CC Ventures & Content 360 winners revealed

At this evening’s Connected Party, six pioneering startups and connected creatives were rewarded for their innovation and ideas.

CamUp (US), a platform whose vocation is to turn passive media consumers into active users, took Connected Creativity’s CC Ventures prize in the « early stage » category. The company, based in New York and London, has been in business for two years. The award was accepted by Joseph D’Anna (left) and Nik Miskov (2nd left).

« We need funding to secure top talent, » said D’Anna, who added that « we have in our hands the future of the online space. »

Futurecode (Finland), whose AR system creates 3D ‘Dibidogs’ that pop out of the pages of a book, won CC Ventures’ « growth stage » category: Jim (second right) & Pia Solatie (right) accepted the prize. « It’s the first big award we’ve won. We have Nokia and Rovio in Finlan, but our country’s not so strong in animation; so this is a big thing for animation in Finland, » said the duo.

As for digital creativity festival Content 360, the Interactive and Cross Media Digital Entertainment Formats prize – €10,000 in development funds – went to The Connected Set (UK)’s « Go to the Answer » project. « It’s amazing, » exclaimed the company’s Jason Mitchell (right), accepting the prize from sponsor FremantleMedia’s Clare Tavernier. « It’s amazing. It was a big decision to set up on my own about six months ago, so it was a big validation of that decision. Hopefully after a year we’ll be internatonal! »

The Online and Social Games category was won by « Reehborn », by France’s 3Dduo. « We’re searching for VCs so it’s very important to have this award, it will be a plus to convince them, » said Max Devoghelaere.

The Rich Media Tablet and Social TV Apps prize went to Telston (South Korea), for their « Bring it Home » project. Hyeon-Jeong (left) gave a demure « Thank you »; Harry D. Lee called her the creative direction behind the project and exclaimed, « All I can say is today I gave the presentation and I could see nobody. Today I can see everybody! Thanks very much! »

Finally, PinkPom Digital (Canada) won the Smartphone App for Youth Engagement prize: Christina Adams (2nd right) and Greg Merner (right) accepted the prize of €12,000 in development funds, from sponsor NFB (represented by Joel Pomerleau, 2nd left) and Reed MIDEM’s Ted Baracos. « We’re just a startup, so this was a big app for us to do. We’re absolutely thrilled to be working with the NFB, as we’re Canadian, » said Adams… (clearly on a winning streak, as they also won the Experience Hub Pub Quiz yesterday!)