The ECO12 Award Jury decided who won the €15K prize money and included smart green industry experts representing startups, VCs, corporates, utilities, service providers and specialised press.

The judges selected their jury winners from the list of ECO12 Award Nominees by sending their individual votes with short statements to the Ecosummit team.

We are grateful for the support of our 53 ECO12 Award Jury members:

• Hans-Jürgen Cramer, Director, Climate-KIC Germany (Climate Innovation Network)
• Dr. Urban Keussen, SVP, Technology & Innovation, E.ON (Utility)
• Dr. Norbert Verweyen, Managing Director, RWE Effizienz (Utility)
• Bernard Scherrer, Head of Open Innovation, EDF (Utility)
• Dr. Peter Fath, CTO, centrotherm photovoltaics (Corporate)
• Hans Streng, SVP, General Manager EV Charging Infrastructure, ABB (Corporate)
• Marie-Anne Brodschii, VP Innovation, Veolia (Corporate)
• Rolf Adam, Director Business Development Energy & Smart Grid EMEAR, Cisco (Corporate)
• Erwin Burth, Head of Cleantech Business Development EMEA, Autodesk (Corporate)
• Michael Linse, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (VC)
• Kal Patel, Partner, VantagePoint Capital Partners (VC)
• Bart Markus, General Partner, Wellington Partners (VC)
• Alois Flatz, Partner, zouk Capital (VC)
• Markus Moor, Partner, Emerald Technology Ventures (VC)
• Joerg Sperling, Partner, WHEB Partners (VC)
• Fabienne Herlaut, Managing Partner, Ecomobilité Ventures (VC)
• Dr. Hansjörg Sage, Partner, Gimv (VC)
• Dr. Martin Kröner, Partner, Munich Venture Partners (VC)
• Crispin Leick, Managing Director, RWE Innogy Venture Capital (VC)
• Dr. Arne Morteani, Principal, Environmental Technologies Fund (VC)
• Dr. Alexander von Frankenberg, Managing Director, High-Tech Gründerfonds (VC)
• Nicolas Chaudron, Partner, Idinvest Partners (VC)
• Alessio Beverina, Partner, Sofinnova Partners (VC)
• Dr. Kurt Kaltenegger, Group VP, CTO, ABB Technology Ventures (VC)
• Andreas von Richter, VP, GE Energy Financial Services, Energy Technology Ventures (VC)
• Evelyne White, Senior Associate, Riverside (Private Equity)
• Dr. Steven Fawkes, Partner, Matrix (Corporate Finance)
• Stephan Decher, Partner, Clean Capital (Corporate Finance)
• Michael Wilshire, Director, Bloomberg New Energy Finance (Research)
• Thibaud Le Séguillon, CEO, Heliatek (Startup)
• Tom Schulz, COO, Entelios (Startup)
• Sarah Williamson Atkins, CFO, Sefaira (Startup)
• Staffan Hillberg, CEO, Heliospectra (Startup)
• Dr. Manfred Heil, CEO, WeSustain (Startup)
• Matthias Hollwich, Co-Founder, HWKN (Architect)
• Dr. Peter Hellich, Partner, Taylor Wessing (Law)
• Dr. Jörg Fabri, Managing Partner, allocate International (Consulting)
• Dr. Nicole Röttmer, CEO, The CO-Firm (Consulting)
• Conrad Ess, Managing Director, Green Technology Staffing (Recruiting)
• Eric Mahleb, Managing Partner, LGMi (Agency)
• Benjamin Chambers, Group Editor, New Energy World Network (Press)
• Dr. Denis Gross, Director, Cleantech Investor (Press)
• Martin Jendrischik, Editor-in-chief, Cleanthinking.de (Press)
• Sebastian Matthes, Senior Editor, Wirtschaftswoche (Press)
• Alexander Hüsing, Editor-in-chief, Deutsche-Startups.de (Press)
• Joel Kaczmarek, Editor-in-chief, Gründerszene (Press)
• Marguerite Imbert, Editor-in-chief, VentureVillage (Press)
• Torsten Passmann, Editor-in-chief, VentureCapital Magazin (Press)
• Uta Mühleis, Managing Director, Reset.to (Press)
• Ronald Heinemann, Manager Media & Politics, German Renewable Energy Federation
• Curt Winnen, Managing Director, Munich Network (Network)
• David Dornbusch, Founder, Cleantuesday (Network)
• Jan Michael Hess, Founder, Ecosummit (Host)