It’s that time of year again, awards time. One of the the best evenings of the year, though, is the Investor Allstars Awards.

It’s that time of year again, awards time. One of the the best evenings of the year, though, is the Investor Allstars Awards, organised by tech investment bank GP Bullhound and Vitesse Media, the parent company of GrowthBusiness.

The event will return for its ninth edition on 22 September and will taking place at The Natural History Museum. The judging panel met last Thursday to vote on the winners, and I’ve been assured there were some serious debates about the final placing, particularly in the key categories.

Here’s the shortlist:

Buyout/Development Capital Fund of the Year
Advent Venture partners
Baring Vostok Capital Partners
Frog Capital
Gimv buy-out
Index Growth
Investcorp Technology Partners
ISIS EP LLP
EQT Funds
 
CleanTech Investor of the Year
Albion Ventures
Climate Change Capital
Demeter Partners
Environmental Technologies Fund
Foresight Group
Innogy Venture Capital
Octopus Investments
 
Entrepreneur of the Year
Dr George Karam, Sequans Communications
Gianluca D’Agostino, Neomobile
Gustavo Garcia, BuyVIP
Heiko Hubertz, Bigpoint
Mikael Hed, Rovio
Sophie Cornish & Holly Tucker, notonthehighstreet.com