Programme Participants
Meet the experts driving this programme forward.
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
Speakers
Coreena Brinck
Partner and Head of AI Development
Dehns
Arnout Dijkhuizen
Investment Principal
Rockstart
Elizabeth Jones
Senior Partner
Dehns
Thor Mosaker
Chief Executive Officer
Ard Innovation
Bengt Nøst-Klemmetsen
Mayor
Ås Municipality
Solve Sæbø
Rector
NMBU
Expert Jury
Abhishek Anand
Financial and Investment Analyst
Newtree Impact
Kim Anders Odhner
Managing Partner, Co-Founder
Unovis Asset Management
Mariam Cherifi
Associate
Sofinnova Partners
Arthur Duca
Analyst
European Circular Bioeconomy Fund
Artem Galchenko
Investment Manager
Pymwymic
Ingeborg Gasser-Kriss
Director
Founder Institute Switzerland
Katarzyna Gil
Principal, Sustainable Food Systems
ICOS Capital
Allon Groth
Administrative Director
NVCA
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
Kaia Kjølbo Rød
Business Developer
ARD Innovation
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
Jorn Lein-Mathisen
Secretary General, Board member, Founder
NorBAN - National Association of Business Angels in Norway
Christian Lenges
Principal & Venture Studio Lead
Cengel LLC
Cecilia Lindström
Innovation Director
Danfoss
Daniele Maggiolini
Global Head of GTM
CNH Ventures
Johan Morales
Impact VC Investor
Zubi Capital
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)
Gudbrand Rødsrud
Technology Director Business Development
Borregaard
Marius Sandvik
Senior Advisor
Norges Vel
Nora Spiekermann
Investor at FoodLabs
FoodLabs
Alexander Starchenko
Managing Partner
First Imagine!
Jaap Strengers
Managing Partner
Future Food Fund
Karl Swensson
Investment Director
PINC (Paulig incubator)
Bjarne Tvete
CEO
Aggrator
Olivier van Holthe Tot Echten
Investment Manager
Navus Ventures
Korstiaan Zandvliet
Partner
Urban Impact Ventures
Presenting Companies
Sina Albanese
CEO & Co-founder
Koralo Foods
Nastaran Baleng-Soultani
CEO
BlueRedGold AB
Joeri Beauprez
CSO and Co-Founder
Inbiose
Greg Bograkos
Founder
Plan(e)t Foods
Thijs Bosch
CEO
The Protein Brewery
Yuriy Budyk
CEO
Calpech
David Ciudad Rodriguez
CEO & Co-founder
Deep Detection
Pierre Dupuis
Founder & CEO
Adamo Foods
Ingrid Dynna
CEO & Co-Founder
Norwegian Mycelium (NoMy)
Tali Feldman Sivan
Co-Founder & Chief Business Strategy Officer
Meala Foodtech
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
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
Ruth Tamara Montero
CEO and Co-Founder
AquaNab Solutions
Johannes Oehrlein
Founder
AegisBio
Dennis Orlien
Co-Founder & CMO
Apotrox Aquaculture
Ali Osman
CEO
PFx Biotech Lda
Katharina Pälchen
Co-Founder
Fabas
Ricard Pardell
CEO & Founder
Agrikola.ai
Serhii Ryzhkov
CEO
HEFT LLC
Hermann Schips
CEO
Kelpinor
Jannick Schröder
CEO
VetVise GmbH
Ying Shao
Co-Founder & CEO
Plantik Bioscience
Anders Thomsen
CEO
Algaenite APS
Hille Van der Kaa
CEO
Those Vegan Cowboys
Charlotte Vinther Schmidt
CEO & co-founder
FEAST Ingredient
Christian Wegener
Chief Financial Officer
Luya Foods
Steven Welle
CEO
BRIG BIO
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
Nicholas Hawkins
Technology Consultant
Venture IQ
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
Selection Panel