Expert Jury

We will welcome +150 investors and corporate as members of the Expert Jury. 

Below is the list of the ones who already confirmed their participation.

Christian Arndt

High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF) (Germany)

Sustainability

FoodTech

Digital

Daniel Auriel

Head of Access to Finance

EIT Digital (Germany)

Healthcare

Sustainability

Digital

Marcos Azeredo

Bright Pixel Capital (Portugal)

FoodTech

Digital

Klaus Berding

Director / Partner

Breslin AG (Switzerland)

Rob Beudeker

Senior Investment Manager

DSM Venturing B.V. (Netherlands)

Sustainability

FoodTech

Nicolas Biet

Partner

The Faktory Fund (Belgium)

Digital

Michael Blank

investiere | Verve Capital Partners AG (Switzerland)

Sustainability

Digital

Jörgen Bodin

Almi Invest (Sweden)

Sustainability

Christophe Bodin

Director

CBO Consulting (Belgium)

Digital

Pavel Bogdanov

General Partner

Almaz Capital US (United States)

Digital

Lars Bohnisch

Investment Manager

Evonik Venture Capital (Germany)

FoodTech

Frank Bulens

Partner

imec.xpand (Belgium)

Healthcare

Willem Bulthuis

CEO

WBX Ventures (Germany)

Sustainability

Digital

Eduardo Bundyra

Private Equity Investor

Essex Innovation (Switzerland)

Sustainability

Digital

Jamie Butterworth

Partner

Circularity Capital LLP (United Kingdom)

Healthcare

Sustainability

Roel Callebaut

Investment Manager

Finindus NV (Belgium)

Sustainability

Digital

Barbara Castellano

Investor

Panakès Partners (Italy)

Healthcare

Digital

Patrick Claessen

Senior Investment Manager

Brightlands Venture Partners (Netherlands)

Sustainability

Digital

Rodolfo Condessa

Senior Associate

Armilar Venture Partners (Portugal)

Digital

Alessia de Marinis

Corporate Relationship Manager

Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. (Italy)

Healthcare

Stephan Decher

Managing Partner

Zaz Ventures (Belgium)

Anuj Dhariwal

Director at Novozymes

Novozymes A/S (Denmark)

Alexander Ehlgen

Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund (Germany)

Digital

Wilken Engelbracht

Partner

Tengelmann Ventures (Germany)

Digital

Anton Freda

Investment Committee Member

Indaco Venture Partners (Italy)

Sustainability

Healthcare

Katrin Geyskens

Partner

Capricorn Partners (Belgium)

Healthcare

Digital

Yvette Go

Capricorn Partners (Belgium)

Sustainability

FoodTech

Thomas York Goetz

Founder

Thomas Y Goetz - Intellectual Capital on Demand (Netherlands)

Healthcare

Sustainability

Digital

Sebastian Grabert

Director – Germany Representative

Euronext (Germany)

Digital

Philip Green

Investor

VividQ (United Kingdom)

Digital

Thomas Grotkjaer

Investor, Partner

Novo Holdings (Denmark)

Sustainability

Healthcare

FoodTech

Robert Guenther

Henkel Tech Ventures (Germany)

Sustainability

Maike Haase

Head of Relations

Project A Ventures (Germany)

Digital

Helen Han

Startup Scout

German Accelerator (Germany)

FoodTech

Claas Heise

Executive Director

NRW Bank (Germany)

Clemens Henle

Magmatic Ventures (Germany)

Digital

Shuntaro Hiroya

General Manager

Mitsui & Co. Deutschland (Germany)

Healthcare

Henrieke Hoftijzer

Eneco Holding N.V. (Netherlands)

Sustainability

Digital

Ikarus Janzen

kopa ventures (Germany)

Sustainability

Oliver Kahl

Principal

MIG Capital AG (Germany)

Healthcare

Digital

Dennis Kirpensteijn

Managing Director

Faraday Venture Partners (Spain)

Healthcare

Sustainability

FoodTech

Ralf Knoll

Owner / Management Consultant

KNOLL - Engineering & Consulting (Germany)

Healthcare

Sustainability

Digital

Christian Knott

Managing Partner

Capnamic Ventures (Germany)

Sustainability

Digital

Michael Krel

Principal

Sofinnova Partners (France)

Sustainability

Yaroslav Krempovych

Associate

Rubicon Partners (Poland)

Healthcare

Digital

Julian Krick

Occident (Germany)

Digital

Tan Kutluoglu

JSP International GmbH (Switzerland)

Sustainability

Thomas Labryga

Investment Partner

innogy Ventures GmbH (Germany)

Sustainability

Alain le Loux

General Partner

Cottonwood Technology Fund (Netherlands)

Digital

Boris Lesjean

Head of Innovation

Veolia Germany (Germany)

Sustainability

Jan Louagie

NeuroPath (Belgium)

Healthcare

Digital

Martyn Macpherson

Vice Chairman

Stella EOC (United Kingdom)

Digital

Willi Mannheims

Managing Partner

eCapital Entrepreneurial Partners (Germany)

Sustainability

Joao Martins

Partner

Pathena (Portugal)

Hans Bernhard Meyer

CEO

Cofimore Holdings (Belgium)

Christian Miele

Partner

e.ventures (Germany)

Aleksander Mokrecki

Investment Director

StarFinder Capital Fund (Poland)

Healthcare

Digital

Markus Moor

Partner

Emerald Technology Ventures (Switzerland)

Sustainability

Christian Mueller-Elschner

Founding Partner

Deutsche Ventures (Germany)

Sustainability

Digital

Natalia Mühlemann

Global Business Manager - Medical Devices

Nestlé Health Science (Switzerland)

Healthcare

FoodTech

Digital

Wolfgang Nestel

Investment Manager

Evonik Venture Capital (Germany)

Sustainability

Digital

Michael Jean Nettersheim

Investment Manager

BASF Venture Capital GmbH (Germany)

Sustainability

FoodTech

Johannes Noerpel

Investment Analyst

Fluxunit - ams OSRAM Ventures (Germany)

Dirk Noordegraaf

Senior Technology manager

SABIC Ventures B.V. (Netherlands)

Sustainability

Joerg Nowak

Founder and Managing Director

A2C Capital GmbH (Germany)

Sustainability

Francisco Aivado Nunes

Sonae IM (Portugal)

Digital

Klaus Pellengahr

Novozymes Berlin GmbH (Germany)

Healthcare

Sustainability

FoodTech

Katerina Pramatari

Partner

Uni.Fund (Greece)

Sustainability

Digital

Zhigang Qian

Director

Wuxi Capital (China)

Fabrice Ramarojaona

Investor

Private capacity (Belgium)

Digital

Alain Rodermann

Managing Partner

Expon Capital (Luxembourg)

Max Rowoldt

Associate

Tengelmann Ventures (Germany)

Digital

Diana Rucinschi

Investor Relations Manager

European Commission EASME (Belgium)

Healthcare

Anna Sargsyan Belorde

Advisor, Cleantech

Future Matters Venture Capital (United Kingdom)

Sustainability

FoodTech

Florian Schlehuber

Business Development Manager

Zaz Ventures (Belgium)

Sustainability

FoodTech

Ulrich Schmidt

CEO and Managing Partner / Founder

Scala Ventures SA (Switzerland)

FoodTech

Digital

Ulrich Schmitt

Investment manager

High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF) (Germany)

Hans-Georg Schulze

Partner

White & Case (Germany)

Sustainability

Christian Schütte

Angel Investor

Christian Schütte (Germany)

Sustainability

Digital

Steve Seuntjens

Partner

PHS Fund (Netherlands)

Healthcare

Rudi Severijns

Investment Director

KBC Focus Fund (Belgium)

Digital

Ilya Sloutsky

CEO

Medme Group B.V. Amsterdam (Russian Federation)

Healthcare

Digital

Patrik Sobocki

Senior Investment Director

Industrifonden (Sweden)

Stefan Sommeregger

Associate Investment Manager

CNB Capital (Austria)

Sustainability

Oskar Stachowiak

Managing Partner

the Untitled ventures (United Kingdom)

Digital

Duc Quyen Tran

Investment Director

Dieter von Holtzbrinck Ventures (Germany)

Sustainability

Healthcare

FoodTech

Sophie Tribius

Nauta Capital (United Kingdom)

Sustainability

Digital

Margus Uudam

Founding Partner

Karma Ventures (Estonia)

Rob van der Meij

Investment Manager

Capricorn Partners (Belgium)

Sustainability

Peter van Gelderen

General Partner

Icos Capital (Netherlands)

FoodTech

Sarah van Hellenberg Hubar-Fisher

Global Public Health Strategic Finance Lead

Johnson & Johnson Innovation (United Kingdom)

Healthcare

Alexander van Os

Co-Founder

Venture IQ B.V. (Netherlands)

Sustainability

FoodTech

Digital

Perry van Rijsingen

CEO and Founder

21st Century Business Growth Advisors (Belgium)

Healthcare

Annick Verween

EIT Food (Belgium)

FoodTech

Gunter Voerkel

Vice President Corporate Strategy

Elmos Semiconductor AG (Germany)

Winfried Weigel

Managing Director

Clean Tech Capital (Switzerland)

Sustainability

Digital

Jan Westerhues

Investment Partner

Bosch Ventures (Germany)

Digital

Jeffrey Williams

Jr. Investment Manager

Brightlands Venture Partners (Netherlands)

Healthcare

Mark Wilson

Principal

Strategic Technology Bioconsulting (United Kingdom)

Diana Yawari

Corporate Investor

Mitsui & Co. Deutschland (Germany)

Digital

Aleksey Yerpylov

Project Manager

United Metallurgical Company (AO OMK) (Russian Federation)

Yoichi Yoshizawa

Manager

Mitsui & Co. Deutschland (Germany)

Sustainability

Tomaso Zambelli

Managing Partner and Director

Techwald Holding S.p.A. (Italy)

Healthcare

Simone Zanolo

Senior Investment Manager

Indaco Venture Partners (Italy)

Healthcare

Danchen Zhao

Investment Manager

MTIP (Switzerland)

Healthcare

Digital