Tech Tour Energy & Decarbonisation 2024

 

Tech Tour Energy & Decarbonisation 2024 Onsite Event


Tuesday 26 Nov
Wednesday 27 Nov
Tuesday 26 November 2024
12:00
Tech Tour Investors-only Day
Registration, light lunch and Networking
Invitation-only networking session for all investors participating at the event
12:00, Room: BRYCK Tower, Open Space Area (Ground Floor)
13:15
Welcome by Hosts & Partners
13:15, Room: BRYCK Tower, Open Space Area (Ground Floor)
Speaker:
Tobias Grün, BRYCK
Melani Ilic-Lindemann, Essener Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft mbH
Bernhard Mohr, Evonik Venture Capital
William Stevens, Tech Tour Europe
13:45
Investor Roundtable Session I
"LP-GP Relationships: Building Trust and Alignment"
13:45, Room: 1st floor
Moderator:
Sarah Heinz, KFW Capital
Speaker:
Bjorn Heinz, Yara Growth Ventures
Bernhard Mohr, Evonik Venture Capital
Markus Moor, Emerald Technology Ventures
Investor Roundtable Session II
“Electrification of Industrial Processes: Transforming Traditional Sectors?”
13:45, Room: 5th floor
Moderator:
Marc Leduc, BASF Venture Capital GmbH
Speaker:
Thomas Labryga, Vireo Ventures
Aziz Sulaiman Rahim, Siemens Energy
Filip Van Den Abeele, Finindus NV
14:30
Coffee Break and Networking
14:30, Room: BRYCK Tower, Open Space Area (Ground Floor)
15:15
Investor Roundtable Session III
“How much impact does Policy and Regulation have on Investing into the Energy Transition Landscape?”
15:15, Room: 1st floor
Moderator:
Falk Mueller-Veerse, Bryan, Garnier & Co
Speaker:
Stephan Decher, Zaz Ventures
Pia Dorfinger, German Energy Agency (dena)
Claas Heise, NRW Bank
Ines Kolmsee, Matterwave Ventures
Torben Schreiter, Extantia
Investor Roundtable Session IV
“Venture Clienting: Opportunities and Challenges”
15:15, Room: 5th floor
Moderator:
Dörte Hirschberg, Climentum Capital
Speaker:
Julian Gallardo, MONDRAGON Ventures
Christof Kortz, E.ON Group
Dietmar Schlößer, TÜV NORD GROUP
Joost Waeterloos, Dow
16:00
Coffee Break and Networking
16:00, Room: BRYCK Tower, Open Space Area (Ground Floor)
16:45
Elevator pitches by BRYCK cohort companies
16:45, Room: BRYCK Tower, Open Space Area (Ground Floor)
18:00
End of the day and walk to the Christmas Market
Investor-only invitation
18:30
Get together at the Christmas Market
Investor-only invitation
Get together at Essen`s festive Christmas Market. Enjoy quality networking time with fellow investors at Tech Tour`s stand.
Wednesday 27 November 2024
08:00
Registration and Coffee
Venue: Messe Essen - Congress Center East
Meet-and-Greet during breakfast.
08:00, Room: Foyer Entrance East (Ground Floor)
08:45
Opening and Welcome by Hosts and Partners
08:45, Room: Hall Ruhr (Floor 2)
Speaker:
Thomas Kufen, City of Essen
William Stevens, Tech Tour Europe
Johannes Velling, NRW Ministry of Economic Affairs,Industry,Climate Action & Energy
09:25
Fireside chat
“How to find your lead investor?”
09:25, Room: Hall Ruhr (Floor 2)
Speaker:
Lilian Schwich, cylib
Mark Windeknecht, World Fund
09:50
Panel discussion
State of the union of energy transition
09:50, Room: Hall Ruhr (Floor 2)
Moderator:
Falk Mueller-Veerse, Bryan, Garnier & Co
Speaker:
Jens Busse, Evonik Venture Capital
Geoffroy Dubus, Demeter
Claas Heise, NRW Bank
Klaus Tönnesmann, SEF Ventures
10:15
Networking coffee & One2One meetings
15-minute private meetings with selected event participants, pending confirmation from the other attendee. All One2One Meetings must be pre-scheduled through the Tech Tour Community platform. Please monitor your meeting statuses directly through your Tech Tour profile.
10:15, Room: Hall Essen (Floor 2)
11:00
Pitching Session I: Carbon Management Services & Renewables Carbon I
10 minutes intro of experts, 10 minutes per presenting company (5’ pitch + 4-5’ Q&A and review by the expert)
11:00, Room: Hall Ruhr (Floor 2)
Industry Expert:
Jogchum Brinksma, Flobas Ventures
Jens Busse, Evonik Venture Capital
Gabriele Dini, Breed Reply
Marie Hurtgen, SABIC Ventures B.V.
Britta Lange, Outokumpu
Marc Leduc, BASF Venture Capital GmbH
Yoichi Yoshizawa, Mitsui & Co. Deutschland
Presenter:
Johann Heller, deeeper.technology GmbH
Csaba Janáky, eChemicles
Jon Boles, Electrochaea GmbH
Conor Hamill, Nuada
Arnold Choi, Paebbl
Jean-Philippe Hiegel, RepAir DAC Ltd
Rait Maasikas, UP Catalyst
Pitching Session II: Future Grid
10 minutes intro of experts, 10 minutes per presenting company (5’ pitch + 4-5’ Q&A and review by the expert)
11:00, Room: Room A (Ground Floor)
Industry Expert:
Vincent Gregoir, Junction Growth Investors
Iris Jensen, BayWa r.e. Energy Ventures
Thomas Labryga, Vireo Ventures
Jonathan Lersch, SET Ventures
Jay Marathe, Bryan, Garnier & Co
Andrea Mattalia, Terna SpA
Ides Vandorpe, Korys
Olivier Warnan, BNP Paribas Fortis
Till Wyszynski, Eneco Ventures
Presenter:
Carsten Brinkschulte, Dryad Networks GmbH
Max Brandt, FLEXeCHARGE ApS
Hervé Huisman, Gradyent
Pavani Aysola, Gridty
Dan Williams, measurable.energy
Andreas Eberhardt, PIONIERKRAFT GmbH
Antti Hämmäinen, Synergi Solutions Oy
Pitching Session III: Hydrogen Economy & Advanced Mobility
10 minutes intro of experts, 10 minutes per presenting company (5’ pitch + 4-5’ Q&A and review by the expert)
11:00, Room: Room C (Ground Floor)
Industry Expert:
Ernesto Barroso Ramos, Exolum
Funda Cetin, Tupras Ventures
Moritz Glettenberg, H2UB
Luc Graré, Lhyfe
Bjorn Heinz, Yara Growth Ventures
Alberto LITTA MODIGNANI, NextChem - Maire Group
Allister Slingenberg, RWE Generation SE
Patrick Tucci, Vsquared Ventures
Presenter:
Gonzalo Izquierdo, BluePlasma Power SL
Marcus Ruebsam, CibusCell Technology GmbH
Dora Trachana, CYRUS P.C.
Mardit Matian, EH Group Engineering
Moritz Schwencke, Eternal Power GmbH
Pit Podleschny, Hydrogenea
Pitching Session IV: Green Energy Production
10 minutes intro of experts, 10 minutes per presenting company (5’ pitch + 4-5’ Q&A and review by the expert)
11:00, Room: Room D (Ground Floor)
Industry Expert:
Michael Claes, SABIC Ventures B.V.
Klaas de Boer, QFWventures
Matthias Engel, Vireo Ventures
Oscar Escalante, KölnBusiness Wirtschaftsförderungs GmbH
Tobias Grün, BRYCK
Dörte Hirschberg, Climentum Capital
Luis Sperr, kopa ventures
Klaus Tönnesmann, SEF Ventures
Johannes Weber, High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF)
Jutta Wuebken, Bryan, Garnier & Co
Presenter:
Jong PIl AN, AMB Tech GmbH
Claudio Marinelli, Cambridge Photon Technology
Herbert Okibe, FlareOut (Energy Ventures B.V.)
Maximilian Isensee, Kitekraft GmbH
Anders Kristoffersen, Kvasir Technologies
Michael Mølhede Loving, Millfield Technology ApS
Nikita Uzhegov, SpinDrive
Pitching Session V: D2XCEL | Innovations in Energy Storage & Freight Transportation
10 minutes intro of experts, 10 minutes per presenting company (5’ pitch + 4-5’ Q&A and review by the expert)
11:00, Room: Room E (Ground floor)
Industry Expert:
Pascal Beckers, EnBW New Ventures
Ines Bergmann-Nolting, Greencode Ventures
Claas Heise, NRW Bank
Alejandro Diaz Horstmann, ETF Partners
Mevin Kistnassamy, Blue Pelican Capital
Alain le Loux, Cottonwood Technology Fund
Alexander Starchenko, First Imagine! Ventures
Nick Stokman, Rabobank International
David van Loo, Rotterdam Port Fund
Presenter:
Karin Ebbinghaus, Elonroad
Tarvo Ong, Fusebox Energy
Daniel Palme, HalioGEN Power
Karl Peters, Inition Energy
Pierre-Arnaud Sarda, Sakowin
12:30
Networking lunch & One2One meetings
15-minute private meetings with selected event participants, pending confirmation from the other attendee. All One2One Meetings must be pre-scheduled through the Tech Tour Community platform. Please monitor your meeting statuses directly through your Tech Tour profile.
12:30, Room: Hall Essen (Floor 2)
14:00
Pitching Session VI: Green Energy Storage
10 minutes intro of experts, 10 minutes per presenting company (5’ pitch + 4-5’ Q&A and review by the expert)
14:00, Room: Hall Ruhr (Floor 2)
Industry Expert:
Alexandre Braconnier, Industrya
Cristina Doumitrachko, DTCF | DeepTech & Climate Fonds
Manfred Heid, Bitstone Capital
Ines Kolmsee, Matterwave Ventures
Hans Maenhout, Finindus NV
Paul Maurens, Omnes Capital
Frederick Michna, MIG Capital AG
Rolf Nagel, Munich Venture Partners
Willem-Jeroen Stevens, CLEAR Financial Advisory
Presenter:
Joel Rogawski, concept-e
Justin Scholz, phelas
Laura Laringe, reLi Energy
Elias Aruna, Scale Energy
Pitching Session VIII: Carbon Management Services & AI tech
10 minutes intro of experts, 10 minutes per presenting company (5’ pitch + 4-5’ Q&A and review by the expert)
14:00, Room: Room A (Ground Floor)
Industry Expert:
Alina Bassi, Ananda Impact Ventures
Lars Gussen, TechVision Fonds
Jan Jeske, Neoteq ventures
Erhan Kilicozlu, ACT Venture Partners
Falk Mueller-Veerse, Bryan, Garnier & Co
Juan Nieto, Zacua Ventures
Nicolas Olberg, Twip Impact Ventures
Presenter:
Frank Schreurs, GAFT - Green Air Fuel Technology
Dennis Michaelis, Gemesys
ramin mokhtari, GreenAutarky
Daniel Besselink, NeoCarbon
Daniel Steitz, novoMOF AG
Tobias Brühne, onu.energy GmbH
Pitching Session VII: Advanced Mobility
10 minutes intro of experts, 10 minutes per presenting company (5’ pitch + 4-5’ Q&A and review by the expert)
14:00, Room: Room C (Ground Floor)
Industry Expert:
Willem Bulthuis, Corporate Ventures Advisory
Stephan Decher, Zaz Ventures
Martina Ecker, Citi
Nish Kotecha, Finboot VC
Martin Redl, Bayern Kapital
Nikolaus von Jacobs, Reed Smith
Jean WINCKLER, MERIDIAM
Presenter:
Jørgen Pac Selnes, Alva Industries
Tim Houter, Hardt Hyperloop
Markus Kroeger, K2 Mobility
Mauricio Esguerra, Magment GmbH
Andre Klöckner, Odonata GmbH
Francesco Taiariol, Tau Group
Pitching Session IX: Industrial Heat Recovery
10 minutes intro of experts, 10 minutes per presenting company (5’ pitch + 4-5’ Q&A and review by the expert)
14:00, Room: Room D (Floor 2)
Industry Expert:
Stuart Askew, Procter & Gamble
Quentin Calleja, Atlantic Labs
Geoffroy Dubus, Demeter
Jason Grüninger, Capnamic Ventures
Ari Helgason, Transition
Svenja Nentwig, eCapital Entrepreneurial Partners
Zhigang Qian, Boxing Venture
Robina von Stein, Contrarian Ventures
Presenter:
Alberto Mian, ExerGo
TOM TAYLOR, Futraheat Ltd
Christoph Thomas, HeatVentors
Martin Schichtel, KRAFTBLOCK
Philipp Ketteniß, Regascold
Markus Aicheler, SolidWatts SA
Pitching Session X: D2XCEL Large-scale stationary energy storage II
10 minutes intro of experts, 10 minutes per presenting company (5’ pitch + 4-5’ Q&A and review by the expert)
14:00, Room: Room E (Ground Floor)
Industry Expert:
Antonella Beltrame, Indaco Venture Partners
Julian Klaiber, Green European Tech Fund
Isabelle Schiffer, b.value AG
Dietmar Schlößer, TÜV NORD GROUP
Thore Vogel, Leanox Impact Capital
Benjamin Wainstain, Utenda Capital
Presenter:
Avigdor Luttinger, Electriq Global
Anders Køhler, Floating Power Plant A/S
Ivar Kruusenberg, PowerUP Fuel Cells
Ignacio Luque-Heredia, Silbat
Nora Oberländer, STOFF2 GmbH
15:30
Networking coffee & One2One meetings
15-minute private meetings with selected event participants, pending confirmation from the other attendee. All One2One Meetings must be pre-scheduled through the Tech Tour Community platform. Please monitor your meeting statuses directly through your Tech Tour profile.
15:30, Room: Hall Essen (Floor 2)
16:15
Pitching Session XI: Green Energy Production & Energy Storage
10 minutes intro of experts, 10 minutes per presenting company (5’ pitch + 4-5’ Q&A and review by the expert)
16:15, Room: Hall Ruhr (Floor 2)
Industry Expert:
Ivan Albino, E.ON Group
Dweep Chanana, Anchor Group / Industrial Innovation Partners
Julian Gallardo, MONDRAGON Ventures
Kai Martin, Shell Ventures
Aziz Sulaiman Rahim, Siemens Energy
Rubina Singh, Octopus Ventures
Anna Trendewicz, Future Energy Ventures
Hisham Uddin, Sungrow Europe
Presenter:
Patrick Richter, Agile Wind Power AG
Sune Lilbaek, Dynelectro
Marco Bianconi, FlexHome.energy (former Netzflex)
Markus Balz, GlassPoint
David Fairen-Jimenez, Immaterial Ltd
Leon Rizzi, Jolt Solutions srl
Pitching Session XII: Hydrogen Economy & Industry offtake
10 minutes intro of experts, 10 minutes per presenting company (5’ pitch + 4-5’ Q&A and review by the expert)
16:15, Room: Room A (Ground Floor)
Industry Expert:
Adam Collins, Hy24 Partners
Tim Evison, Messer Group
Aylin Girgin Ozbilis, Vinci Venture Capital
Oliver Kolbe, SENCO Hydrogen Capital GmbH
Simon Lange, Cummins Inc.
Khangzhen Leow, AP Ventures
Patrick Muller, HEUKING
Raphael SCHOENTGEN, Hydrogen Advisors
Presenter:
Jean-Marie Lamay, GreenEarthX
Edi Kirasic, Indeloop Ltd.
Tomer Alon, NanoChronia
Maryam Ghadrdan, Planck Technologies
Tulika Raj, SunGreenH2
Santosh Gurunath, Umagine Hydrogen Pvt. Ltd.
Pitching Session XIII: Carbon Management Services & Renewable Carbon II
10 minutes intro of experts, 10 minutes per presenting company (5’ pitch + 4-5’ Q&A and review by the expert)
16:15, Room: Room C (Ground Floor)
Industry Expert:
Stefan Albers, XAnge
Carolin Althoff, Cusp Capital
Martin Bellof, chemstars.nrw
Philipp Leidig, NRW.BANK
Michinori Muraoka, Asahi Kasei Corporate Venture Capital
Thomas Sayan, Syensqo Ventures
Fred van Beuningen, Chrysalix Venture Capital
Xandra Weinbeck, Invest-NL
Presenter:
Felix Dorner, aedifion GmbH
Felix Kullmann, minimum energy
Stefano Cozza, Planeto
Rob van Straten, Skytree
Brice Gianesini, Wespran
Pitching Session XIV: Battery Value Chain & Green Energy Storage
10 minutes intro of experts, 10 minutes per presenting company (5’ pitch + 4-5’ Q&A and review by the expert)
16:15, Room: Room D (Ground Floor)
Industry Expert:
Christophe Bodin, CBO Consulting
Patrick Claessen, Cottonwood Technology Fund
Paul Gillespie, Sheffield Haworth
Lynn Hoendervanger, Navus Ventures
Laura Mendera, CLEAR Financial Advisory
Stefan Schnippering, Diamond Edge Ventures
Mark Windeknecht, World Fund
Presenter:
Behnam Hormozi, Integrals Power
Haluk AKCALI, Ion Membranes
Pablo Calla, Maana Electric
David Taylor, Unbound Potential GmbH
David Oudsandji, Voltfang GmbH
17:45
Networking & One2One meetings
15-minute private meetings with selected event participants, pending confirmation from the other attendee. All One2One Meetings must be pre-scheduled through the Tech Tour Community platform. Please monitor your meeting statuses directly through your Tech Tour profile.
17:45, Room: Hall Essen (Floor 2)
18:15
End of Official Event Programme
18:15, Room: Oktogon Essen
19:15
Networking Dinner & Drinks
Join us for an enjoyable evening featuring a buffet dinner, drinks, DJ music, and dancing— with some surprises along the way! How to get there: direct organised shuttle from Messe Essen; U-Bahn (Messe-Ost to Berliner Platz, then tram 107); or 20-30 min by car/taxi.
19:15, Room: Oktogon Essen
19:40
Awards Ceremony with Elevator Pitches by all Winners
Special Awards to be given to the top presenters from each of the 14 pitching sessions, who will also do 1-minute elevator pitch in front of the full audience.