From a room of 650 leading entrepreneurs and venture capital investors, the likes of Index Ventures, MMC Ventures, Envestors and JUST EAT’s David Buttress walked away as winners of awards at Investor Allstars 2014.

Now in its 11th year, the evening discovers which firm have been most active in terms of new investments, fundraising and exits as well as identifying the most progressive and disruptive entrepreneurs in today’s market.

The last year has seen unheralded success for investor-backed companies, as Europe’s technology sector produced the kind of billion-dollar businesses that were historically confined to the US.

To discover what is behind these all-stars, GrowthBusiness got them in front of a camera with the winners music still wringing in their ears.

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