Vote for your favorite – These are the finalists of the Aurea 2018 investments of the year award

In late March, the business portal eKapija will hand out the Aurea award for the investment of the year in Serbia for the tenth year in a row, and 8 projects have been shortlisted, ranked by 3 criteria: innovation, social usefulness and financial potential. An expert jury will select the winner, and visitors of aurea.rs can also vote online beginning today.

The Aurea 2018 finalists are:

– MOTIMOVE – Device for movement assistance to disabled persons
– Algo Tehnology – Products based on brown sea algae extract
– Playerhunter – Social network for football players
– KOOZMETIK – Natural cosmetics
– Solagro – Interactive recycling presses
– Lafarge houses
– Ekofungi – Production of organic dehydrated vegetable mixtures
– WIG – Automated system for preparation of brine

– In the time when the market changes increasingly faster and the competition grows stronger and more global, innovations are a beacon on the road to success. Great interest and a large number of applications in Aurea's anniversary year show that investments in innovative projects are needed more than ever. I invite our readers to learn about these eight inspirational stories which have been shortlisted and to vote – says Editor-in-Chief of eKapija, Milica Milosavljevic.

Voting on the award's official page will last until March 22, and the final decision will be made by the expert jury consisting of: Dejan Eric, professor at the Belgrade Banking Academy, Dusan Tomic, partner at KPMG, Marinko Ukropina, director of SGS Beograd, Natasa Kecman of the Chamber of Commerce of Serbia, Vojin Senk, professor at the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad, and Vladimir Medan, member of the Board of Directors of the Deposit Insurance Agency.

In addition to the main Aurea 2018 award, eKapija will also hand out two special acknowledgments for innovation and social usefulness.

The winner will be pronounced at the official ceremony at Aeroklub in Belgrade on March 28.

eKapija's partner in the Aurea 2018 project is the insurance company Coface.

The business portal eKapija hands out the Aurea award as part of its orientation towards socially responsible business, without a financial interest, intending to promote and support project important to a sustainable development of the Serbian economy. The direct benefit for the winners, but also all the investments shortlisted for the award, is promotion, which further materializes through increased visibility with investors, easier communication with media, banks, public administration and other potential partners. The initiative of eKapija to support projects good for a sustainable development of the Serbian economy with the Aurea award has resulted in a wide media promotion of over 90 innovative companies in individuals since 2009.

For more information about the award, visit aurea.rs.

eKapija.com Beograd

Coface Srbija d.o.o. Beograd

3F-Fit Fabricando Faber d.o.o. Beograd

Algo Tehnology d.o.o.

Playerhunter SRB d.o.o. Beograd

KOOZMETIK D.O.O. BEOGRAD-STARI GRAD

SOLAGRO TEAM BEOGRAD

LAFARGE BFC SRBIJA DOO BEOČIN

EKOFUNGI

WIG d.o.o. Beograd

EKAPIJA

eKapija

Aurea

Aurea 2018

Coface

investment of the year award

innovation

innovations

innovation acknowledgment

social usefulness acknowledgment

socially responsible business

financial potential

social usefulness

3F Fit Fabricando Faber

MOTIMOVE

Device for movement assistance to disabled persons

Algo Tehnology

Products based on brown sea algae extract

Playerhunter

Social network for football players

KOOZMETIK

Natural cosmetics

Solagro

Interactive recycling presses

Lafarge houses

Ekofungi

Production of organic dehydrated vegetable mixtures

WIG

Automated system for preparation of brine

Milica Milosavljevic

Dejan Eric

Natasa Kecman

Dusan Tomic

Vojin Senk

Vladimir Medan

Marinko Ukropina