’s major cities and regions means that Informática El Corte Inglés covers the whole of the national territory with 18 branches. Responding to current market demand, Informática El Corte Inglés has divided its organisation into two large divisions with the aim of offering its clients the best service with guaranteed quality. One of these divisions is Technology Infrastructures, whose business lines are geared to providing hardware, software, and broadband services. The other division is Consulting and Services. This division provides projects and services related to Expert Document Management Centres, CRM, Call Centre, ERP, Human Resources, and Internet.
Innovact
Since 1995, Innovact has been a unique event for European innovative growth companies looking for development solutions.
Each year, more than 200 innovative projects and companies and 4,000 participants come from 20 countries to benefit from a 250-booth fair, 1,900 business meetings, 40 workshops and debates, one of the first French capital forum. Also, more than €50.000 are granted to the best projects through various European awards.
For more information, please visit our website at: www.innovact.com or email us at innovact@innovact.com.
iUpload
iUpload turns Internet communities into marketing data, sales leads, and customer relationships. A pioneer in the enterprise blogging movement, iUpload provides solutions that help companies build community, improve business communications, and enhance relationships with customers. The iUpload Customer Conversation System is an enterprise social media platform that enables companies to improve the way internal and external communications are conducted and managed, while driving operational efficiencies and creating new sales and marketing channels. iUpload customers come from a range of industries, from publishing and entertainment to finance and retail, and include industry leaders such as McDonald’s, Knight Ridder, Cannondale Bicycle Corp., Northwestern Mutual Insurance, The New York Times Co., MTV, and Trump University.
MCC Global
Moore Clayton & Co., Inc. is a global private equity solutions firm specializing in strategic and financial advisory and investment for high-growth emerging and established companies. Organized in July 1999, the Company has its main offices in Los Angeles, London and Capetown with additional offices in San Francisco, Salt Lake City, New York and Toronto Partner companies are located in Paris, Amsterdam and Australia. MCC focuses on traditional industries where intersecting technologies enhance overall valuation and growth of the industry.
MCC Media Group focuses on Media and Technology companies. The Company closely account manages every portfolio company and validates the business model/plan by leveraging its global executive level relationships into working strategic partnerships for the clients. As proof that this model works, MCC’s first two clients accelerated from idea to public listing in less than nine months, and they are both continuing to generate revenue and meet growth targets!
MCC:O2 is a global venture accelerator for early stage technology ventures. Our mission is to take advantage of well developed technology solutions in UK/EU and establish them in the world’s largest market – USA. That job is daunting to the early stage company that has started in Europe but it is the strength and sole purpose of MCC:O2. We also operationally manage our portfolio clients to reduce both risk and capital and to rapidly drive valuation towards an early exit.
Visit http://www.mccglobal.com for more information.
Partech International
Founded in 1982, Partech International is a leading global venture capital firm with $850M under active management and offices in the U.S., Europe and Israel. Partech invests exclusively in Information Technology and the firm's internationally integrated team of investing partners work together closely to find the most innovative companies demonstrating high return potential and disruptive technologies in the software and Internet, healthcare IT, and communications and components sectors. Partech has a unique 20+ year track record assisting its portfolio companies to become global market leaders. Some of Partech's successful investments include: Ascend Communications, Alvarion, Business Objects, Cadence, CSG Systems, Digital Island, Informatica, Pentasafe, Vignette and VISICU.
For more information, visit http://www.partechvc.com.
Technology Review
Launched in August 2003, the German edition of the renowned MIT technology magazine with its editorial concept of linking science and technology has a selling proposition that is unique in the German magazine market. Technology Review bridges the gap between business and science titles, providing knowledge and background on current technology trends every month.
Visit http://www.technologyreview.de and http://www.heise.de for more information.
VNU Business Media
VNU has a leading position in the information technology media industry in Europe via its publications and its network of VNU.net sites that reach over 6 millions unique users per month. VNU Net is VNU's one-stop shop to gather information and news about trends, products and software in the IT world, including solid analysis from VNU's leading print brands such as Computing, Computable and ComputerActive.
For more information, visit http://www.vnu.com.
Zaragoza City of Knowledge Foundation
The City of Zaragoza and Telefónica, Siemens, Endesa, Ibercaja and Caja Inmaculada have united to create the “Zaragoza City of Knowledge Foundation. The Foundation—whose motto is innovation, science, technology— supports the development of the Information Society in Zaragoza. Actively promoting the scientific and technological culture among the underprivileged, the Foundation organises and promotes related national and international events. The Mayor of Zaragoza chairs the Foundation and the Board includes Spanish luminaries such as Luis Oro, one of the brightest scientists in Spain, and Mateo Valero, who’s responsible for Spain’s supercomputing project.
Become an Event Partner or Sponsor
Innovate!Europe is the premier pan-European event spotlighting emerging technology companies and trends, and fostering technology entrepreneurship. It's also a powerful and unique "front door" opportunity for sponsors to position their company and develop relationships with Europe’s leading entrepreneurs, executives, investors, and members of the global press.
If you're interested in becoming a 2006 event partner or want to discuss our sponsorship programs, please email Mike Sigal or Suzanne Aaronson.
