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<ul><li>Early analysis of the work shows that brands continue to invest in creativity while entries from independent agencies and production companies increase</li><li>Digital continues to boom and transformational work is on the up.</li></ul><keyword id="177378" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Cannes-Lions">Cannes Lions</keyword> has published its entry numbers ahead of next week's Cannes Lions Live running from 21-25 June. 29,074 pieces of work have been entered from 90 countries, with entries spanning two years after the awards were paused due to the global pandemic in 2020. <keyword id="1733515" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Simon-Cook">Simon Cook</keyword>, Managing Director, LIONS, said that this was a moment for the industry “to reflect but also look forward.” He continued, “Bringing together this mass of work from across the globe to present to our juries is always an exciting moment for us. The work gives us an initial snapshot of the industry, before our expert juries take on the task of awarding the work that will set the new creative benchmark. This is a highly anticipated moment and the work across two years tells a story about the changing shape of creativity throughout the global pandemic, and showcases the power of creativity as a vehicle for change.” The work comes from a broader mix of entrants than previous years, and across all Lions. Numbers show that brands continue to invest in creativity, while entries from independent agencies are up by 14% and production companies by 19%. The newly launched Creative Business Transformation Lions - celebrating creativity that drives business forward - has had a strong first year, indicating that creative companies are now being asked to solve real business problems, with creative thinkers increasingly applying their skills to the business as a whole. Similarly, the Titanium Lions - recognising work that breaks new ground with provocative, boundary-busting, envy-inspiring ideas - have seen large engagement this year with 15% more entries than 2019. With the global pandemic causing a shift from real world experiences, digital has continued to boom, with other Lions seeing increased engagement including the Social &amp; Influencer Lions up 14% and the Creative eCommerce Lions which have seen a 12% increase year on year. Suggesting that companies have shifted to short-term strategy in the face of unprecedented circumstances, work that relies on long term strategy and results appears to have been hit this year, with entries into the Creative Effectiveness Lions down 38% and the Creative Strategy Lions seeing a 20% drop. Susie Walker, VP of Awards, LIONS, said, “During Cannes Lions Live we plan to really dig into the work like never before. Our content includes daily Awards Shows from Cannes, where the winners will be announced for the first time; The Debriefs, a series of interviews with all 28 Jury Presidents in their home cities across the world to analyse the winning work; and a data studio that will track the winning entries live, providing regular daily insight and analysis on a scale that we haven’t delivered before. We’re excited to be returning the global creative benchmark through the Lions, and we’ll delve even further into the work and the winners when we publish the annual LIONS Creativity Report later in the year. ”

Cannes Lions 2021 sees 29,074 pieces of work from across 90 countries; entries from independent agencies go up by 14%

<ul><li><keyword id="177378" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Cannes-Lions">Cannes Lions</keyword> has announced shortlists for three categories today including Titanuim <keyword id="6360961" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Lions">Lions</keyword>, <keyword id="2914374" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Glass-Lions">Glass Lions</keyword> and <keyword id="4675537" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Innovation-Lions">Innovation Lions</keyword>. </li><li>However, no Indian entry has been shortlisted in any of the three categories.</li><li>The USA leads in terms of the number of shortlists in all three categories.</li></ul>Cannes Lions has announced shortlists for three categories today including Titanuim Lions, Glass Lions and Innovation Lions. However, no Indian entry has been shortlisted in any of the three categories. The <keyword id="527527" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Titanium">Titanium</keyword> category had 20 shortlists with the USA leading with 8 shortlists. The USA was followed by the UK with 3 shortlists. The other shortlists were from Canada, UAE, Ireland, Brazil, Italy, Sweden, Germany and Spain. The Glass Lions also saw 20 shortlists, with USA taking the lead with 8 shortlists. The other shortlists were from Singapore, Brazil, South Africa, Turkey, UK and Spain. The Innovation Lions announced shortlists under four different categories, Early Stage Technology category, Applied Innovation, Brand Strategy &amp; Experience and Product Innovation. The USA took the lead here too with a total of 5 shortlists across the four categories. This year, Cannes Lions Live will take place from June 21-25. The festival this year will be a combination of lives and on-demand content, networking, community meet ups and performances - alongside the awards. Speaking about the first batch of shortlists, <keyword id="1733515" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Simon-Cook">Simon Cook</keyword>, Managing Director, LIONS, said, “We’re delighted to announce the first shortlists, across two years’ of creative work, for the first time in Cannes Lions’ history. Thanks to all of our jurors from right across the globe who play a vital part in benchmarking creative excellence and setting the creative bar for the future.”

Cannes Lions announces shortlists for Titanuim, Glass and Innovation Lions; No shortlists from India

<ul><li>Whether you’re a brand pivoting to make hand-sanitisers, a platform providing mental well-being content or a company ‘building the plane as it’s flying’ to adapt to the changing world, <keyword id="177378" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Cannes-Lions">Cannes Lions</keyword> wants to hear about your brilliant insights, realisations and amplify it so that the whole world learns. </li><li>Cannes Lions is curating stories from around the globe of how <keyword id="6360549" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Creativity">creativity</keyword> is being applied to respond to shifting consumer behaviour, in rapidly changing circumstances and a period of extended isolation. </li><li>Each week, Cannes Lions will share relevant learnings and breakthroughs, highlighting creative solutions to today’s challenges from across the community.</li></ul>Cannes Lions is curating stories from around the globe of how creativity is being applied to respond to shifting consumer behaviour, rapidly changing circumstances and a period of extended isolation, said Cannes Lions' Managing Director, <keyword id="1733515" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Simon-Cook">Simon Cook</keyword> in an open letter to the advertising fraternity. The letter read, “The current crisis is impacting all of us in ways that we couldn’t have imagined, and none of us are alone in our concerns about the future. In a world that is increasingly divided, it’s important to remember that we’re at our best when we come together, collaborate and share.” Cook said we shouldn’t forget in this tough time how powerful and infectious creativity can be; therefore, they have spoken to many members of the global community who have shared fascinating stories of invention, collaboration and compassion. Stories about how creativity is working overtime right now, to respond to rapidly changing consumer behaviour, evolving circumstances and periods of extended isolation, or to create positive change. Cannes Lions has opened a <a href="https://www.canneslions.com/creativity-moves-us-forward">platform </a>to curate these positive stories, no matter how big or small. Whatever the format (it can be written or video) or wherever in the world you maybe, Cannes Lions is just looking for a torchbearer to light up the whole world with you. Whether you’re a brand pivoting to make hand-sanitisers, a platform providing mental well-being content or a company ‘building the plane as it’s flying’ to adapt to the changing world, Cannes Lions wants to hear about your brilliant insights and realisations. In his open letter to the community, Cook further said, “We’ll also be releasing relevant classic talks from the Festival, along with Lion-winning work and useful insights and intelligence on the evolving situation. Helpful content and inspiring ideas to remind everyone of the power of creative possibility.” In its first attempt, Cannes Lions shared a <a href="https://www.canneslions.com/creativity-moves-us-forward#start">video </a>from Sir <keyword id="1167258" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ken-Robinson">Ken Robinson</keyword> discussing the enduring power of creativity. He reminds us how ‘the great challenge for creativity is to question things that are obvious, things you take for granted.’ Cannes Lions is interested in your ideas if you have something valuable, useful or uplifting to share. Above all - and now more than ever - they want to hear about moments of real progress that we can all relate to, be inspired by and learn from as we navigate the way forward together.

Cannes Lions is reminding people how creativity can help us sail through tough times; launches a platform to amplify inspirational stories from the advertising community

<ul><li>The 2020 Festival will now take place from 26 to 30 October. </li><li>The deadline and eligibility dates to be extended; the organising team is currently finalising their plans around this.</li></ul><keyword id="177378" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Cannes-Lions">Cannes Lions</keyword> announces today that the annual Festival of Creativity will not take place in June as previously planned. It will now take place from 26 to 30 October. The statement released on its blog read,“We have worked with the City of Cannes to ensure that the move from June to October will be a smooth transition for everyone. All passes, sponsorship arrangements and bookings will roll over and remain valid. We recognise that this is a difficult time for the entire community and we will remain in deep consultation with our customers and partners as we continue to plan for the Festival and prepare for the Lions.” It further said, “It is our commitment to recognise the extraordinary spread of international creative work and its contribution to the development of people, business and society.” <keyword id="560922" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Philip-Thomas">Philip Thomas</keyword>, Chairman, Cannes Lions, commented, “The global situation is dynamic and changing rapidly, we felt it was critical to provide visibility on June as soon as possible. We will continue to liaise closely with our customers as we develop our plans.” <keyword id="1733515" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Simon-Cook">Simon Cook</keyword>, Managing Director, Cannes Lions, added: “Our community is facing unprecedented challenges and collaboration has never been more important. We are focussed now on planning the festival – and our beating heart, the Lions – to ensure our community is able to recognise the extraordinary work it contributes to business, organisations and society.”

Cannes Lions postponed to October in wake of Coronavirus outbreak

<ul><li>In 2020, 50% of Presidents are also women for the first time (up from 33% in 2019) – ensuring global female talent is equally represented at the head of the juries. </li><li>The new Creative Business Transformation Lions will also be awarded in 2020, alongside the refreshed PR Lions. </li><li>Ogilvy's <keyword id="379877" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sonal-Dabral">Sonal Dabral</keyword> will head the Direct Lions.</li></ul> Cannes Lions has announced the <keyword id="2692230" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Jury-Presidents">Jury Presidents</keyword> selected to lead the juries at the 2020 Festival of Creativity (taking place from 22-26 June 2020). The Presidents are chosen from among the world’s very best industry leaders. Together, they combine a diverse wealth of creative expertise, skill and talent, from both clients and agencies, to benchmark and award global creative excellence and effectiveness that will set the bar for the year ahead. Among the global spread of elite industry experts, 50% of Presidents are also women for the first time (up from 33% in 2019) – ensuring global female talent is equally represented at the head of the juries. The new Creative Business Transformation Lions will also be awarded in 2020, alongside the refreshed PR Lions. <keyword id="1733515" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Simon-Cook">Simon Cook</keyword>, Managing Director, Cannes Lions, said, “We’re delighted to present such an impressive global line-up of experts from all over the world. The Cannes Lions Jury Presidents represent the many facets of the creative global industry and will play a fundamental role in defining the creative benchmark on the global stage in 2020. As the uses of creativity expand and diversify, so does the work and so do our expert juries. This year, we have established gender parity in our President line-up as part of our on-going commitment to appoint outstanding global talent that represents the full breadth of our diverse community.” Here's the list of Jury Presidents for <keyword id="8414828" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="cannes-lions-2020">Cannes Lions 2020</keyword>: <ul><li>Titanium Lions - Susan Credle, Global Chief Creative Officer, FCB, Global</li><li>Design Lions - Pum Lefebure, Co-Founder \&amp; Chief Creative Officer, Design Army, USA</li><li>Film Lions - Richard Brim, Chief Creative Officer, adam&amp;eveDDB, UK</li><li>Mobile Lions - Andrew Keller, VP, Global Creative Director, Facebook, Global</li><li>Outdoor Lions - Luiz Sanches, Chairman, Chief Creative Officer &amp; Partner, AlmapBBDO, Brazil</li><li>Print &amp; Publishing Lions - Liz Taylor, Global Chief Creative Officer Leo Burnett / Worldwide Chief Creative Officer Publicis Communications NA</li><li>Radio &amp; Audio Lions - Ted Lim, Chief Creative Officer, Dentsu Brand Agencies, Dentsu Aegis Network, APAC</li><li>Digital Craft Lions - Jax Ostle-Evans, Managing Director, Stink Studios, UK</li><li>Film Craft Lions - Kerstin Emhoff, President, PRETTYBIRD, USA</li><li>Industry Craft Lions - Jayanta Jenkins, Global Executive Creative Director, Samsung Mobile, Cheil Worldwide, Global</li><li>Entertainment Lions - Jae Goodman, CEO, Observatory (A Stagwell and CAA Company), Global</li><li>Entertainment Lions for Music - Wyclef Jean, President and Chief Strategy Officer, Carnival World Music Group, USA</li><li>Entertainment Lions for Sport - Ben Hartman, Chief Client Officer, International, Octagon, Global</li><li>Brand Experience &amp; Activation Lions - Vicki Maguire, Chief Creative Officer, Havas, UK</li><li>Creative Business Transformation Lions - Ronald Ng, Global Chief Creative Officer, Isobar, Global</li><li>Creative eCommerce Lions - Tiffany Rolfe, EVP Chief Creative Officer, R/GA, USA </li><li>Glass: The Lion for Change - Karen Blackett OBE, WPP UK Country Manager and Chairwoman MediaCom UK &amp; Ireland</li><li>Sustainable Development Goals Lions - Eduardo Maruri, VP Global Creative Board &amp; President/CEO Europe, Grey Worldwide, Global</li><li>Health &amp; Wellness Lions - Tom Richards, Chief Creative Officer and Chairman of the Havas Health Global Creative Council, Havas Lynx Group, Global</li><li>Pharma Lions - Anne de Schweinitz, Global Managing Director, Healthcare, FleishmanHillard, Global</li><li>Innovation Lions - Claudia Cristovao, Head of Google Brand Studio, APAC, Google</li><li>Creative Effectiveness Lions - Ann Mukherjee, Chairman and CEO, Pernod Ricard NA</li><li>Creative Data Lions – Maurice Riley, Chief Data Officer, Digitas, Australia &amp; New Zealand</li><li>Creative Strategy Lions - Suzanne Powers, Global Chief Strategy Officer, McCann Worldgroup, Global</li><li>Direct Lions - Sonal Dabral, Chief Creative Officer, South &amp; SE Asia &amp; Vice Chairman, India, Ogilvy, South &amp; SE Asia</li><li>Media Lions - Philippa Brown, Worldwide CEO, PHD, Global</li><li>PR Lions - Gail Heimann, President &amp; CEO, Weber Shandwick, USA</li><li>Social &amp; Influencer Lions - Debbi Vandeven, Global Chief Creative Officer, VMLY&amp;R, Global</li></ul>The Presidents will join their juries at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity where the winning work will be awarded and celebrated each evening from 22-26 June 2020. Entries to the Lions Awards open on 16th January 2020.

Cannes Lions announces 2020 Jury Presidents; for the first time, 50% Presidents are women

<ul><li>Cannes Lions was first postponed to October. </li><li>However, as <keyword id="8763838" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="covid-19">COVID-19</keyword>’s impact continues to be felt across the world on consumers and our customers across the marketing, creative and media industries, Cannes Lions will now take place in June 2021. </li></ul>Cannes Lions announced today that the annual Festival of Creativity will not take place in October as previously planned. The next edition of the Festival will run June 21-25, 2021. The statement released on its blog read, “As the impact from COVID-19 continues to be felt across the world on consumers and our customers across the marketing, creative and media industries, it has become clear to us our customers’ priorities have shifted to the need to protect people, to serve consumers with essential items and to focus on preserving companies, society and economies.” It further said, “Our difficult decision follows in-depth consultations with our partners and customers and reflects the unprecedented societal, health and economic challenges currently facing the world, as well as our desire to remove any uncertainty about the running of the awards and event for our partners and customers.” <keyword id="560922" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Philip-Thomas">Philip Thomas</keyword>, Chairman, Cannes Lions, commented: “Cannes Lions at its core has always been about creativity and the Lions. We realise that the creative community has other challenges to face, and simply isn’t in a position to put forward the work that will set the benchmark. The marketing and creative industries, in common with so many others, are currently in turmoil, and it’s clear that we can play our small part by removing all speculation about the Festival this year. We have tried to make our decisions as early as possible to give the industry total clarity on the situation, and that is why we are announcing this move today.” Simon Cook, Managing Director, Cannes Lions, added: “We all look ahead to a more positive time – right now, Cannes Lions will continue to bring the global creative community together and provide inspiration where we can find it. Our recent call for inspirational creative stories from around the world has already garnered hundreds of accounts of our community uniting and showing progress in this crisis. We believe firmly that the Lions continue to offer valuable recognition to that community and we look forward to celebrating and honouring the work in 2021, when the world will hopefully feel more stable, and our community can give their work the focus it deserves."

Cannes Lions cancelled for 2020 due to Coronavirus

<ul><li>Seven people from India are part of the jury of this year’s <keyword id="2188061" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Cannes-Lions-awards">Cannes Lions awards</keyword>.</li><li>Jury members hail from across the world and represent the global industry’s leading talent from the broadest spectrum of disciplines. The juries also comprise 51% of female jurors, up from 48% in 2019.</li></ul><keyword id="177378" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Cannes-Lions">Cannes Lions</keyword> has announced its jury line-up of global experts selected to award the world’s very best creative work and benchmark excellence this June. The Lion-winning work will be announced and awarded during Cannes Lions Live, a fully digital experience, running from 21-25 June 2021, that’s included for free as part of the new LIONS Membership, launching in May. Jury members hail from across the world and represent the global industry’s leading talent from the broadest spectrum of disciplines. The juries also comprise 51% of female jurors, up from 48% in 2019. This year, seven people from India are part of the jury of Cannes Lions awards, mentioned below: <table style="border-width: initial; border-style: none; table-layout: fixed; width: 468pt;"></colgroup></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-right:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-top:solid #000000 2.25pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Category </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-right:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-top:solid #000000 2.25pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Jurors </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-right:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-top:solid #000000 2.25pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Direct Lions </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-right:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-top:solid #000000 2.25pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Santosh Padhi (Paddy), Chief Creative Officer &amp; Founder, Taproot Dentsu, India </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-right:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-top:solid #000000 2.25pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Entertainment Lions </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-right:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-top:solid #000000 2.25pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Ashima Avasthi Chaudhuri, Head - Content, Zee Studios, India </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-right:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-top:solid #000000 2.25pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Creative Effectiveness Lions </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-right:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-top:solid #000000 2.25pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Jitender Dabas, Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Operations Officer, McCann Worldgroup, India </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-right:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-top:solid #000000 2.25pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Glass: The Lion for Change </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-right:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-top:solid #000000 2.25pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Swati Bhattacharya, Chief Creative Officer, FCB, India </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-right:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-top:solid #000000 2.25pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Health and Wellness Lions </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-right:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-top:solid #000000 2.25pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Prateek Bhardwaj, Chief Creative Officer, Lowe Lintas, India </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-right:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-top:solid #000000 2.25pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Titanium Lions </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-right:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-top:solid #000000 2.25pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Sonal Dabral, Writer, Director, Creative Consultant, Tribha, India </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-right:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-top:solid #000000 2.25pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Pharma Lions </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-right:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 2.25pt;border-top:solid #000000 2.25pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Parixit Bhattacharya, Managing Partner - Creative, TBWA\ India </td></tr></tbody></table> This year’s Lions juries see the highest ever representation from global brands including: Nike Inc, Levi Strauss &amp; Co, Diageo, IKEA, Mars Incorporated, Mondelez, Beats by Dr Dre, Uber, KFC, Oatly, Squarespace, ByteDance K.K., Nestlé, and Aesop. Platforms and entertainment companies represented are: Twitter, Facebook, Netflix, YouTube, Disney+, Spotify, Google, Twitch, alongside NBCUniversal, Vivendi, Universal Music Group, Columbia Records, and Warner Music Central. Among the many global networks represented are jurors from McCann, Ogilvy, Publicis, BBDO, VMLY&amp;R and Dentsu who are joined by specialist and independent agencies such as Quiet Storm, Above &amp; Beyond, Stink Studios, Futerra and Tech and Soul. Simon Cook, Managing Director, LIONS, says: “It’s hugely exciting to welcome this formidable line-up of experts, who will unite across time zones and backgrounds, representing the full scale of our industry. Each year, our juries grow more diverse, which is part of our commitment to appoint outstanding talent from right across the breadth of our global community.” Philip Thomas, Chairman, LIONS, comments: “After pausing the awards last year, our juries will be awarding Lions across two years’ worth of work, which is an unprecedented opportunity to set the global creative benchmark for two years of outstanding creativity.” Thomas adds: “The awards will be the heartbeat of Cannes Lions Live with announcements, analysis, insights and interviews taking place throughout the week. We can’t wait to celebrate and immerse ourselves in Lion-winning creativity alongside our community in June.” Lions juries will take part in remote judging from their home locations worldwide. Speaking about the process, Susie Walker, VP Awards &amp; Insight, LIONS, explains: “Judging is a very human experience. It must also be a rigorous and robust process. Our unique judging platform, successfully trialled at other Lions awards this year, has been built to ensure the value and integrity of the Lion is upheld. We’re committed to delivering a world-class judging experience of the standard we’re known for, and crucially, we want every piece of creative work to be given the time and discussion it deserves.”

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<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">Draper EspritVenture capital firm Draper Esprit.</div></div></div><ul><li>UK-based venture capital firm Draper Esprit has entered Germany by investing in a local investor, Earlybird Venture Capital.</li><li>Draper will become a 50% backer of Earlybird's sixth fund.</li><li>The deal gives Draper holdings in some of Earlybird's portfolio companies, including cryptocurrency startup ShapeShift.</li><li>Draper chief executive Simon Cook said European venture capital is going through a Silicon Valley-style growth spurt.</li></ul> Draper Esprit, the listed backer of fintech startups Revolut and TransferWise, has entered Germany by investing in local player Earlybird Venture Capital.Draper has committed €18 million ($21 million/£16 million) to Earlybird's sixth fund, and promised another €68 million (£60 million) over the next four years. Earlybird's fund is £154 million at first close, and the partnership will make Draper a 50% backer. Draper has also issued a small number of shares to Earlybird.Earlybird has offices in Berlin, Munich, and Istanbul.Earlybird cofounder Hendrik Brandis said: "Earlybird has significant backing from mostly institutional private investors, and Draper Esprit has managed to very successfully access public capital markets, funds which we can co‐invest alongside. We believe this creates a very strong partnership."It's an unusual move for an unusual venture capital firm.One big advantage for Draper is that it becomes a shareholder in the 13 portfolio startups Earlybird has already invested in with its sixth fund.Draper chief executive Simon Cook pointed specifically to cryptocurrency exchange ShapeShift, headed up by early bitcoin evangelist and entrepreneur Erik Voorhees. ShapeShift becomes Draper's second crypto holding after its investment in French crypto wallet startup Ledger, at a time when European venture capital firms are increasingly trying experimenting in crypto startups.The deal also means Draper gets exposure to interesting German startups without having to open an office there. Earlybird and Draper will share deal flow and begin operating as a combined group, Cook said."We had a buy-build decision [of], do we open offices in Europe," he told Business Insider. "We've known the Earlybird team for years... they have built a strong platform in Germany... they were also similarly starting to look to invest outside their home market."Draper may become the 100% backer for Earlybird's next fund but that's several years away, Cook added.With the Earlybird partnership, Draper now has €1.3 billion at its disposal. The wider ambition, said Cook, is to become a household name in European investment, just as venture capital firms such as Sequoia are in the US."Our entire strategy is that Europe is going through the same spurt that Silicon Valley went through in the 1990s, when [VC firms] Sequoia and DFJ raised funds of about $150 million then... scaled up and got to a billion-plus and continued to be household names," he said. "The top 20 [US] funds get 50% of the capital. We believe Europe is going through the same thing, it's all about those firms that can scale up to be a billion-plus."That might mean further regional partnerships down the line, though Cook said there were no immediate plans. Draper <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/draper-esprit-acquires-seedcamp-funds-i-and-ii-for-20-million-2017-10">already acquired seed investor Seedcamp's first two funds</a> and backed early-stage UK investor Episode 1."We've always been an acquisitive group," said Cook. "We bought Seedcamp, now there's Earlybird, and we entered France by ourselves. Our ambition is to build the biggest venture capital fund in Europe and be operational across all regions. We will always look at different opportunities. We're a very creative group." <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/nsa-hacker-what-would-happen-if-americas-internet-went-down-2018-6">What would happen if America's Internet went down</a></h3> <div> </div> </div>

Revolut's backer Draper Esprit has entered Germany by investing in local VC firm Earlybird

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image">Draper EspritSimon Cook, chief executive and cofounder of Draper Esprit,</div></div></div>Venture capital firm Draper Esprit raised over £100 million in a rare VC stock market listing on Wednesday.The London-based company, which has invested in healthy snack food startup Graze and fashion website Lyst, raised a total of £103 million across two stock markets: The London Stock Exchange and The Irish Stock Exchange.Shares were issued at 300 pence each and climbed to highs of 312 pence. They were trading at 306 pence each at market close on Thursday.Draper said it plans to use the proceeds of the listing to provide development and expansion capital to companies in its existing investment portfolio.The move is unusual given that VCs typically raise money through a limited partnership (LP) model, where the LPs entrust the VCs to put their money into growing technology companies that will significantly increase in value over time.Simon Cook, chief executive and cofounder of Draper Esprit, said in a statement:Draper said it has been involved in investing over $1 billion (£705 million) into more than 200 technology businesses and has been linked to businesses with a total aggregate value of over $8 billion (£5.6 billion), with an exited value of over $6 billion (£4.2 billion). <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mount-everest-climbers-snapchat-2016-6">How to Snapchat from over 20,000 feet - as told by the Everest climbers that just did it</a></h3> <div> <div> <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="M0cnl5MzE68yoRV3CnKL49LJ42zOLfZN" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div> </div> </div> </div>

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