Programme Participants
Meet the experts driving this programme forward
Speakers
Samuele Ambrosetti
Innovation and Programming manager
Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC)
Michael Brandkamp
General Partner
European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF)
Maximilian Erb
Investment Director
NRW Venture Capital
Carsten Gerhardt
Chairman
Circular Valley
Peter Müller
SVP, Global SBE Lead Cereals, Cotton, Canola / Oilseed Rape, Biofuels
Bayer
Virginiа Puzzolo
Head of Progrmme
Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU)
William Stevens
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Tech Tour Europe
Xandra Weinbeck
Senior Business Development Manager
Invest-NL
Expert Panel
Cornelia Bähr
Senior investment manager
b.value AG
Raul Barbosa
Venture Capital Junior Associate
Sparkfood (Sonae)
Eike Böljes
Investment Manager
bmp Ventures
Casper Bruens
Managing Partner
Brightlands Venture Partners B.V.
Jens Busse
Investment Manager
Evonik Venture Capital
Mariam Cherifi
Associate
Sofinnova Partners
Lorenzo De Angeli
Principal
Matterwave Ventures
Hugo Delissen
Business Development Manager
Brightlands Startup League
Boris Dorin
Partner
First Imagine Capital
Walter Eevers
Program Manager Cleantech
European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA)
Justin Guest
Partner
Archipelago Eco Investors
Ward Heij
Business Development Manager Circular Credit
Colesco Capital
Viviana Hermosilla
Innovation and Technical Lead Europe
CMPC Ventures
Alexander Hoffmann
General Partner
Forbion
Cristina Hurtado
Principal Ventures
Sparkfood (Sonae)
Elena Sofia Inguglia
Scouting & Assessment Manager| Ventures and External Innovation
Novonesis
Johan Keppens
Investment Director
PMV
Marc Leduc
Investment Manager
BASF Venture Capital GmbH
Georg Lentzen
Managing Director
b.value
Marion Meyer
Venture Partner
SVG Ventures
Thomas Mueller-Kirschbaum
Chief Scientist
Circular Valley
Jan-Willem Muller
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Infinity 2 Capital
Lena Marie Müller
Investment Analyst
Vorwerk Ventures
Panayiotis Philimis
Director
GRAVITY FUND RAIF V.C.I.C. PLC
Paul Pietrangelo
Managing Partner
Lira
Pierre Poublan-Couzardot
Strategic Development
Kubota Holdings Europe
Bruno Rudnik
Managing Partner
SEF Ventures
Ulrich Schurr
Prof. Doctor
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Sebastian Schwarm
Sustainability Technology Manager
Kuraray Europe GmbH
Julia Seeliger
Associate
European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF)
Alexander Starchenko
Managing Partner
First Imagine!
Jaap Strengers
Managing Partner
Future Food Fund
Sagar Tandon
Partner
Beyond impact VC
Fredrik Tärneberg
Senior Business Development Manager
Södra
Marius Thébault
Principal
Circular Innovation Fund
Marco Turchini
Founding Partner
Algebris Investments
Caglar Urcan
General Partner
212 NexT
Wouter Van de Putte
Investment Director
Capricorn Partners
Peter van Gelderen
General Partner
Icos Capital
Peter Vanlaeke
Partner
Syensqo
Isabel Vermeulen
General Manager
BlueChem
Roel Vleeschouwers
Business Development Manager
VITO
Nikolaus Vollmer
Investment Manager
High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH
Joost Waeterloos
European Technology Scouting Leader
Dow
Timothy Wallace
Head, Scouting & Assessment, Ventures & External Innovation
Novonesis
Mateusz Wielopolski
Manager Deloitte Sustainability & Climate GmbH
Plastic Shift Ventures
Presenting Companies
Serafín Acebedo
Senior Corporate Development Analyst
Catalyxx
Anne Asbjørn
founder
Bio Clean Carbon
Sharon Barak
Founder
Solutum
Nemailla Bonturi
CEO
ÄIO
Aymeric de Gantes
CEO
Enginzyme
Olivier ENOS
CEO
DEASYL SA
Vincent Farrelly
CEO
Niskus Biotec
Luca Ficarelli
CEO
SMUSH MATERIALS S.r.l.
Vincent Gassl
ESG & Business Development
Bluu GmbH
Jose Enrique Gerona
CEO
Feltwood
Jessica Giannotti
CEO & Founder
SeaDyes Ltd
Jon Goriup Dermastia
VCG.AI GmbH
Ola Heffler
CEO
Saveggy
Noah Helman
CEO
Industrial Microbes
Arnon Heyman
CEO
IBI Ag
Markus Hochegger-Krawanja
CEO
PureSurf FlexCo
Servet Karadeniz
Co-Founder & CEO
CIYANO Solutions GmbH
Simon Kew
COO
Sparxell UK Limited
Adam Korczak
CEO & Co-Founder
Treeless AG
Christoph Krumm
Co-founder & CEO
Sironix Renewables
Andrew Lee
CEO
Lytegro Limited
Johann Liebeton
CEO and cofounder
BioHalo ApS
Chern-Hooi Lim
Founder & CEO
Kemvera
Arda Orcen
Co-Founder & CTO
Nanomik Biotechnology
Ali Osman
Founder and CEO
PFx Biotech S.A.
Roger Ottenheym
CEO
Mevaldi
Susanne Palsten Buchardt
CEO
Algiecel A/S
Ieva Palubeckaite
CEO
AKIN Solutions B.V.
Justus Reich
CFO
MicroHarvest
Franz Reitbauer
Founder & CEO
Lithos Crop Protect GmbH
Georg Schaumann
Co-CEO & Founder
SenseUP
Oliver Siegel
Co-Founder
Magmatic Bio
Esteban Silva
Co-founder & CEO
Protiva
Abhinav Singh
Business Development and Investments
ecorbio LTD
Alexander Sobolenko
CEO
Z1RO Industries
Tim Maurice Steiner
Founder
Riforma UG
Lorenz Sykora-Mirle
CTO
IRUBIS GmbH
Oliver Thimm
CEO
Landman.Bio
Barry van Bergen
CEO
Recircle Ltd
Coaches
Riccardo Aimerito
Co-Founder and Partner
ERA Kapital
Glenn Bijvoets
Innovation Leader
Eneco
Tilman Breitenstein
Patent, Trademark and Design Attorney
Scalable IP
Valter Darbe
Managing Director
IGC SRL
Klaas de Boer
Chairman
QFWventures
Jan De Merlier
Managing Partner
The Venturi Tribe
Jan Goesaert
Co-Founder I Executive Committee
Silk Road Partners