Programme Participants
Meet the experts driving this programme forward.
President
Michael Nettersheim
Managing Partner
European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF)
Advisory Board
Solveig Fossum-Raunehaug
Research and Innovation Director
NMBU - Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Mark Redshaw
Investment Director
Evonik Venture Capital
Magnus Theil Olsen
Investment Associate
Delphinus Venture Capital
Dorte Wiene
Director Business Development Nordics
Tech Tour
Expert Jury
Kim Anders Odhner
Managing Partner, Co-Founder
Unovis Asset Management
Daria Batukhtina
Sr. Manager Strategic Business Development
Kubota Holdings Europe
Gyda Bay
Head/Manager
Turbo Plant
Anna Belousova
Associate
Sofinnova Partners
Frank Boerboom
Senior Technologist/Expert
Danone Research & Innovation
Arnout Dijkhuizen
Investment Principal
Rockstart
Artem Galchenko
Investment Manager
Pymwymic
Ingeborg Gasser-Kriss
Director
Founder Institute Switzerland
Katarzyna Gil
Principal, Sustainable Food Systems
ICOS Capital
Jakob Hambüchen
Investment Manager
Rentenbank
Louise Heiberg
Partner
Nordic Foodtech VC
Kristin Hollung
Division Director
Nofima
Valéry Huot
Partner, Head of Venture Digital Health
LBO France
Elena Sofia Inguglia
Scouting & Assessment Manager| Ventures and External Innovation
Novonesis
Johan Jörgensen
Partner
Sweden Foodtech
Marika King
Head of PINC
PINC (Paulig incubator)
Arnoud Klokke
Senior Associate, DeepTech
BioInnovation Institute (BII)
Philipp Kopp
Investment Manager
GGF
Oxana Kukhaneva
Venture Partner
Seventure Partners
Bernadette Lee
Investment Associate
Rabo Investments
Christian Lenges
Principal & Venture Studio Lead
Cengel LLC
Cecilia Lindström
Innovation Director
Danfoss
Antigoni Lymperopoulou
Chief Executive Officer
Hellenic Development Bank of Investments (HDBI)
Daniele Maggiolini
Global Head of GTM
CNH Ventures
Theis Malmborg
General Partner
NOON Ventures
Stian Nygaard
Investment Director
Yara Growth Ventures
Pierre Poublan-Couzardot
Strategic Development & Partnership Europe
Kubota Holdings Europe
Giorgio Recine
Managing Partner
Lira
Francesca Rivello
Investment Manager Climate Tech
Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij (BOM)
Marius Sandvik
Senior Advisor
Norges Vel
Lena Sanvoisin
Investment Associate
ETF Partners
Nora Spiekermann
Investor at FoodLabs
FoodLabs
Alexander Starchenko
Managing Partner
First Imagine!
Jaap Strengers
Managing Partner
Future Food Fund
Bjarne Tvete
CEO
Aggrator
Peter van Gelderen
General Partner
Icos Capital
Annick Verween
head of biotope
VIB
Annina Winkler
Senior Investment Manager
Emerald Technology Ventures
Korstiaan Zandvliet
Partner
Urban Impact Ventures
Simone Zanolo
Venture Partner
Indaco Venture Partners
Selection Panel
Adrian Friederich
Principal
Foodlabs
Arne Hautekiet
Investment Associate
Astanor
Viviana Hermosilla
Innovation and Technical Lead Europe
CMPC Ventures
Ingrid Nieweg
Investment Manager
Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij (BOM)
Lauri Reuter
Partner
Nordic Foodtech VC
Bodil Sidén
General Partner
Kost Capital
Giulia Stellari
Director
Fall Line Capital
Joost Waeterloos
European Technology Scouting Leader
Dow
Coaches
Riccardo Aimerito
Co-Founder and Partner
ERA Kapital
Sebastian Bachem
CEO
Accumont Ltd
Andrea Baldoni
Investor, Mentor, and Expert Selection Member
Johan Biørnstad
Business Developer
ARD Innovation
Marius Borkenhagen
Startup Management
Solingen.Business
Tilman Breitenstein
Patent, Trademark and Design Attorney
Scalable IP
Jose Campos
Partner
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (BE)
Valter Darbe
Managing Director
IGC SRL
David Farquhar
CEO
Northface Ventures
Jan Goesaert
Co-Founder I Executive Committee
Silk Road Partners
Caroline Gueissaz
Member
Business Angels Switzerland
Ivana Krkljus
Strategic Senior Manager Green Transformation
BASF
Tanja Meyer
European Project Coordinator
Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant
Patrick Muller
Equity Partner
HEUKING
Vicki O'Brien
Director
Strategic Allies
Jorun Pedersen
CEO
Leftovers
René Reijtenbagh
Founder, CEO
Business Angels Connect
Andreas Renz
Global Agrifood Tech Expert for Innovation, BD & Commercialization
Ghent University
Monica Santalena
Founder & CEO
DIKALIA
Lydia Simon
Managing Partner
SEF Ventures
Stine Svanevik
Head of Acceleration and Partnerships
Kongsberg Innovation
Sagar Tandon
Partner
Beyond impact VC
Marco Tibaldi
Director
Amsterdam Chemistry Network
Filipa Tome
Country Manager Portugal & Senior Innovation Consultant
PNO Innovation Portugal
Tom Viaene
Manager New Ventures
Biotope Ventures
Presenting Companies
Guido Albanese
COO
Koralo
Nastaran Baleng-Soultani
CEO
BlueRedGold AB
Mounir Benkoulouche
CEO
Lantana Bio
Greg Bograkos
Founder
Plan(e)t Foods
Thijs Bosch
CEO
The Protein Brewery
Yuriy Budyk
CEO
Calpech
Alexandre d'Hérouville
Chief of Staff
Plantik Biosciences
Pierre Dupuis
Founder & CEO
Adamo Foods
Тali Feldman Sivan
co founder and CBO
Meala foodtech
Barbara Freitag
CFO
Inbiose NV
Heidi Frost Eriksen
CEO & Co-founder
Winterleap
Tal Govrin
CEO and Co-founder
Kokomodo
Maximilian Hartmann
Dr.
vGreens Holding GmbH
Ingmar Hogoy
CEO
Greentech Innovators
Carsten Holter
Founder & CEO
Underflow
Ole Jørgen Holthe
Co-Founder and CEO
Apotrox Aquaculture AS
Tristan Kaye
CEO
It's Fresh Limited
Rossen Kolev
Director
Smart Farm Robotix VCC
Tomislaw Krezelewski
COO
FibriTech
Lars Langhout
CEO
NoPalm Ingredients
Jean-Pascal Lutze
Co-Founder & CEO
NoMaze GmbH
Dmytro Lylyk
CEO
Neomi