$350 logo for IT startup - ephex

We require a brand for "ephex" - a young IT startup.

Brand should be simple, strong and professional.

Be bold and creative, we're looking for something great!

Brand is "ephex" in *lowercase*.

ephex

Desired Color Scheme:
any - creative freedom is yours

Desired Style:
simple, strong, vibrant, confident.

Accepted File Formats:
PDF/AI

This contest is for a BRAND (logo only) for "ephex".

This company is an "umbrella" company for IT ventures, so it doesn't really have its own products, but is a stable for various IT innovation. Hence, the target audience is investors, corporate partners, etc.

The brand should convey:
- confidence
- optimism
- innovation
- youthful vibrance

We would *prefer* the brand to focus on wording/lettering, rather than having any graphical logo, BUT we're not rigid on this. If you can come up with a good, *original* graphical logo we'd happily consider it. It's just our experience that the type of brand we have in mind is more about the wording/lettering.

Think Intel, SAP, IBM, Lenovo, Cisco, Nokia, Fedex, Ericsson, Google, PayPal.

Aside from that, the freedom is yours to come up with something great!

We have plenty more design work that needs doing soon, so there will be more work offered to the winner and possibly also to runners up, so don't be shy!