SEED-STAGE FINANCE RAISE OF THE YEAR

This award recognises a company that has successfully completed a significant, impactful or transformational private fundraise at Seed-Stage level. This may be an extended Seed round raise also.

It is open to private European life science companies only.

Qualifying criteria

• Must be a fundraise by a private company
• Must have raised the funds in the period between 1 September 2021 and 1 September 2022
• Must be a company with European headquarters

Judges will be paying particular attention to:

• Amount of funds raised
• Process / speed / allocation fulfilment of securing of significant new funds
• Level / reputation of investors attracted
• Post-finance allocation / use of proceeds
• Level of value creation / value realisation from raise
• Company research / technology focus and novelty / meeting unmet need

Before entering the nomination site please ensure you have:

1. Selected the most appropriate category(s) you'll be entering and check for validity of entry

2. Identified your lead applicant / internal champion who will respond to any correspondence from the ELA team

3. Pre-prepared your submission in accordance with the category criteria, spending time crafting your detailed submission.