Less than 12 hours to go and entries are coming in fast. 161 currently, but likely in rise again before midnight. And we still have a bit of breaking news on our judging panel with Nic Brisbourne joining and bringing considerable investment experience with him.
Nic Brisbourne, from venture capital firm, DFJ Esprit
Nic Brisbourne authors theequitykicker.com, a blog commenting on the European technology and venture capital markets, but his day job is as Parnter of one of the strongest teams in European venture capital, DFJ Esprit.
Nic has been in venture capital since 2000. In that time he has worked in London, Europe and Silicon Valley. His main areas of focus have been software and media. Prior to DFJ Esprit he was with Reuters Venture Capital.
We’re absolutely delighted to have Nic on board as he’ll being a considerable level of investment expertise to the panel.